Think-tanks play a critical role in developing and promoting policy solutions, particularly in times of extreme disruption and change.

However, these organisations now operate in information-rich societies where facts, evidence and credible research are often ignored – and where disinformation can gain a footing.

In this edition of the Bruegel Backstage podcast series on ‘The Sound of Economics’, Bruegel secretary general Matt Dann welcomes senior thought leaders from research centres around the world, to discuss a range of strategies and best practices for transforming public policy and institutions in an era of digital and political disruptions as well as increased social and economic turbulence.

Speakers

**Matt Dann**, secretary general at Bruegel

**James McGann**, director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania

**Milena Lazarević**, programme director and co-founder of the European Policy Centre in Belgrade, Serbia

**Edward Kofi Anan Brown**, senior director for research and policy engagements at the African Center for Economic Transformation in Ghana

Credits

Produced by Giuseppe Porcaro

_James McGann, Milena Lazarević and Edward Kofi Anan Brown participated in the [Global Think Tank Summit 2018](http://bruegel.org/events/global-think-tank-summit-2018/), hosted by Bruegel in Brussels._