Web-Based Profile Instructions

Part of your responsibility at TTCSP is contributing to our global database of think tanks. This semester, you will do so by submitting Web-Based Profiles to this and only this form. Please note that this is different from the Online Profile Form which think tanks continue to have access to and have been using to submit profiles themselves. Under no circumstances are these two forms to be mingled, confused, or conflated.

You will only submit profiles for institutions which have not submitted their own profiles. Attached here is a dynamically updating list of institutions which have submitted their profile. You are to cross reference this list with the Global Go-To Think Tank Index in order to identify institutions which have not submitted profiles. Then, you are to use the Web-Based Profile Form to create profiles for those which remain. After you have exhausted the Global Go-To Think Tank Index, you are to continue adding institutions from your region with the goal of compiling all think tanks in your designated regions which have not submitted their own profile.

What follows are a series of clarifications pertaining to submitting data in the Web-Based Profile Form:

Location
1. If you have a question about which nations fit into what region (for example, is Pakistan located in the Asia or Middle East & North Africa region?) Please refer to the Regions page of the ThinkTank Database Updates for Project Leads.
  1. If, for some reason, your question is not answered there, then reach out to me.
Date Founded
1. Please write dates as “31/08/2020”. Any deviation from that form will create compiling issues.
Affiliation
1. There are four options for the Affiliation metric, each is listed below along with a short definition.
  1. University-Affiliated: A public policy research organization that has significant independence from any one interest group or donor and autonomous in its operation and funding from government. Example: Brookings Institution
  2. Government-Affiliated: A public policy research organization that is part of the structure of government or is heavily reliant on government funding. Example: the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  3. Corporate (For-Profit): A public policy research organization that operates as a for profit business. Example: the McKinsey Global Institute
  4. Political Party Affiliated: A public policy research organization that is formally affiliated with a political party. Example: the Progressive Policy Institute
Staffing/Budget
1. Please only enter numbers for these. For example “123456” is correct, “123,456” or “$123456” is wrong.
Policy Areas
1. There are fifteen options for the Policy Areas metric, each is listed below along with a short definition.
  1. Defense & National Security: Military conflicts, weapons systems, etc.
  2. Domestic Economics: National industry analysis, etc.
  3. Education: Self-Explanatory
  4. Energy & Resources: Commodities such as oil, minerals, natural gas and also green energy technology
  5. Environment: Pollution, Climate Change, Conservation, etc.
  6. Foreign Policy & International Affairs: Diplomacy, treaties, soft-power relations, etc
  7. Domestic Health: National healthcare systems and conditions
  8. Global Health: Global health trends such as life expectancy, disease, and other global factors of health
  9. International Development: Investment and economic growth of emerging economies
  10. International Economics: Trade, global financial systems, etc.
  11. Science & Technology: Self-Explanatory
  12. Social Policy: Women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, religious freedoms, etc.
  13. Transparency & Good Governance: Corruption, the rule of law, government accountability, etc.
  14. Food: Self-Explanatory
  15. Water: Self-Explanatory
Update Information
1. Date Updated
  1. MM should be written as “08” rather than “8.” The same standard should be applied for DD.
Contact Information
1. Institution Phone/Fax Numbers should be written as “+19998887777” not “+1 (999) 888-7777” or any other form.