Research, analysis and advice on economic and social development for the public and private sector
Founded in 1983, SQW operates across the UK, Europe and internationally, from offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Cambridge. We offer services across a diverse range of fields, from Innovation and Spatial Development, to Children and Young People, and the Personalisation of Public Services.
What we do
Services
We research, design, develop, support and assess interventions, helping our clients to address challenges, and realise opportunities, in economic and social development.
Expertise Areas
We work in a diverse set of policy domains, with particular expertise in Innovation, Spatial Development, Children and Young People, and Service Integration and Personalisation.
Latest Publications
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Funding for Growth - Business Angels on the Island of Ireland
September 09, 2016
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Productivity Challenges and Opportunities
September 02, 2016
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Evaluation of Schools Challenge Cymru
August 05, 2016
Our Directors
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Graham Thom
Graham is SQW's Managing Director, and he leads our work in the policy areas of the integration and personalisation of public services, and in skills and employment interventions
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Robin Brighton
Robin's expertise lies in policy research and development, strategy and action planning, and evaluation and impact assessment in the science, innovation and higher education domains
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Jonathan Cook
Jonathan specialises in performance management, project and programme evaluation, impact assessment, appraisal and competitiveness analysis, at national and sub-national levels
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Meera Craston
Meera Craston specialises in the integration and personalisation of public services, with a particular interest in the ongoing transformation of the health and social care sectors
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Luke Delahunty
Luke’s main areas of expertise include area-based strategy and action planning, public sector business cases, Green Book appraisal, impact assessment and evaluation
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Christine Doel
Christine specialises in sustainable economic and spatial development with particular expertise in analysis, strategy and implementation planning across functional urban, rural, and coastal areas
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Michael Frearson
Michael’s main areas of expertise are in public policy and professional practice research, development and evaluation, working with schools, further and higher education and work-based learning providers
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Chris Green
Chris brings expertise in innovation and technology-based development, and at the interface between economic and spatial development. This includes policy development and evaluation, and project design and delivery
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Richard Hindle
Richard's expertise as an economic development practitioner, designer and evaluator, is in market feasibility studies, project appraisals and plans, programme evaluations and organisation reviews
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Martin Kuehnemund
Martin is an expert in evaluation and impact assessment of public policies, programmes, and other legislative and non-legislative measures, principally in the specific context of the EU, its institutions and policies
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Bruce Macdonald
Bruce specialises in the measurement of public policy interventions across business development, culture and events, inward investment, environmental protection, and community development domains
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David Mack-Smith
David has extensive experience in strategy development, business planning, economic impact modelling and evaluation, and leads our work in the area of Information and Communication Technology
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Marian Morris
Marian's main areas of expertise are in the evaluation of national, regional and local policy and practice in relation to education and wider interventions for children, young people and families