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Maria Fermin | Research Studio
Independent research and cultural analysis platform
Operated by:
Maria Aisha Binti Mohammad Fermin
Obentrautstraße 45, 10963 Berlin
Germany
Email: miafermingarc@gmail.com
Website: mariafermin.squarespace.com
Maria Fermin | Research Studio is an independent research and cultural analysis platform operated by Maria Aisha Binti Mohammad Fermin. It is not a separate incorporated legal entity.
Privacy Notice
Last updated: 27 August 2026
Who is responsible for your data?
Maria Fermin | Research Studio is an independent research and cultural analysis platform operated by:
Maria Aisha Binti Mohammad Fermin
Obentrautstraße 45, 10963 Berlin
Germany
Email: miafermingarc@gmail.com
For questions about your personal data or this Privacy Notice, please contact me at the email address above.
What information do I collect?
When you contact Maria Fermin | Research Studio through this website, I may receive information such as your:
name;
email address;
preferred consultation date and time;
type of research support, conversation or collaboration you are interested in; and
any information you voluntarily include in an enquiry.
Please do not submit medical information or other highly sensitive personal information through website forms.
Why do I use this information?
Personal data may be used to respond to enquiries; consider consultation or collaboration requests; arrange mutually agreed calls or meetings; communicate about potential or ongoing collaborations; and comply with applicable legal and administrative obligations.
I do not sell personal information to advertisers or third parties.
Personal data may be processed, depending on the context, on the basis of:
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR: where processing is necessary to respond to a request or take steps prior to entering into an agreement;
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: where processing is necessary for legitimate interests such as operating, securing and communicating through the website;
Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR: where processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations; and
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: where consent is specifically requested.
Website hosting, forms and third-party services
This website is hosted using Squarespace. Squarespace may process technical information necessary to provide, operate and secure the website. Information submitted through website forms may also be processed and stored within Squarespace's systems and may be forwarded to me for the purpose of responding to the enquiry.
Personal data may be processed by Squarespace and other technical service providers outside the European Economic Area where necessary. Where this occurs, applicable legal safeguards for international transfers will be used.
Cookies and Website Analytics
Squarespace provides built-in website analytics that may process technical and usage information relating to visits to this website, such as visits, page views and general traffic information. This information is used to understand how the website is accessed and to maintain and improve the website.
Non-essential cookies are restricted until the visitor makes a choice through the website's cookie controls. Visitors can accept, decline or manage their cookie preferences.
How long is information kept?
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or where retention is required by applicable legal, accounting or tax obligations.
Enquiries that do not lead to an ongoing relationship will be deleted when they are no longer reasonably necessary, subject to any applicable legal retention obligations.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and applicable data-protection law, you have rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by law.
Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time for the future.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.
To exercise your rights, contact: miafermingarc@gmail.com
Terms of Service
Last updated: 26 August 2026
These Terms explain how enquiries, potential collaborations and project-based work through Maria Fermin | Research Studio are handled. Maria Fermin | Research Studio is an independent research and cultural analysis platform operated by Maria Aisha Binti Mohammad Fermin.
Consultation requests
Submitting an enquiry or consultation request through this website does not create a confirmed appointment, booking or project agreement.
Availability, scope, fee and any relevant conditions will be discussed and agreed before work begins.
Services
Maria Fermin | Research Studio showcases my independent research and areas in which I may be available for future collaboration or project-based work. Enquiries are welcome. Any paid engagement is subject to availability, my legal eligibility to undertake the work at that time, and a separate written agreement before work begins.
Qualitative Research Support
Research-informed guidance concerning research questions, interview design, qualitative methodology, project framing and interpretation.
Identity & Cultural Analysis
Research-informed analysis of identity, culture, belonging, representation, social boundaries and intercultural dynamics.
Identity & Belonging Conversations
One-to-one research-informed reflective conversations concerning identity, culture, belonging and social expectations.
Project Collaboration
Research, cultural, editorial or creative collaboration agreed according to the scope of an individual project.
Academic integrity
Qualitative Research Support is intended to support learning and research development.
Maria Fermin | Research Studio does not complete assessed work on behalf of students, ghostwrite academic submissions, fabricate data, impersonate students or guarantee academic outcomes.
Fees
There is no fee to submit an enquiry. Any future paid engagement will be discussed and agreed separately before work begins.
No guaranteed outcomes
Maria Fermin | Research Studio does not guarantee particular academic, professional, commercial or personal outcomes.
Research-informed discussion and analysis necessarily involve interpretation and should be considered within the context in which they are provided.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise agreed, original materials created by me remain my intellectual property.
Any licence or usage rights relating to commissioned project work will be agreed separately before work begins.
Changes
These Terms may be updated as Maria Fermin | Research Studio develops its services. The version displayed on this website applies at the relevant time.
Service Boundaries
Maria Fermin | Research Studio works at the intersection of qualitative research, cultural analysis and research-informed reflection.
Clear boundaries help ensure that each service is understood for what it is, and for what it is not.
Nothing on this website, by itself, creates a client, employment, agency or partnership relationship. Any engagement must be separately agreed in writing.
Qualitative Research Support
Research Support may include discussion of research questions, interview design, qualitative methodology, sampling, project framing and interpretation.
It is guidance and research support, not academic ghostwriting.
I do not complete assessed assignments or theses on another person's behalf, fabricate research or data, impersonate students, or guarantee academic results.
Identity & Cultural Analysis
Identity & Cultural Analysis offers sociological and research-informed perspectives on questions involving identity, belonging, culture, representation and intercultural dynamics.
It does not constitute legal, medical, psychological or other regulated professional advice.
Identity & Belonging Conversations
Identity & Belonging Conversations are research-informed and reflective.
They offer a space to explore identity, culture, belonging and the social expectations that shape how you understand yourself.
They are not psychotherapy, counselling, psychological assessment, medical treatment or crisis support.
Confidentiality and privacy
I handle conversations and project enquiries with care and discretion, subject to applicable legal obligations and the Privacy Notice.
However, please avoid sending medical information or other highly sensitive personal information through website forms.
Information submitted through this website is handled according to the Privacy Notice.
Research versus consultation
Information shared during an enquiry, consultation or service will not be used as research data unless you separately agree to participate in a research project under its own information, consent and ethical procedures.