2025 Contenders

Announcing the Research Awards 2025 Contenders

*listed in alphabetical order by company name or surname.

Research Effectiveness Awards

Category: Consumer Insights

COMPANY	CLIENT	SUBMISSION TITLE	ENTRANTS
Bastion Insights	AIA Australia	AIA Vitality Zones – Mapping Healthier Futures	Nicole Lobosco, Luke Chen
Core Data	JBWere	JBWere and CoreData: Growth of Women and Wealth	Ervin Sim, Anna Vennonen, Tamara Kolevski (JBWere)
Fiftyfive5, part of Accenture Song	L’Oreal ANZ	Future of Beauty	Michelle Newton, Victoria Loutas, Zoe Aitken
Fiftyfive5, part of Accenture Song	Twinings	The Demand Landscape	Keira Braybrook, Chris Paxton, Estelle Gohil, Samantha Yann
Human8	Uber	One Less Car: Flipping Sydney’s Love Affair with the Driveway Darling	Matthew Jorgenson, Heidi Turner, Miranda King-Mozart, Anneliese Lim (Human8) and Mimi Nguyen, Zoe Yang, Mathieu Maire (Uber)
Ipsos	IAG	Changing Gears – The road ahead for Electric Vehicle adoption in Australia	Hannah Caine, Stuart Clark, Shagnik Lahiri
Lewers	Baby Bunting	Insight Sparks Baby Bunting’s ‘Store of the Future’	Lisa Lewers, Anne-Marie Moir
Nature	Tennis Australia	Leveraging segmentation to make the AO an innovative and world class event	Paddy Cain
Nature	Meat and Livestock Australia	The power of the pack: Ensuring continued prosperity of the Australian beef and lamb industry with a best practice playbook	Lizi Pritchard
Nature	Asahi Lifestyle Beverages	Mini Makeover: How Asahi turned underperformance into outperformance	Emma Tommasini, Peter Stuchbery
Picnic Customer Intelligence	TEMPUR Australia	Beyond the Product: Delivering a Premium Retail Partnership	Matt Howley, Ray Lo (Picnic) and Jacinta Olesen (TEMPUR Australia)
Starburst Insights	REA Group	Movers in Motion: Fresh Insight into the Moving Experience	Megan Simpson, Kim Taylor (Starburst Insights) and Serge Petrichenko, James Polasek (Realestate.com.au)
The Behavioural Architects	Newscorp	Project Nudge: An Evidence-Based Approach to Trust and Desirability	Sam Paul, Mike Daniels
The Lab	Cricket Australia	From Insight to Inclusion How a world-first Multicultural Action Plan smashed targets and is helping make cricket a home for everyone	Neale Cotton

Category: Public Policy / Social Impact

COMPANY	CLIENT	SUBMISSION TITLE	ENTRANTS
Bastion Insights	Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing	Designing Disruption: Evidence-Based Innovation in Tobacco Messaging	Ann-Louise Brockelsby
EY Sweeney	Ahpra	Transforming Medical Training: A Seven-Year Journey to Elevate Medical Training in Australia	Lewis Jones (EY Sweeney) and Brie Woods (Ahpra)
Hall & Partners	Civil Aviation Safety Authority	Pack Right, Safe Flight – driving behaviour change among Australian travellers	Sandra Mihajilo, Ruwini Withanachchi, Alison French
HumanListening	Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority	Listening at scale for Brisbane 2032: GIICA’s 100 Day Review public submissions program	Chris Barry (HumanListening) and Julie Spencer (Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority)
Ipsos	Net Zero Economy Authority	Improving community understanding of the Net Zero transition	David Elliott, Stuart Clark, Shagnik Lahiri
Ipsos	Department of Transport and Planning Victoria	Advancing Transport Planning in Victoria through GPS Data Integration	Adri van der Mescht, Guy Walker (Ipsos) and Paris Brunton, Manuela Burgers, Bharat Balasubramanian (Department of Transport and Planning Victoria)
Luma Research	Dylan Alcott Foundation	Breaking Barriers – Using Advertising for Good in Normalising Disability	Georgia Phillips
ORIMA Research	Cancer Council NSW	Generation Vape	David Bruce, Paulina Hryniewiecka (ORIMA Research) Professor Becky Freeman (University of Sydney) and Alecia Brooks (Cancer Council NSW)
ORIMA Research	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care	Putting patients first – reshaping Australia’s primary health care through the PaRIS survey	Andrew Lenihan, Alison McLaverty (ORIMA Research) and Catherine Katz and Vannary Sar (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care)
Painted Dog Research	Department of Health, Disability and Ageing	Empowering GPs, Saving Lives: Evaluating Australia’s Cancer Screening Engagement Kit	Chris Batini, Brent Morris, Vienna Staaden
Painted Dog Research	State Library of Western Australia	State Libraries of Western Australia – Better Beginnings Program Evaluation	Jillian Ryan, Tara Forde, Delphine Poet
Painted Dog Research	Department of Health, Disability and Ageing & Cancer Council Australia	Shifting Tanning Norms: An Evaluation of Skin Cancer Prevention Campaigns	Dr Claudia Amonini, Catherine Donnelly, Brent Morris
The Behavioural Architects	Transport for NSW	Sustainable Travel Choices: Applying Behavioural Science To Reshape Travel Behaviours, Support Hybrid Working, And Create Sustainable Commutes At Minimal Cost	Shane Sinnott, Pam Wong, Mike Daniels
Valeur Consulting	Jazz Pharmaceuticals ANZ	Insights into Expanding Treatment Access for Rare Epilepsy	Donna Collett, Caroline Guerbet (Valeur Consulting) and Eilis Quinn, Sonya Williams, Guy Gavagna (Jazz Pharmaceuticals ANZ)
Whereto Research	Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH)	The Unsaid Says A Lot; Using research to inform Australia’s first ever transgender awareness and inclusivity campaign	Penny Burke, Erin Beggs, Charles Coulton

