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💰2025 Research Budgets + 🛠️ The Future of Research Ops
This week: AI Summaries of Reviews; The 2025 Research Budget Report; The future of research ops with Kate Towsey: "AI won't replace researchers - but will redefine their roles". Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇺🇸 NYC, our video pick on How UX Researchers Shape the Future of Play, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our THIRD round of matches NEXT WEEK!

🤖 When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling + 😠 Dealing with Difficult Participants in Research
This week: Learn How to Deal with Difficult Participants in Remote User Research!; What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth?; Designing for Serial Task Switching. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇨🇦 Canada, our podcast pick on AI Therapy, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our THIRD round of matches this month!

🤖 Six Forces Strangling UX Research+ The Human Touch in the Age of AI
This week: Six Forces Strangling UX Research (And Why the Job Market is a Bloodbath); The Human Touch in the Age of AI: How Transformers are Reshaping Marketing and Consumer Behavior; and Why they said “No”. What researchers (and designers) miss about culture, silence, and trust. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇺🇸 SF, our podcast pick on Behavioral Science behind Oatly's success, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our Third round of matches soon!

🤖 Synthetic users and 'realistic' research + 🧠 Applying GenAI to UXR
This week: ResearchOps Ramblings: Synthetic users and 'realistic' research; Using simulation models in UX research; and Your Multi-Use Starter Pack for Applying GenAI to UXR. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇩🇪 Germany, our podcast pick on Future-Proofing Your Career, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our SECOND round of matches tomorrow!

🧠 Complex Behavior Systems & 🤖 AI Generated Lies!
This week: What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth?; Gamification is a game of language; and Ants, Traders, or Drivers: An Inquiry into Complex Behavior Systems. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from the 🇬🇧 UK, our podcast pick on Research That Scales, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our SECOND round of matches this month!

🤖 Appeal of Fake AI Users + 💸 Data vs. Business Strategy
This week: The Dangerous Appeal of Fake AI Users, Data vs. Business Strategy, and Why I’m Not Worried About My UX Job in the Era of AI. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇺🇸, our podcast pick on Building Moral AI with Jana Schaich Borg, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally — join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our SECOND round of matches this month!

💥 On High Impact Research + 🤖 How AI Is Changing Research Jobs
This week: Beyond Numbers: How to Properly Evaluate Qualitative UX Research, Finding Harmony Between Design, Research, and the Bottom Line, and How AI Is Changing User Research Jobs. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇺🇸, our podcast pick on High Impact Research from ETSY, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our SECOND round of matches this month!

🧠 Measuring the Unmeasurable + 🦥 Slowing Down to See the System
This week: Domain Knowledge Isn’t Just for Subject Matter Experts Anymore, Measuring the Unmeasurable, and Story of Research Lunch Club. Check out our Research Lunch Club member interview from 🇺🇸, our podcast pick on Slowing Down to See the System, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally - join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our SECOND round of matches this month!

👀 Ways to f**k up user research & 🤖 When to AI, and When Not to AI.
This week: The Return of the UX Generalist, Ways to F**k Up User Research, and The Importance of User Research. Check out our People of Research member interview from 🇺🇸, our podcast pick from The Behavioral Design Podcast on When to AI, and When Not to AI, plus the latest job opportunities in research. And finally—join Research Lunch Club, now live in 33+ cities, before we send out our first round of matches next week!

🧠 Motivation vs. Manipulation + 💬 Interview Users Without It Getting Weird
This week, 👀 Interviewing Without It Getting Weird, ⚖️ Motivation vs. Manipulation, and 🚫 Stop Quoting Henry Ford! Plus, check out our People of Research member interview from 🇩🇪 Berlin, podcast pick on UX lessons from a decade researching AI, and our latest job opportunities in research. And finally, we’ve launched Research Lunch Club across +33 cities and are matching researchers very soon - join now!

🧠 How UXR Roles Are Evolving... + 🔮 Demystifying Inspection Methods
This week, Five Questions About Inspection Methods, Building ResearchOps and AI Discoverability: Amazon’s Mistakes. Plus, check out our People of Research member interview from the 🇬🇧 UK, podcast pick on UX Research roles and how they are evolving, our latest job opportunities in research, and finally, join +1500 other researchers across 168 cities who've joined our Research Lunch Club waitlist.
