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Thursday, March 12, 2026 • Advancing Research 2026

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Research Repositories
Speakers: Maria Rosala and Shivanjali M.
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Summary

Dive into what’s next for research repositories at the UXR Tools Summit. Maria Rosala, Director of Research at the Nielsen Norman Group, will be joined by ResearchOps expert Shivanjali M. to discuss how repositories are evolving to connect insights across teams and organizations in smarter, more integrated ways. If you’re a UX, design, and market researcher, bring your questions, thoughts, and concerns about repositories to the discussion.

Key Insights

  • Research repositories vary widely, from libraries of reports to rich knowledge bases integrating multiple data sources.

  • One major challenge is motivating researchers and non-researchers to consistently populate repositories with relevant, contextualized data.

  • Adding contextual metadata—like methodology, market, and date—is crucial for meaningful repository content.

  • The term ‘research repository’ is evolving into ‘customer knowledge base’ reflecting integration across organizational knowledge.

  • Using templates to structure research entries simplifies data input and improves AI’s ability to parse and summarize content.

  • AI agents can help maintain context when searching repositories and flag when no relevant answers exist, reducing hallucinations.

  • Human oversight remains essential to verify the relevance and accuracy of AI-generated search results, especially with dated data.

  • Integrating AI bots with communication tools like Slack increases repository adoption by enabling on-demand access to research insights.

  • Context retention by AI is necessary to prevent misleading conclusions, such as mixing up different customer segments or outdated information.

  • Scoring research impact and linking recommendations to outcomes in repositories can improve organizational learning but is still emerging.

Notable Quotes

"Personally, if I was gonna go into some aspect of UX research, I would jump in with both feet into research repositories."

"There are so many different variations of repositories, from research libraries to databases cataloging atomic insights."

"Research knowledge by itself is not enough. You need to add other sources like user voice, surveys, and customer feedback."

"You cannot just put this 5% of users did not want this without knowing why or where this insight came from."

"AI agents should understand the entire context and, if no suitable result exists, come back honestly without lying."

"We made it mandatory to have a one-pager summary for every research project to make insights easy to manage."

"To motivate people to populate the repository, be annoyingly persistent and sometimes create the template for them."

"Connecting the repository to Slack and building an AI bot to answer questions fascinates users and drives usage."

"We have been good with not having fake or hallucinated answers so far, and retaining context is key."

"Human oversight is crucial because no single metric like date alone can determine if research is outdated or still relevant."

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