We are dedicated to examining complex policy challenges to help shape effective, evidence‑informed solutions. Our work deepens understanding of the major issues affecting communities and supports targeted action that leads to meaningful, lasting outcomes.
How We Work
Scan the horizon to identify emerging drivers of change that could affect an organisation, its supply chain, and its operating environment |
Develop scenarios to support more robust decision-making |
Evaluate social, environmental and economic issues influencing policy and regulation |
Apply design methods to make sense of, and reframe contested issues to support more creative and innovative solutions |
Identify critical uncertainties and develop probable and preferred futures |
Facilitate interdisciplinary and cross-sector engagement with diverse stakeholders in complex and contested issues |
Map your organisation's pathway to impact to uncover key barriers and opportunities for success |
Develop decision support tools, frameworks and scenarios to build long-term capability in systems, design and futures thinking across teams and organisations. |
Our Expertise
3. Evaluation
We have extensive evaluation expertise across major programs in agriculture, the blue economy, climate adaptation, work futures and food security. We design and deliver rigorous reviews using established frameworks, including Design-Activity-Impact models, Theory of Change, Logical Framework Analysis, MERL frameworks, and a range of impact assessment methodologies. With a proven ability to operate in complex stakeholder environments and deliver high‑quality findings under tight timeframes, we integrate social and behavioural insights to strengthen evaluation design, implementation, and communication. Our evaluations have directly shaped policy and investment decisions across Australia, the Indo-Pacific and beyond, demonstrating our commitment to producing evidence that is both actionable and meaningful for partners and communities.
Key impacts
- Conducted regulatory evaluations for Great Barrier Reef restoration initiatives
- Produced Australia’s first digital mapping evaluation of domestic SDG implementation by civil society organisations in Queensland
- Evaluated collaborative management frameworks for freshwater in Australasia and place-based collaborative freshwater management in the Mary River catchment
- Co-design and development of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning frameworks (MERL) baseline for a heritage water project in Cambodia
- Developed one of the first vulnerability and adaptation assessment guidebooks for the Pacific, applied in 50 initiatives across 15 countries
- Conducted a landmark cross-country evaluation that identified four optimisation points for scaling locally led resilience project evaluations in Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Fiji and Tonga
