Project overview
Funded by:
School of Health Sciences Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE) Seed Funding for Level 5 academics [Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) 2024/25]
This project is a collaboration between UoS and Ipsos UK to develop and deliver training for researchers and PGRs in how to use large language models (LLMs) for analysis of textual data. We will run four half-day training sessions from April to July 2025, one of which will be open to researchers external to UoS.
The training is designed for researchers who work with textual data and are interested in exploring how large language models (LLMs) can support textual analysis. The training will be led by Sarah Jenner, a lecturer and qualitative researcher from the University of Southampton, and Dimitris Raidos, an expert in LLM-assisted analysis from Ipsos UK. It will be particularly relevant to qualitative researchers, but also to mixed- or multi- methods researchers working with textual data in the form of interview transcripts, free-text survey responses, written narratives, poetry, social media posts etc.
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how LLMs can be applied to textual analysis using methods such as thematic analysis and narrative analysis (though the skills learnt in the training can be applied to any form of textual analysis). The training will also cover key ethical, methodological, and philosophical considerations when using AI in research.
School of Health Sciences Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE) Seed Funding for Level 5 academics [Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) 2024/25]
This project is a collaboration between UoS and Ipsos UK to develop and deliver training for researchers and PGRs in how to use large language models (LLMs) for analysis of textual data. We will run four half-day training sessions from April to July 2025, one of which will be open to researchers external to UoS.
The training is designed for researchers who work with textual data and are interested in exploring how large language models (LLMs) can support textual analysis. The training will be led by Sarah Jenner, a lecturer and qualitative researcher from the University of Southampton, and Dimitris Raidos, an expert in LLM-assisted analysis from Ipsos UK. It will be particularly relevant to qualitative researchers, but also to mixed- or multi- methods researchers working with textual data in the form of interview transcripts, free-text survey responses, written narratives, poetry, social media posts etc.
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how LLMs can be applied to textual analysis using methods such as thematic analysis and narrative analysis (though the skills learnt in the training can be applied to any form of textual analysis). The training will also cover key ethical, methodological, and philosophical considerations when using AI in research.
