Public bodies working on education, social care, justice, welfare and international development that need independent research, evaluation or training for their staff.
Experience
Experience we bring, and how we work.
UMRAN is a young company built on long experience. Our associates have spent years working with UN agencies, international NGOs, public bodies and community organisations, and bring that experience to every assignment.
01 / Associates’ experience
Who our associates have worked with.
The organisations below reflect our associates’ own work, before and alongside UMRAN. Open a sector to see the kind of work involved.
UN agencies and international organisations working on child protection, education, refugees, humanitarian response and human rights.
Community organisations and coalitions that want participatory research, local evidence, training for their teams and support for their advocacy.
Research bodies and policy institutes looking for research partners, evaluation, co-authored analysis and knowledge exchange.
Projects and consortia working across countries that need multilingual, locally grounded research.
02 / How we work
Four stages, built around the people involved.
Most assignments follow the same broad path. The detail changes with every brief.
Stage 01
Scoping & design
We agree the questions with the client and, where possible, with the communities involved. We plan the methods, safeguarding and ethics review before fieldwork starts.
Stage 02
Fieldwork
Teams who know the language and the context collect the data, using methods chosen for the question and with participants’ safety and dignity first.
Stage 03
Making sense together
Before we write up, we test early findings in workshops with client teams and front-line staff, so the interpretation reflects what they know too.
Stage 04
From findings to action
We share findings in formats and languages people can use: reports, briefs, practical tools, and workshops or training where they help a team act on what was learned. We stay available after delivery.
03 / Where we work
Deep roots in the Middle East, and experience beyond.
Our associates have particular depth in the Middle East, including Palestine: in language, political context and long-standing relationships with local partners. They have also worked in other regions and research traditions, and we draw on that range when putting together a team.