Research, Policy & Development

Reflexive, ethical research and curriculum design with trauma-informed insight.

Research, Policy & Development – Rethinking Knowledge, Reshaping Practice

Overview:

At Third Space Practice, research is not extractive. It’s relational, situated, and alive. We engage with knowledge production as an ethical and political act — rooted in lived experience, cultural complexity, and structural critique.

We support research, policy, and curriculum work that centres epistemic justice, participatory inquiry, and trauma-informed design. Whether embedded in NGOs, universities, or grassroots movements, we work with teams navigating layered questions around power, care, and voice — especially where dominant scripts fall short.

Our practice draws from critical pedagogy, decolonial methods, post-theological inquiry, and autoethnographic research. We’re especially invested in sites where systems meet selves: humanitarian response, migration, education, mental health, and the politics of belonging.

What We Offer

Participatory and autoethnographic research design and supervision

Curriculum development with ethical, intersectional, and trauma-sensitive frameworks

Reflexive policy guidance for organisations working across culture, conflict, or care

Research collaborations with universities, NGOs, and social movements

Methodology support for researchers navigating positionality, complexity, and voice

Critical input on ethics applications, funding bids, and programme design

Current & Past Collaborations

  • Co-supervision of doctoral and postdoctoral research using autoethnographic and narrative approaches
  • Contributions to policy design in decolonial education
  • Curriculum design for trauma-informed learning in war-affected and diasporic contexts
  • Consultancy on research ethics in psychosocial and intercultural settings

How We Work

We walk alongside researchers, educators, and organisations — not as neutral consultants, but as reflective companions and rigorous thought partners. We ask difficult questions. We honour silences. We attend to what the data doesn’t show, but the body remembers.

Who It’s For

  • Researchers working in intercultural, post-traumatic, or conflict zones
  • Universities, think tanks, and collectives seeking critical pedagogical input
  • NGOs and funders designing research or policy in complex sociopolitical landscapes
  • Educators and practitioners building new models of knowing and relating

Next Steps

If you’re designing a research project, curriculum, or policy framework and want critical companionship along the way, please get in touch.

There is no such thing as neutrality in systems of power.

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