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Research, insight and intelligence techniques are continually evolving, providing new and cutting-edge ways to get to the heart of the consumer and citizen. Research leads the development of these new techniques challenging and influencing the business world.

Understanding cutting edge thinking and innovative techniques ensures the research world is continually evolving offering the business world new and engaging ways to understand consumers and society.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (Supply-side researchers)

1. Develop research speciality(s) as required e.g. qualitative, quantitative, statistics, co-creation, semiotics, neuroscience, etc

2. Lead development and understanding of new research techniques

3. Understand, use and implement new research and insight techniques

4. Apply ideation techniques with relevant stakeholders (internally and externally) to inspire new work

5. Share understanding of new thinking and innovative techniques by sharing knowledge and skills with others

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (Client-side researchers)

1. Develop research speciality(s) as required, e.g. research techniques, broader marketing mix requirements, leading the application of insight, etc

2. Evaluate and deploy the development of new research techniques as required

3. Evaluate and select new research and insight techniques as appropriate

4. Evaluate and deploy ideation techniques (internally and externally) to inspire new work

5. Share understanding of new thinking and innovative techniques by sharing knowledge and skills with others

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People Power: The Original Research Tech

Webinar

Understanding social and business phenomena means humans understanding humans, both what’s expressed and what’s unspoken. In this sense, the human brain is the original research tech.

Apr
15
2026

Wednesday
14:00–15:00

The future of AI in research: Sustainability, cost, and responsible scale

Webinar

The future of AI in research is often portrayed as a race for larger models, more GPUs, and faster infrastructure. Success is commonly measured by computational scale. Yet this narrative overlooks a growing structural challenge: the financial, environmental, and operational costs of AI systems are rising faster than their practical returns.

Apr
16
2026

Thursday
11:00–12:00

The Alchemy of Insight: Technology, Hype, and the Search for Truth

London

The market research industry has spent 80 years rapidly reinventing itself, engaging in a form of modern alchemy, chasing the dream of turning messy human behaviour into clean, predictable data, hoping each new technology will be the magic solution.

Apr
20
2026

Monday
14:00–16:00

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