Exploring the relationship between think tanks and social movements
Do think tanks and social movements work together? What motivates this engagement? How do they work with each other? What difficulties do they face? With the support of...
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CaPRI’s participation in the 2019 OTT Conference
When I joined the CAPRI team in early 2018 as the director of research, I began to explore an international think tank network for us to join. Founded in 2007, CAPRI—the Caribbean Policy...
Policy relevant research and influence: a climate change teaching case
I was glad to return to Geneva, to the WinterSchool for Thinktankers, this time to work with young think tank leaders from around the world on policy-relevant...
Policy Kitchen: Empowering the public as experts and authors in research
Public engagement commonly focuses on consultation and awareness activities. By explaining and discussing findings, researchers seek to enhance the application, benefits...
Twelve ways to decide what actions to take
In this post we provide twelve suggestions on what you might do to support policymakers to improve their use of evidence. Do you work within or beyond formal constraints identified by the...
Twelve tips to set up a team and establish relationships
You’ve got a better idea of the context which shapes policymakers use’ of evidence and selected an issue to work on. So, what next? Here’s some advice on how you...
Thirteen tips to conduct a successful evidence context study
In my last article, I wrote about what an analytical framework for an ‘evidence context' study might look. Here, I highlight thirteen lessons to hold in mind when...
Three ways to select policy issues to work on
Consultants may have to conduct evidence studies on a range of policy issues but then have to provide capacity development services in only a few. If you find yourself in this predicament,...
Five questions to understand the evidence context
To identify entry points for your work with policymakers, you’ll first need to understand the political context for the acquisition and use of evidence. Doing this requires an understanding...
Strengthening research systems: concepts, actions and actors
There are few frameworks that explicitly conceptualise social science research systems in a ‘developing’ country context. What frameworks there are tend to focus...
The 2017 China think tank index report: methodology and think tank rankings
The building of a new type of think tanks with Chinese characteristics has made policy communities more inclusive and interactive (...) As a crucial member of any...
Learning to live with one another: lessons from an interdisciplinary research project
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), has a budget of £1.5bn over five years and aims to (amongst other things) promote interdisciplinary research. However, as...