Category: UX Research

COMPANY	CLIENT	SUBMISSION TITLE	ENTRANTS
EY Studio+	EY	Microsoft Azure Neurodiverse UX Research	Chris Sherley
The Behavioural Architects	NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service	Combatting The Illusion of Safety: Designing For a User experience of ‘Safe Enjoyment’ For Visitors Of National Parks in New South Wales	Mike Daniels, Lara Chapman
UniSuper	UniSuper	Inclusive research driving systemic change at UniSuper	Rob Demasi

Young Researcher of the Year Award

• Fiftyfive5, part of Accenture Song – Emma Bevilacqua
• Fiftyfive5, part of Accenture Song – Jack Ryan
• Hall & Partners – Janelle Fandialan
• Hall & Partners – Michaela Fernando
• Human8 – Anneliese Lim
• Ipsos – Shagnik Lahiri
• Ipsos – Ellie Kirby
• Ipsos – Ay Nassimoldina
• Ipsos – Adira Wiryoatmojo
• Luma – Juliette Gresse
• Painted Dog Research – Ruben Droogmans
• Painted Dog Research – Calvin Lim
• The Behavioural Architects – Olivia Costigan Vermeesch
• The Lab – Hans Buddhasiri
• The Social Research Centre – Nyima Lhamo Wangchuk
• The Social Research Centre – Sam Slamowicz
• TRA – Charlotte Saunders
• TRA – Daniel van Vorsselen

Luminate Article of the Year Award

• A Market Researcher’s Guide to Using and Abusing Synthetic Data
  Authors: Dr. Seán McNally
• A New Dawn: Rethinking Brand Tracking For The AI Age
  Authors: James Collier
• Australian Market and Social Research Over 40 Years: A Personal Journey
  Authors: Dhruba Gupta
• Brand Tracking in 2025
  Authors: Chris Crook and Alex Coningham
• Choosing the Right Voice of Customer (VoC) Platform: A Strategic Approach
  Authors: Trish Roberts
• Decoding Emotions in the Age of AI
  Authors: Colleen Ryan
• Exploring the value of synthetic data as a tool for augmentation
  Authors: Chris Sherley, Kosmo Karantonis, and Catherine Price-Ackers
• From Words to Emojis: Which Response Format Best Captures Public Opinion?
  Authors: Gurmehar Kaur, Saneya Majeed, Dala Kasr, Nivi Chand
• How to start integrating AI into Voice of Customer
  Authors: Mark Ratekin
• Leveraging Brand Tracking to Drive Business Performance for Westfield
  Authors: Emma Gillingham
• Marketing Through an Ecological Economics Lens
  Authors: Cecilia Cheng
• Metrics That Matter: Choosing the Right Voice of Customer (VoC) Metrics
  Authors: Candice Watt
• New research highlights consumer uncertainty around the benefits of AI
  Authors: Daniel van Vorsselen
• No Research About Us, Without Us: Reimagining the Research Landscape with Participatory Methods
  Authors: Rebecca Hitchmough
• Preparing for the Climate Emergency – A Privilege, or a Right?
  Authors: Rebecca Hitchmough
• Singularity or Similarity? Why a More Flexible Approach May Build a Stronger Brand
  Authors: Andrew Cameron
• Still Relying on Just Surveys? Let’s Talk About What You Might Be Missing…
  Authors: Simon Benns
• The power of AI research agents in research
  Authors: Chris Sherley, Jo Kirkhope, and Catherine Price-Ackers
• Universal Design in Market and Social Research
  Authors: Gerard Atkinson

Research Rookie of the Year Award

• Ergo Strategy – Nicole Ross
• Fiftyfive5, Part of Accenture Song – Mikayla Burrell
• Hall & Partners – Elana Carnevale
• Human8 – Rory Harvey
• Ipsos – Himanika Agarwal
• Ipsos – Robert Capp
• Ipsos – Nimi Techi
• Ipsos Public Affairs – Alexa Satryo
• JWS Research – Amanda Guo
• JWS Research – Iuditar Perera
• Quantum Market Research – Qian Tan
• Research Ink – Linh Dam
• Sprout Strategy – Georgie Cunningham
• The Social Research Centre – Hamish Scott-Stevenson
• Whereto Research – Matt Pangrazio

Research Partner of the Year Award

Contenders announced 11 November 2025

Research Organisation of the Year Award

Contenders announced 11 November 2025

Insights Professional of the Year Award

Contenders announced 18 November 2025