Day two was markedly different in format to the opening day of the Exchange. It centred firmly around group discussion, participation and peer interaction. The day provided space for the questions, which arose in day one, to be discussed in more detail and through specific research lenses. The conversations were more diverse, more detailed and allowed for consideration of contextual practice.

Alex Awiti, director of the East Africa Research Institute of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, started the day off with a keynote speech which encouraged disruptive and innovative approaches to research agenda development and outreach. He pointed out the unique position of think tanks as civic actors, occupying the space between the state and the people. He argued that we need to push against assumptions driving large developmental state agendas; without testing these assumptions, think tanks miss opportunities for new kinds of impact...

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