Choosing to innovate on your research agenda
In seeking to develop new policy relevant research agendas you may find yourself encouraged to think about policy problems differently. This may inspire you to innovate, but before you do,...
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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...
What are the principles of policy relevant research?
As we stated in the first post of this series, our approach is based on the premise that researchers and research institutions that do good research for policymaking...
Individual and institutional research agendas: how different are they?
Why should one discuss individual and institutional research agendas when talking about policy relevance? From my experience working at and with think tanks, we have...
Why do we need to analyse our context to design a research agenda?
In our previous article we introduced the seven principles for policy relevant research identified in existing literature and through practice. The first one referred to...
The role of narrative change in influencing policy
‘Narrative change’ seems to be a catch-phrase at present. A number of foundations – including the Open Society Foundations - have engaged in narrative change work and a number of...
Think tanks and videos: are they an effective tool to communicate research?
I (very) recently joined the On Think Tanks team as an editorial manager. One of my first set of tasks was to create a series about Think Tanks and Videos from content...
Can someone tell me what this ‘organisational development’ is really about?
Last year, I kept hearing people talk about ‘organisational development’, throwing it around in meetings to mean all sorts of things, and no one was questioning...
Setting up a communications team for a Think Tank: The case of CSTEP
When I joined the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) as the Head of the Communication and Policy Engagement (CPE) team, I had a fairly limited idea...
What does the future of think tanks communications hold? A conversation with John Schwartz, Managing Director at Soapbox
John Schwartz, Managing Director at Soapbox, talks about the future of think tank communications. He outlines three trends: digital first, the rise of narratives, and...
How to produce a public event
Public events are an excellent communication and convening tool for think tanks but few use them to their full potential. This post outlines some advice on how to produce an event for impact....
Wonkcomms teams and skill sets: what does the future hold?
After setting the scene on the future of think tank communications in our first event this April, the last three WonkComms events have considered the ‘why’,...
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