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AI for Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis - Livestream starting Oct 17, 2025 (UTC)
Scale your evidence synthesis with AI: join a hands-on seminar, Using AI for Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis, led by professors Piers Steel and Hadi Fariborzi that teaches the rigorous 4P Framework (Pull · Pick · Prep · Push) and shows how to combine principled review methods with modern AI, PDF parsing, and API-driven workflows (HubMeta). Designed for PhD students, postdocs, faculty and professional researchers, the workshop covers high-recall search construction, AI-assisted deduplication and screening, automated effect-size extraction and computation, meta-analytic modeling (fixed, random, multilevel), bias and heterogeneity diagnostics, and packaging reproducible outputs (PRISMA diagrams, versioned datasets, R/Python scripts, citable bundles with DOIs). You’ll get hands-on exercises with large-synthesis sample data, a 4P workbook, AI prompt library, templates, and an effect-size cheatsheet — with recordings, a 30-day Q&A forum, and a certificate of completion (ECTS equivalents shown for European participants). By the end you should be able to scale reviews to thousands of records, maintain auditable oversight of AI-assisted screening and extraction, and produce submission-ready reproducible packages ready for journal submission or public archiving. Learn more or register to reserve your spot.
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What is GIS? (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Oct 7, 2025 (UTC)
Join Dr Nick Bearman (University College London & Geospatial Training Solutions) for a free introductory GIS seminar tailored for PhD students, academics and professional researchers — learn core GIS concepts, types and sources of spatial data, effective visualization, spatial analysis techniques, common software platforms, best practices for data management, and how to integrate geospatial tools into your research with hands-on guidance. The live workshop is delivered via Zoom with all recordings and materials available for 30 days after the event, plus a monitored Q&A forum for 30 days and an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown for European students where applicable). If you want to go further, Dr Bearman also offers two multi-part courses — QGIS: A Full Course (https://instats.org/course/qgis-a-full-course2) and GIS in R: A Full Course (https://instats.org/course/gis-in-r-a-full-course2) — each available with an automatic 10% discount. Register or find out more at instats.org and give your research a spatial edge.
#Geography #InformationSystems #SpatialEcology #Ecology #EarthScience #Statistics #DataScience #InformationScience #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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