Understanding policy problems and their implications in your research decisions
In our previous articles we have covered different aspects of the design, validation and development of a research agenda. One may have broad topics and focus areas...
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Drafting and validating your research agenda
In the second article of this series we put forward seven principles for policy relevant research identified in existing literature and through practice. In this article we focus on the...
Do not dumb down you audience –or rather, how should think tanks affect policy chance?
How should think tanks influence policy? In a manner that strengthens other institutions and does not weaken them.
Using digital communications to connect at a human level for maximum impact
In this post, Florencia Durón, from Mexican think tank CIEP, offers sounds advice on how to introduce a human touch to a think tank's digital communications strategy. Her...
Insights into the relationship between think tanks and policymakers
CSTEP, in India, has published the 4th edition of their Aditi Bulletin. Aditi deals with a number of interesting issues related to think tanks from the perspective of the...
Audience Development: Can we have a meeting to discuss the dissemination of my research report?
Clair Grant-Salmon, at IIED, writes about audience development, what it is and what it can do for a think tank. It highlights that rather than focusing on frameworks and...
The challenge of communicating with different actors: is segmentation a good investment for think tanks?
Vanesa Weyrauch writes about segmenting audiences: if think tanks audiences are different should think tanks not have different communication approaches for each one of...
How to influence difficult publics? Lessons from the Chilean media
In any planning process, a significant proportion of the effort is dedicated towards developing influencing strategies for the most difficult publics. If you were using a...