Policy People Podcast: Think Tanking Under Lockdown with Adriana Abdenur

In a conversation with the Policy People Podcast, Adriana Erthal Abdenur, CIPÓ’s Executive Director, talked about the process of starting a think tank during lockdown. Adriana discussed her personal encounter with COVID, the drama of setting up a think tank virtually, the benefits of remote hiring, the importance of institutional networks for new think tanks, how tank funding is secured in the global South , the causes behind the lack of female leadership in think tanks, the plight of NGOs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil, how climate change is reconfiguring security policy, and many other topics. Click here to listen to this episode on Spotify.