Welcome to dere-street research and consulting

dere-street is an Edinburgh-based company who provide research, analysis, project management, research management and consulting services. Learn how you can use our experience in designing and managing research projects, analysing urban change, and understanding how changes in technology and data are affecting cities, neighbourhoods and communities.



Research management

Need help with research? Don’t know where to start, how to do it, or how to tender?

We can help you figure out what you want to do, what methods you or your contractors need to use, and get you the results you want.

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Project management

Project management is all about delivering results. Managing and co-ordinating people, projects and partnerships can be daunting.

Let us help you develop plans and implement strategies to get the results you want.

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European projects

European projects can be very rewarding, but many feel they are complex, bureaucratic and risky.

Use our experience to help you create, set-up, manage, deliver and evaluate successful European projects.

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Research and analysis

We have more than a decade’s experience doing research and analysis and using evidence to support policy development and appraisal in both the public and private sectors.

We’ll help you identify the questions you need to answer, find and collect the data you need, and our analysis will answer your questions.

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Evaluation

We’ve helped design, develop, manage and deliver formative and summative evaluations for big and small projects and programmes, covering policy, practice, longitudinal studies and more.

We’ll design and deliver an evaluation approach that’s right for you.

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Consulting

Are you interested in how cities are changing, how retailing is changing, or what Smart Cities means for you? Do you want to understand how changes in technology and data are affecting cities, neighbourhoods and communities?

Use what we’ve learned in more than a decade of analysing urban change to develop better, more sustainable communities.

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