Diversity in think tanks: what needs to change?
The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) heritage, combined with widespread protests after George Floyd was killed by a police officer in...
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Adapting to the pandemic with a human touch
The present pandemic has possibly been one of the most disruptive events in our lives, both professionally and personally. It has dislodged us from our comfort zones and challenged us to find...
OTT Conference 2020, the 2nd online event: a report
The OTT Conference 2020: the online events were a response to the need to postpone our 2020 conference in Berlin. In June we hosted the second online event and were joined...
One key to the crisis: flexibility
Three months of running a think tank from my home office amid a global pandemic and mass protests has taught me a simple, paradoxical lesson: for a think tank to remain stable in a crisis it...
OTT Conference 2020: the 2nd online event
We had to postpone the face-to-face OTT Conference 2020 in Berlin, but we do not want to miss the opportunity to connect with our colleagues and friends from around the world. In the past few months we've seen a lot...
Responding to COVID-19 and its spill over effects
COVID-19 has changed the world, transforming the way we look at ourselves, and the ways in which we relate to our work, communities and societies. In sum, it has also compelled us to reassess...
D. Dhanuraj, Founder chairman of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is an independent public policy organisation dedicated to in-depth research and scientific analysis with the objective of...
The 4th Industrial Revolution and new frontiers: why think tanks should be prepared
A couple of years back, when our research organisation in the global South started to think about the impacts of digital revolution, the topic was hardly getting any air...
The questions technology poses think tanks
It is easy to paint a dystopian picture of fast-approaching ‘technological singularity’ – the point at which artificial intelligence becomes cleverer than us, and probably decides...
OTT Annual Reviews
OTT Annual Review 2019-2020: think tanks and technology The OTT Annual Review 2019-2020 is a compilation of articles written by over 20 authors, both from within the OTT team and from external collaborators. In this...
On think tanks and technology
We’ve invited authors from across different disciplines, sectors and roles to offer insights into the opportunities and challenges that new technologies present to think tanks. As ever,...
More on our COVID-19 initiative
Our response to the COVID-19 crisis is based on our four core pillars of work: generating knowledge, learning, convening, and sharing content and resources. In the short-term, we are starting to convene spaces to...