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New and persistent forms of political uncertainty are impacting think tanks globally. 51% of organisations in our latest sector survey named political uncertainty as a key challenge, citing...
OTT is evolving as an organisation. We started over a decade ago as a personal blog. With funding from the Hewlett Foundation, we grew into an initiative. And today, we...
After two years online, we were happy to return to an in-person one-week School in Brussels. The seven-day event ran from 29 January – 4 February 2023, hosted by Bruegel, the European Policy Centre (EPC) and the...
The expanding population of think tanks in the United States contains a new, more politically committed, group. This comparatively young group is less driven by the goal of basing public...
I noticed a pattern among the end-of-year reflections of my peers: 2022 was bittersweet. It was a great year professionally for many, including OTT (see the end of the...
About OTT OTT is a global consultancy and platform for change. We support and strengthen the work of research organisations, foundations, governments, and others in support of better-informed decision making. Our...
Top take-aways: 2000–2008 was a boom period for think tanks in Spain. Today there is stagnation. Despite Spain's decentralised governance, its think tank landscape is characterised...
Top take-aways: Due to its proximity with Russia and Eastern-European countries, the Swedish policy research ecosystem is strongly influenced by issues related to its geographical...
Top take-aways: Since 2000, the think tank landscape has proliferated with many new smaller organisations emerging. The current ecosystem is dominated by domestically-orientated think...
Top take-aways: Most think tanks are government-affiliated or are under the influence of large corporations/chaebols. Think tanks are prolific and influential in Korea and are a...
Top take-aways: The Netherlands’ most influential think tanks are either embedded in the public system or close to the government, with not many that dare to step outside the...