Leadership interview with Santiago Cueto, executive director of GRADE in Peru
Santiago Cueto is the executive director of Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) in Peru. Santiago holds a PhD in educational psychology from Indiana...
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Interview with Dr Seyed Sadegh Emamian, founder and director of the Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT) in Iran
Dr Seyed Sadegh Emamian is the founder and former director of the Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT), established in Tehran in 2015. It is a...
Interview with Chukwuka Onyekwena, executive director of the Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) in Nigeria
Chukwuka Onyekwena is the executive director of the Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA). CSEA is a non-profit research organisation established in...
Understanding the roles and functions of think tank executive directors: implications and recommendations
A new OTT working paper offers insights into what think tank directors do, how they achieved their role and what challenges keep them busy. The analysis focuses on the...
Devising, revising and evaluating strategies for funding organisations: 10 lessons from OTT’s work
with contributions from Julie LaFrance, Simon Hearn, and Enrique Mendizabal Over the last couple of years, OTT has provided services to large funders to develop,...
Think tanks and unions
Back in 2010, before founding OTT, I volunteered as a union rep at a think tank in the UK. It offered an opportunity to see the organisation from an entirely different perspective. I was...
Understanding the functions and challenges of think tank leaders
Executive directors play a key role in a think tank’s success, credibility and ability to achieve impact. But while leadership has been a topic widely studied in the...
Think tank leadership: Functions and challenges of executive directors
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...
Wailea Zülch, engagement manager at foraus (video)
Wailea Zülch, engagement manager at foraus talked to Enrique Mendizabal about the think tank's grassroots model, their engagement with volunteers across Switzerland, and...
School for Thinktankers 2021: a summary
The School for Thinktankers is designed to prepare and inspire the next generation of think tank leaders, build a community of thinktankers, and encourage participants to reflect on their...
Strategy development for the Mawazo Institute
Project brief The Mawazo Institute is a non-profit research institute based in Nairobi, Kenya. Its mission is to support the next generation of female scholars and thought leaders in East...
How have southern think tanks responded to the pandemic?
. The pandemic imposed many unprecedented challenges on think tanks in the Global South. Amid lockdowns and uncertain cashflows, they found themselves overstretched...