Following on from Part I. The decision about which country to research is often intertwined with a choice of city as the primary research base. To …



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Given the range of research destinations its no surprise that one of the frequently most asked questions is how we choose our study locations. Some clients …
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You’re planning a project and are wondering how many people to commit to the field study. Whilst there are a lot of variables that will …
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One useful distinction when it comes to planning field work is to think in terms of core and extended team members. Core team members are usually …
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Sometimes project goals suggest particularly extensive travel – either driven by the need to have on the ground experience of a broad spectrum of geographies, …
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Directly behind me are a family of 4, plus 2 team members conducting the interview, plus ~6 kids from the neighbourhood crammed into a 6 …
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If someone can’t read or write how can they be asked to sign an data consent form? In Uganda 26% of male adults and 46% of …
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Documenting a city or country from a car is a bit like doing human behavioural research without ever leaving a laboratory – there is worthy …
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Homeward bound and one of our local crew ad-hocs his way along the train. Me? Just along for the ride. And yeah, we’re in the …
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One of the slides from the recent Behind the Scenes event showed one of Chongqing participants (above) seemingly in a moment of domestic bliss – …
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