1st Int Conference on Realist Approaches to Evaluation and Synthesis: Successes, Challenges & the Road Ahead Programme

2014,

27th - 30th October

1st Int Conference on Realist Approaches to Evaluation and Synthesis: Successes, Challenges & the Road Ahead

Conference Programme

Monday, 27th October
Monday 09:30	PC-1A Pre-Conference A: Introduction to Realist Evaluation Venue The Thornton Room
Monday 09:30	PC-1B Pre-Conference B: Managing Your Realist Research Project Venue The Chapel
Monday 13:30	PC-2A Pre-Conference C: Introduction to Realist Synthesis Venue The Thornton Room
Monday 13:30	PC-2B Pre-Conference D: Realism, Complexity & Causation Venue The Chapel
Tuesday, 28th October
Tuesday 09:00	Opening Remarks - Dr. Justin Jagosh Venue The Gallery
Tuesday 09:15	PS-1 Plenary Session Venue The Gallery
09:15 Realist Methodolology and Evidence-Based Medicine: Should they...Can they be aligned? » Dr. Trisha Greenhalgh Dean for Research Impact at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Tuesday 10:15	Coffee Break Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Tuesday 10:30 - 12:00	OS-1A Finding and Specifying Program Theories Chaired By: Janet Harris Venue The Gallery
11:00 Challenges in doing a realist synthesis when theories are hard to find: Searching for theoretical explanations of how culturally adapted interventions influence learning and behaviour » Sue Mills (University of British Columbia), Sharon Koehn (Simon Fraser University), Javiera Pumarino (University of British Columbia)
Tuesday 10:30 - 12:00	OS-1B Realist Evaluation in Practice I Chaired By: Soo Downe Venue Halsall Room
Tuesday 10:30 - 10:30	RT-1 Roundtable Session I Venue Chandler Room
Tuesday 10:30 - 10:30	SB-1 Skill Building Session I Venue Training Room 1
Tuesday 12:00	Lunch Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Tuesday 12:45	PS-2 Plenary Session Venue The Gallery
12:45 Realist Approaches to Developing Behavior Change Guidelines » Professor Mike Kelly Director, Centre of Public Health at NICE
Tuesday 13:30 - 15:00	OS-2A Locating and Defining Sources of Evidence in Realist Research Chaired By: Margaret Cargo Venue The Gallery
Tuesday 13:30 - 15:00	OS-2B Realist Synthesis in Practice I Chaired By: Geoff Wong Venue Halsall Room
Tuesday 13:30 - 13:30	RT-2 Roundtable Session II Venue Chandler Room
Tuesday 13:30 - 13:30	SB-2 Skill Building Session II Venue Training Room 1
Tuesday 15:00	Coffee Break Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Tuesday 15:15 - 16:45	OS-3A Theory and Complexity Chaired By: Allan Best Venue The Gallery
Tuesday 15:15 - 16:45	OS-3B Novel Applications I Chaired By: Emilie Robert Venue Halsall Room
Tuesday 15:15 - 16:45	OS-3C Realist Evaluation in Practice II Chaired By: Sara Van Belle Venue Waterhouse Room
16:15 Realistic evaluation viewpoints on a youth entrepreneurship public intervention » Nicolae Toderas (National School of Political and Administrative Studies), Ana-Maria Stavaru (National School of Political and Administrative Studies)
Tuesday 15:15 - 15:15	RT-3 Roundtable Session III Venue Chandler Room
Tuesday 19:30	KN-5 Drinks Reception & Conference Dinner Venue Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock
19:30 Realist Inquiry: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous » Dr. Ray Pawson
Wednesday, 29th October
Wednesday 09:00	PS-3 Plenary Session Venue The Gallery
09:00 Policy Makers and Realist Evaluation » Professor Nick Tilley UCL, Jill Dando Institute
Wednesday 10:00	Coffee Break Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Wednesday 10:15 - 11:45	OS-4A Novel Applications II Chaired By: Emma Williams Venue Halsall Room
Wednesday 10:15 - 11:45	OS-4B Unpacking Mechanisms in Realism Chaired By: Mark Pearson Venue The Gallery
Wednesday 10:15 - 11:45	OS-4C Realist Evaluation in Practice III Chaired By: Ketan Shankardass Venue Waterhouse Room
Wednesday 10:15 - 10:15	RT-4 Roundtable Session IV Venue The Chandler Room
Wednesday 11:45	Lunch Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Wednesday 12:30 - 14:00	OS-5A Applying Realist Approaches in a Ph.D Chaired By: Laura Veng Kvorning Venue Waterhouse Room
Wednesday 12:30 - 14:00	OS-5B Practical Issues and Challenges in Realist Evaluation Venue The Gallery
Wednesday 12:30 - 14:00	OS-5C Realist Synthesis in Practice II Chaired By: Margaret Cargo Venue Halsall Room
Wednesday 12:30 - 12:30	RT-5 Roundtable Session V Venue The Chandler Room
Wednesday 14:00	Coffee Break Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Wednesday 14:15 - 15:45	OS-6A Realism and the Limits of Conventional Methodologies Chaired By: Janet Harris Venue Halsall Room
Wednesday 14:15 - 15:45	OS-6B Grappling with Complexity in Realist Research Chaired By: Mark Pearson Venue The Gallery
Wednesday 14:15 - 14:15	SB-3 Skill Building Session III Venue Chandler Room
Wednesday 16:00 - 16:00	PoS-1 Poster Session Venue The Chapel
A REALIST REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF NUTRITION CARE BY FUTURE DOCTORS » Victor Mogre (University for Development Studies), Albert Scherpbier (Maastricht University), Timothy Dornan (Maastricht University), Fred Stevens (Maastricht University), Paul Armah Aryee Aryee (University for Development Studies), M.G Cherry (Pioneer Heritage Middle School, Frisco ISD)
Thursday, 30th October
Thursday 09:00	Coffee and Networking Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Thursday 09:30 - 11:00	OS-7A Stakeholder Involvement in Realist Applications Chaired By: Mark Pearson Venue Halsall Room
Thursday 09:30 - 11:00	OS-7B Practical Issues and Challenges in Realist Synthesis Chaired By: Soo Downe Venue Waterhouse Room
Thursday 09:30 - 11:00	OS-7C Developing and Applying Realist Approaches within Broaders Programs of Research and Funding Chaired By: Geoff Wong Venue The Gallery
10:00 Wrangling with realist synthesis: A case study of evolving practice in the development of a systematic review of school accountability » Mukdarut Bangpan (Institute of Education, University of London), David Eddy Spicer (Institute of Education, University of London), Melanie Ehren (Institute of Education, University of London)
Thursday 09:30 - 09:30	RT-6 Roundtable Session VI Venue Chandler Room
Thursday 11:00	Coffee Break Venue South Atrium & The Chapel
Thursday 11:15	PL-4 Plenary Session Venue The Gallery
11:15 Research Impact: Can Realist Research Make a Difference? » Professor Kieran Walshe Manchester Business School
Thursday 12:15	Closing Panel and Remarks Venue The Gallery

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