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Think Tanks in Australia
A register of firms and the professionals working at them in the Think Tanks sector based in Australia. Browse the public index, then filter or export on Kipplo.
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Australian Council Of Learned Academies Acola
The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) is where Australia’s leading experts come together to provide trusted, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary policy advice on global challenges and emerging national priorities. We represent the combined expertise of over 3,500 Fellows from Australia’s five Learned Academies: – Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia – Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences – Australian Academy of the Humanities – Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering – Australian Academy of Science ACOLA is a trusted and independent voice at the intersection of research, policy, and innovation. We draw on a deep well of knowledge across disciplines and sectors to deliver insights that help shape Australia’s future. Our global reach and commitment to collaboration enable us to tackle complex challenges with clarity, authority, and impact. Our strength lies in harnessing diverse expertise to inform smarter, future-focused policy solutions.
1 to 10 staff
Committee For Adelaide
The Committee for Adelaide brings together businesses, industry bodies, community and government to shape the future of Adelaide, South Australia. We are non-partisan, independent and sector agnostic. Our membership is diverse and influential, making a significant contribution to South Australia’s economy and society. Our mission is to provide independent thought leadership, advocacy, and influence policy for the benefit of our state, both now and into the future. Our vision for Adelaide, South Australia is to be the most extraordinary, big thinking, welcoming and vibrant place with a growing economy and population.
1 to 10 staff
Mums & Co
Mums & Co helps women in business grow. We advocate for her Mumbition (definition: the unapologetic blending of motherhood and ambition) with a digital membership to build deep networks, gain support and access strategic guidance. Join us on a subscription tier that suits you to make meaningful connections, access quality resources and experts to support you and your business to grow.
1 to 10 staff
Nt Indigenous Business Network
NTIBN is the peak body representing Indigenous Business in the Northern Territory. As a collaborative group, NTIBN, its members and associates create opportunity and increased potential for participation of Indigenous business in the Northern Territory economy. The NTIBN exists to support current and emerging Indigenous businesses, in all regions of the Northern Territory, in their journey to success through programs that work by focusing on strengths, and how they can be used by Indigenous business owners and entrepreneurs to further their futures in business.
1 to 10 staff
Queensland Futures Institute
The Queensland Futures Institute (QFI) brings together a unique and formidable collective of Queensland business, industry, government and community organisations each invested in a thriving future for our State. An independent member-based organisation, with a strong ethos of multi-sectoral collaboration, QFI drives apolitical debate on the issues that matter to Queensland's future growth. Tackling systemic challenges and newly developing opportunities, through a combination of thought-leadership, expert opinion and evidence-based research, QFI strives for smart, inclusive solutions. Uniquely placed to work alongside both private enterprise and government, Queensland Futures Institute collaborates with its members, industry experts, government and community leaders to deliver accelerated public policy reform, an enhanced social license to operate, superior multi-sector networking forums and executive leadership development opportunities.
1 to 10 staff
The Centre For Public Integrity
The Centre for Public Integrity is an independent research institute dedicated to restoring integrity to the foundations of Australia’s democracy. We work to prevent corruption, protect the integrity of our accountability institutions, rein in executive power, and eliminate the undue influence of big money in politics.
1 to 10 staff
The Leadership Institute Anz
The Leadership Institute (TLI) launched in 2017 with the aim of creating a singular point of contact for all leaders, regardless of industry. It can be lonely at the top but regardless of what industry you are in; leadership is universal. We are a cross-industry, membership institute with an aim to serve the modern leader. We are here for both emerging leaders - helping to develop the necessary skills required to succeed in management today – and established leaders - providing the tools they need to thrive in a technology driven world. We offer professional development opportunities through intensive learning, networking programs and government accredited diplomas in leadership, management and executive career progression. We bring together the most successful leaders to share their experiences, expertise, and leadership journey’s to help you achieve you career goals. We invite mid-senior executives, General Managers, Managing Directors, Business Owners and Chief Execs, from all industries, to become TLI members. Visit to RSVP for membership
1 to 10 staff
2020 Exchange
2020 Exchange curates and facilitates private advisory boards for CEOs, business leaders, and senior executives representing some of the world’s leading brands. There has been an undeniable shift in the landscape, and to succeed in an environment that is characterised by increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity you need to be able to learn and adopt new methods. The ability to embrace change and to engineer it requires a new leadership style that is driven by constantly challenging the paradigms and finding new ways. Now more than ever you must take a bold approach to creativity, innovation and operational dexterity to elevate your organisation to greatness as the consequences of getting it wrong could be catastrophic. 2020 Exchange delivers the stimulus, focus, and clarity that enables you to courageously battle external uncertainty with unwavering internal certainty to stay ahead of the game and achieve results that significantly outperform your competitors. Our programs help you achieve your company’s full potential for profit, turnover, and commercial growth. Trusted advisers guide you and your peers in new and insightful conversations that are designed to assist you to solve your most pressing business challenges and achieve your ultimate ambitions. Our unique SAGE™ Leadership Framework enables you to identify your key objectives that cannot be achieved in isolation, finesse your ability to lead, work on improving performance, make better decisions faster, more capably fulfill stakeholder expectations, avoid costly mistakes and become more proficient in your role more quickly. We offer problem-solving peer group meetings facilitated by a seasoned CEO/executive coach/mentor one-to-one executive coaching sessions; expert resource workshops; events; and access to a world-class network of like-minded business leaders. To find out if you qualify to join visit:
1 to 10 staff
A New Approach Ana
A New Approach (ANA) is Australia’s national arts and culture think tank. We believe Australia can become a cultural powerhouse whose creativity is locally loved, nationally valued and globally influential. Through credible and independent public leadership, ANA helps build an ambitious and innovative policy and investment environment for arts, culture and creativity. We work to ensure Australia can be a great place for creators and audiences, whoever they are and wherever they live.
