Our Research
Traditional institutions increasingly recognize the importance of movements as a major force in strengthening and progressing civil societies. However, many struggle to understand movements and their role in supporting them.
Rhize works with our local, activist networks to deliver critical insights and quantitative research about the role of movements and the best ways to support movements. This is part of our “Educating the Sector”work in which we work with human rights, advocacy development, philanthropic and peacebuilding institutions looking to improve their strategies and insights to more effectively support movements.
Check out our publications:
Let Movements Lead
This publication details how Rhize developed our Coaching Model, detailing our original pilot project bringing together experienced African activists and coming to understand the importance of long-term coaching and peer learning in helping movements achieve their goals.
Understanding Activism
In Understanding Activism, we surveyed 1100+ activists in 10 countries asking three critical questions: What types of support have you received from outside actors? What was helpful/harmful? And what kinds of support to movements actually want? Hint: training, skills and networks are towards the top of the list
The State of the Growing Movement to Fight Inequality
The State of the Growing Movement to Fight Inequality surveyed “inequality” movements—broadly defined—in 23 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. In partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance and the London School of Economics, Rhize led the research in response to the evident gap in existing research on inequality, which has to date has focused on tracking and analysing its rise in different forms. Much less attention has been given to the analysis of campaigning and organising against inequality.This research aims to widen and deepen our collective understanding of movements fighting inequality around the world.
THe New Global Citizen
The New Global Citizen looks at the way that over 400 INGOs and NGOs work with young people to support the young people on the forefront of social change. Unfortunately more often than not, groups still work with young people as tokens or recipients of support rather than working with them as the partners and leaders that they are in critical struggles around the world. Rhize helps put out a new vision for how institutions might adopt more of a “movement mindset” and leverage the vision and energy of young people.