RESEARCH
Human-led and AI-assisted public sector research, market intelligence and evidence gathering across UK public services.
RESEARCH
Human-led and AI-assisted public sector research, market intelligence and evidence gathering across UK public services.
Oscar research is focused on helping clients understand public sector organisations, markets, people, policies, suppliers, opportunities and change. It is less about traditional consumer market research, and more about structured intelligence gathering, interpretation and analysis across UK public services.
Our team can carry out targeted desk research, data-led investigation, public body monitoring, stakeholder research and market intelligence projects. Where useful, this can be supported by AI-powered tools that gather and analyse online artefacts including news, annual reports, strategy documents, policy pages and other public sector collateral.
Tell us the question, market, organisation group, policy area or intelligence gap you need to understand, and we can shape the right research approach around it.
What research can support
Research can be used to answer a specific question, enrich a dataset, monitor a market, support a report, configure a feed or power an intelligence workflow.
Research carried out by our team to validate information, interpret public sector structures, investigate organisations, review sources and add context that data alone cannot provide.
Analysis of sectors, buyers, competitors, policy areas, supplier activity, procurement trends, public body change and emerging opportunities across the UK public sector.
AI-supported workflows that can gather, classify and summarise public body artefacts from websites, news, annual reports, strategies, policy documents and other online collateral.
Built around the market, organisation group or intelligence gap you need to understand.
Combining structured data, public sources, research expertise and sector knowledge.
Outputs can feed reports, datasets, feeds, dashboards and client workflows.
Combining judgement, validation and context with scalable AI-assisted gathering.
How a research project works
Research can be delivered as a standalone project, or used to support a bespoke report, feed, dashboard or intelligence workflow.
We agree the market, organisations, policy area, competitors, sources or intelligence gap that the research needs to address.
We use desk research, Oscar data, public sources and AI-assisted collection to gather the relevant material and supporting evidence.
Our team reviews, structures and interprets the findings so the output is accurate, useful and grounded in public sector context.
The research can be delivered as notes, a dataset, a briefing, a report, a feed, an AI summary layer or an input into a dashboard.
Collection and analysis of annual reports, strategies, policies, consultations, plans, committee papers, news items and relevant website collateral.
Research into public body structures, parent relationships, service responsibilities, leadership arrangements, governance and organisational change.
Investigation of public sector market areas, buyer groups, policy themes, service pressures, procurement activity and opportunity indicators.
Tracking competitor activity, supplier presence, buyer overlap, awarded contracts, framework participation and market positioning.
Research into senior roles, named postholders, role changes, decision-making groups, leadership structures and relevant stakeholder networks.
Use of AI-enabled workflows to gather, classify, summarise and score online public sector material for reporting, feeds and alerts.
Whether you need human validation, market intelligence gathering, public body monitoring, competitor research or AI-assisted artefact collection, we can configure the right combination of research, data and technology around your requirement.