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1、ThinkTanksandCivilSocietiesProgramInternationalRelationsProgramUniversityofPennsylvania635WilliamsHallth255S.36StreetPhiladelphia,PA19104-6305DirectLine:(215)746-2928MainOffice:(215)898-0452Email:jmcgann@sas.upenn.eduJanuary23,2012DearFriendandColleague,Iampleasedtoannouncethelaunchofthe
2、2011GlobalGoToThinkTanksRankingsandassociatedtrendsreport.ThereportcanbeaccessedattheProgram’swebsite:http://www.gotothinktank.com.Thereport’spublicationistheculminationofaneight-monthprocessinvolvingthesupportofthinktanksandexpertsfromeveryregionoftheworld.Despitethescopeoftheproject,th
3、erankingsareconductedwithoutthebenefitofafulltimestafforbudget,insteadmadepossiblewiththeassistanceofagroupofresearchinternsfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniaandothercollegesinthePhiladelphiaarea.Belowisasnapshotoftherangeofexpertsandpeerinstitutionsparticipatinginthisyear’srankingprocess:•
4、793expertpanelistsforalltheregionalandfunctionalresearchcategories•150journalistsandscholarswithexpertisespanningpolitics,thinktanks,andcivilsociety•55currentandformerdirectorsofthinktankprogramsandnetworks•40publicandprivatedonors•100softhinktanks•25-30intergovernmentalorganizations•120
5、academicinstitutionsFurther,Iampleasedtohighlighttheincreasinglyglobalreachoftherankings,asreflectedinthefollowingstatisticsregardingthisyearsreport:•6,545thinktanksfrom182countrieswereinvitedtoparticipateintheprocess•1,500plusindividualsfrom120countriesparticipatedinthenominationsandran
6、kingsprocess•Thinktankswerenominated,andsubsequentlyranked,in30categories•Atotalof5,329thinktankswerenominated•Atotalofwellover25,000nominationswerereceivedacrossthe30categories1•202thinktankswerenominatedastheworld’stopthinktankEachyear,ourteamworkstoimprovethequalityofthedatacollecteda
7、ndtheresultsgeneratedbytherankingsprocess.Thisandlastyears’reviewsoftheprocesssparkedanupheavalofaspectsofpreviousyears’methodology.Inanefforttomaketherankingsprocessmoredemocraticandfair,2011’sprocess,like2010’s,beganwithcallingfornominationsofthinktanksacrossthethirtyca
