The time is ripe for Southern perspectives
I must start by saying that I am honoured to be talking to you today, but most importantly, I am grateful to be part of this community and calling many of you not only my colleagues but...
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Think prevention rather than crisis management
I learned about the importance of how research quality affects credibility the hard way. I had never worked at a think tank before, but the research team I was assigned to was very...
Crafting policy relevant research: thinking strategically about research
The first round of the Doing policy relevant research course has finished successfully, and it has been inspiring. Just over a year ago, we had written about how...
Choosing to innovate on your research agenda
In seeking to develop new policy relevant research agendas you may find yourself encouraged to think about policy problems differently. This may inspire you to innovate, but before you do,...
Methodological choices to inform policy
There is a persistent perception that there is a tension between rigorous research and research being relevant, thus increasing the chance of having an impact. Of course, we understand the...
Individual and institutional research agendas: how different are they?
Why should one discuss individual and institutional research agendas when talking about policy relevance? From my experience working at and with think tanks, we have...
Peer Reviews for Think Tanks
This digital publication presents the Series Peer Reviews for Think Tanks edited by Andrea Ordoñez. In it, authors from across Latin America describe an innovative approach to provide...
Researching a murky subject: definitions, questions, and methods
On Think Tanks has launched an online conference on studying think tanks. This post reports on the pre-launch event in London in August 2015. It serves as a discussion...
Stocktaking on Research Quality at the Think Tank Initiative Exchange
In this post Andrea Ordoñez writes about research quality. She identified three levels of responsibility: the individual, the organisation, and society. She argues that...
Lessons from Peer Reviewing among Think Tanks
This is the final post in the series edited by Andrea Ordoñez on a Peer Review System for the Think Tank Initiative in Latin America. The post outlines key conclusions and recommendations...
Perspectives on the Peer Review Pilot
This blog is part of the series on peer review for think tanks. It has been edited by Andrea Ordóñez and in it she discusses the key points of the evaluation process whereby authors and...
Is Research from Think Tanks Really Different?
Andrea Ordoñez has edited a series about a new peer review mechanism for think tanks that the Think Tank initiative has piloted recently. She has produced a series of posts that explore the...
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