Research and Product Development

Putting Gen Z and Alpha at the core of new products and services

If you’re designing new products and services for young people, you need to have accurate and detailed knowledge of your end users in mind. But how do you gain and apply youth insights from the largest and most diverse generations yet? 

Whatever stage you’re at with your research and product development, we can help you to connect with young end users understand their needs, gather essential feedback on your nascent design, and implement user testing to nail down the finite details. 

Bespoke Market Insights

If you need to understand more about the opportunities in the market before developing your new product or service, come to us. We can help you generate unique, in-depth, quality data to inform your decision-making using our youth-led research panels.

We offer a bespoke service to every youth-led research panel, recruiting a representative sample of your target audience to help you dig into the details of what they want and need. 



Diverse team collaborating on participation projects in a professional setting.
Participation People team collaborating in a workshop for community engagement and participation.
Participation People team working together in a workshop session.
Participation People team engaging in education sector initiatives.
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Group of professionals at an education sector event, engaging in discussion.
University of Huddersfield collaborating in the education sector for community engagement.
Young people collaborating and innovating at a youth hackathon event.

New Product Development and User Testing

When you’re ready to start developing your new product or service, we can help you with youth insights every step of the way so you can be sure your next launch is watertight. 

We can set you up with a Gen Z product development sounding-board, gathering feedback and opportunities for improvement, with input from focus groups and workshops within a schedule that fits your timeline and launch plan. 

Case study

See an example of our work in the UX space with Xyla Digital, a digital therapy provider testing a new platform for young people. 



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