Prospect magazine is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Think Tank Awards. Founded in 2001, the awards are an annual recognition of the important and inuential work carried out by Think Tanks across the globe.
The awards are judged by an independent, cross-party panel chaired by the Editor, Tom Clark. The judges look for evidence of inuence on public policy and on the public discourse and consider the quality of research—and the potential of younger and smaller organisations.
The awards will be given at an event in London on July 17. The shortlist by category, and a full list of judges, are below.
This year's shortlist
Economic and Financial
North AmericaEconomic Innovation Group
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Manhattan Institute
Europe
Transparency International
European Policy Centre (EPC)
Bruegel
UK
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Institute for Government
RUSI
International
Libertad y Progreso
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics
African Center for Economic Transformation
Social Policy
North AmericaNew America
MacDonald Laurier Institute
RAND Corporation
Europe
Katalys Institute
Transparency International
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Institute for Government
Fabian Society
International
Observer Research Foundation
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Carnegie Middle East Centre
Energy and Environment
North AmericaStimson Center
Global Carbon Project
Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions
Europe
Centre for European Policy Studies
Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Institute for European Environmental Policy
UK
Policy Exchange
Bright Blue
Chatham House
International
Beyond Zero Emissions Inc
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Global Affairs
North AmericaCarnie Endowment for International Peace
New America
RAND Corporation
Europe
Carnegie Europe
Centre for European Policy Studies
Casimir Pulaski Foundation
UK
Policy Exchange
UK in a Changing Europe
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
International
Observer Research Foundation
Igarapé Institute
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
The 2018 judges
Duncan Weldon | Head of Research | Resolution GroupDr Werner Hoyer | President | European Investment Bank
Vicky Pryce | Former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service
Malcolm Grimston | Senior Research Fellow | Imperial College London
Professor Claudia Kemfert | Professor of Energy Economics and Sustainability | Hertie School of Governance
Baroness Margaret Jones of Whitchurch | Shadow Spokesperson on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the House of Lords
Stephanie Flanders | Former BBC Newsnight Economics Editor
Alberto Alemanno | Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law and Regulation | HEC Paris
Tony Barber | Europe Editor | Financial Times
Dr Emil Brix | Director | Diplomatic Academy in Vienna
Angela Knight | Chair | Office of Tax Simplification
Dame Frances Cairncross | Chair of Court | Heriot Watt University
Caroline Lucas | Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion
Graham Bishop | Consultant on European Integration
Clare Short | Former Secretary of State for International Development
Sir Stuart Etherington | CEO | NCVO
Philippe Legrain | Senior Visiting Fellow | London School of Economics’ European Institute
Pascal Lamy | Former Director-General | WTO
Professor Nick Eyre | Professor of Energy and Climate Policy | University of Oxford
Javier Solana | Former Secretary-General | NATO
Lord Admiral Alan West | Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | British Home Office
Professor Nicola Yeates | Professor of Social Policy | Open University
Professor Patricia Kennett | Professor of Comparative and International Policy Studies | University of Bristol
Andrew Stuttaford | Contributing Editor | National Review
David Blanchflower | Economics Professor | Dartmouth College
Fiona Harvey | Environmental Correspondent | The Guardian
Dan Balz | Chief Correspondent | Washington Post
Martin Kettle | Chief Political Leader Writer | The Guardian
Sir Nigel Ingewald | Former UK Ambassador to the European Union
Diane Roberts | Writer and Broadcaster
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