Hatch Insight provides tailored services in social research, strategic communication, public education, social policy, community-building, and storytelling. From the outset, we’ll work with you to understand your needs, explore options, and deliver creative solutions.
Research Services
Sound research informs smart decisions. Our research is grounded in evidence-based, participatory approaches. We use qualitative methods and customised research design to deliver the insights you need. We can interview stakeholders, consult with communities, run workshops, conduct surveys, review scientific literature, compile case studies, and produce engaging reports to communicate key insights.
Director Meg Mundell is a PhD-qualified researcher with two decades of experience in social research. She has delivered independent studies for industry clients, published in leading peer-reviewed journals, and worked with multidisciplinary research teams to deliver projects for community and government partners. As an educator, Meg has also helped hundreds of university students hone their critical thinking, research, and communication skills.
- Clients: HOME Research Centre (Deakin University), City of Greater Geelong, Monash University, Incolink, Master Builders Victoria, Give Where You Live Foundation, Telstra, University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association (ANHCA).
- Research published in leading academic journals including Urban Policy & Research, Social & Cultural Geography, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking, Alternative Law Journal.
Writing | Editing | Communications
Need an expert wordsmith or eagle-eyed editor? We’ve got you covered. Hatch Insight can craft a polished report from scratch, turn rough notes into dazzling documents, transform jargon into clear prose, ghostwrite your big speech, or deliver a communications strategy to achieve positive change.
- Professional communications: Reports, web content, case studies, science writing, policy analysis, grant applications, speeches, co-authoring, ghostwriting, white papers, Reconciliation Action Plans (with First Nations advisors).
- Public engagement: Storytelling campaigns, public education campaigns, copywriting, educational content, healthcare resources, public conversations, profile pieces, advocacy, lived experience narratives.
- Editing: Government reports, industry reports, research reports, editorial production, creative nonfiction.
- Journalism & creative work: The Guardian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, essays, novels, screenwriting, short stories, poetry, media analysis, commentary.
- Clients: Environment Victoria, Launch Housing, Medibank, City of Greater Geelong, Deakin University, Zoos Victoria, RMIT, Incolink, State Library of Victoria, Department of Justice, Telstra, Random Pictures, Master Builders Victoria, The Sick Times (New York), Affirm Press, HarperCollins, The Guardian, The Age, The Monthly.
Community Engagement | Policy Solutions
Working with communities is one of our core strengths. From grassroots campaigns to multi-stakeholder projects, Hatch Insight brings people together to refine priorities, exchange knowledge, develop co-designed solutions, and drive positive change.
Our track record includes public education campaigns, innovative public art projects, co-design workshops, lived experience initiatives, stakeholder consultation, storytelling projects, Reconciliation Action Plans, media engagement, policy development, panel hosting and program evaluation.
- Subject matter expertise: Social inclusion, co-design, public space, placemaking, sense of place, homelessness, community services, creativity, mental health, Reconciliation Action Plans (with First Nations advisors).
- Clients: RMIT University, Council to Homeless Persons, StreetSmart, Master Builders Victoria, Launch Housing, Incolink, Booked Out, Koorie Heritage Trust, Australian Communications and Media Authority, Office of Housing (DHHS, Victoria).
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