Supporting think tanks: strategic thinking
OTT's work with think tanks often involves supporting new think tanks to develop their strategic plans and existing organisations to refresh their strategies. I decided to test ChatGPT...
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New Right think tanks in the US
The expanding population of think tanks in the United States contains a new, more politically committed, group. This comparatively young group is less driven by the goal of basing public...
Build a think tank – open session
New and young think tanks play an important role in devising innovative and evidence-informed solutions to the complex challenges facing the world today. But, as young and emerging organisations, there is a lot to...
Knowledge translation in the Global South: A language perspective
Anywhere in the world, knowledge translation (KT) is facilitated through a process of communicating messages to an audience, who will ultimately use that information to...
The future of evidence-informed decision-making practice: redefining perspectives for improved impact
As a growing multi-disciplinary field, evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) needs to draw out its unique qualities, irrespective of the perspectives from which they...
Are greater diversity, participation, and inclusivity compatible with greater impact?
Words have meaning beyond their definitions The public sphere today is terminally fragmented. Gone are the days when the debate focused on what to do based on the facts...
Democratising research for progressive change: The Centre’s experience in Malaysia
The terms that govern Malaysia’s public discourse have shifted tremendously in the last couple of decades. Thanks in part to the expansion of the third sector, NGOs,...
Lessons learned from a training on knowledge translation in implementation research in Senegal
Background Implementation research (IR) in health is still underdeveloped in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa (World Health Organization,...
Building the future of Knowledge Translation in the Global South: perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
The Global South has cultural, socio-economic and political factors that shape the way knowledge translation (KT) is developed in its countries. Specifically, Latin...
Think tank landscape scan 2022: Spain
Top take-aways: 2000–2008 was a boom period for think tanks in Spain. Today there is stagnation. Despite Spain's decentralised governance, its think tank landscape is characterised...
Think tank landscape scan 2022: Sweden
Top take-aways: Due to its proximity with Russia and Eastern-European countries, the Swedish policy research ecosystem is strongly influenced by issues related to its geographical...
Think tank landscape scan 2022: UK
Top take-aways: Since 2000, the think tank landscape has proliferated with many new smaller organisations emerging. The current ecosystem is dominated by domestically-orientated think...