Spotting Opportunities in Crisis. STRENGTHENING STRATEGIC FORESIGHT.
Progress & Change Research Lab
The Research Lab equips partners to anticipate what is coming next and position themselves accordingly.
Through horizon scanning, strategic foresight, and evidence-based methods, we help organisations preposition for influence in rapidly shifting political and institutional environments, including contexts where civic space is narrowing or closed.
We combine credibility with strategic insight. Beyond analysis, we support partners in shaping regulatory and multilateral policy frameworks, informing lawmakers and institutions, and identifying pathways of change that remain viable even in turbulent or restrictive environments.
Areas of expertise through our Research Lab:
- Foresight & Horizon Scanning
Identifying emerging political, regulatory, and funding shifts to enable strategic prepositioning. - Evidence-Based Research & Fact-Finding
Producing rigorous analysis in line with international standards to strengthen credibility and policy impact. - Regulatory & Policy Shaping
Supporting partners to engage in the development and reform of regulatory and multilateral frameworks that enable human rights, rule of law, and climate justice. - Programme & Project Evaluation
Evaluations designed to identify pathways of change and lessons learned to guide towards progress.
If you are navigating strategic uncertainty and need rigorous, forward-looking insight, we are ready to work alongside you.
We live along faultlines: places where rights, power, and principles collide. Some cracks are loud. Others are quiet.
Through Notes from the Faultline, our Research Lab offers exclusive reflection on the global and local tensions shaping civic space, democracy, and human rights.
We look at work across institutions, crises, and coalitions. Our analysis is rooted in Progress & Change Partnerships' engagement with partners who are holding the line.
Notes from the Faultline
