At Politics & Ideas we are convinced that doing high quality and policy relevant research is just as important as communicating or disseminating it effectively to ensure its impact on policy. That is why in 2015 we launched the online…
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, Head of the Communication and Policy Engagement Team, and Deeksha M Rao, Intern at the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP).] Introduction The term Think Tank was first used…
Early in 2016, Politics & Ideas decided to join the On Think Tank School as a strategic partner to further bring our knowledge and experience in working with think tanks worldwide to new audiences and become part of a rich…
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt, from Politics & Ideas, and it was originally published at the Aditi Bulletin of the Center for Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP).] When reflecting about the link between research and public policies, academics…
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Utica Stella, Communication Assistant at the Institute for Public Policy (IPP) from Republic of Moldova. It is part of a series of reflections from participants and facilitators of the Online training to strengthen…
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dražen Hoffmann, Researcher of GONG from Croatia. It is part of a series of reflections from participants and facilitators of the Online training to strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning on policy influence, supported…
Within current debates on what is policy influence and how to assess whether a policy research organization has been successful in its efforts or not, there has been recently an increasing acknowledgment of the complexity of this task, and questions…
Many policy research organizations are grappling with how to assess their policy influence in a sustainable, viable and meaningful manner. Some of them have tried to develop monitoring and evaluation methods with the aid of experts and/or donors but many…
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Elena Polo, Research Analyst at AGENDA Institute, Albania. It is part of a series of reflections from participants and facilitators of the Online course Re-thinking your Funding Model that took place in 2014, supported by the Think Tank Fund.] …
