Rethinking ideas – more than just policy solutions
One of the areas of interest of our research agenda are ideas. I agree, conceptualizing ideas, and exploring where they come from, how they evolve, and who appropriates them is essential to understanding how research can influence policy. But what are ideas? When we think about ideas, we usually picture the bright solution to a development problem. In general, we love ideas: conditional cash transfer programs, voluntary governance initiatives, innovative ICT programs and oth