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Hi again Alexandra In brief because in haste - Realist review doesn't have to follow a single story line and whether it's 'within paradigm' depends how you're using the word paradigm. It can be very much cross-disciplinary (e.g. economics, health, political science, education all in the one review) and can draw on an enormous variety of types of evidence (existing government data sets, research, evaluations, media coverage...), which themselves come from different research paradigms/traditions (e.g. positivist RCTs, constructivist case studies), and which most certainly do not have to be implementation studies. For example, the famous 'smoking in cars' example is a realist review of a policy that, at the time the review was done, had never been implemented. I think you'll find that the difference is not so much about what's 'in scope' as what the purpose of the review is... see the RAMESES training materials for comparisons. Cheers Gill -----Original Message----- From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alexandra Reith Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2014 10:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: How to apply the "principle of peer review" as a doctoral candidate Thank you for all reactions to my question. You made me feel very happy with this list! Marcello, your description of your way of “peer review” opened up my eyes for what the task is. Trisha, addressing preliminary results to my students to let them discuss is one interesting option. Apart from that a small group of doctoral candidates from different disciplines at my university came into my focus as well. They might love a good discussion. Nick, you recommended as a methodological guide pages 396-397/413-414 Greenhalgh et al. (2009). How do you modernize a health service? Gill, thank you by the way for pointing out that there is a difference between realist reviews and meta-narratives. But: As far as I understood Greenhalgh et al (2005): Diffusion of Innovations … meta-narrative is the whole approach (“across-paradigm”, p. 45) while working with each single storylines is very much like a realist review/realist evaluation, isn’t it? Then, it’s the “within-paradigm”, ebd. and referring to Pawson (2002), see Greenhalgh et al 2005: 46 and 228-230, e.g. adapted to the study of “‘real-world’ implementation studies”, ebd.: 240-241). With kind regards Alexandra Alexandra Reith Hochschule Emden/Leer Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit und Gesundheit Constantiaplatz 4 26723 Emden Tel.: (04921) 807 1214 Fax: (04921) 807 1251 Email: [log in to unmask]