What We Do

At Empyrean Research research our mission is to co-construct, surface and share knowledge which supports social change.
In order to achieve that mission, we support community, organizational and personal development through a variety of activities:
In order to achieve that mission, we support community, organizational and personal development through a variety of activities:
- Participatory Research: community based and organizational
- Teaching and trainings: development, community engagement and research related programs and courses
- Community-university partnerships: helping institutions, faculty and community partners build better systems and infrastructure for engaged working
- International development: consulting with NGOs, community groups and universities in the global south
- Evaluation and learning: supporting organizations and universities in building evaluation and learning frameworks
- Facilitation: specializing in participatory and emergent models of workshop and process facilitation
- Reflective practice: supporting development practitioners, community developers, university faculty and students in reflective learning workshops and short courses