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Think tank survival depends on their relationships with others. How do think tanks work with other actors to promote evidence-informed change? What are the benefits of these partnerships?...
This guide is not a recipe to set up a think tank – there is no such thing. Think tanks are all different and all respond to their contexts. This guide is framed around a series of...
Scientific advisory systems have evolved over the years to adapt to countries’ social and political contexts or to respond to emergencies or unusual situations. Some...
The On Think Tanks sector surveys help gain an understanding of how policy research centres, think tanks and those related to think tanks and evidence-informed policy see the current context,...
Drawing on data from 3,107 think tanks worldwide registered on the Open Think Tank Directory, the State of the Sector report offers evidence-informed policy community data and analysis on...
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)’s 2015–2020 strategic plan included a strategic objective to ‘invest in knowledge and innovation for large scale...
Como parte de la edición especial del School for Thinktankers 2021 se han recabado una serie de buenas prácticas organizacionales de think tanks estadounidenses que podrían adoptarse y...
In 2020, the Wellcome Trust commissioned OTT Consulting to recommend the best approach for enabling public engagement communities to share and gather evidence on public...
This paper asks the following questions: Why is general or programme support insufficient to properly address the organisational effectiveness of grantees? What...
Abstract Better data on women and girls’ status can guide policies, leverage financial resources, and inform global priorities. In most policy circles, the notion of...
This report focuses on key questions on think tank funders, their rationales for funding think tanks, the trajectory of funding, and issues suggested for further...
Abstract This paper analyses the experiences of think tank executive directors (EDs). The analysis is based on 45 in-depth interviews with current and former directors...