Commissioned Research

Who it helps and why

Research teams, enterprise strategy, publishers, media and data-product owners.

Some decisions require research that an existing edition does not cover. Commissioned work agrees the question, method, outputs and independence conditions before the research begins.

Research products turn a defined question into a readable report, an edition or a licensed data scope. A source date is part of the result, and a licence specifies what may be reproduced, shared or integrated. Editorial judgment remains separate from commissioned work and disclosed sponsorship.

What is included in the work

1. Research brief and explicit method.
2. Agreed source collection, analysis and limitations.
3. Report, review process and publication/ownership rights.

How to use or commission this work

1. 1

   Start with your use

   Agree the question, edition, dataset or intended publication.

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2. 2

   Examine the scope

   Document sources, method, freshness and redistribution rights.

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3. 3

   Agree the continuation

   Confirm the licence and delivery format before any distribution.

What you bring and agree

Provide the decision context, desired scope and intended use of the findings.

Bring the decision you need to make and your intended use. Agree the relevant users, product or organisation boundary, permitted evidence and acceptance conditions. Any service or subscription begins on its agreed start date.

What you can work with afterwards

A research result that answers the agreed question while preserving uncertainties and independence.

Request a quote for the intended coverage, audience, rights, delivery format and refresh schedule. Sponsorship is disclosed and buys no independent finding or ranking. API and automated-feed access have their own technical scope.