Research you can check
Our publications follow one rule: every claim carries a reference. We publish research, guides, and public templates as open documents, because a community interest company that asks for trust must show its sources.
When we read a study on your behalf, we ask three questions before we pass it on:
- Who funded it? Funding does not automatically invalidate research, but it shifts the burden of proof and must be disclosed.
- How was it designed? The sample, the definitions of outcomes, and the methodology itself can quietly predetermine the conclusion.
- Has it been replicated? An independent repetition of the result is the only real confirmation.
What we publish
- Open-source research and reports — thorough, referenced, and honest about what is not yet known.
- Public templates — letters and documents citizens can copy and use in their own dealings with public bodies.
- Educational material — supporting the professional education of young people in Aberdeen, with open tools and open hardware such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
- Pro-civic competition documentation — rules, results, and lessons from competitions that reward community-minded technical work.
Scotland is included in our research wherever the data allows; where Scottish data is unavailable, we say so plainly.
To suggest a topic or request a template, please visit the In touch page.