Codici carries out studies, inquiries and surveys in order to support the development of public policy and social action. Research, to us, is necessarily a form of social action. It implies the active participation of all actors involved in each and every step of the research process, that we strive to attain also by promoting peer-research experiences and by prompting trainees within our training courses to experiment with social research. On the other hand, social action is also tightly linked to an ongoing effort to study its progress and its implications as they unfold in time, an ongoing learning process that thrives on interaction and reciprocal influence.

We strive treat every phase of the of the project development process with equal care: preliminary feasibility studies; documentation and review of relevant literature; sample construction, research design, development of questionnaires and other research tools; in-depth and focus group interviews, participant and non-participant observation, shadowing and implementation of qualitative field work; processing and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data; mapping of data and cartographic displays of urban transformation; detailed written, aural and photo-video reporting; communication and discussion of research data within the scientific community; audio and video documentation of research actions; creation of videodocumentaries, photoessays, and social investigations; diffusion and publicization of research results through symposiums, meetings, books, websites, cultural and social events, training seminars.