The team for the IACR 2023 conference invite the critical realist community to contribute to a virtual celebration of the life and works of Professor Margaret Archer. They invite you to post not only your words, but also photos and… Read More »Remembering Margaret S. Archer
We were shocked and saddened to learn of the death yesterday of Margaret Archer. Maggie was the leading sociological advocate of critical realism and the most important figure in establishing the influence of critical realism after its founder, Roy Bhaskar.… Read More »Margaret Archer (1943-2023)
There are many local and online groups meeting to discuss critical realist topics. We have details of many of them on our critical realist community page, which helps new people to find them. We can also provide other kinds of… Read More »Tell us about your critical realist group!
Margaret Archer’s prescient work highlighted vital questions about the possibilities for relationship and “friendship” between humans and AI systems. Though written before the rise of chatbots and other interactive AI, Archer’s late papers reveal remarkable insight into issues surrounding AI… Read More »CfP: The Realist Approach to AI
A guest post by Ferdinand C Mukumbang Realist evaluation is a theory-driven approach to evaluating programmes (interventions and policies). Its focus on explaining how, why, for whom, and under what circumstances a programme works (or not) makes it attractive to… Read More »Critical realist and scientific realist principles scaffolding realist evaluation
Guest post by Dr Joanna Smoluk-Stachowska. In order to commemorate Margaret Archer and to show how much her work meant to Polish researchers, the Interfaculty Department of Critical Realism in Szczecin is organising a special seminar “Margaret Archer In Memoriam”… Read More »Polish Critical Realists honour Margaret Archer and publish new journal
By Caroline Kuhn and Mark Carrigan Critical Realism (CR) and postdigital research have rarely been considered in relation to each other. These are bodies of work with seemingly different interests and approaches, with the latter starting from recognition of the… Read More »Towards a dialogue between CR and Postdigital Research
Critical realism ‘provides a way of thinking about the world which draws on social theory to seek explanations for social phenomena, alongside analytical tools to support data collection and data analysis’ (Stutchbury, 2021: 113). Critical realism, and allied theories within… Read More »ECR Critical Realism One Day Event (UK)
Guest post by Dr Li Li, Senior Lecturer, Bath Spa University ‘Making our Way through the World’ (borrowing Professor Margaret Archer’s (2007) words) conveys the trials and tribulations of our lives. My journey to the critical realist world has been… Read More »My journey to critical realism (CR)
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize. Nominations should be made to the IACR General Secretary, Catherine Hastings, catherine.hastings@mq.edu.au by 31 May, 2023. The Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize is awarded annually for a book that constitutes, motivates… Read More »Nominations open for Cheryl Frank Prize