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RESEARCH THAT DRIVES IMPACT
We are a Research Society of Australia accredited company, adhering to the highest ethical and privacy standards.
89 Degrees East delivers high-quality research on issues that matter. Our work is grounded in deep expertise, rigorous methodologies and a commitment to understanding public sentiment to drive impactful communication strategies.
Our research team is proud to work on projects that deliver actionable insights that help build a better world, from in-depth qualitative research on community sentiment ahead of the 2023 Voice for Parliament referendum to creating the Clean Energy Solutions Index to measure community support for renewable energy.
We specialise in research that drives public impact and underpins thought leadership. Notable among the work we are know for is our approach to segmentation, the Compass approach. Climate Compass, Gender Compass, Community Compass and Mental Health Compass with Democracy Compass to  be released late 2026.
AUDIENCE SEGMENTATION

The research backs this up. 78% of people say they'd rather watch a short video to learn about something than read an article. At the same time, trust in traditional media and institutions is falling. Only 48% of Australians now trust traditional media, down six points in a single year, and two-thirds believe leaders deliberately mislead them. But trust in peer networks expressed through digital channels remains strong. When the right people talk to each other on camera, audiences listen in a way they simply won't for a press release or a polished brand video.

SOCIAL LICENCE RESEARCH

And then there's AI. 72% of Australians are now finding information through AI-mediated search platforms, up from 57% last year, and a significant proportion never click through to the source content at all. They read the summary and move on. That means if your content isn't being surfaced and accurately represented by AI, you're invisible to a growing share of your audience. The content AI rewards is recent, collaborative and rich in transcript and metadata. A Studio Anywhere session, featuring multiple voices, published regularly, with full transcripts generated automatically, is exactly the kind of content that gets found.

COMMUNICATION AND CAMPAIGNS

When you bring the right stakeholders into that conversation, something else happens too. Their networks become part of your distribution. Your reach doesn't just grow. It multiplies.Studio Anywhere makes all of this possible for any organisation, at any time, without the cost or complexity that used to make it out of reach.

ADVOCACY

When you bring the right stakeholders into that conversation, something else happens too. Their networks become part of your distribution. Your reach doesn't just grow. It multiplies.Studio Anywhere makes all of this possible for any organisation, at any time, without the cost or complexity that used to make it out of reach.

Latest Research
Moving the Middle:
A New Roadmap for Gender Equality
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Dr Rebecca huntley

Director - Data, Research & Insights

Holly Mccarthy

Associate Director

Kate Whelan

Senior Research Advisor

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