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...
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Is there a role for think tanks in impact investing?
Amid current global challenges, there’s an increasing focus on creating a new normal based on sustainable living. In turn, more and more investors are looking to...
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...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on southern researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of our lives over the past few months. Worldwide, it has changed our work, our social lives, impacted how we get...
Exploración de la relación entre think tanks y movimientos sociales
Antes de la pandemia que el COVID-19 desató, los expertos no eran bien vistos (al menos en el norte global), y eran percibidos como lejanos y encerrados en sus torres...
Activists and policy experts: Exploring think tank engagement with social movements
Abstract Collaborations between think tanks and social movements appear to be a positive partnership, as think tanks get to understand and engage with the lived...
Understanding think tank–social movement engagement
Before COVID-19, experts were loathed (at least in the global North), perceived to be in their ivory towers detached from the public. While experts may have remerged as...
How the pandemic is impacting think tanks: overview of OTT survey results
How has the pandemic affected think tanks? This is one of the questions that the On Think Tanks (OTT) survey has looked at. More than 100 peopleworking at think tanks...
Boosting investment in social science research in Myanmar
Over the last decade, Myanmar’s transition to democracy has faced multiple milestones and challenges. The first free elections in 2015 marked the country’s recent history. As...
The future of think tanks in a post-Covid-19 world: Looking to (social) science for the answers
. Social science and the humanities have long held important places in modern society for the insights, stimulation and escapism that they can provide in the best times...
More connections, less commitment: the impact of technology on networks
Information, a community, and connections may have once been enough to keep network members engaged (and possibly paying dues). But now people can get these things...
Technology for society: the forgotten principles
‘Technology for society’ is an oversimplified concept. Everything from analysis reports, dashboards, and command centres to self-service websites are put forward as the holy grails of...
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