Social Sciences & Research

The interdisciplinary research team of SYNYO combines expertise from sociology, communication science, political science and anthropology. This interdisciplinary focus allows us to address diverse topics from various angles. Within these topics, our team conducts a broad range of research activities, such as - Literature review & desk-based research - Stakeholder studies & mapping - Policy analysis - Development of a study design - Quantitative research such as surveys & statistical analysis - Qualitative research such as interviews, focus groups, workshops, discourse and content analysis, ethnographic research as well as creative methods - Responsible Research and Innovation Social sciences are crucial in the development of innovative technologies including information and communication technologies (ICT) as they provide the much-needed research to unveil the societal challenges to novel ICT solutions. Our research team has experience in - Requirement analyses & use-case design - Usability and user experience testing - User interface co-creation & design - Piloting and user tests