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2017 global think tank rankings published
For the first time, the Wuppertal Institute has achieved a place in the top ten in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index. In the Environment Policy category, the Wuppertal Institute has been ranked ninth, making it one of the world’s most prestigious research and consultancy institutes.
Wuppertal, 7 February 2018: Every year, the University of Pennsylvania publishes a report in which it selects the best think tanks. The annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) examines the role played by political research institutes in governments and civil societies around the world. This year, a total of more than 1,900 political decision makers, journalists and academics as well as public and private sponsors participated in the survey in their capacity as experts in their fields.
The Wuppertal Institute was voted into the top ten for the first time. This makes the institute one of the world’s leading international think tanks in the Top Environment Policy Think Tanks category. In the previous year, the Wuppertal Institute was ranked twenty-sixth in the same group; this year, it has achieved a significant improvement, moving up to ninth place. Professor Uwe Schneidewind, President of the Wuppertal Institute, expressed his appreciation: “We were delighted by the high level of international recognition afforded our scientific work at the Wuppertal Institute. We would like to continue to consolidate it at this high level.”
2017 Think Tank Index
Based at the University of Pennsylvania, the TTCSP serves to enhance the profile, capacity and achievements of think tanks at international, national and regional levels. Part of this mission involves the annual publication of the Think Tank Index, which this year is based on the analysis of more than 3,750 contributions from universities, media representatives, politicians and think tank staff.
Think tank institutes in the Johannes Rau Research Association
Two further organisations belonging to the Johannes Rau Research Association (JRF), of which the Wuppertal Institute is also a member, are represented in the global think tank index: the German Development Institute (DIE) and the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). Further information about the overall ranking of JRF institutes is available via the following link.
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Press release
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH (Wuppertal Institute)
Responsible for content: Professor Uwe Schneidewind, President
Contact details: Christin Hasken, Head of Communications and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 202 2492-187
Fax: +49 202 2492-108
E-mail: christin.hasken@wupperinst.org
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Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH (Wuppertal Institute)
The Wuppertal Institute undertakes research and develops models, strategies and instruments to support transitions to sustainable development at regional, national and international levels. This work focuses on challenges related to resources, climate and energy and their interactions with business and society. Special emphasis is placed on analysing and stimulating innovations aimed at decoupling economic growth and wealth from the consumption of natural resources. Research at the Wuppertal Institute concentrates on transformation processes leading to sustainable development. Its work in this field is based on combining the findings of various scientific disciplines to generate practical and stakeholder-oriented solutions for complex sustainability problems. Problems, solutions and networks are treated equally at global, national and regional/local levels.
www.wupperinst.org
http://www.wupperinst.org (Wuppertal Institute)
https://www.gotothinktank.com/global-goto-think-tank-index/ (Global Go To Think Tank Index 2017)
https://www.gotothinktank.com/ (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania (TTCSP))
https://jrf.nrw/2018/02/global-think-tank-ranking-2017/ (Press release from the Johannes Rau Research Association (JRF) – German only)
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