Six ways think tanks support political parties
There are many types of think tanks in the world and one common category is the partisan think tank. Partisan think tanks have a relationship (sometimes formalised and explicit) with one or...
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Patience as strategy: how think tanks are winning the long game
Impatience and frustration with the status quo motivates policy players to act. But patience determines how they act. Amartya Sen addressed one side of this debate in a...
Playing the long game: politics, elite bargaining, and change over 20 years in Peru
Change is not linear. Policy change is not the end of the story. The relationship between evidence and policy is not linear. Politics matters. Research matters very...
Knowledge translation in the Global South: a new approach
Knowledge translation (KT) practice has evolved over the decades. Research on KT practice hasn’t to the same extent. The literature still predominately focuses on the...
A plea to reimagine the story of change
Following an interesting conversation with Enrique Mendizabal, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to be honest about ‘stories of change’ or ‘impact stories’ being published by...
Understanding how think tanks contribute to democracy in Mexico
The first problem with understanding think tanks in Mexico is a linguistic barrier (Salazar, 2003). Literal or poor translations of the term make it difficult for most...
Think tanks and other actors: reflections on creating successful collaborations to effect change
We called this year’s OTT conference ‘Think tanks and partnerships for change’. But early in the event, we began to wonder if we’d got the name...
Armenian think tanks are facing old and new challenges
Four and a half years have passed since I published the article ‘Are Armenian political elites opening up to think tanks?’ on the OTT platform. From a historical...
Rethinking how we publish our research
In this new OTT Talks, Joe Miller, Director of Soapbox Washington Studio, talks to Louise Ball, OTT Communications Director, about his new book Screens, research and hypertext. Listen to the podcast here.
Does your think tank embed communications staff in research teams?
Most think tanks have some degree of in-house communications support. Typically, a centralised team. Some think tanks also ‘embed’ communications specialists within...
Embedding communications staff in research teams to increase policy impact
Today, most policy research organisations have some degree of in-house communications support. Typically, this is a centralised team. However, in some organisations...
Think tank outreach depends on improving collaboration between communications teams and researchers
How well does your communications (comms) team collaborate with the researchers or policy experts at your think tank? Is your comms team only brought in when a paper is...
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