Our work

Participation, consultation and social research

We can provide practical advice on the design and management of participation and consultation processes for a wide range of projects and plans.  The development of appropriate and inclusive approaches to stakeholder involvement is a common feature of our work on assessments and appraisals.  In particular, we focus on the links between plan development and SEA/SA processes with a view to maximising opportunities for participation in the right way and at the right time. 

developing and evaluating approaches to involving stakeholders for environmental decision making, focusing on fitting methods to purpose and using a range of innovative techniques for working with communities  

using a range of techniques for gathering information on the people-environment relationships linking the physical with the social and psychological. Use of robust quantitative and qualitative research techniques and analysis