Research and advisory for transformation
Helping sustainable futures take shape.
We help research organisations, governments and public-purpose institutions understand what needs to change, connect the people who can act and design pathways towards more sustainable systems.
Research, strategy, programme design, evaluation and alliance-building for complex sustainability challenges.
Our work is grounded in food systems and their connections with climate, nature, health, livelihoods, energy and transport.
Who we work with
International agencies and development organisations
Non-governmental organisations
Networks and multi-stakeholder programmes
Public-purpose businesses and industry initiatives
What we do
Support matched to
the decision at hand.
Research for informed decisions
Understand why unsustainable practices persist and what could make alternatives viable. We bring evidence into decisions about where and how to act.
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A global roadmap for healthy, sustainable and just food systems (opens in a new tab)Strategy and programme design
Turn ambitions for transformation into coordinated action. We design strategies, programmes and scaling pathways around the changes needed, their dependencies and the people who can move them forward.
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How to ensure innovation can scale beyond the local level (opens in a new tab)Monitoring, evaluation and learning
Understand whether efforts are contributing to transformation, for whom and under which conditions. We help teams recognise emerging changes, examine trade-offs and adjust their work as they learn.
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Building learning systems for uncertainty and change (opens in a new tab)Alliances and evidence translation
Bring together people and organisations whose knowledge, resources and decisions are needed for change. We help them interpret evidence, find a common denominator and coordinate their contributions.
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Who needs to work together for transformation? (opens in a new tab)OUR APPROACH
The solution to complexity is not simplicity.
It is clarity.
Complex challenges rarely persist because there are no promising ideas. They persist because behaviours, technologies, markets, institutions, evidence and policy do not change independently.
We help organisations see how these elements connect, where difficult choices lie and what needs to move together.
REFLEXIVE MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING
Learn. Adjust. Protect.
Throughout, we ask whose priorities are being pursued, who can participate and who bears the costs.
Reflexive monitoring, evaluation and learning help us track progress, revisit assumptions and identify adjustments—including measures to protect those who bear the costs of change.
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Working through a difficult research or programme question?
Tell us what you are trying to achieve, the decisions you face and where you need support.
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