Enrich findings and boost impact with Creative Research Techniques

Engage participants and audiences with creative research approaches

too often, research doesn’t truly engage participants or audiences

Without proper engagement, research can’t drive meaningful change

surface level
Engagement

Participants don’t feel invested or represented in research processes or findings

Difficult
Communication

It’s challenging to communicate complex findings in engaging but nuanced ways

Limited
Impact

Research sits on a shelf instead of driving collective progress.

See Examples of Our Work

Seeing Differently, Doing Differently

We ran an interactive workshop for Truth Consulting, exploring how creative methods can unlock and communicate fresh insights.

The session encouraged the team to think outside the box and discover innovative approaches.

YOuth perspectives on social & Cultural Infrastructure

We’ve been leading national research for The British Academy exploring young people’s perceptions and needs in relation to Social and Cultural Infrastructure.

Through a series of focus groups, we’ve worked with young people across the UK to co-create a card deck that helps to get their voices heard.

Creative approaches can enrich findings and boost impact

Our innovative techniques ensure engaging research processes and outputs

Strong
Engagement

Creative and co-creative methods ensure that participant voices are central

Compelling
Communication

Complex findings are communicated in compelling and interactive formats

Real
Impact

Research translates into actionable strategies and meaningful change.

see more recent projects

creative workshops on housing & land data

Together with artist and facilitator Hannah Mumby, we ran a creative workshop for housing and data stakeholders in Dublin, hosted by the Central Statistics Office and Maynooth University. This was part of our year long ‘Research Creation’ commission on the project ‘Data Stories’ - critically investigating housing and land data through creative practice.

Participatory research to inform a new youth shelter

We led participatory research with young people in Bristol with experience of homelessness, working together to design a new Youth Homelessness shelter - Zed House.

Caring in Bristol have now invited us back to evaluate Zed House in it’s first year of operation.

Thinking tool creation, art-science collaborations

We’ve been working with Natural England to create a thinking tool as part of the project Arts as Evidence.

Following creative workshops with the chief science directorate, we designed a bespoke tool that supports scientists to plan and run arts-science collaborations.

training in creative methods including interactive documentary

We worked with Bricolage to design a dynamic two day training course for their team, covering Creative Methods and Interactive Documentary as a research tool.

The team explored inventive ways of generating and communicating rich insights, coming up with novel ideas to maximise impact.

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brand insights Focus groups with young people

We led high energy focus groups for young people in south London, gathering insights on their opinions about major sports brands.

Recent Publications and Outputs

What Our Clients Say

  • "We loved working with Ella. Her work was rooted in a shared understanding of our values as well as deep expertise in research and evaluation."

    Rachel Grocott, CEO, Bloody Good Period

  • "It was great to participate in Creative Methods and I-Docs workshops. Both were very impactful experiences to unlock our creative thinking. Extremely inspiring and very engaging!"

    Gabriela Coimbra, Senior Qualitative Researcher, Bricolage

  • "Thanks again for the fantastic training...I'm excited about all the possibilities across so many projects"

    Jean McEwan, Visual and Participatory Artist & I-Docs Training attendee, via The Binks Hub

  • "Through Ella's creative, insightful, and comprehensive research methods, we have gathered crucial information that has greatly contributed to the evaluation and adaptation of service delivery."

    Josh Houston, Z House Youth Shelter Project Coordinator, Caring in Bristol

 Frequently asked questions

  • Yes! Our training is always tailored to meet the specific needs and interests in your team. We’ll get on a call in advance of the training to discuss and plan the contents together.

  • We can help with all and any stages of the research process, from designing and delivering research to creating impactful outputs.

  • Yes! Creative methods can be just as rigorous as any other research approach and there is extensive academic literature to show this. We can help you to justify a creative approach to funders, reviewers and other stakeholders.

  • One of our specialisms is in interactive documentary (i-docs) as a novel research tool. I-docs are web based, interactive, multi-media platforms. We offer training on how you can use i-docs as a a creative or co-creative research process and output.

Let’s get creative!

Contact us today to explore innovative research methods that drive impactful insights.