"offers a lens" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to provide a unique or different perspective on something. For example, "This article offers a lens into the minds of today's youth."
The field of economics offers a lens through which to view the world.
It also offers a lens for categorizing crowd literature, allowing us to present a structured literature review.
Still, Mr. Beilin's decision to leave public life and set up a private company offers a lens through which to view Israeli politics.
For Snyder, the school, whose alumni include Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, and Harry Belafonte, offers a lens through which the neighborhood's history of racial discrimination can be seen.
This anthology, which presents Brown's writings and diverse responses to his life and raid, offers a lens through which to analyze these tensions and contradictions.
Clive Thompson, a columnist for Wired, recently noted that Instagram offers a lens to help people look at the world a little differently, presenting the ability to share the mundane objects and moments in life through artistic filters.
The fair was more than just a fund-raiser; it offered a lens to view the Civil War-era popular culture.
Firstly, these extremist far-right groups offer a lens – however warped - through which they can understand the world.
The letter, sent to Mr. Greenberg's lawyers, offer a lens into A.I.G.'s decision-making process over two days in early January.
Tuesday's vote kicked off a busy stretch of the midterm primary season, with more than two dozen additional states set to vote before July 4. In all three states and North Carolina, House primaries offered a lens into the battle for control of the lower chamber of Congress.
They suggest an "important and instructive irony" (p. 12) as MEAs were originally intended to offer a lens on the processes of developing problem-solving competencies.
