The first hard copies of 'Beyond Belief' have arrived! I can confirm it's strange to hold an actual book after writing and re-re-writing for years. Out April 28th! Preorders really help 🙏 Why read it? Because it reminds us why #evidence matters. @princetonupress.bsky.social

Guidance for the Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) has been updated! With many thanks to all the feedback we've received and all the contributions from authors Please see OSF for the latest draft: osf.io/fwaud/overview

I enjoyed it too. And agreed with it 100%.

Happy to say that we've just updated the RAISE guidance for responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis. Many thanks to very many authors who worked really hard on this update! You can read it in full on osf: osf.io/fwaud/

CEE is excited to see the recent launch of METIUS (Mobilising Evidence Through AI and User-Informed Synthesis). METIUS will use cutting-edge AI to give decision-makers stronger, more timely evidence to tackle urgent social and environmental challenges. 👇 More below #EvidenceSynthesis #AI #SciPol

Is research really worth it? Come and hear what I think about why we do what we do. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

A very significant day for us as our new birth cohort study is announced, the first for quarter of a century. Big congratulations to colleagues in our @clscohorts.bsky.social for all their hard work in getting this off the ground!

We've extended the deadline for Campbell Award nominations to Sept 12th! These annual awards celebrate researchers who have made significant contributions to evidence synthesis. Learn about eligibility criteria and how to nominate a candidate here: www.campbellcollaboration.org/get-involved...

About all these out of office replies telling me to resend emails after a given date My view is that I've sent the email and it's up to the recipient from then on. It's not reasonable to expect me to keep track of everyone's holiday dates and resend emails accordingly Happy holidays! :)

Really useful, nuanced work from Ai2

@ellaflem.bsky.social‬ describes how we all have a role to play in developing and using responsible AI in #Evidence synthesis. Excited to see how the work of the Joint AI methods group evolves! #ESMARConf2025 buff.ly/2fmgpAr

Odd: the RAISE guidance for responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis had become a private project I don't think any of us asked for it to be private - maybe it was an OSF quirk. It's now public again. Sorry if you tried to access the site when it wasn't available! osf.io/fwaud/

Just a reminder that #ESMARConf2025 is starting tomorrow! This is a free online conference about evidence synthesis and meta-analysis using #Rstats. Further details can be found here: esmarconf.org/2025/

‼️HOT OFF THE PRESS‼️ ⭐Updated Responsible AI use in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) 3-paper collection on OSF: osf.io/fwaud/files/... ⭐ Now includes: 1️⃣Recommendations for practice for the main roles in the ecosystem 2️⃣ Guidance on building & evaluating AI tools 3️⃣Guidance on selecting & using AI tools

Bridging disciplinary silos with an open methods resource. 🚀 Sallie Barnes, @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social introduce the #URE Methods Repository, re-launching summer 2025. transforming-evidence.org/blog/bridgin...

How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI? Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social

Just published - updated guidance and recommendations for the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis (RAISE): osf.io/fwaud/ We're doing a webinar on this in about an hour! training.cochrane.org/recommendati...

Cochrane is now hosting a Crowd task to identify literature on climate and health (for Wellcome-funded DESTINY tinyurl.com/54wack7p) If you'd like to help: 1. Head to Cochrane Crowd crowd.cochrane.org 2. Login or create an account 3. Click "Task" on the dashboard 4. Select "Climate Quest – Part 1”

Join Us for the First DEST Hackathon on Living Evidence Synthesis — co-organized by the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) and the DESTINY consortium funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more and sign up: shorturl.at/g6xc4

ICASR and DESTINY are holding a meeting in July! If you're interested in automation in evidence synthesis then do take a look - in person and online options available :) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Happy Friday! If you're interested in #embeddedresearcher posts in local government, take a look at our briefings to help commissioning/designing embedded researcher posts: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/CMS/Portals/.... More resources also on the @eppicentre.bsky.social website here: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

