How is COVID-19 affecting think tanks? Silver linings and building back
Think tanks are no strangers to volatility, uncertainty and disruption. The COVID-19 crisis presents significant challenges to a sector that is already struggling with...
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Operationalising public engagement: four reflections for think tanks
In a previous article, I reflected on how citizen voice and public engagement can increase the quality of research, as well as the credibility, relevance and perception of...
Citizen voice and think tanks: a Nigerian case study
There’s a common perception that top-down development approaches have failed. And public agency is playing a bigger role in policy discussions and in politics, as Stuti...
Public engagement: three considerations for think tanks
How does your think tank visualise ‘the public’? Is it an amorphous sea of faces, where you know they are there but you can’t make out any defining features – much...
What happens when expert and public opinion clash?
Something that has always interested me is this: should policy priorities be based on evidence promoted by policy support organisations (like think tanks) or public opinion? And what happens...
Think tanks and new ways of producing knowledge
Over the last few decades, the ways think tanks produce and communicate knowledge has changed. For think tanks, this is an opportunity to hear more voices and to engage with society in new...
Communications M&E: overcoming its complexity
Monitoring and evaluating (M&E) communications is an important, but sometimes intimidating, task. At my Lima-based think tank Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), we recently...
Think tanks: are we asking the right communications questions?
This scene might be familiar: A meeting is held to plan a project’s communications. Both the research and communications teams are eager to maximise the impact of the...
Towards a gender equal think tank
Concepts like gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and intersectionality are often bandied about. But how often do think tanks look within to assess their gender equality,...
We need more female leader role models in think tanks
When it comes to leadership, there is a lack of women representation – be it in think tanks, the private or public sector. Only 18% of the largest non-profits have...
Five tips to incorporate a gender perspective in research
As part of the OTT-TTI Fellowship programme, some colleagues and I started talking about how our think tanks could incorporate a gender perspective into our research...
How to write an inspiring fundraising letter
Writing a compelling letter is a must for any think tank fundraising strategy. And it’s worth investing time and effort into developing your fundraising letters, if you want them to bear...
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