We are pleased to announce the inaugural Conference on Generative AI (GenAI) in Research Methods. The conference follows our 2025 Pre-ICIS Workshop on Generative AI in Research Methods, attended by over 100 participants.
The conference will be held October 1–2, 2026, at the University of Georgia’s Terry Executive Education Center in Atlanta, Georgia. We invite scholars to join us for two days of focused presentation, discussion, and community building. The registration fee is $100 for faculty and $50 for doctoral students.
GenAI (including LLMs and Agentic AI systems) is rapidly reshaping how research is conducted. They introduce powerful new capabilities alongside emergent risks to validity, transparency, and reproducibility. This conference aims to take stock of these developments, surface exciting opportunities and emerging best practices, identify challenges, share helpful resources, and work toward common standards for the responsible and rigorous use of LLMs in research methods.
The program brings together short research presentations, keynote addresses, panels, and discussions on emerging uses, best practices, and challenges in the use of GenAI in research methods. Paper presenters will share work in a supportive, workshop-style setting and receive constructive feedback from peers and senior scholars. The conference provides an opportunity to learn about how to responsibly leverage GenAI in your research methods, refine your ideas, build your network, and help shape methodological norms of a fast-moving field.