🚀 THE PEOPLE'S REVIEW IS OPEN NOW 🚀 We are excited to launch Stage 1 of #ThePeoplesReview ✅Open to people worldwide ✅Everything takes place online ✅Make a difference in health research ✅Learn about systematic reviews Join now ➡️ buff.ly/WAnKUYa

📣 Just published in Campbell Systematic Reviews, an Evidence and Gap Map of interventions that create or enhance support from friends, family, neighbours or colleagues for victim‐survivors of domestic violence and abuse: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🔊 New in Social Science & Medicine - 'Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions' Available here (£0): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Summary 🧵 follows 👇 #BehSci #Nudge

Our Update 2025 report is now available and Evidence Commission co-lead @lavisjn.bsky.social shared some key reflections youtu.be/Mm-55r1v4BE

🤖 We've launched a new joint AI Methods Group 🤖 Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, JBI & Collaboration for Environmental Evidence have joined forces to spearhead adoption across these four leading evidence synthesis organizations www.cochrane.org/news/new-ai-...

The NIH NIEHS Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal seems to be gone. Does anyone know whether this is just planned downtime, or...?

1/n For "Safe and Responsible Use of AI" (Working Group 3), we are interested in all you have to say (!), but specifically ... 1. What important considerations for the Safe and Responsible use of AI Tools do you think we have omitted?

The first consultation for the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative is now live. If you're interested in the future shape of global evidence synthesis do take a look and have your say! evidencesynthesis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/...

This is a nice thread from @sergiograziosi.bsky.social where he talks about some of the internal discussions we've had where we wrestle with how to develop, evaluate, and deploy new 'AI' tools in a responsible way

Are you interested in learning how AI can be used to improve behavioural research? 📈 There is time to register for BR-UK’s webinar tomorrow at 1:30pm BST with speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 🌍 We're hiring for 2 Machine Learning researchers to join SOLACE-AI @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social , funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social . This is your chance to develop cutting-edge AI to directly impact global health responses to climate emergencies. jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM377

Interested in evidence-informed policy and practice and looking to study MSc covering methods for systematic reviews of both qualitative and quantitative data? Visit shorturl.at/i13KU Applications are still open! #systematic_reviews @eppicentre.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Take aways from Cochrane Germany’s Methods Forum on Use of Artificial Intelligence for Evidence Synthesis. ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Looking forward to hosting you all! :)

If you want to help advance living evidence synthesis for climate and health then consider applying for these two postdoc posts with @jm-thomas.bsky.social in a wide-ranging international collaboration. The @eppicentre.bsky.social is a great, stimulating and supportive place to work 🛟

✨Research positions for the new Wellcome-Trust DESTINY project in automating evidence synthesis! (destiny-evidence.github.io/website/) 🌍✨ 🔬Two at EPPI-Centre, UCL: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... ... AND ...

👀 It’s just one week until BR-UK’s January webinar! We are excited to have Dr Janna Hastings, Professor Susan Michie & Professor Robert West discuss Using Artificial Intelligence to improve Behavioural Research. Register now to watch on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Come and work with us! Closing date: 23rd Jan

Come and work with us! Closing date: 23rd Jan

✨Research positions for the new Wellcome-Trust DESTINY project in automating evidence synthesis! (destiny-evidence.github.io/website/) 🌍✨ 🔬Two at EPPI-Centre, UCL: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... ... AND ...

One of my favourite things - The Systematic Review Toolbox is back! systematicreviewtools.com Check it out to find software and guidance tools for different stages of #SystematicReview and #EvidenceSynthesis. There are currently 84 entries for software tools for searching! #medlibs

For those who missed it: Elon Musk, the Royal Society, and me deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

*Don't miss out - early bird rate ends 30 November!* Join us in Exeter for 2-day, in person course on systematic reviews of quantitative and qualitative research and mixed methods evidence synthesis. #academicsky #evidencesynthesis #systematicreviews More info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/hl...

Well done #OpenAlex! Huge potential to make a transformative difference, and UI is certainly part of that (but also nice to hear about the ongoing work on the data side of things)