We’re the experts in culturally sensitive research, policy and evaluation.

The Culturally Inclusive Research Centre Australia (formerly the Cultural & Indigenous Research Centre Australia) is an industry leader in research & evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander as well as Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities, and a specialist in the application of culturally sensitive approaches.

Our team offers insights derived from 20+ years of experience working with diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in remote, rural and urban settings.

We speak more than 20 community languages. We’ll make sure your questions are heard. You’ll trust in our methods and value the clarity our research brings.

We respect cultural protocols. You can trust in our processes.

When you engage CIRCA for research and evaluation, you’ll gain access to an extensive national team of highly skilled bilingual and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research consultants.

Our long relationship with communities and our sensitivity to diverse community needs means we have the trust and respect of the people we work with.

We know the value of cooperation. We celebrate the vibrancy of our networks.

Data Quality and Integrity

CIRCA is accredited under ISO 20252:2019 for Market, Opinion and Social research, which means we follow rigorous standards for how research is conducted, analysed, and reported so that clients can be assured that our research products are trustworthy and high-quality. You can find CIRCA’s Statement of Applicability here, describing the complete scope of the services attested.

View our case studies

Our methodology and approach

Our research methodology is rigorous, culturally sensitive and centres on fruitful community consultation. We ensure a diversity of community voices are heard, and are committed to culturally specific research methods based on mutual respect and cooperation.

Our services

  • Process, formative and outcome evaluations using qualitative and quantitative methods
  • Social and developmental research
  • Concept testing and campaign research and evaluation
  • Organisational reviews
  • Literature reviews and scans of academic and grey literature
  • Monitoring and evaluation frameworks, program logic models and theory of change
  • Online surveys and discussion forums with stakeholders and community

Our expertise

  • Research and Evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities in remote, rural and urban Australia
  • Research and Evaluation with culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Health
  • Justice
  • Domestic & family violence
  • Anti-discrimination / human rights
  • Early childhood & child safety/protection
  • Education, employment & training
  • International development

OUR SERVICE PROMISE

We will tailor projects to meet your goals.

20
Years experience
500
Projects completed
150
Happy clients
20
Languages spoken
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For us, the most important thing was timing and transparency. CIRCA fulfilled this in a fantastic way. The clarity of communication and transparency shown helped us a lot in communicating with our stakeholders. The report and presentation that followed met the requirements of the brief and provided valuable insights.

Antoni BanicevicInvoCare
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What was really good: flexibility, timelines, clear communication, understanding our needs, the high standard of reporting and presentation, the budget and the professionalism showed by the CIRCA Team.

Alison Sentence and Kate BransonABC Foundation
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We were pleased with the turn-around time on this project, given the timeline was very compressed. CIRCA’s ability to quote and complete the project under these circumstances (limited time, urgent work) made a material difference to the outcome for both Ipsos and our end client. The participants you interviewed met the specifications for audiences we were looking for, which is clearly driven by your extensive networks and connections.

Stuart ClarkIpsos
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We all really felt like you were looking at what really happened, in light of all the constraints, changing circumstances and challenges that were happening … You took time to understand what we were about, and why we were about it.

Emma BeckettNikinpa Aboriginal Child and Family Centre
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CIRCA met two very important objectives for us: delivery on time and with great quality. We are very happy with the work you have done and that is why we are working with you again.

Craig DonovanKantar Public
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Thanks for the great support and work you and your team have undertaken during the evaluation process. After reading the preliminary report we were overwhelmed by the stories people shared, the kind words spoken and the acknowledgements of all our hard work.

Centre ManagerAboriginal Child and Family Centre
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We were very satisfied with the whole process. We found the communication with CIRCA very good because we were trying to navigate what the process looks like in an evaluation. Lena was very helpful in stepping us through it; she gave us different options within our budget. That was great.

Jasmine WalterPsyche Foundation