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Research, insight and intelligence techniques are continually evolving, providing new and cutting-edge ways to get to the heart of the consumer and citizen. Research leads the development of these new techniques challenging and influencing the business world.

Understanding cutting edge thinking and innovative techniques ensures the research world is continually evolving offering the business world new and engaging ways to understand consumers and society.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (Supply-side researchers)

1. Develop research speciality(s) as required e.g. qualitative, quantitative, statistics, co-creation, semiotics, neuroscience, etc

2. Lead development and understanding of new research techniques

3. Understand, use and implement new research and insight techniques

4. Apply ideation techniques with relevant stakeholders (internally and externally) to inspire new work

5. Share understanding of new thinking and innovative techniques by sharing knowledge and skills with others

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (Client-side researchers)

1. Develop research speciality(s) as required, e.g. research techniques, broader marketing mix requirements, leading the application of insight, etc

2. Evaluate and deploy the development of new research techniques as required

3. Evaluate and select new research and insight techniques as appropriate

4. Evaluate and deploy ideation techniques (internally and externally) to inspire new work

5. Share understanding of new thinking and innovative techniques by sharing knowledge and skills with others

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Company Partner Briefing January 2026

Webinar

MRS Company Partner monthly Standards briefings by the MRS Standards and Policy Team are exclusively available for Company Partner employees. The monthly webinars focus on legislation and standards will be tailored to incorporate updates to the Code of Conduct and policy, etc.

Jan
20
2026

Tuesday
11:00–12:00

AI: Powering-Up Insights Conference 2026

London

The how, why and when of integrating AI into research

AI is ubiquitous across the research cycle, but how can researchers ensure their partnership with it optimises outcomes for customers and still delivers gold standard outputs?

Jan
22
2026

Thursday
09:00–17:00

It's Good to Talk: Managing Menopause in the Workplace

Online Meeting

MRS is proud to have launched It’s Good to Talk; a new initiative offering a safe, informal space for MRS Members to share how they tackle and feel about issues that affect so many of us. These aren’t webinars. There’ll be no speeches or panels. Just a chance to talk.

Jan
29
2026

Thursday
12:30–13:30

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