The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (U.S.) was recognized as the Defense and National Security Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
The Brookings Institution (U.S.) was recognized as the Domestic Economic Policy Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) (U.S.) was recognized as the International Economics Policy Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
2. Brookings Institution -- United States
3. Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) -- Austria
4. Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) -- Republic of Korea
5. Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDEJETRO) -- Japan
6. Adam Smith Institute (ASI) -- United Kingdom
7. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) -- United States
The Urban Institute (U.S.) was recognized as the Social Policy Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
1. Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) -- Poland
2. Brookings Institution -- United States
4. Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) -- Brazil
5. Center for American Progress (CAP) -- United States
6. Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) -- Sweden
7. RAND Corporation -- United States
8. Heritage Foundation -- United States
9. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) -- United States
1. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) -- Sweden
2. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) -- Germany
3. Ecologic Institute -- Germany
4. World Resources Institute (WRI) -- United States
5. Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) -- United States
6. Worldwatch Institute -- United States
7. E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism -- United Kingdom
8. Resources for the Future (RFF) -- United States
9. Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy -- Germany
The Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom) was recognized as the Domestic Health Affairs Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
1. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) -- United States
2. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) -- Japan
3. Brookings Institution -- United States
4. Philips Center for Health and Well-Being -- Netherlands
5. RAND Corporation -- United States
7. Cato Institute -- United States
8. Urban Institute -- United States
9. Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy (KPIHP) -- United States
The Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research (CCHSR) (United Kingdom) was recognized as the Global Health Policy Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
1. Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Centers (JHSPH) -- United States
2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- United States
3. Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) -- Japan
4. Brookings Institution -- United States
5. Chatham House, Centre on Global Health Security -- United Kingdom
7. RAND Corporation -- United States
8. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) -- Spain
9. Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Program (CFR) -- United States
1. National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) -- Japan
2. Urban Institute -- United States
3. Brookings Institution -- United States
4. RAND Corporation -- United States
5. Center for Education Policy, SRI International -- United States
6. Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) -- United States
7. Center for Social and Economic Strategies (CESES) -- Czech Republic
8. Cato Institute -- United States
9. Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) -- United States
10. Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA) -- United States
1. China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) – China
2. Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, UC Davis – U.S.
3. Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University – Australia
4. Asian International Rivers Centre, Yunnan University – China
5. John Hopkins Water Institute – U.S.
7. Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, houses Bristol's Water Initiative – U.S.
8. Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) – Spain
9. Center for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School, Australian National University – Australia
The Korea Development Institute (KDI) (Republic of Korea) was recognized as the International Development Policy Center of Excellence for 2016-2018, having won #1 think tank in this category for three years in a row.
1. Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- United States
2. Max Planck Institutes -- Germany
3. Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) -- United Kingdom
4. Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), FKA Institute for Future Technology -- Japan
5. RAND Corporation -- United States
6. Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) -- Republic of Korea
7. Center for Development Research (ZEF) – Germany
8. Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (SNI) -- Israel
9. Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) -- United States
10. African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) -- Kenya
1. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy -- United States
2. Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) -- Japan
3. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) -- United Kingdom
4. Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) -- Republic of Korea
5. Center for Science of Environment, Resources and Energy -- Japan
6. Resources for the Future (RFF) -- United States
7. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) – United States
8. Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) -- United Kingdom
9. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) -- United States
1. Transparency International (TI) -- Germany
2. Freedom House -- United States
3. Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), FKA Revenue Watch Institute -- United States
4. Brookings Institution -- United States
5. Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United Kingdom and U.S.
6. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- United States
7. Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) -- United Kingdom
8. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) -- United States
9. Center for Public Integrity (CPI) -- United States
10. Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation -- United States
1. Agricultural Research for Development – France
2. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – U.S.
3. Agropolis International – France
4. Action Against Hunger – Spain
5. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) – U.S.
7. Center for Food Security and the Environment – U.S.
8. Food and Agriculture Administration of the United Nations – Italy
