Questions from the Ministry of Justice:
Analytical and research methods
Evaluation: building on commitments set out in the MOJ Evaluation and Prototyping Strategy, for example by exploring use of a wide range of approaches to evaluation design such as Bayesian trials, confounding control approaches to causal inference, theory-based evaluation and value for money evaluation; additionally, the use of AI tools for evidence synthesis.
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Analytical and research methods
Economic methods: to understand the value of justice including economic and econometric analysis to investigate, quantify and monetise social and economic benefits and costs of different aspects of justice, and how the rule of law contributes to economic growth.
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Analytical and research methods
Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI): using digital tools for AI whilst ensuring transparency, accountability and reserved legal activities; algorithmic decision-support and decision-making; large language models for feature extraction and the analysis of complex textual data.
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Analytical and research methods
Co-production: to explore the co-production of research with people with lived experience, to promote engagement with the research process and findings. This includes understanding effective approaches in engaging justice system users in the co-design, co-production and dissemination of research.
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Cross-cutting themes
Sustainable operations and estate management: What does a sustainable estate look like and what are the steps needed to get there, including adapting the existing estate? How do we ensure our estate, operations, and supply chains are resilient to future climate change and natural hazards? How can we place sustainability at the forefront of all facilities management activities, enabling positive environmental outcomes?
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Cross-cutting themes
Pathways and systems-mapping: How can we better understand the system-wide impacts of policies to support a sustainable and effective criminal justice system that delivers value for money? What are the policy and practice implications and considerations at the intersections between criminal, civil and family justice, for example, understanding and addressing problem clustering across jurisdictions?
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Cross-cutting themes
Equality, diversity and intersectionality: How does experience of the justice system and impact of policies vary by different cohorts based on, for example, demographic, linguistic or protected characteristics? How can we better understand and account for population-level differences, experiences and inequalities of our interventions and services, particularly for people from ethnic minority backgrounds?
Ministry of Justice, 2025
Cross-cutting themes
Emerging technologies: How can we best identify and evaluate the emerging technology that will improve efficiency and safety of service delivery across the justice system? What are the practical, ethical, security, and data protection considerations for implementation of new technologies, including AI and machine learning?
Ministry of Justice, 2025