Shared Insight is a partnership founded in 2013 to provide research, advocacy and training services to groups working on social issues in the voluntary, community, public and private sectors at reasonable cost. Our team provides a unique interdisciplinary collaboration between experts in social research and law. Promotion of human dignity and empowerment of communities are at the heart of our etho
s. Shared Insight has carried out projects on behalf of EIL Intercultural Learning, Respond! Housing Association, the COPE Foundation, the Centre for Personal and Management Coaching, Blarney St. and Surrounding Areas Community Association Ltd., and the Mandaean Human Rights Group. Projects have included survey design and analysis, social and educational profiles, census analysis, development of learning tools, evaluation of volunteer programmes, submissions to UN human-rights agencies, and delivery of training in development education, mentoring, and social research methodologies. The partners and associates of Shared Insight have expertise in the following areas:
SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Primary research including one-to-one interviews, focus groups and surveys;
- Desk based research including reviews of literature, policy and best-practice;
- Qualitative analysis;
- Statistical quantitative analysis and census research;
- Socio-economic profiles;
- Project and programme evaluation;
- Socio-legal research including national and international law. ADVOCACY & LAW
- Human rights;
- Children’s rights;
- Socio-economic rights such as education, housing and health;
- Women’s rights;
- Refugee rights;
- Minority rights;
- The law of armed conflict and occupation;
- UN human-rights mechanisms. TRAINING & EDUCATION
- Facilitating workshops in any of the above areas;
- Variety of teaching techniques;
- Mentor training.
