The Elephant Path supports organizations and individuals in conducting high-quality, reliable research on social issues. Get better insights, share your knowledge, and improve your decision-making.
Our goal is to help organizations and individuals solve their research needs. We offer guidance and expertise in every step of the research process – whether it’s designing a meaningful project, selecting appropriate methods, analyzing and interpreting data, or presenting study findings in an accurate and convincing way. We help you find the answers to your questions and increase your insights through robust and rigorous research.
The Elephant Path specializes in social science research, particularly the interplay between individuals and the social and cultural contexts they are part of. Our research has an interdisciplinary approach: we integrate theoretical perspectives and empirical insights from diverse disciplines to gain a better understanding of complex societal issues.
What we do
Research advise
The Elephant Path advises in each stage of the research process, including:
Research design
Ask the right questions and select proper methods
Statistical consulting
Learn how to get more value out of your available data
Thematic expertise
Get evidence-based insights on youth culture and adolescent development
Research support
We carry out specific research tasks for you, including:
literature review
A review of existing information relevant to your project
Methodology
Selection or design of measurement instruments
Data analysis
Quantitative statistical analysis, qualitative research, or mixed-methods
Research content
The Elephant Path creates professional and powerful research content, including:
writing
Research reports or scientific publications as per academic standards
editing
Proofreading, editing, and formatting of manuscripts
Documentation
Manuals, training materials, presentations, websites, and more
As an interdisciplinary social scientist and research consultant, I have worked on a variety of multi-method and multidisciplinary research projects, in diverse settings and for diverse clients. My academic work has mostly focused on youth and the changing social and cultural contexts in which they develop, including projects on social media use, youth culture, sexual development, substance use, and problem behavior. In addition to my academic research experience, I’ve worked as a social impact consultant and as a managing editor for an academic journal.
I believe that researchers, policymakers, and organizations can achieve much more impact if they collaborate and integrate their expertise when addressing complex societal challenges. As an independent researcher, I am committed to high-quality, objective, and reliable research and analysis. It is my mission to bring a scientific perspective to complex social issues and to contribute to an increased understanding of these issues through rigorous research and evidence-based insights.
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I very much enjoyed and recommend working with The Elephant Path. While Suzan was building the website for our research project, I experienced her as being very skilled and creative. On top of that, I feel that she was able to contribute more in-depth insights as well because of her background in Social Sciences. Suzan is enthusiastic, hard-working, and I am very impressed by the end product, our research website.
Maud Hensums
PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
It was a pleasure working with The Elephant Path. Suzan did an excellent job translating and proofreading my manuscript. Not only was her proofreading meticulous, but she also did a thorough check of the methods and data and made some critical suggestions on the content of the manuscript.
Regina van den Eijnden
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
Suzan helped me with a research grant proposal by visualizing the research design and research questions. After reading my proposal and only one short talk, she managed to make a clear and structured overview of my research plans and to create an appealing set of figures to accompany my grant proposal. Her sketches even helped me to get a clearer view of my own plan. She works quick and effective and was able to help me fine-tune the last details in the rush of meeting my deadline.
Rianne Kok
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
It was a pleasure working with Suzan. She is skilled, creative and her knowledge of the research field came in very useful. Not only did Suzan design a beautiful website for our research project, but also helped translate the contents into lay-terms for parents and schools. Suzan is attentive to her clients’ wishes: she understood what I was looking for without much explanation. I highly recommend her services.
Brechtje de Mooij
Researcher, University of Amsterdam
In one word, I would describe Suzan's editorial talent as "brilliant." She and I worked on the structure and the content of my thesis at a point where I got stuck with so many pre-written materials that did not contribute to a well-structured storyline. With her experience in academic writing, Suzan immediately came up with several on-target ideas and helped me re-format my story into a coherent and fluent one while maintaining the relevance for the intended audience. I would be more than happy to collaborate with her again in the future!
