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The Institute for Methods Innovation

From strategy to implementation, we support your evidence needs

We help organizations undertake rigorous research, evaluation, and social science methods to make informed decisions and achieve stronger project outcomes.

Our expertise

Research

  • Research design

  • Applied social science methods

  • Stakeholder research

  • Data management

Impact

  • Impact planning and evaluation
  • Theory of change
  • Evidence synthesis
  • Ethical research impact

Engagement

  • Public engagement
  • Participatory methods
  • Policy engagement
  • Science communication

Training and support

  • Training and capacity-building

  • Grant writing

  • Learning Management Systems (LMS)

  • Educational content development

Our services

Research & Evaluation
Education & Training
Communication & Engagement
Grant Application Support
REF Impact Services

Improve outcomes, inform decisions, and understand what works in policy, research programs, and public engagement.

Build practical skills to apply research, evaluation, and communication methods in policy, education, and public engagement.

Develop impactful strategies to engage communities, share clear evidence, and foster meaningful collaboration.

Strengthen your grant applications with expert support from a team with a proven track record in securing grant funding

Create compelling, evidence-based impact case studies that clearly demonstrate significance and reach for your REF submissions.

Research & Evaluation
Education & Training
Communication & Engagement
Grant Application Support
REF Impact Services

Improve outcomes, inform decisions, and understand what works in policy, research programs, and public engagement.

Build practical skills to apply research, evaluation, and communication methods in policy, education, and public engagement.

Develop impactful strategies to engage communities, share clear evidence, and foster meaningful collaboration.

Strengthen your grant applications with expert support from a team with a proven track record in securing grant funding

Create compelling, evidence-based impact case studies that clearly demonstrate significance and reach for your REF submissions.

Recent projects

Innovation Mobile Lab

Our mobile STEM lab brings hands-on science learning directly to you

Recent Publications

Analyzing who is relevant to engage in environmental decision-making processes by interests, influence and impact: The 3i framework

Outcomes in participatory environmental processes are strongly affected by choices about who is engaged. Inclusive engagement diversifies the range of interests and perspectives represented, including those from vulnerable and marginalized groups, ultimately contributing to more socially and environmentally sustainable and equitable outcomes.

Transforming science narratives? The impact of explanatory labels of 3D data visualization on public understanding of space science

This survey experiment evaluates the effectiveness of explanatory labels in enhancing learning outcomes and attitudes in a space science documentary featuring cinematic-style data visualizations.

Picture perfect science communication: How public audiences respond to informational labels in cinematic-style 3D data visualization

Communicating science effectively is important. Effectively mobilizing practical techniques to achieve this goal can be challenging, however. One promising science communication approach that has gained increasing attention in recent years is cinematic-style 3D data visualizations (citations anonymized for the peer review process).

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