{"id":1706,"date":"2012-09-14T21:24:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T02:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/?post_type=resource&p=1706"},"modified":"2016-01-23T21:28:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T02:28:25","slug":"think-tank-initiative-2012-exchange-sustaining-quality-in-social-policy-research-lessons-learned-from-institutional-approaches","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/resource\/think-tank-initiative-2012-exchange-sustaining-quality-in-social-policy-research-lessons-learned-from-institutional-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Tank Initiative 2012 Exchange: Sustaining quality in social policy research \u2013 lessons learned from institutional approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the third set of videos from the TTI Exchange sessions. This panel was about reviewing the lessons learned from institutional approaches on sustaining quality in social policy research.<\/p>\n
First up was Rajeev Bhargava of the\u00a0Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rajeev points out several factors that help nurture quality research. Some of these are creating a milieu that acknowledges that academics “get it right”: they grasp what is going on and strive for internal goods such as truth and plausibility. However, research also produces external goods, such as power, and think tanks can be lured by these goods, which is why they should not become the aim of research practice. He also emphasizes evidence based research and the importance of pluralism in any good institution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n