Economics in the Age of AI Agents Over the past two years, the way economists conduct research has undergone a profound structural transformation. In his 2025 NBER Working Paper AI Agents for Economic Research , Anton Korinek argues that the research community is moving from simple conversational systems such as ChatGPT to a new paradigm centered on autonomous AI agents. These systems integrate text generation with planning, memory, and tool use, enabling them to execute mult

On October 15, New Scholars hosted a webinar featuring Stine Grodal and Henri Schildt on using AI for qualitative studies. Here is A Best Practice Guide to AI-Augmented Qualitative Research based on Stine and Henri's paper and their webinar. 1.0 Introduction: A New Frontier for Qualitative Inquiry New artificial intelligence (AI) tools are fundamentally reshaping the landscape of knowledge work, creating both significant opportunities and profound challenges for the qualitati

AI and qualitative research As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) rapidly transforms the landscape of scientific research,...