Social movements and think tanks
Project brief The Open Society Foundations (OSF) and On Think Tanks (OTT) are exploring how they can best support partnerships between think tanks and social/popular movements. To inform...
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Think tanks: why and how to support elections
Democratic elections facilitate the exchange of ideas in a country and are an important moment for public engagement in political processes. Elections present an opportunity for...
Talking evidence in Latin America: right on time?
The 3rd Latin American Evidence Week is over. It involved more than 80 events involving 15 countries and more that 3,000 participants among researchers, policymakers, journalists, activists,...
Biased policy professionals and what to do about them
We know that policy professionals are biased. Every one is, after all. Sheheryar Banuri, Stefan Dercon and Varun Gauri have conducted a study on the biases of policy...
Where next for evidence and policy in post-Brexit Britain – according to British academics?
A series of speakers (and authors) at an academic event in June 2017 attempted to address "role of and responses to experts and expertise in the changing political...
Ministers reflect: Ricardo Labó, former deputy minister for mining
This interview has been edited from Ricardo Labó's representation at an event which brought together three Peruvian deputy ministers to reflect on their time in office....
Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, Director at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is the leading think tank on human conflict and security crises on the continent. It’s first francophone regional office in...
Professor Bitrina Diyamett, Executive Director at STIPRO
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO) aims to be an informative resource for policymakers and others participating in policy debates in...
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...
Doing research for (and not on) development: some important questions for the Global Challenges Research Fund
The research agenda for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (set out in its strategy) is undeniably impressive, covering a wide range of development issues. But...
Research systems research for K4D Helpdesk
Project brief OTT Consulting has produced a report for the IDS led K4D Helpdesk service on Research Systems to inform DFID policy on the subject. The study included the following...
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