DJS Research News & Blog
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Elliot Simmonds to Research Director
10th September 2020 11:55
We are delighted to announce that Elliot Simmonds has been promoted to Research Director after an exceptional contribution to the company for more than a decade, and following his successes as Associate Director. Elliot first joined the team back in 2007,… Read more...
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...
