We are a network made up of various open grassroots think tanks working together on key issues in international affairs.... more
October 07, 2019Episode 5: The NetworkThis is the last episode of this mini-series of Grasp, which does not only have one story but three. It shows you the workings of the Open Think Tank Network with the various ways the network supports and promotes its think tanks and how they all actually work together even though they are located in different countries....more25minPlay
October 02, 2019Episode 4: What's your name?This is Grasp, a podcast where we get to go behind the scenes of a Think Tank, get to know the people building it - from the ground up.The journey continues with Maximilian Rau, who lives in Vienna. Max and his partners wanted to establish a think thank in Austria, they had a great start but there was one thing missing. A NAME!...more20minPlay
September 25, 2019Episode 3: The Unexpected LeaderThis is Grasp, a podcast where we get to go behind the scenes of a Think Tank, get to know the people building it - from the ground up.The journey continues with Pascal Roelcke, who was in London for his Masters and how he unexpectedly and unintentionally became the President of Agora, the grassroots think tank in the UK....more17minPlay
September 17, 2019Episode 2: Stepping AbroadThis is Grasp, a podcast where we get to go behind the scenes of a Think Tank, get to know the people building it - from the ground up.The journey continues with Regula Hess, who took the foraus model abroad - to Berlin, my hometown. In this episode, we will uncover her personal journey in starting Polis180, and how a voluntary model actually purely runs on the motivation of its people....more19minPlay
September 11, 2019Episode 1: Bored StudentThis is Grasp, a podcast where we get to go behind the scenes of a Think Tank, get to know the people building it - from the ground up.The journey starts with Nicola Forster, the founder of foraus, the Swiss think tank and his journey from being a bored student who did not know what to do in life to founding the first grassroots think tank model in Switzerland....more23minPlay
August 27, 2019GRASP - TrailerThis is Grasp, a podcast by the Open Think Tank Network, where we get to follow the stories of young motivated thinkers....more3minPlay