Trust and Trustworthiness in National and Global Governance (TrustGov) - Focus Groups

The Department of Politics and International Relations are part of the University of Southampton, a leading research-intensive Russell Group University, ranked in the top 100 worldwide Universities by the QS World University Rankings 2020. Our world-class academic staff provide our students with the highest level of tuition and support throughout their studies across the University's Highfield Campus. We are proud that our students go on to have successful careers in a range of positions in the public and private sectors including government departments, think tanks, security analysis, political and financial marketing, campaign organisations and NGOs. Our current alumni work in diverse roles including political representatives, political advisors and senior civil servants in government, risk and data analysts, entrepreneurs managing start-ups in the private sector and campaign and project managers directing NGO work in the third sector.This procurement is to commission a single supplier to manage the organisation and delivery of a series of Focus Groups in a number of countries as part of our cross-national enquiry on trust and trustworthiness in national and international governance. Each focus group should comprise 6-12 participants representative of certain key demographics among the adult population based on age, social status, and partisanship. Our mandatory requirement focuses on the organisation and delivery of a minimum of 40 focus groups in and across 6 countries with a further desirable requirement of between 4 and 10 cross-national focus groups in a common language combining participants from across the case countries detailed below Case A: US, Italy, Chile, Spain /Case B: Nicaragua, Philippines / Case C: Canada, Australia, the Netherlands / Case D: Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, Argentina / Case E: Croatia, Uruguay, Portugal / Case F: Ethiopia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

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