Introducing systematic reviews - David Gough, Sandy Oliver and
James Thomas
Stakeholder perspectives and participation in reviews - Rebecca
Rees and Sandy Oliver
Commonality and diversity in reviews - David Gough and James
Thomas
Getting started with a review - Sandy Oliver, Kelly Dickson,
Mukdarut Bangpan, and Mark Newman
Finding relevant studies - Ginny Brunton, Claire Stansfield, Jenny
Caird, and James Thomas
Describing and analysing studies - Katy Sutcliffe, Sandy Oliver and
Michelle Richardson
Tools and technologies for information management - Jeff Brunton,
James Thomas, and Sergio Graziosi
Synthesis methods for combining and configuring textual or mixed
methods data - James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Angela Harden, and
Mark Newman
Synthesis methods for combining and configuring quantitative data -
James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Dylan Kneale and Ian Shemilt
Developing justifiable evidence claims - Kristin Liabo, David Gough
and Angela Harden
Using research findings - David Gough, Ruth Stewart and Janice
Tripney
David Gough is a Professor of Evidence Informed Policy and
Practice, and Director of the EPPI-Centre, University College
London. His early research focused on child protection services.
For the last 20 years, he has concentrated on methods of research
synthesis including a DfE centre on evidence informed education, a
node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, and a
methods unit for NICE. His research on “research use” include the
European Commission EIPPEE network, the Science of Using Science
review for the Wellcome Trust, the experimental evaluation of the
RISE project to encourage evidence use in schools, a study of the
UK what works centres for ESRC, and a study of evidence standards
in web evidence portals for the Centre for Homelessness Impact. He
is a coinvestigator for DfID’s CEDIL project on developing
evaluation methodology in international development. He was the
comanaging editor of the journal Evidence and Policy from 2009 to
2017.
Sandy Oliver is Professor of Public Policy at UCL Institute of
Education and Deputy Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre. For
twenty five years her interests have focused on the interaction
between researchers and people making decisions in their
professional and personal lives. With this in mind she has been
developing methods to collate knowledge from whole bodies of
research – systematic reviews – not just single studies. Most
recently this has been in the area of international development
where she has conducted systematic reviews and built up a programme
of support for research teams conducting reviews elsewhere. She
works with DFID and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems
Research at WHO to build capacity in systematic reviewing in
developing countries.
James Thomas is a Professor in Social Policy, Assistant Director of
SSRU and Associate Director of the EPPI-Centre He directs the
EPPI-Centre′s Reviews Facility for the Department of Health,
England, and undertakes systematic reviews across a range of policy
areas. He has specialized in developing methods for research
synthesis, in particular for qualitative and mixed methods reviews
and in using emerging information technologies in research. He
leads a module on synthesis and critical appraisal on the
EPPI-Centre′s MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice and
development on the Centre′s in-house reviewing software,
EPPI-Reviewer.
"An excellent introduction to systematic review delivered in
an accessible style and logical format. This new edition
encourages thoughtful consideration of key
methodological concepts in the generation and
conduct of systematic reviews and embraces
recent advances in review synthesis methods. Useful to
researchers and students at all levels."
*Gabrielle Thorpe*
"[This] book is written in a very accessible style, supported with
examples of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses at all
stages of synthesis....The step-by-step structure and clear
labelling of this book make it the ideal systematic review resource
for students and researchers at all levels."
*The Psychologist*
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