London Evidence Syntheses and Research Use Seminars
The EPPI Centre and The Centre for Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) jointly host the ‘London Evidence Syntheses and Research Use Seminars’. These seminars aim to encourage discussion and information-sharing on challenges and innovations in evidence syntheses methods.
The free of charge hybrid seminars are hosted in London but can be attended online. They take place every other month on a Wednesday between 12.30 and 13.45. They include 25-30 min presentations and plenty of time for discussion. Recordings of previous seminars: https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3317.
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October 2025 Seminar
- Title: Recommendations and guidance on responsible AI in evidence synthesis
- Speaker: Professor James Thomas, EPPI Centre, UCL
- Date and time: Wednesday 8th October 2025, 12:30 - 13:45 (GMT)
- Admission: Free, accessible online
- In-person attendance: LG08, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT
- Online attendance: https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/84398034347
Session details: The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) in evidence synthesis is advancing rapidly. Alongside this excitement comes a crucial challenge: how can we ensure AI is used responsibly across the whole ecosystem, from tool developers through to evidence synthesis methodologists and decision makers? This seminar will discuss the collaborative efforts underway to create guidance that supports the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis. It will also highlight the importance of evaluating AI tools and building an incremental evidence base to better understand their capabilities in synthesis tasks.
Speaker details: Prof. James Thomas is based at the EPPI Centre and his research is centred on improving policy and decision-making through more creative use and appreciation of existing knowledge. It covers substantive disciplinary fields – such as health promotion, public health and education – and also the development of tools and methods that support this work conducted both within UCL and in the wider community. He has written extensively on research synthesis, including meta-analysis and methods for combining qualitative and quantitative research in ‘mixed method’ reviews; and also designed EPPI-Reviewer, software which manages data through all stages of a systematic review.
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