Julia Kaufman
@juliaskaufman
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Currently @JPAL_Africa, formerly @ADB_HQ @PrincetonSPIA @CGDev @DukeGHI. She/her. Views my own 🕵🏻‍♀️
Washington, DC
Joined February 2018
I learn a lot every day of my internship @ADB_HQ, but today was especially interesting - with sessions on the role of evidence, evaluation & learning in ADB's work ft @ALeighMP @ADBChiefEcon @DGMannyADB_IED @RachelLillianT + more, and on competition policy in the region.
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So valuable to step away from daily routines and think creatively with think tanks from around the world. For many orgs, political uncertainty is nothing new. Reinforces that humility is a continuous practice. Thank you to @onthinktanks team!
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A session with @CeliaNalwadda, @marcelmballa, @ktrmurray discussed how to best reach & build trust with public as key think tank audience & pathway to inform policy. Themes: transparency, clarity, stories, listening, history. “Influencing” also raised in @gbuldioski keynote ⤵️.
Goran Buldioski: amidst all uncertainty, four certainties for #thinktanks: limits of what we can do on/exploit globe; multipolar world; further concentration of the ultra-rich; neuroscience & humans -- what can we do, to be influencers (rather than educators). #ottconference
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Panel on how funders should support think tanks in times of uncertainty w/ @SusanneZels, @SaviorAfrica and Kristin Corbett explored needs to:. 🔹Provide flexible, core funding.🔹Balance support for orgs & networks of diff sizes, scopes, ages.🔹Assess own role in funding ecosystem
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A hit session on sharing and discussing unpopular opinions was such a valuable exercise. We could all do more to create such spaces. Thank you @davidwatson_m and @andreabaertl đź‘Ź.
A room full of thinktankers+ sharing their unpopular opinions. It’s not often that you get a room full of people laughing while disagreeing. Well done @onthinktanks for this excellent session expertly chaired by @davidwatson_m @andreabaertl at #OTTconference.
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Learned so much from @loomnie on @APRI_Africa's work to elevate new and improved gazes, scripts, and ideas on Africa-Europe policy engagement, as well as @MauraL33 @acetforafrica + partners work on balanced, realistic Africa-Europe partnerships on climate and beyond.
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A keynote from @GCDL discussed the value of forward thinking and #forecasting in uncertain contexts and @CIPPEC’s Democracia 40 project, which looks to the next 40 years of democracy in Argentina using backcasting:.
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Backcasting as a scholarly and planning approach is increasingly used in futures studies in fields related to urban sustainability as an alternative to traditional planning approaches and a formal...
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An illuminating session with @soniajalfin @QQMendizabal on AI & LLMs like ChatGPT covered daily implications for think tanks (reports as training data, staffing, prompt guides, policymaker use, etc) & big societal risks. 📢 "You won't be replaced by AI, but by someone using it.".
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In a session on new voices + experts, @gkdavalos & @FionaMoejes @MawazoInstitute emphasized the importance of supporting younger scholars increasingly interested in research *use.*. Their orgs help create + connect people to opportunities. Congrats to @SVoice2030 on 10 years!.
🇬🇧 Scenes from @ChathamHouse, where members and attendees of the #OTTConference celebrated 10 years of Southern Voice! [🧵]. 🤝: @onthinktanks
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Great to be at the @onthinktanks conference this week with @BrinDatema for @CGDev (and to visit our colleagues in London)!. Some takeaways on the #OTTconference 2023👇🧵.
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RT @kdhauck: "Give pandemic preparedness investments same importance as defence" Comprehensive summary of our discussion on the investment….
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📢 Interested in helping make global health funding go further to save + improve more lives? @CGDev is hiring for a new global health program coordinator with superb organizational skills and writing chops. Apply here by April 28 ⤵️.
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📢 Join us this Thursday @CGDev for @PowerUSAID's address on the trajectory of global health. Also featuring @GawandeUSAID @glassmanamanda @MasoodCGD 🌟. Register for in-person in DC or online here:
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Funders must provide locally immersed researchers with the resources + autonomy they need. Without more inclusive, flexible support, we’ll keep missing opportunities to get relevant info to decision-makers willing to use it. From @JMARIARA & me in @ProSyn:.
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Julia Kaufman & Jane Kabubo-Mariara explain why funders should be providing more long-term resources to researchers in developing countries.
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RT @nancymbirdsall: Wow. Two articles on decolonizing development research on one day: The makings of a movement?!.
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Julia Kaufman & Jane Kabubo-Mariara explain why funders should be providing more long-term resources to researchers in developing countries.
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RT @CGDev: In November, former directors of @USAID’s Office of Population & Reproductive Health 🤰 convened to reflect on the program’s curr….
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In November 2022, a two-day reunion was organized by seven former directors of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH). Participants reflected on USAID’s achievements and challen...
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At today’s final evidence forum as part of the @WhiteHouse #YearOfEvidence, the @SecondGentleman stopped by to congratulate all partners 👏. As part of the series, @CGDev recently hosted an event with @PowerUSAID & other leaders on championing evidence use for development impact
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RT @alegovini: Brazil planning ministry creating new secretariat of evaluation of public policies!.
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As philanthropies develop new #SRHR #familyplanning strategies + seek to shift power (e.g. @Hewlett_Found @gatesfoundation @CIFFchild), finding ways to channel more support through governments can be key. ✍️ New blog on this + other #ICFP2022 takeaways
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