§ 04 Services
Working with us, three ways.
Cognitive science put to work on problems your organisation actually has: making decisions under pressure, training experts, spotting bias, using AI without fooling yourself. From a single workshop to a multi-year research partnership.
A Services
Short, medium, long.
SVC / 01 WorkshopsHalf-day → 2 days
90min → 2d
- Scope
- Talk, masterclass, or in-house training
- Setup
- 2–4 weeks lead time
- Recent
- FBI, cognitive bias for forensic examiners
01 / Short
Workshops & consulting
Research seminars, interactive workshops, intimate masterclasses.
The session fits the room: a 90-minute talk for executives, or a two-day masterclass for practitioners who want the hands-on version.
- High-stakes decision making
- Biases in human judgement
- Cognitive & human factors in forensic decisions
- Improving human performance
- Effective use of artificial intelligence
We've run sessions for organisations including the FBI and the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM), on expertise, decision-making, and the practical use of AI.
02 / Medium
Contract research
Rigorous studies, set up and delivered quickly through UQ.
Best when you have a defined question and a deadline. We run it through UQ's partnership managers, which is typically faster than grant-funded routes.
Past projects include
- Banknote security perception · Reserve Bank of Australia
- Lost passport reporting incentives · DFAT
- Road safety nudges · Victoria Road Safety
- Forensic assessments · National Institute of Forensic Science
- AI & mindfulness reports · OECD
- Decision-making courses · FBI
SVC / 02 ContractThrough UQ
3– 12 mo
- Scope
- Defined question, deliverable, timeline
- Path
- UQ partnership manager, faster than grants
- Past
- RBA · DFAT · OECD · NIFS · FBI
SVC / 03 PartnershipARC Linkage
2–5years
- Funding
- $50–300k per year
- Partner
- 25% cash + in-kind
- Won
- $332k Forensic Reasoning & Uncertainty
$364k Perceptual Experts in Policing
03 / Long
Research partnership
Australian Research Council Linkage: $50–300k/yr for 2–5 years.
For longer-term collaborations, the ARC Linkage scheme provides $50,000–$300,000 per year over 2–5 years. Partner organisations contribute a minimum 25% cash plus in-kind support.
The scheme has been good to us: $332,000 for "Forensic Reasoning and Uncertainty" and $364,188 for "Creating Perceptual Experts in Australia's Policing and Security Agencies", projects that drew in nearly every major police agency in Australia.
The application takes time to put together, but the scheme is genuinely good value.
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FBI
Cognitive bias training for federal examiners
Reserve Bank of Australia
Banknote security perception studies
OECD
AI & mindfulness policy reports
Queensland Police
Decision-making under uncertainty