Category: literature review

Reading Time: 4 minutes

A heap of books — *photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash*

Is there any point in doing a literature review now that genAI can do it for you? That’s the timely question raised in a recent article in LSE Impact (“Why write a literature review if …

Using genAI to read books

By Michael Upshall

On December 6, 2025

In AI, literature review

Reading Time: 5 minutes

*The dreaded reading list. Which to read first? Which to skim? Why these books?*

“Students … are stressed and overwhelmed … a reading list can start to feel like a mission they’re failing” (Tom Chatfield).

I know the …

Some implications of "digital" for scholarly writing and communication

Category: literature review

Using genAI for the literature review

Using genAI to read books