36.3265, Confs: AI-assisted Research Synthesis in Applied Lingusitics Online Symposium (Online)

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Subject: 36.3265, Confs: AI-assisted Research Synthesis in Applied Lingusitics Online Symposium (Online)

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Date: 27-Oct-2025
From: Sin-Wang Chong [swc5 at st-andrews.ac.uk]
Subject: AI-assisted Research Synthesis in Applied Lingusitics Online Symposium


AI-assisted Research Synthesis in Applied Lingusitics Online Symposium

Location: Online
Meeting URL: https://researchsynthesis.weebly.com/events.html

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 03-Nov-2025

You are warmly invited to submit an abstract for a symposium organised
by the BAAL Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics Special Interest
Group.
Date: 4th December 2025 (Thu)
Time: 9.30 am - 5 pm UK time
Platform: MS Teams
Keynote speaker: Prof James Thomas, UCL
Tentative title: How to select and evaluate AI tools for evidence
syntheses?
The symposium will begin with an opening keynote (1 hour), followed by
(parallel) paper presentation sessions throughout the day. Each paper
presentation will be 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes
Q&A). Paper presentations should focus on reflections, discussions, or
evaluations of the integration of artificial intelligence into the
process of conducting a research synthesis e.g., screening. The
symposium will conclude with a panel discussion.
Panel members: Dr Zoe Handley (York), Dr Tim Hampson (UCL), Dr Sha Liu
(British Council), Prof Sin-Wang Chong (St Andrews)
The working definition of AI for this symposium is as follows:
… a set of advanced technologies that enable machines to do highly
complex tasks effectively
– which would require intelligence if a person were to perform them
(Harwich and Laycock, 2018, p. 11)
Examples of AI-powered tools that can be used to conduct research
syntheses include Elicit, Rayyan, EPPI-Reviewer, and many more.
Presentations can also include reflections and
conceptual/theoretical/philosophical discussions on the ethical and
methodological implications for using AI in research syntheses.
The abstract submission link for our online symposium is here:
https://forms.gle/hoJ8iJaguhBVjgcy9
Abstract submission closes on 3rd November 2025 (Monday).
We warmly invite submissions from researchers and practitioners
interested in research synthesis within applied linguistics.
Please feel free to share the link with colleagues who may wish to
participate.
If you wish to register for the online symposium, you can do it
through this link: https://forms.gle/Q4dk8oTPNb6B9RJx8



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