Center for Applied Research is a leading Ukrainian social research firm providing market research and social polling services across Europe and North America. With local enumerators in 15 countries, we deliver insights from both mainstream populations and hard-to-reach communities.
The Center for Applied Research has been operating in Ukraine since 2013. As of 2022, the organization has expanded its services to European Union and North America countries.
Core competencies:
- Quantitative data collection — face-to-face (CAPI) surveys, telephone (CATI) interviewing, online panels
- Qualitative research — focus group discussions (in-facility and online), in-depth interviews, ethnographic studies
- Monitoring & evaluation support — baseline and endline surveys, needs assessments, third-party monitoring
- Market research — product testing, Net Promoter Score studies, mystery shopping, retail traffic measurement, advertising effectiveness
- Research with hard-to-reach populations — refugees, internally displaced persons, veterans, persons with disabilities, national and religious minorities
Fieldwork in frontline regions of Ukraine
The Center is one of the few research organizations maintaining active data collection capacity in Ukraine’s frontline and near-frontline regions, including Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Our enumerator networks operate in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Sumy, Dnipro, Kramatorsk, and Nikopol, under security protocols developed specifically for high-risk environments. This capacity enables humanitarian organizations, UN agencies, and international donors to obtain reliable primary data from conflict-affected communities, including needs assessments, protection monitoring, and post-distribution monitoring.
Over the years, our team has confirmed that we can professionally conduct complex research. Our partners include: Shell, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company, United Nations Ukraine, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH etc.
ACTIVITIES:
Social & Political Research | Market Research | Political Campaigning | Cross-Cultural Studies | Migration & Refugee Research | Minority Community Analysis | Anthropology
RESOURCES:
• team of 35 persons (sociologists, political experts, economic analysts, enumerators, designers etc.);
• own production studio (social and commercial video, audio products)
GEOGRAPHY in UKRAINE:
You can order our services in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhgorod, Chernihiv, Kramatorsk and other regions.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICES:
EUROPE: Ukraine | Germany | Poland | Bulgaria | Romania | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Spain | Italy | United Kingdom | France | Switzerland | Austria
NORTH AMERICA: United States | Canada
E-mail: polls@cpd.com.ua
