UNITED KINGDOM / AGILITYPR.NEWS / July 02, 2026 / Not long ago, researchers spent much of their time trying to find relevant information. Today, they face the opposite problem. Locating information easier than ever - but working out what deserves attention and how it fits into the wider picture is another matter entirely.

Researchers are increasingly finding themselves surrounded by information but struggling to build a clear path through it. Papers are downloaded, highlighted and stored. Notes are captured across different tools. Promising ideas are bookmarked for later. Yet many report that valuable insights become buried beneath the sheer volume of material collected during a project.

ResearchCollab.ai, a purpose-built research platform engineered to streamline the entire research workflow, has announced an upcoming webinar designed to help researchers navigate one of the most demanding stages of academic work: the literature review.

Taking place on 6 July 2026, the webinar, “How to Conduct a Literature Review Using AI Tools,” will be presented by Dr Faheem Ullah, Assistant Professor and Cyber Security Program Director at the University of Adelaide, Australia. The session will explore how researchers can use AI-powered tools to discover, analyse and synthesise academic literature more efficiently while maintaining the rigour expected in scholarly research.

"Researchers are facing a volume of literature that would have been unimaginable even a decade ago,” said Dr Faheem Ullah. “They can find thousands of papers on a topic, but understanding how those papers connect, where the gaps are and which ideas are genuinely important is much harder. It may sound odd to say, but there is simply... too much information."

This challenge becomes particularly noticeable in interdisciplinary fields. Researchers often discover that relevant work exists outside their immediate area of expertise, but identifying those connections can be difficult when search tools are designed primarily to return results rather than reveal relationships.

A researcher studying organisational behaviour, for example, may uncover useful insights from psychology, systems theory or even biology - but the links between those disciplines are rarely obvious when approached through conventional search methods.

ResearchCollab.ai was built around the idea that research benefits from exploration before conclusion - helping users visualise topics, investigate related concepts and follow connections between areas that may not initially appear linked.

Imran Chughtai, Founder and CEO of ResearchCollab.ai, said, "Used correctly, AI can help researchers navigate large bodies of evidence, uncover patterns and organise knowledge in ways that would otherwise require significant manual effort. The key is understanding how to use these tools responsibly while maintaining academic standards.

"Dr Ullah brings both academic expertise and practical experience, making this an invaluable session for anyone undertaking a literature review."

The webinar is aimed at PhD students, academics, graduate students and researchers looking to improve the efficiency of their literature review process without compromising quality. Alongside practical demonstrations, attendees will gain insight into best practices for incorporating AI into their research workflows and avoiding common pitfalls.

The webinar will be hosted online via Zoom and is open to researchers at all stages of their academic and professional careers.

For more information, visit researchcollab.ai.