James McGann
Jim McGann | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | January 8, 1955 |
| Died | November 29, 2021 (aged 66) |
| Education | La Salle University (BA) Temple University (MA) University of Pennsylvania (MPA, PhD) |
| Website | gotothinktank |
James G. McGann (1955–2021) was an American academic who was a Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Founder and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, both in Philadelphia.
McGann was the author of numerous publications, including the renowned annual Global Go To Think Tank Index which ranks think tanks in all regions of the world. His most recent book was "Think Tanks: The New Knowledge and Policy Brokers in Asia" published by the Brookings Institution Press.
He died on November 29, 2021.