Our vision is to become a leading contributor in developing open and democratic policy processes, where lived experience and technical knowledge come together to develop empowered communities that can build socially and environmentally just ways of living. 

We aim to open-up and democratise research. We do this by empowering communities to better engage in policymaking. 

By working with communities, we build their capacity to generate alternative forms of understandings about  people’s everyday lives. 

We embrace ways of working that advance social and environmental justice. We seek to pursue concrete and real change.

We are driven by:

• A strong commitment to working with all communities

• Constructive and reflective dialogues and exchange with diverse voices

• Embracing multiple forms of knowledge

• Learning collectively with others

• Openness and inclusion

• Recognising the importance of place and the significance of its multiple histories, geographies and identities

• Respecting our natural environment and peoples who have a close relationship with nature

• A non-extractive approach of working, which foregrounds mutual benefit and through long-term and committed partnerships