Deep, documented, interview-ready research for your podcasts, documentary films, and long-form writing. We go beyond surface-level sourcing to give your production credible, nuanced and contextual research as its foundation.
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Alchemystical
Research | Media | Policy | Design
At Alchemystical, we bring grounded research, keen insights and creative-academic execution to your media products, publications and strategic requirements.
Think research for your podcast or documentary production. Policy insights and analyses for strategic engagement. A high-concept board game or solarpunk literature. Editorial support for your book, magazine, or digital imprint.
Our Practice
If your organisation is navigating complex policy terrains, particularly in technology, media, and AI governance, we give you research-led insights to act on. We have convened policy forums, led stakeholder engagement initiatives, and produced analyses for high-level decision-making.
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Concept and world-building for your speculative fiction, creative non-fiction, game design and interactive media projects, where we match conceptual rigour with imaginative execution.
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Whether you are working on a book manuscript, an edited collection, a digital publication or a magazine feature, we offer structural editing, argument development, and scholarly grounding to help your work carry weight.
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The founder
Preeti Raghunath, PhD
A former journalist, Preeti now teaches and researches communication technologies and policy at a leading UK university. Her expertise spans the global history of media and technology, digital media, AI, data governance, and emerging tech policy.
Preeti brings research and work experience in South and Southeast Asia, and the UK. She has consulted on multi-country research and policy projects, designed and facilitated design-thinking workshops, authored books and peer-reviewed papers, edited collections and long-form narrative work, covered election cycles, and reported human interest stories.
Why Alchemystical
Alchemystical lives in the meeting of things usually kept apart. We bring together two decades of experience across newsrooms, policy spaces, and academic research in one collaborative space. The best work happens when rigorous research, creative media, and policy thinking are not treated as silos.
Our perspective is shaped by a richly international background and ethos. We root each project in its own cultures and contexts rather than a single vantage point, attentive to plural histories and to the values our clients hold close. Rather than flattening difference into a template, we stay close to where each story and community actually stands. Preeti works alongside a trusted network of researchers and designers across the globe.
At the centre of everything is the lived experience of people and the dignity of their voice. That commitment is the lens we begin from, not a method we apply afterwards, and it runs through every piece of research, media, and policy thinking we take on.
Work with us
Alchemystical is boutique by design. We deliberately take on a limited number of projects each season, so that you get the attention your work requires.
To discuss your project and whether we are the right fit, get in touch:
[email protected]Tell us what you are working on, your timeline, and what kind of support you are looking for. We will respond within three working days.