FAQs
What is your process working in projects?
Polaris Insight works flexibly and collaboratively on small and time-bound engagements. We begin with a short scoping discussion to clarify objectives, deliverables, timelines, and decision-making needs. Based on this, we propose a focused workplan and right-sized team. Smaller projects benefit from streamlined management, direct senior-level engagement, and rapid feedback loops to ensure timely, high-quality outputs that are immediately usable.
Who is behind Polaris Insight?
Polaris Insight is led by Ursula Casabonne Freundt, a senior development policy specialist with over two decades of experience in gender equality, social inclusion, and evidence-based policy reform. The firm draws on a trusted network of researchers, analysts, and technical experts to assemble teams tailored to each engagement, ensuring both depth of expertise and practical, field-informed insight.
What distinguishes Polaris Insight?
Polaris Insight offers senior-level expertise, conceptual clarity, and holistic thinking in a highly agile consulting model. Clients work directly with an experienced policy specialist who integrates gender equality and social inclusion across sectors and systems, ensuring analytical rigor and strategic coherence. This approach delivers tailored, actionable guidance with faster turnaround and closer alignment to donor and operational needs.
How is pricing structured for your services?
Polaris Insight offers transparent, competitive pricing tailored to the scope, complexity, and duration of each assignment. Fees are typically structured on a lump-sum or deliverable-based basis, with clear assumptions and cost breakdowns agreed at the outset. Our lean operating model minimizes overhead, allowing clients to access senior-level expertise while meeting value-for-money and procurement requirements.

