The research context
The 2025 brief synthesised in-depth case studies on farmer–herder conflicts and food systems in Sudan, Nigeria and Mali, drawn from field research conducted between 2023 and 2025 using focus groups, key informant interviews, and participatory tools such as conflict trees and timelines. It was peer reviewed by named reviewers, including one from the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Mediation Support Unit, and carries a DOI.
How Evidano fit the workflow
How AI assistance fit alongside the researchers, not in place of them.
- 1Three in-depth country reports
Field studies from Sudan, Nigeria and Mali provided the source material.
- 2Evidano summarised key points
Evidano produced a summary of key points across the three reports as a building block for the brief.
- 3Authors wrote and synthesised
Seven named researchers authored, interpreted and structured the final brief.
- 4Peer reviewed and published with disclosure
AI use was stated openly in the publication, with a DOI on record.
“AILYZE was used to produce a summary of key points from the three country reports and as a building block for this brief.”
“The authors thank the peer reviewers Ken Otieno, RECONCILE Kenya, and Richard Smith, UN DPPOA Mediation Support Unit, for their review of this brief.”
AI use can be disclosed in a publication, a defensible, auditable record rather than a hidden step.
In this brief Evidano supported synthesis while researchers kept authorship and judgement.
Multi-country interviews and focus groups are exactly the kind of qualitative data this kind of tool helps structure.
AI-assisted qualitative work is showing up in funded, peer-reviewed outputs. An early-mover workflow advantage.