On 5 Jun, 2014 By Luz Helena Sanchez Gomez
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[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Luz Helena Sanchez Gomez, MD MPH. She is Executive Director and Senior Researcher at the Colombian Association for Health in the field of Health Policy & Systems.] An open letter to the public…
In a previous post, I discussed why I think that the objective of informing policy should be considered from the onset of a research project. Since then, I have been reflecting on how to go about changing the way researchers…
On 19 Mar, 2014
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We are ready to re-frame the way we think and talk about how communications can contribute for research to inform public policies. We need to think more about ‘networked communications’, which means communicating with others, instead of crafting plans, strategies…
On 25 Nov, 2013 By Claudio Jones
With Comments Off on What are partisan think tanks?
[Editor’s note: What is the role of partisan think tanks in political debates? In this series of blogs, Claudio Jones, researcher with the Fundación Rafael Preciado Hernández in México, argues in favor of a broader and more active role for…
On 26 Apr, 2013 By Laura Zommer
With Comments Off on Say no to developing new communication channels that are not linked to your core business
[Editor’s note: This Idea was shared by Laura Zommer, CIPPEC’s former Head of Communications and current Director of Chequeado.com] I was Director of communication at CIPPEC, a leading think tank in Latin America, for almost eight years. When I joined…