Institute for Innovation in Business and Social Research (IIBSoR)

Consulting and Contract Research

IIBSoR offers a range of consultancy and contract research services, including:

  • independent methodological advice and peer review for research practitioners and users
  • collaboration with research agencies on projects that require our specialist skills
  • full service research consultancy for small-to-medium sized projects, particularly those that present a complex methodological or measurement challenge.

We can assemble diverse teams at short notice, drawing on our pool of highly respected subject area and method experts, experienced research practitioners and project managers and skilled research assistants.

We are also well placed to partner with other centres of excellence at UOW, including the Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, the Centre for Health Initiatives, the Centre for Supply Chain Solutions Research and many others.
 

Contact

Duncan Rintoul is the first port of call for IIBSoR’s consultancy and contract research inquiries. He also personally manages IIBSoR’s applied social research projects.

Duncan Rintoul
drintoul@uow.edu.au
+61(0)2 4221 4559
 

What our clients say

“People here are very impressed and happy... So full of insight into the human face of the scheme, as well as some really thoughtful ideas about how it can be improved... The demographic that we are talking about here is challenged on many fronts – I take my hat off to you for your understanding of them and the way that you have interpreted their difficulties in a way that makes it easy for the rest of us to understand.”

“We really are very pleased with what you have delivered. It’s an excellent report ... well researched, clearly written, a good document we can use for multiple policy and program planning purposes”.
 

Example projects

The Library Listening Post project: A narrative survey of users’ expectations and experiences.

Hurstville, Penrith, Waverly, Fairfield, Lake Macquarie, Auburn and Marrickville Libraries.

Co-design and analysis of a visitor intercept survey. A capacity-building joint venture with Hurstville Library and Galleries.

Evaluation of GPET’s 2009-11 funding agreement with the NACCHO State and Territory Affiliates.

General Practice Education and Training Ltd.

A complex evaluation, drawing on qualitative interviews, program data and document review. With Dr Ann Larson from Social Dimensions.

Evaluation of the Australian Tourism Exchange

Tourism Australia, subcontracting to Urbis Pty Ltd

Project management and direction of a major survey project, including migration of pen-and-paper surveys to an online format.

The impact of accumulated fine debt and the Work and Development Order (WDO) scheme on disadvantaged people in NSW

NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General (DJAG) 

Close to 50 face-to-face interviews with disadvantaged people and community workers to help DJAG evaluate a program that allows certain disadvantaged people to clear their fine debt by undertaking unpaid work, courses or treatment, with support of a registered organisation or health professional. Published as an appendix to DJAG’s report: ‘A fairer fine system’.

Case studies of the Active After-school Communities program 

Australian Sports Commission, subcontracting to Newspoll 

Case studies of three schools (one in Gosford and two in Perth) that had participated in the Active After-school Communities program.  Case studies based on face-to-face interviewing and observation.

Youth transitions and mentoring 

Wesley Mission 

Design, field management and analysis of two online surveys: one with 200+ young people from an online survey panel, the other with 50-odd young people who had been mentored as part of a Wesley Mission program. Conducted to inform Wesley Mission’s service development, advocacy and fundraising strategies.

 

Last reviewed: 2 October, 2012

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