Our skills

The Research Office for Social Innovation was created to support independent university research and provide support throughout the project, from conceptualization to conclusion. We support collaborative projects in teaching and commissioned research—at very reasonable prices. We also provide assistance for external programs that are already underway, by, for example, putting together research teams and conducting some components of your project. Read about all the services we offer.

Project management expertise

• project management—project planning, supervision, and management
• putting together teams—from a pool of researchers with different specializations and interested students
• customized cost calculations according to your budget 
• setting up research infrastructure

Research skills

• methodological advice and development of individual research design 
• design and implementation of empirical studies
• conduct of outsourced components in external collaboration projects 
• collection of quantitative data: in writing, verbally, by telephone, or online; collection of qualitative data: via interviews, group discussions, and ethnographic field research
• data preparation, including externally collected data 
• data analysis, e.g., using quantitative and qualitative analyses like descriptive statistics or content analysis 
• social, political, and media analyses
• project and program evaluation
• creation of research reports, tables, brochures, etc.