What is the best AI model for extracting data from documents?
In today’s AI-native world, extracting data from documents is perhaps one of the easiest, and most versatile use cases. From uploading transcripts and running focus group analysis, to analysing legal contracts, AI models help to […]
GDPR compliant research tools for 2026
GDPR compliant research tools matter because research data is not generic. Transcripts, recordings, and open-text responses from participants all contain personal data, health information, commercially sensitive insight and identifiable detail. The regulation that governs how […]
Guide to the best AI tools for literature reviews
Literature reviews have always been one of the most labour-intensive parts of academic and professional research. Reading papers, tracking citations, synthesising findings across dozens of sources. Today, AI tools have started to become a useful […]
Best practice for using AI in research
AI in research is now woven into every qualitative workflow. AI is now able to translate, read and digest interview transcripts, group open text responses, identify themes in participant or patient feedback, and turn hours […]
What Is the best AI research assistant for research teams and agencies?
The best AI research assistant for research teams and agencies is the one that strengthens rigour rather than diluting it. Speed and context are things that can be pulled it very quickly using an AI […]
Does AI create bias in research?
AI has revolutionised the way that qualitative research is undertaken. It has the ability to read transcripts in seconds, group themes automatically and produce structured summaries that once took hours of manual coding in a […]
An alternative to NVivo for qualitative data coding
If you are searching for an NVivo alternative, you are probably already familiar with the name and weighing up whether it is still the right choice for your qualitative research work. NVivo is recognised across […]
AI tools to streamline qualitative analysis
Researchers are not short of qualitative data. Interviews, open-ended surveys, diary studies and usability sessions generate more material than most teams can realistically work through. The constraint is time and attention. Making sense of large, […]
Beings AI vs ChatGPT: Ensuring Privacy When Using an AI Tool for Research
For many researchers, the pull of tools like ChatGPT is easy to understand. You are staring at hours of transcripts, messy notes from fieldwork, half-formed themes, and a deadline that is not moving. A free, […]