The Centre for Critical Realism and the Critical Realist Network would like to invite scholars of every level to recommend their favourite CR readings related to different fields and disciplines. This will be organised into a living document to be… Read More »Help us crowd source a Critical Realism bibliography
A guest post by Priscilla Alderson about her new book: Alderson P. 2021. Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research: A Practical Introduction. Policy Press. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/critical-realism-for-health-and-illness-research-3 All are welcome to the book launch on Wednesday 21st April 5-6pm, London time.… Read More »Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research
A guest post by Cristián Navarrete. In this blog, Cristián Navarrete introduces the Spanish translation of Tom Fryer’s short guide to ontology and epistemology: “Una breve guía para la ontología y epistemología (por qué todos debiesen ser realistas críticos)” and… Read More »Investigando lo social: ontología, epistemología y realismo crítico
Are you interested in the relationship between pragmatism and critical realism? Would you like to publish a paper about it? The Journal of Critical Realism has invited submissions for a special issue. Here’s the text from the call for papers:… Read More »Pragmatism and critical realism: Call for papers
A guest post by Tom Fryer. A short guide to ontology and epistemology: why everyone should be a critical realist argues that positivism’s search for universal laws is like looking for a Ferrari at your local supermarket, and constructivism’s denial… Read More »A beginner’s guide to critical realism
Guest post from Lene Nyhus On behalf of the Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize Committee 2020 I have the pleasure of announcing the following: About the Prize: The Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize is awarded annually for a book or article that constitutes, motivates… Read More »The Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize 2020 winner
A guest post by Hubert Buch-Hansen and Peter Nielsen When we decided in 2019 to frame our book Critical Realism: Basics and Beyond around the topic of crisis, we had no idea that a new global health crisis was lurking… Read More »Critical realism in times of crisis
Dear IACR members and friends, We are looking forward to seeing you at the IACR conference this year! Website: https://iacr2020.uksw.edu.pl/ Abstract deadline: September 28thThe abstracts can be sent to email IACR.Warsaw2020@gmail.com Pre-conference: EUR 10Conference fee (full paying/non-members): EUR 50Conference fee… Read More »Registration open for IACR 2020 online conference
By Mark Carrigan and Dave Elder-Vass Online events are likely to be a dominant feature in the academic landscape for the foreseeable future. This is a transition which was already slowly beginning to happen on both environmental and accessibility grounds, with a growing recognition of… Read More »How do we ensure that our online events feel like events?
A guest post by Joseph E. Davis Since the 1980s a profound but quiet shift has taken place in how ordinary Americans think about the roots of mental health problems, including what might be called everyday suffering. Large population surveys… Read More »Suffering Selves as Broken Mechanisms