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

Generative AI in Social Science Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) is profoundly transforming the way social science research is conducted. It can write, code, translate, assist with literature searches, and even generate materials for experiments (Berg, 2023; Dabić et al., 2023; Lin, 2023; Lund & Wang, 2023; Porsdam Mann, Earp, Møller, et al., 2023). Yet, discussions about its ethical implications in academia largely remain at the “principles checklist” level

As large language models (LLMs) become widely embedded in various decision-making scenarios, people increasingly rely on them to offer moral advice or even directly participate in moral decision-making. But a critical question must be answered: Can these AI systems really make moral judgments that align with human values? Cheung et al. (2025) systematically studied how LLMs respond when facing realistic moral dilemmas through four experiments and compared their responses to