全球智库报告2014

1  ThinkTanks&CivilSocietiesProgramTheLauderInstituteTheUniversityofPennsylvania                            2014  Global  Go  To  Think  Tank  Index  Report  JamesG.McGann,Ph.D.DirectorThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgramTheLauderInstituteUniversityofPennsylvaniaPhiladelphia,PAUSA2  ThinkTanks&CivilSocietiesProgramTheLauderInstituteTheUniversityofPennsylvania“Helpingtobridgethegapbetweenknowledgeandpolicy”Researchingthetrendsandchallengesfacingthinktanks,policymakers,andpolicy-orientedcivilsocietygroups...Sustaining,strengthening,andbuildingcapacityforthinktanksaroundtheworld...Maintainingthelargest,mostcomprehensivedatabaseofover6,500thinktanks...Allrequests,questions,andcommentsshouldbedirectedto:JamesG.McGann,Ph.D.SeniorLecturer,InternationalStudiesDirectorThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgramTheLauderInstituteUniversityofPennsylvaniaTelephone:[phone]Email:[e-mail]2015Copyright:Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisreportmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orbyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutwrittenpermissionfromtheUniversityofPennsylvania,ThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgram.3  AcknowledgementsFirstandforemost,Iwanttoexpressmydeepappreciationtothe3,572plusuniversityfacultyandadministrators,journalists,policymakers,thinktankscholarsandexecutives,anddonorsfromeveryregionoftheworldthatparticipatedinthe2014GlobalGoToThinkTankIndex(GGTTI).Iwouldliketothanktheover1,950functionalareaandregionalspecialistswhoservedasexpertpanelistsandprovidedvaluableinsightsandassistanceasIcompiledthereport.ThankyoualsotomyresearchinternsJenniferCrino,YusiDu,andCocoWangfortheirhelpincompilingandanalyzingthedataforthe2014Index.Iwouldliketoextendaspecialthankyoutotheprojectleadforthe2014GGTTI,WilliamNathanielRose,whoassembledandeditedthisyear’sreport.Inaddition,awordofthankstothecurrentandformerinternswhogaveupseveralnightsandweekendstohelpeditthereport,conductthedataanalysis,andenhancethegraphicsforthisyear’sreport.InthisregardspecialthanksgoesouttoTravisTaylor,AndrewMetrick,andJillianRafferty.They,inconjunctionwiththeresearchteam,putinlonghourstohelpimprovetheIndex’squalityandappearance.IwouldalsoliketoexpressmyappreciationtotheUnitedNationsandtheCarnegieCouncilforEthicsinInternationalAffairsforhostingthepaneldiscussionandgloballaunchofthe2014GlobalGoToThinkTankIndexinNewYork,andtotheCenterforInternationalandStrategicStudiesforhostingtheWashington,D.C.paneldiscussionandlaunchandtheover60institutionsaroundtheworldthathaveagreedtohostthinktankeventsin55cities.ThankyouforhelpingtheTTCSPhighlighttheimportantrolethinktanksplayincivilsocietiesandgovernmentsaroundtheworld.JamesG.McGannSeniorLecturer,InternationalStudiesDirectorThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgramLauderInstituteUniversityofPennsylvania4  TableofContentsIntroduction5GlobalTrendsandTransitionsinThinkTanksandPolicyAdvice6OverviewofModificationsandEnhancementstotheGlobalGoToThinkTankIndex42MethodologyandTimeline482014ThinkTankStatistics532014RankingCategories592014GlobalGoToRankingsResults61TopThinkTanksintheWorld62TopThinkTanksbyRegion69TopThinkTanksbyAreaofResearch88TopThinkTanksbySpecialAchievement111Appendices150BackgroundontheThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgram161TheResearchTeam163  5IntroductionThe2014GlobalGoToThinkTankIndex(GGTTI)markstheeighthyearofcontinuedeffortsbytheThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgram(TTCSP)attheUniversityofPennsylvaniatoacknowledgetheimportantcontributionsandemergingglobaltrendsofthinktanksworldwide.Ourinitialefforttogeneratearankingoftheworld’sleadingthinktanksin2006wasaresponsetoaseriesofrequestsfromdonors,governmentofficials,journalists,andscholarstoproduceregionalandinternationalrankingsoftheworld’spreeminentthinktanks.Sinceitsinception,ourongoingobjectivefortheGGTTIreportistogainunderstandingoftherolethinktanksplayingovernmentsandcivilsocieties.Usingthisknowledge,wehopetoassistinimprovingthecapacityandperformanceofthinktanksaroundtheworld.Since2006,therankingprocesshasbeenrefinedandstreamlined,andthenumberandscopeoftheinstitutionsandindividualsinvolvedhassteadilygrown–thoughthenumberofthinktanksworldwidehasdeclinedsincelastyear’sreportwasissued.Theprocess,asinpastyears,reliesonashareddefinitionofpublicpolicyresearch,analysis,andengagementorganizations,adetailedsetofselectioncriteria,andanincreasinglyopenandtransparentnominationsandselectionprocess.Aspartofthenominationsprocess,all6,618thinktankscataloguedintheTTCSP’sGlobalThinkTankDatabasewerecontactedandencouragedtoparticipate,inadditiontoover20,000journalists,policymakers,publicandprivatedonors,thinktanks,andfunctionalandregionalareaspecialists.Thisgroupofpeersandexpertswassurveyedtobothnominateandrankpublicpolicyresearchcentersofdistinctionfor2014.Torefineandvalidatethegeneratedrankinglists,TTCSPassembledExpertPanelscomprisedofhundredsofmembersfromawidevarietyofbackgroundsanddisciplines.Additionally,newmedia–thewebsiteandsocialmediapresence–helpeduscommunicateanddisseminateinformationaboutcriteriaforthisye