Community Intelligence Network
Communities hold knowledge the world needs
The Community Intelligence Network (INTL Network) is a global participative research platform that puts community members in the driving seat of investigation on key humanitarian issues to inform humanitarian discussions, policies and strategies.
What We Do
- Complements more traditional approaches to research and expertise by surfacing community intelligence to inform global dialogue, policies, and strategies on key humanitarian issues.
- Built on the intersection of Collective Intelligence and Community Engagement and Accountability principles,
- Members of the network (referred to as Community Researchers) collaborate across boundaries and languages as they investigate shared lines of inquiry, and focus on producing highly contextualised insights, prioritizing what their communities or the communities they support identify as important.
- Invites to critical thinking, contrasting insights and perspectives, and In-built peer-review mechanism
Community Researchers
Who Can Join & Contribute
- Red Cross and Red Crescent National Society Volunteers & staff (at least 18 years old)
- National Societies
- Anybody or organisation interested in participative community-centred research
Why Join the INTL Network as a Researcher
- Produce real-time insights from your context and priorities
- Collaborate with global peers, and learn from them
- Contrast your insights with insights from other researchers.
- Develop and showcase qualitative research skills
- Contribute in any language
Explore Our Work
- Current research projects
- Topic: “Harmful information and trust in disaster and crises settings: community impact and resilience”
- Publication: World Disaster Report 2025 on Harmful Information
- Community Researchers: 50, performed and analysed 100+ interviews, wrote country analysis and peer review the global narrative based on their insights
- Dates: July 14 to August 25.
- Supporters: University of Northumbria, Open Lab (University of Newcastle), University of Michigan (incl. students)
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- Past research projects:
- Topic: Community Voices Interviews
- Presented at: International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent 2024, podcast, installation, conference opening video.
Partnership
Why Partner With Us
- Produce, support and explore highly contextualised, community based insights
- Global reach with highly contextualised insights grounded in lived experiences
How You Can Support
- Funding research initiatives
- Providing technical expertise/tools
- Amplifying findings to humanitarians and other organizations or decision makers
Benefits for Supporters
- Shape global humanitarian dialogue
- Contribute to the generation of aggregated community insights by dozens of community members and community-supporters
- Access these insights
- Recognition in publications and reports based on, or using, insights from the Community Intelligence Network.
- Strengthen your organisation’s connection to local realities
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