Commentary on Ritter et al. (2018): Making research active in policy—engaging in ontological politics and evidence events

Ella Dilkes-Frayne

doi:10.1111/add.14237

Commentary on Ritter et al. (2018): Making research active in policy—engaging in ontological politics and evidence events

Ella Dilkes-Frayne^*

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Critical qualitative inquiry is well placed to contribute to policy change by altering beliefs, producing new policy problems and proposing alternative solutions. However, both qualitative and quantitative researchers must consider the ontological politics of their research and actively participate in evidence events to enable research to impact policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1548-1549
Number of pages	2
Journal	Addiction
Volume	113
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14237
Publication status	Published - Aug 2018

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