Cagri
PhD Candidate, TU Delft
During my thesis research for the Bachelor Applied Psychology, Suzan advised me on the quantitative data analysis. She helped me select the proper statistical techniques, explained how to perform the analyses in SPSS, and helped me interpret and describe the results. Her feedback was really helpful!
Anouk
Psychology Graduate, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Research visuals and presentation design
When I approached Suzan for visualizing my research ideas, I had a vague idea of what I wanted as an end result, but urgently needed someone to help me get there. “The Elephant Path” literally carved out a road in a jungle of opportunities and I did not doubt my choice of working with Suzan for even a second along the way. I can recommend Suzan to anyone who needs someone who is very perceptive of a client’s goals and extremely powerful in developing and implementing a strategy to achieve this. I couldn’t have wished for a better support for my project!
Maria Schiller
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research website
It was a pleasure working with Suzan. She is skilled, creative and her knowledge of the research field came in very useful. Not only did Suzan design a beautiful website for our research project, but also helped translate the contents into lay-terms for parents and schools. Suzan is attentive to her clients’ wishes: she understood what I was looking for without much explanation. I highly recommend her services.
Brechtje de Mooij
Researcher, University of Amsterdam
Translating and proofreading
It was a pleasure working with The Elephant Path. Suzan did an excellent job translating and proofreading my manuscript. Not only was her proofreading meticulous, but she also did a thorough check of the methods and data and made some critical suggestions on the content of the manuscript.
Regina van den Eijnden
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
Quantitative advisor for ResultsinHealth
ResultsinHealth brought a dynamic, rigorous, and inquisitive
posture to the project. These characteristics helped tremendously given the multiple partners and
stakeholders that needed to be managed across the consortium. I was impressed with the team’s attention to detail, their critical analysis and ability to work under
intense pressure given an everchanging field dynamic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They helped us
pull off an evaluation we genuinely did not know if we could deliver on once borders started closing and
in-country restrictions were put in place.
Program Director
World Vision Canada
Research visuals and website design
Suzan helped me with a research grant proposal by visualizing the research design and research questions. After reading my proposal and only one short talk, she managed to make a clear and structured overview of my research plans and to create an appealing set of figures to accompany my grant proposal. Her sketches even helped me to get a clearer view of my own plan. She works quick and effective and was able to help me fine-tune the last details in the rush of meeting my deadline.
Rianne Kok
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research visuals and presentation design
So incredibly happy with all the help from Suzan for my ERC grant proposal. After reading an early draft proposal, Suzan created beautiful and clear visualisations of my main research interests and (rather complex) theoretical framework. This was very helpful not only in terms of conveying my ideas to others, but also for structuring my ideas for myself. Suzan then helped me create my presentation for the interview, which had the same clarity and helped me communicate my main message in a very effective way.
Samira van Bohemen
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research website
I very much enjoyed and recommend working with The Elephant Path. While Suzan was building the website for our research project, I experienced her as being very skilled and creative. On top of that, I feel that she was able to contribute more in-depth insights as well because of her background in Social Sciences. Suzan is enthusiastic, hard-working, and I am very impressed by the end product, our research website.
Maud Hensums
PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
Proofreading
In one word, I would describe Suzan's editorial talent as "brilliant." She and I worked on the structure and the content of my thesis at a point where I got stuck with so many pre-written materials that did not contribute to a well-structured storyline. With her experience in academic writing, Suzan immediately came up with several on-target ideas and helped me re-format my story into a coherent and fluent one while maintaining the relevance for the intended audience. I would be more than happy to collaborate with her again in the future!
Cagri
PhD Candidate, TU Delft
Quantitative advisor
During my thesis research for the Bachelor Applied Psychology, Suzan advised me on the quantitative data analysis. She helped me select the proper statistical techniques, explained how to perform the analyses in SPSS, and helped me interpret and describe the results. Her feedback was really helpful!
Anouk
Psychology Graduate, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
