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We turn rigorous research into insight organisations can act on — on inclusion, talent and the future of work, across Asia.
The New Normal Charity Limited (TNN) runs free, community based peer support groups across Hong Kong, reaching 2,165 attendees since 2022 through a volunteer led, non clinical model. Having strengthened its own safeguarding and delivery standards, TNN is now working with ARC to understand where peer support sits within Hong Kong's wider mental health system and to translate what TNN has learned into guidance the sector can use.
WHO WE ARE
Asia Research Collective (ARC) is an independent research organisation studying how inclusion shapes business performance across Asia and closing the gaps where existing data misses the region's full workforce. We turn that evidence into outcomes our partners can use: stronger talent pipelines, higher-performing teams, and a sharper understanding of the customers driving growth across the region.
WHAT WE DO
ARC does two things. The Institute runs an independent research programme building the evidence base on inclusion across Asia. The Studio works directly with organisations, through bespoke research, workshops, and advisory to put that evidence to work inside your business. Commission a study, run a workshop with your leadership team, or bring us in to translate findings into strategy: either way, you work with the same researchers behind the evidence.
THE INSIGHT
Our longitudinal, independent research programme on workforce inclusion across Asia, tracking the demographics existing data overlooks, and publishing what we find.
THE APPLICATION
Where organisations come to us directly: bespoke research, executive workshops, and hands-on advisory, built on the same evidence base as the Institute, applied to your specific question.
THE ARC ADVANTAGE
01 — METHOD
Built from the ground up through primary fieldwork, academic and civil society partnerships. Confucian hierarchies, seniority-based progression and collectivist cultures require evidence built specifically for them.
02 — INPUT
Our mission is to ensure our insights are truly representative of the societies we study. We work alongside civil society organisations to ensure we capture unrepresented voices and lived experiences.
03 — VALIDATION
Insights that are academically rigorous yet commercially relevant are mutually beneficial. We're creating a longitudinal knowledge base that compounds in value over time.
WHERE WE WORK
We conduct primary research across 10 Asian markets, drawing on comparative data from the UK, US, and EU to provide a global analysis.
Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines, Thailand, South Korea
OUR NETWORK
Asia Research Collective was founded on a simple observation: rigorous inclusion research wasn't reaching the people who needed it, buried in journals, fragmented across disciplines, or out of reach for general audiences.
ARC was built to change that.
Our mission is a connected network of researchers making evidence on inclusion accessible, representative of Asian society, and credible, so understanding it never requires specialist knowledge, just a stake in building more equitable organisations.
From left to right: Ganesh Dhungana, Zoi Diamantakou, Olivia Welch, Sophie Lee, Tiffany Tivasuradej.