Cicada Research
& Communication
The research exists.
We find it, translate it, and put it to work.
Cicada Research & Communication translates research into tools and systems your frontline teams can actually use —
with a specialist focus on emergency management, disaster behaviour, and the disinformation that now spreads faster than the hazard itself.
Evidence without the cost. Application without the wait.
Research into practice
Over 630,000 peer reviewed research articles were published TODAY.
Someone has probably already researched your problem, whether it’s in fire science, hydrology, community engagement, or human behaviour.
We find it, test it against your operational reality, and develop tools and frameworks to pass on the knowledge to your people in a useable form — workshops, training scenarios, processes, podcasts, plain-language reports.
This is applied research for people who don't have time to read the journal article — but still need to be able to defend the decision.
Disaster disinformation
Our work in disaster misinformation and disinformation is a great example of our research to practice. We support your team to get ahead of misinformation and prevent it impacting operations or costing lives.
Disinformation now emerges within hours of a disaster and it targets the people trying to help: survivors, volunteers, and the agencies coordinating the response. We evaluate its spread and impacts across bushfires, floods, and other hazard events, and translate that evidence into inoculation strategies, with training and workshops that support your team to build resilience before the next event — not after the damage is done.
We find the data on your problem.
Then we package it into something your people find easy to absorb, understand and apply.
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The Cicada guarantee
We're so confident in the value of our work that we back it with four commitments — because the risk of hiring us should always be lower than the risk of not knowing.
Plain language — If any member of your team can't absorb and act on the findings, we rework it until they can. No jargon. No exceptions.
Rapid turnaround — a foundational research briefing delivered within five business days of receiving your brief. A bigger field will be 15 business days. If we can't meet a deadline we've committed to, your next project is discounted.
No nasty surprises — We check the field before you sign up. If we can't find existing research that meaningfully addresses your problem, we tell you before you engage us. You'll never commission a review and discover there was nothing worth finding.
Defence-ready intelligence — If your approach is ever challenged by a funder, minister, or stakeholder and our briefing didn't give you the evidence to defend it, we'll do the additional research and translation at no charge.