Design-Thinking Workshop Explores Meta-Research for Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

A workshop funded by the Volkswagen Foundation in February 2025 brought together interdisciplinary experts to examine how meta-research can advance Trustworthy AI (TAI) in healthcare. Using a Design Thinking-informed co-creation approach, participants identified key challenges—such as the dynamic nature of ethical requirements and lack of common terminology—and proposed solutions informed by meta-research. The results demonstrate concrete contributions meta-research can make to improve evidence, robustness, and transparency in TAI. The workshop aimed to bridge the gap between the two fields, which share common goals but have little interplay.