1 to 10 staff
Blueprint Institute
Every great vision starts with a blueprint. We exist to inspire reform with bold ideas, honest conversations and evidence-based research. We offer fresh thinking to help leaders to take a step back from the day-to-day and see the bigger picture. We design blueprints for practical action towards a more resilient and prosperous Australia. Blueprint Institute was established in the era of COVID-19, in which Australians have witnessed how tired ideologies have been eclipsed by a sense of urgency, pragmatism and bipartisanship. While we achieved much, a new urgency is required to deal with shared challenges and opportunities. This goes beyond partisan politics. But our leaders can rise to the challenge: we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and recast Australia to be more balanced, prosperous, resilient, and sustainable.
1 to 10 staff
Ethical Fields
We are community wealth builders.
1 to 10 staff
Gender Gap Gone
Our mission is to see the Gender Gap Gone - one woman at a time. Founded by multi award winning leadership coach and 4 time #1 best-selling author Catherine Nolan, we're super proud to have worked with a bevy of stellar government bodies and household name brands, to create more inclusive leadership.
1 to 10 staff
Incept Labs
Incept Labs helps SMEs, large corporates and Government deal with uncertainty in current and future environments by providing targeted research and supporting innovation, change and quality governance. We place great emphasis on collaboration, engaging multiple stakeholders in a tailored, and responsive process informed by experience, deep insight and quality evidence.
1 to 10 staff
Innovation Tank Pty Ltd
Welcome to the The Innovation Tank, an innovation driven venture fuelled by Mobillytics and a number of cross-industry experts and thought leaders. Unleashing your teams innovation potential Turbo Boosting your ideas into new products & services Realising your competitive advantage
11 to 50 staff
Institute For Economics & Peace
We create a paradigm shift in the way people think about #peace. The official account of the Institute for Economics & Peace. We use data driven research to show that peace is a positive, tangible and achievable measure of human well-being and development. IEP is the world’s leading think tank dedicated to developing metrics to analyse peace and to quantify its economic value. It does this by developing global and national indices, calculating the economic cost of violence, analysing country level risk and understanding Positive Peace. IEP aims to empower the academic community, civil society, private sector, international institutions and governments with the knowledge to proactively use peace to achieve their desired goals. We conduct research and education, generate dialogue, and publicise the output of ouractivities with a view to impact the public agenda. We work in partnership with other stakeholders interested in creating peace including academic institutions, business, governments, NGOs and peace institutes. The Global Peace Index is a core asset of IEP. The Institute for Economics & Peace is non-partisan. It enjoys and welcomes association with other institutions that share similar goals. We have offices in Sydney, New York, Brussels, The Hague, Mexico City and Harare. For our latest peace research, data, indices and news, visit http://visionofhumanity.org/.
51 to 200 staff
Monitum Pty Ltd
Monitum has achieved global industry recognition and success through the latest technology and professional services for real time mapping of structural and geotechnical monitoring, UAV processing and laser scanning. We then bring those solutions to the table for our clients in innovative ways. This investment is ultimately about helping minimise project risk for designers, builders and asset managers with services of the future. For these applications, we deliver high frequency data using a network of connected IoT sensors and cloud-based technology. Our intelligent sensor networks provide accurate and meaningful data in near real time which is the ultimate decision making tool. The technology and processes Monitum is delivering is leading the way in high risk Infrastructure, transport and construction. By working with Monitum you are getting an experience of the future of work and receiving the latest in technology and efficiency to your project.
1 to 10 staff
Climate Energy Finance
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is a think tank established in 2022 that works probono in the public interest to accelerate decarbonisation (for daily postings of our research, analyses and other work see the LinkedIn profile of CEF director Tim Buckley and our analyst team https://climateenergyfinance.org/about/). We conduct research and analyses on global financial issues related to the global energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, as well as the implications for the Australian economy, with a key focus on the threats and opportunities for Australian investments and exports.
