Editor’s note: this post was jointly written with María Laffaire, responsible for individual funders at CIPPEC’s Institutional...

This post appeared originally at on think tanks, and it comments on a post by Michael Bassey of the LSE British Politics and Policy blog,...

Evidence based policy has, as the Topic Guide states in its introduction, become a sort of holy grail for policymakers (in the North and...

Our first product is a Topic Guide on Politics and Ideas. We have worked intensely to produce it but we know that we need your help to...

Engaging youth in research is considered a useful source of knowledge on development challenges since they usually provide fresh...

Editor’s note: this post was jointly written with María Laffaire, responsible for individual funders at CIPPEC’s Institutional...

Useful websites and organizations On think tanks www.onthinktanks.org The Evaluation Exchange (Harvard Family Research...

The monitoring and evaluation of research influence and impact In this section: Policy influence and Research uptake Evaluating policy...

Finnish schools are among the best in the world, but did not know, and apparently did not want to know it. Ironically, Finns found out...

Capacity building In this section: Approaches to developing research capacity & evidence literacy/use of evidence in policymaking...

The communication of research In this section: Knowledge translation Digital tools and their impact on policymaking, research and...

Research within the policy process In this section: The political economy of research uptake The role of narratives & ideas in policy...

Research agenda and production In this section: Key factors influencing think tanks and policy research organizations in setting their...

Introduction ‘Evidence-based policy’ has become something of a holy grail for policymakers intent on formulating pragmatic, effective...

This Topic Guide covers a number of topic and issues identified during a process of discussion and debate among the team members and...

Creating a research agenda is always an exciting job. On the one hand, we are always seeking for overarching structures and frameworks...

Can you imagine the faces of your local policymakers if exposed to a Prezi presentation with images like the ones below representing the...

In the academic world, little attention has been paid to how the priorities and agendas of global research organisations, along with...

Peer-reviewing an article is a process used in order to guarantee the quality of the research conducted. However, traditional peer review...

[Editor’s note: This Idea was shared by Laura Zommer, CIPPEC’s former Head of Communications and current Director of Chequeado.com] I was...