Prototyping: including agile design methods to understand user needs, test core mechanisms and assumptions early, and inform continuous improvement; use of AI to create synthetic participants and analyse data in the very early stages of policy development.

Background

To address evidence priorities set out in this ARI, we need to draw on a wide range of analytical and research methodologies, including the use of AI. We want to engage with researchers to enhance our scientific capability and explore how innovative methods can be applied to justice research and analysis.

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