FF create innovative public engagement and research tools. We have extensive experience of making complex content accessible to non-specialist audiences without dumbing it down.

Academic researchers, civil society organisations and think tanks often need to find out what the public thinks - but many of the existing methods for discovering this have severe limitations. We’re a studio with one foot in academia and one foot outside: we understand research ethics and impact, the priorities of academics and the needs of a civic university but we are also experts in communicating with the public and developing innovative, engaging, stable technical platforms. We combine narrative and innovative digital methods to connect people with research, and neuroscience insights to get high quality data. Our methods are scalable, enabling us to reach wide and diverse publics.

We’ve created a range of tools that can be adapted to new topics and purposes. We also have the capacity to create bespoke new tools. Our systems obtain consent and gather anonymised data, tracking the journey of an individual or a group through the process of engaging with a topic. We gather meaningful quantitative and qualitative data and share it with partners in a secure and timely manner.

We combine technical, design, storytelling, presentation, communication and facilitation skills, all of which we have in house.