Who we help · Institutions
Research institutes, policy units & research teams
Synthesis, research design, analysis, document review and publication support for research institutes, policy units and research teams.
1 of 3What you face
Decisions we help you make.
Where our work usually starts with organisations and people like you.
How to design a study that answers the question
How to analyse data defensibly
How to review large document sets quickly
How to publish in the right outlets
How we work with youAuthorship and acknowledgement are agreed before any analysis or editing begins.
2 of 3What we do
Services, by practice.
Every service here has a defined first scope and a fixed fee agreed in writing before work begins.
6 of 11 practices serve this group
11Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support
6 of the 15 services on this page
- Research methods and statistics supportHelp with research design, quantitative and qualitative methods and statistics, so you understand and can defend every choice. The analysis is yours, and the assistance is declared.→
- Academic editing, formatting and referencingEditing for language, structure, style, formatting and referencing, within the limits your institution permits. We never add to or change your ideas, arguments or findings.→
- Publication supportGuidance on turning your thesis into an article, choosing a suitable journal and responding to peer review. You remain the author, and our help is acknowledged as the journal requires.→
- Research-grant proposalsSupport for research funding proposals from academics and institutions: fit, design, budget logic and review. Assessed student proposals receive coaching only, never authored submissions.→
- Research-methods bootcamps and supervisor trainingPractical bootcamps for doctoral schools, universities and professional bodies, and training that helps supervisors guide researchers well, with outcomes assessed.→
- Institutional research capacityExternal supervision and examining capacity, research-office set-up and publication strategy for institutions building their research function. The researcher remains the author throughout.→
- Outsourced researchSend us a business research question and receive an answer to an agreed evidence standard: sources named, uncertainty stated, and a short memo your team can act on. Recurring questions can run on a bounded monthly volume.→
- Programme evaluationWe review your evaluation brief and evidence base, propose a method that fits the questions and the budget, and cost any fieldwork separately and transparently. Evaluations follow recognised criteria such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.→
- Expert-interview programmesWe recruit and conduct an agreed number of genuine expert interviews in Ghana and across Africa, with informed consent, and deliver a synthesis memo that answers your questions.→
- Market, sector and value-chain studiesWe produce a sector decision brief with a transparent sizing model and the evidence gaps stated, so the numbers can be checked and reused rather than taken on trust.→
- Survey and qualitative analysisWe analyse one survey wave or a set of interview transcripts with a transparent codebook, missing-data checks and reproducible outputs, so every figure and theme can be traced back to the data.→
3 of 3What you can try now
Start with a free tool.
Working tools matched to the services above. Results on screen straight away.
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Survey sample-size calculator
Work out how many completed responses you need, and how many people to invite, for a survey estimate at the precision you choose. The formula and its limits are on the page.
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Evidence register and due-diligence checklist
List the claims a decision depends on, where each one comes from and how confident you are. The register shows which conclusions rest on unsourced or self-reported evidence, and what to request next.
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Ghana market-entry checklist
Choose your sector, how you plan to enter and the decisions ahead. The planner lists the questions to answer, the evidence to request and the Ghanaian bodies to verify with, without guessing at tax or licensing verdicts.
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Learning outcomes and assessment mapper
List each learning outcome, the level of thinking it asks for and the task that assesses it. The mapper flags outcomes with no task, tasks that test at a lower level than the outcome, weights that do not add up and verbs you cannot observe.
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Training budget calculator
Enter your participants, cohort size, sessions and your own cost quotes. The planner separates fixed from variable costs, shows the cost per participant and per learning hour, and compares cohort sizes side by side.
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RFP compliance matrix template
Paste the tender text you are permitted to use. The builder finds every “shall”, “must” and “should” requirement, keeps its clause reference and position in the text, and lays out a compliance matrix with owner and evidence columns.
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Also in institutions
- NGOs, donors & development partners21 services
- Governments & public institutions16 services
- Universities & training providers11 services
- Professional bodies, chambers & membership organisations12 services
- Foundations, philanthropies & impact funds12 services
- Social enterprises & community organisations9 services
- Health organisations & care providers8 services
- Faith-based organisations & charities6 services
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.