Privacy, ethics and responsible research.
People, communities and organisations trust researchers with information. That responsibility shapes how we design and conduct our work.
Our working principles
We aim to protect participants and handle information responsibly through informed consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, data minimisation and appropriate access controls. We identify conflicts of interest and protect the independence of findings.
Research design should be proportionate to the question and context. Participation should be voluntary where relevant, and reporting should avoid unnecessary identification of individuals or communities.
Website enquiries
Information submitted through our contact form is intended only to respond to your enquiry and consider a potential assignment. Avoid sending sensitive participant data in an initial message. This website does not include advertising trackers or analytics by default.
For specific data-handling terms on an assignment, we agree the scope, roles, retention and safeguards with the commissioning organisation before work begins.