This tool helps you engage more productively with theory in your doctoral research. It supports you in choosing, applying, and getting more “work” out of your theoretical lenses.
Select the issue you want to address and complete the fields with details of your research. The prompt will be automatically personalised with your inputs.
Once you’re happy with the prompt, click Copy prompt & open ChatGPT. This will copy your customised prompt and open ChatGPT in a new tab.
Paste your doctoral project summary
Write or paste a short summary of your research, concentrating on theory-use. Use the summary you created in the Chapter 1 tool, if appropriate. Tools on this page will tailor their feedback using this summary.
Tip: For cross-session memory, create a Project in ChatGPT (e.g., “My Doctoral Research”) and run all chats inside it. Your project details will then persist across tools.
Engaging with Theory
Prompt to the AI (visible excerpt)
For security reasons browsers don’t auto-paste — after ChatGPT opens, press Ctrl/⌘+V to paste the copied prompt into the chat box.
Refining the AI response to your prompt
Once you have an initial response from the AI, you can refine it with follow-up prompts. Here are some examples you could ask:
- “Can you suggest a key author I should read on this topic?”
- “What is the most common mistake students make regarding this issue?”
- “Help me apply this to my specific research topic, which is [briefly describe topic].”
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