Kysliuk Kostiantyn

Activities of Think Tanks of Ukraine in the Scientific and Technical Sphere: Comparative Analysis

Section: Science and librarianship under the conditions

Abstract: The purpose of the article is a comparative analysis of the activities of Think Tanks of Ukraine in the scientific and technical sphere with their leading world counterparts. The research methodology included an analysis of the areas of activity of Ukrainian and world Think Tanks and the communication strategies used by them, as well as a comparison of the results obtained. Think Tanks for comparison were arranged by random sampling of well-known organizations by specialty (Dobrov Institute, UkrISTEI, UAS, SSTL of Ukraine, IFTI, Gartner). Scientific novelty. The study of the activities of Think Tanks of a scientific and technical field and its comparison with world leaders in the industry was conducted for the first time. Conclusions. It is proven that Ukrainian Think Tanks are overloaded with organizational activities related to maintaining various catalogs, registers, repositories, excessive material and technical base, since modern trends are aimed at reducing the area of used premises due to the use of digital technologies and workplaces with remote access, and too many research teams. In their communications, they tend to its mass (conferences, publication of scientific journals) and non-core (educational programs) forms. The intensity of their communications is low, the breadth of problems covered, the frequency and exclusivity of the publication of analytical products are insufficient. It is noted that the most noticeable impact on the modernization of their activities is not the amount of extrabudgetary funding involved, but internal management. It was found that the world leadership of the Think Tanks in the scientific and technical field is ensured by the breadth of geography and the global coverage of problems for analysis, the intensity and continuity of communication, its focus on active political, business and technological subjects, the exclusivity of the analytical products offered.

Keywords: information and analytical activities, information and analytical centers, Think Tank, communication strategies, scientific and technical field.

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• Kysliuk Kostiantyn (National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute" (Kharkiv, Ukraine), [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-6808

Cite:
Kysliuk Kostiantyn (2026). Activities of Think Tanks of Ukraine in the Scientific and Technical Sphere: Comparative Analysis. Bibliotechnyi visnyk, (3) 30-41. (In Ukrainan). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/bv2026.03.030

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