1 to 10 staff
Australian Innovation Research Group
The Australian Innovation Research Group, AIRG, is a registered not-for-profit industry-led association whose primary goal is to foster the effective development of the Australian innovation ecosystem for the benefit of its members and the society at large. AIRG supports the innovation and R&D initiatives of its members by increasing collaboration opportunities, facilitating peer-to-peer mentoring, i.e. companies learning from companies; building linkages to enable cross-sector learning, and providing access to international best practice for effective management of research, development and innovation.
51 to 200 staff
Australian Institute Of International Affairs Victoria Aiia Vic
The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Victoria promotes the interest, discussion and understanding of international affairs. Established in Victoria in 1925 as a branch of London’s Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the AIIA was created as an Australian entity in its own right in 1933. From 1961, AIIA Victoria was based in Dyason House in East Melbourne. In November 2023, AIIA Victoria moved to 356 Collins St in the Melbourne CBD. During its long history, AIIA Victoria has involved many notable authorities and leading figures within the international affairs sphere, including Sir John Latham, Sir Owen Dixon, Sir Ian Clunies Ross, Sir Robert Menzies, Professor Norman Harper and Professor William ('Mac') MacMahon Ball. Key events held by AIIA Victoria: • Weekly lectures, usually with a focus on major international issues • the International Careers Conference (ICC), one of the largest international relations career events of its kind in Australia • the annual Sir Zelman Cowen Oration and Dinner During the year, the Institute conducts domestic and international study tours, and offers internships and volunteer positions to students and young professionals throughout all areas of operations. AIIA Victoria Young Professionals platform and membership provides students and young professionals with an avid interest in the international affairs sphere an opportunity to network and discuss topical issues. AIIA Victoria is governed by a Council comprised of members from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with a keen interest in international affairs. The Institute is strongly supported by interns and volunteers, as well as by the generosity of its members. Membership is open to all Australian residents, corporate bodies, diplomatic representatives, students and young professionals. Tickets to AIIA Victoria events are also available to all members of the public: https://aiiavic.glueup.com/
1 to 10 staff
Australian Security Research Centre Asrc
The Australian Security Research Centre undertakes independent, evidence-based analysis of both traditional and evolving security, risk management, emergency and disaster management issues. The ASRCs core activities are: • Conferences, Forums, Showcases and Networking Events • Publications • Professional Development for Security and Risk Management Professionals The Centre's publishing arm is Collaborative Publications.
1 to 10 staff
Churchill Club Australia Incorporated
At The Churchill Club, we believe that emerging technology has the power to shape the future for the better. By promoting discussion around emerging tech and bringing people together, we are positioned to help businesses and individuals innovate and drive growth in their industries. We’re committed to helping industries seeking to understand and implement emerging technologies to solve problems, as well as supporting the creators of emerging technologies to develop solution that industry want. A collection of like-minded, curious professionals, we come together to contribute, learn and develop within the emerging tech space. We’re focused on collaborating and making the most of these potentially industry-shifting technologies of the future. We value and appreciate people from all industries and all walks of life – seeking to support each other by combining our respective skillsets in an open forum. We facilitate events and discussions with the industry thought leaders – and we invite you to join us the conversation. Past speakers include founders and executives of major companies such as Sausage Software founder Steve Outrim, Hitwise Founder Adrian Giles, Founder of Atlassian Mike Cannon-Brooks, Chief Inventor of REA Group Nigel Dalton, GM of Big Data Analytics at Telstra Mark Moloney, Executive Director of Research for Melbourne Health Professor Ingrid Winship, Chief Executive of The Clean Energy Council Kane Thornton, CEO of ITS Australia Susan Harris, and more.
1 to 10 staff
City People
City People strategises, plans and delivers arts and cultural programs that build more resilient communities and well-loved places. Our founders, Michael Cohen and Kim Spinks, started City People to close the gap between arts and cultural policy, and the actual experiences of people on the ground. With 50 years of combined experience as practicing artists, creative producers and arts strategists, they knew that the power of arts and culture lies in its specific embrace of place: physical character, histories and communities. Now, as drivers of creative placemaking policy, planning and projects, at City People we pride ourselves on our capacity to speak the language of artists, communities and governments. For over a decade, City People has been at the forefront of creative placemaking for some of the most significant precincts in Australia and abroad. Our projects have won awards from Place Leaders Asia Pacific, Parks & Leisure Australia, Interpretation Australia and Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
1 to 10 staff
Committee For The Hunter
The Committee for the Hunter is an independent and inclusive champion for the people of the Hunter and their enterprises, providing effective advocacy and thought leadership to help build a sustainable and prosperous future for the region.
1 to 10 staff
Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
Our Vision is to advance the principles of freedom with individual responsibility and free market economics in Western Australia.
11 to 50 staff
