DJS Research News & Blog
Words to live by? How the language we speak influences our behaviour
7th September 2020 13:28
Written by Elliot Simmonds, Research Director. Email Elliotor comment on LinkedIn. It’s an oft-repeated notion that Eskimos have 50 words for snow. The truth of this is debatable and I’m no linguist. Still, the idea, right or wrong, raises some… Read more...
Jack went to Poland: What I did with my DJS volunteering day...
10th August 2020 12:56
Written by Jack Watson, Research Manager For nine months in 2016, I lived and worked in Poland completing something known then as European Voluntary Service (EVS). The programme is little-known in the UK, but enables all young people legally resident in Europe,… Read more...
Our contribution during the Covid-19 crisis
29th July 2020 13:00
Written byJames Hinde,Research Director.Email James When lockdown began, I wrote a short and hopeful article on the role of Market Research in a crisis. We believed we still had a role to play. We have been proud that in fact we have been able to play a role… Read more...
Confirmation Bias, Market Research and Dominic Cummings
3rd July 2020 11:16
Written by Alasdair Gleed,Research Director. Email Alasdair Confirmation Bias, Market Research and Dominic Cummings:Don’t worry, I’m not going to re-visit the recent Dominic Cummings “driving to test my eyes” debacle or debate whether… Read more...
Searching for meaning: a tongue in cheek look at trends on Trends
19th May 2020 15:43
Written by Elliot Simmonds, Associate Director. Email Elliot One of the great things about the modern era is the availability of information – both to us as individual consumers, but also to those of us whose job it is to distil information down in… Read more...
Healthwatch publishes our research looking at young people's experiences of mental healthcare
19th May 2020 13:49
Healthwatch has published the research we undertook for the organisation last year, looking at young people's experiences of mental healthcare and what can be done to improve it. The statutory body, which exists tounderstand the needs, experiences and… Read more...
For the Love of Scrubs: What I did with my DJS Volunteering Day...
24th April 2020 08:36
Written by Helen Menzies, Associate Director When I joined DJS Research at the end of last year, as part of my induction I was informed about annual volunteer days. Every employee can take one paid day off work to help out a cause of their choice. DJS has… Read more...
