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Why Technology Is Both Gift and Challenge to Think Tanks
Jim McGann, author of a new book on the future of U.S. think tanks, says technology plays a central role in think tanks’ ability to reach wider audiences. (Photo: Ezra Bailey/Getty Images)
Jim McGann, director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, once thought technology would lead to the downfall of many think tanks. Now, he says, it’s apparent that technology is one of the most powerful tools available to research institutions.
“I thought … technology would be what would make many think tanks become extinct,” McGann said during an online launch event Feb. 25 for his new book “The Future of Think Tanks and Policy Advice in the United States.”
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Luis Rubio, Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, COMEXI
“The forces of disruption that have battered our collective faith in expertise and independent analysis are a call to action for think tanks to better navigate this increasingly volatile landscape. This book offers valuable lessons for think tank leaders who hope to reach and inform decision-makers in order to better address the significant challenges impacting lives in all parts of our world.”
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At this global inflection point, “The Future of Think Tanks” provides a ground-breaking and thought-provoking analysis of an increasingly influential community and the challenges and opportunities it confronts. Jim McGann and the authors he has assembled provide timely insights into a little-understood but hugely significant world of scholars and actors who help us shape a better world.”
“ Expertise has been the subject of abuse in recent years, with opponents ranging from conspiracy-theorists to populist leaders all seeking to denigrate elite academics and experts as out of touch. Think-tanks have been a particular victim of this toxic discourse. Compiling the views of 64 current and former presidents of think tanks around the world, the book provides a fascinating wealth of information, posing probing questions about the place of think-tanks today and tomorrow.”
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Dr Shashi Tharoor, M.P., Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, Chairman, All-India Professionals Congress, India.