As part of RUFORUM’s Postgraduate Support Webinar Series, this session speaks to a real tension many researchers face today: the pressure to adopt AI tools while worrying it might undermine the rigor of their own work. Thinking Clearly With Your Data takes a practical, mindset-first approach to that concern. Rather than treating AI as a shortcut, the session shows PhD and Masters students how to sharpen their literature review, strengthen data analysis and move confidently from findings to a well-argued draft, all while keeping the researcher firmly in charge of the thinking. Facilitated by Nimrod Muhanguzi, Program Officer for Digital Economy Integration at RUFORUM