Seven things an Abuja based think tank can learn from D.C. think tanks
As the Executive Director of a leading think tank in Nigeria, a key aspect of my responsibility is to develop strong networks with other think tanks in the region and...
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Webinar: Can policy research and its impact be evaluated and how? The case of American foundations and think tanks
Presentation In spite of the fact that many of the most prominent think tanks in the US, starting with the Brookings Institution, the New America Foundation, or the Bipartisan Policy Center,...
When foundations meet think tanks: how to know what wonks bring to the table?
A short personal genesis of the project Right before I embarked into my graduate adventure of studying think tanks at Georgetown University in the Summer of 2014,...
Think Tanks and Tax Status: A note on the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 Tax Categories
In order to understand the activities of US non-governmental organizations, it is helpful to take a look at the US tax code. The tax status of a...
Think Tanks in the United States: Activities, Agendas, and Influence
Alek Chance has published: Think Tanks in the United States: Activities, Agendas, and Influence. This paper presents an excellent overview of think tanks in the United States...
Experiences from two DC-based Thinktankers: Women-led Organisations and the Critical Importance of Recognising Care Work
This fourth post from our series on women in think tanks provides a perspective from two DC-based thinktankers. The editor relays feedback from interviews with Claudia...
It works both ways: American Think Tanks and Foundations Manipulate German Politics
Till Bruckner reviews and presents highlights of a bestselling book in Germany written by journalist Udo Ulfkotte, which discusses the consequences of think tanks being...
Bill Dugan of the World Resources Institute
Bill Dugan is WRI’s Visual Communications Manager at the World Resources Institute, USA, and also the winner of the second round of the On Think Tanks Data Visualisation competition. We...
A national ranking of influence: Chinese and American models
Two think tank rankings have been published recently: one for Chinese think tanks and one for US think tanks. Both have been developed by think tanks themselves and both...
The one billion dollar business: American think tanks
Transparify has shared some interesting data on 21 US think tanks. We put together a few data visualisations to see if we could make a bit more sense of the data. The...
How did leading US Think Tanks fare in 2012? Analysis by numbers
How do think tanks develop over time? One good answer to this question are their financial statements. Annual expenditure tells us how much a think tank has grown,...
How Think Tanks Work: Analyzing Budgets
We often discuss think tanks in ways similar to how we talk about cities: what took us to them, which services worked particularly well, who we met, and which impressions we took away....
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