Research and design for work and employment
Research that helps employment systems work better
We bring behavioural insights, rigorous research and practical design to the relationships between people, services, employers and institutions.
Explore our workResearch & Evidence
Evidence made useful
Follow new developments, examine program evaluations and explore what the data tell us.
Work & Employment Weekly
What is changing in labour market policy, programs and research across OECD countries, and why it matters in Ontario.
Read the weekly briefWhat Works
Short reviews of employment interventions: what was tested, what the evaluation found and the conditions that matter.
Browse the evidenceInsight Briefs
Clear findings from surveys and public data, with practical interpretation and transparent methods.
Read the Insight Briefs
What We Do
Research questions turned into practical change
We work across employment policy, programs and service delivery. Behavioural Insights connects the methods we use with the problems organizations need to solve.
Survey research & statistical analysis
Survey design, data collection, client and caseworker research, statistical analysis and segmentation.
Qualitative & organizational research
Focus groups, key informant interviews, organizational reviews and service-system mapping.
Labour market & skills research
Labour market analysis, skills assessments and the connection between people, opportunities and employer needs.
Behavioural & program design
Behavioural diagnosis, pathway redesign, program development, implementation support and evaluation.
Digital tool design
Research-informed specifications, prototypes and decision-support tools, including appropriate AI applications.
Our approach
Understand the person. Examine the system. Connect the two.
Behaviour takes shape within practical, organizational and institutional conditions. Better outcomes require attention to the support people need and the systems through which they move.
Our approach brings those levels together, then uses implementation and evaluation to learn what changes make a difference.
An application of the approach
Pathways Connect
Pathways Connect explores how employment pathways can work as one connected system. It covers understanding support needs, completing the handoff, employment opportunity and ongoing support.
- Understand needs
- Make the connection
- Build opportunity
- Support stability
An operating model, still in development.
About the practice
The right expertise for the question
BeSciWorks brings consultants together around specific projects, combining the research, analytical and design expertise an assignment requires.
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