Research Gap Finder

Help me identify gaps and opportunities in the existing research on a topic.

**My topic:**
[Describe the research area or question you're exploring]

**What's already been studied (that I know of):**
[Summarize the main research that exists — key findings, dominant frameworks, well-established conclusions]

**Who has studied this and from what perspective:**
[e.g. economists, psychologists, practitioners, Western academics, large enterprises]

**My context:**
- Purpose: [Why are you looking for gaps? e.g. choosing a thesis topic, identifying product opportunities, finding angles for a report]
- My background or angle: [What unique perspective or access do you bring?]

Identify research gaps by analyzing:
1. **Population gaps** — groups, contexts, or geographies that haven't been studied
2. **Methodological gaps** — questions that have only been studied one way (e.g. only quantitative, only survey-based)
3. **Temporal gaps** — findings that may be outdated given recent changes
4. **Contradiction zones** — areas where studies disagree and no resolution exists
5. **Assumed-but-untested** — things the field takes for granted but hasn't rigorously examined
6. **Practical-to-academic gap** — things practitioners know that researchers haven't caught up on

For each gap: rate it (high / medium / low) for how tractable and valuable it would be to fill, given my context.