No. This is not a panel and not a webinar. It is a Practice Lab, which means participants will be actively involved throughout. The session is designed as a space to think, test, discuss, and work through practical challenges, not just listen to speakers.

This Practice Lab is for commissioners, evaluators, researchers, MEAL practitioners, and staff from international organisations who want to think more critically about how AI is entering evaluation. It is especially relevant if you are grappling with bias, inclusion, care, accountability, and how to use AI without weakening human judgment or relational practice.

Yes.

By the end of the Practice Lab, you will have:

• A clearer understanding of how bias shows up in both AI and evaluation practice
• Stronger language for identifying where care, trust, and relational practice are breaking down
• Practical reflection on what may be making your current approach feel extractive, distant, or ethically weak
• New ideas for using AI more critically while strengthening human judgment and care
• A clearer sense of what you want to shift next in your own context

A Practice Lab is a live, guided learning space where ideas are worked through in practice, not just presented.

It is designed for people who do not just want inspiration. They want space to think carefully, reflect honestly, and apply learning to a real challenge in their own context.

In a JRNY Practice Lab, you will engage with a core idea, examine how it shows up in practice, and leave with clearer next steps for what you want to shift in your work.

This is not a passive webinar. It is an active learning space for people who want to strengthen their practice with intention.

No. But it is firmly against lazy, harmful, or uncritical AI use. This Practice Lab starts from the view that AI is not neutral, and neither is evaluation. The goal is to examine where AI may help, where it may do harm, and what stronger human judgment, care, and accountability are needed to build more ethical evaluation practice.

No. You do not need to be an AI expert or already be using AI in your evaluations. The Practice Lab is designed for people who are curious, cautious, questioning, or already experimenting. What matters most is a willingness to engage seriously with the ethical, practical, and relational questions AI raises for evaluation practice.