Think Tanks & Research Institutes

We find ourselves at a moment in time when think tanks and research and policy institutes are proliferating and coming into their own as an integral piece of the fabric of civil society, not only in the United States, where they have a long and distinguished legacy, but across the globe as well.

The Dukakis Center undertakes applied research on select topics. One of the Center’s roles is to function as a small, issue-centric think tank. 

The Center is an active partner in networks forged by the following organizations:

• Italian Institute for International Political Studies https://www.ispionline.it/en
• On Think Tanks https://onthinktanks.org/

The Dukakis Center also collaborates with think tanks and civil society organizations in Greece and elsewhere in Europe. The Center hosts the annual Thessaloniki Civil Society Forum and frequently co-hosts public events with local and international partners.

The Dukakis Center mourns the sudden passing on November 30, 2021, of Dr. James McGann, founder and director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, with whom the Dukakis Center collaborated on three occasions between 2019 and 2021.

Athens-based institutions

• Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) https://www.eliamep.gr/en/
• Institute for International Relations (Panteion University) https://idis.gr/en/
• European Public Law Organization https://www1.eplo.int/
• Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) http://iobe.gr/default_en.asp
• Institute of International Economic Relations (IDOS) https://idos.gr/?lang=en
• Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) https://www.kepe.gr/index.php/en/
• Centre for Analysis and Planning (CAP) https://www.mfa.gr/en/the-ministry/structure/centre-for-analysis-and-planning.html
• Institute for Global Affairs (American College of Greece) https://www.acg.edu/about-acg/institute-of-global-affairs/
• diaNEOsis https://www.dianeosis.org/en/
• DIKTIO Network for Reforms in Greece https://todiktio.eu/en/home/
• Vouliwatch https://vouliwatch.gr/about/en
• International Center for Black Sea Studies https://icbss.org/
• Institute for Democracy Konstantinos Karamanlis https://idkaramanlis.gr/en/
• Center for Liberal Studies (KEFIM) https://kefim.org/en/
• Circle of Ideas for National Reconstruction (EKYKLOS) https://ekyklos.gr/
• The Green Tank https://thegreentank.gr/en/
• Geolab Institute - Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses https://geolabinstitute.org/
• Transparency International Greece https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/greece

Thessaloniki-based organizations

• Navarino Network https://www.navarinonetwork.org/
• South-East European Research Centre (City College) https://www.seerc.org/new/
• Public Opinion Research Unit (University of Macedonia Research Institute) https://www.poru.eu/en/home-2/
• Institute of International, Defense and European Analyses (University of Macedonia) http://idea.uom.gr/en/
• Institute for Balkan Studies (IMXA) http://www.imxa.gr/profile_en.htm
• Center of International and European Economic Law https://www.cieel.gr/en/
• Millennium Project -- Greek Node https://www.phemonoe.eu/millennium-project-node/
• UNESCO Chair for Futures Research https://www.futures.gr/en/
• Information Technologies Institute (CERTH) https://www.iti.gr/iti/index.html
• United Societies of Balkans https://www.usbngo.gr/