Analysing identity issues within and between communities

Community issues dominate the contemporary concerns of our media-dominated society and are central to political debate and social policy initiatives.

At our home base here in Northern Ireland we are all too aware of this and how fundamental differences in identities can spill into mistrust and violence.

At Identity Exploration, we enable researchers, community organisations and policy makers in local and national government to gain a much more accurate understanding of the issues that cause conflict and to identify policies that help bring social cohesion.

Some current issues under investigation include:

Identity issues in young offenders
Ethnic Extremism
Community relations in N.Ireland
Middle Eastern Identities in Israel
Indigenous identities in North America and Australia

Our analytical techniques, Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) acknowledges the multi-cultural complexities of contemporary communities and our dedicated software (Ipseus) allow researchers to build and use investigative instruments which measure inter and intra-community identities in a highly sophisticated way.

We engage in research project ourselves, generally with specialist partners and we also provide professional input and software to clients around the world who are using Identity Structure Analysis as the core of their research.

You can learn more about the types of studies ISA and our Ipseus software have been used on by clicking on the resources at the top right of this page