AI in evaluation: Good practice guidelines for practitioners NOVEMBER 2025 V 1.

AI offers significant opportunities to enhance evaluation practice throughout the evaluation lifecycle. That said, with opportunity comes responsibility. This guide from the UK Evaluation Society manages the balance between potential and risk management well. This guidance demonstrates decision logic through examples ranging from straightforward literature synthesis to complex interview analysis to situations where AI shouldn’t be used. The guidance was co-produced through the collective effort of the UK Evaluation Society’s AI Working Group, with valuable input from evaluators, commissioners, researchers, and practitioners across the community.