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Gill I think it illustrates a general principle - that conflict among academics (and practitioners, and 'evaluands') is a positive force if handled well. Those who want a theoretical / conceptual take on conflict, see Van de Ven's discussion of 'arbitrage' in the attached. Enough papers for now! Trish Greenhalgh Professor of Primary Health Care and Dean for Research Impact Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry 58 Turner St London E1 2AB UK +44 20 7882 7325 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> @trishgreenhalgh From: Gill Westhorp <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: "Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, Gill Westhorp <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thursday, 4 September 2014 10:26 To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: How to apply the "principle of peer review" as a doctoral candidate Nick - I'm about to display my dreadful ignorance - again! - so I'll confess in advance I haven't read the paper. But do you think this paper would be as useful for a meta-narrative review (Alexandra's question) as a realist one? Cheers Gill From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Emmel Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2014 6:43 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: How to apply the "principle of peer review" as a doctoral candidate Hi Alexandra, I find this paper provides a useful methodological guide here: Greenhalgh T, Humphrey C, Hughes J, Macfarlane F, Butler C, & Pawson R (2009). How do you modernize a health service? A realist evaluation of whole-scale transformation in London. Milbank Quarterly, 87(2), 391-416. See pages 396-397 and 413 in particular-'a task achieved through much negotiation and contestation' Best wishes Nick Dr Nick Emmel | School of Sociology and Social Policy | University of Leeds |Leeds |LS2 9JT +44 (0) 113 343 6958 | Twitter @NickEmmel | Blog http://realistmethods.wordpress.com/ Emmel ND (2013) Sampling and choosing cases in qualitative research: a realist approach. London. Sage. http://goo.gl/yYydFd From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Reith, Alexandra Sent: 03 September 2014 23:02 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: How to apply the "principle of peer review" as a doctoral candidate Hello! This is a newcomer writing to you, who works on her dissertation, aiming to clarify the development of moral thinking and prosocial action and thereby considering pedagogical implications. I admit: 1. My project does not directly touch the health sector. 2. I have to dedicate a respectable part of my energy on teaching social work students (at a university of applied science in northern Germany). However, the meta-narrative review might be -even so time consuming- the most appropriate approach to my research question. What I wonder about is how to manage the task of organizing peer reviews (discuss my findings with people of a range of disciplines, e.g. a number of psychological sub-disciplines, economy, genetics, neurosciences, and sociobiology). I do not work in a multi-disciplinarian team!? No team at all!? I mainly concentrate on articles published in English and do my writing in German. No question, there are certain excellent German speaking experts identifiable... Most of them producing one research paper after the other... What, if I send one part of my manuscript (the storylines) to each of them? Would you expect them to be interested in reading and commenting on it? Any experiences, any guess? What would you suggest? Thank you for any recommendations in advance. Best regards, Alexandra Alexandra Reith University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer Department of Social Work and Health Constantiaplatz 4 26723 Emden Germany Tel.: +49 (0)4921 807 1214 Fax: +49 (0) 4921 807 1251 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Homepage: http://www.hs-emden-leer.de/profile/reith-alexandra.html