A guest post by Jin Xue. Call for contributions: Planning is an interdisciplinary field, operating at the intersection of science, policy, and lived experience. As the world is becoming increasingly complex and intertwined, and being challenged by polycrisis, new technologies… Read More »Call for contributions to edited book ‘Critical Realism and Planning’
Catherine Thompson (ctthompso@student.unimelb.edu.au) University of Melbourne, Faculty of Engineering & IT, School of Computing & Information Systems, 2025 Download from repository Abstract Digital ecosystems are increasingly integral to everyday human activity and the conduct of our societies. While these ecosystems… Read More »Trustworthiness in the digital world
Caroline Kuhn (carolinekuhn1967@gmail.com, website) School of Education, Bath Spa University, UK, 2021 Download from repository Abstract Research in educational technology is often approached from an enthusiastic stance that emphasises questions related to ‘what works’, ‘best practice’, and ‘efficiency’, leaving the… Read More »An exploration of the underlying generative mechanisms that shape university students’ agency in their educational digital practices
A guest post by Aristide Bertrand The CSO, an international and interdisciplinarian research centre founded by Margaret Archer in 2011, is proud to present a tentative complete bibliography of her works in English. In keeping with Margaret Archer‘s wishes, the… Read More »New bibliography of Margaret Archer’s work
Johnny C. Go, EdD (jcgo@ateneo.edu, website) UCL Institute of Education, University of London, 2016 Download from repository Abstract The research question is: ‘Is critical thinking compatible with confessional Catholic religious education as practiced in the Philippines? If so, in what… Read More »A critical realist epistemology and the Catholic notion of ‘sensus fidei’ as key to critical thinking in confessional Catholic religious education in the Philippines
Anas N. Almassri (ana80@georgetown.edu, website)Durham University, UK, 2025 Download from repository Abstract This doctoral study investigates the potential impact of international graduate scholarships on peace in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). It challenges the predominant explanation of scholarships’ relevance to… Read More »Capabilities for Peace? A Critical Realist Study of International Graduate Scholarships Impact in Palestine
Dave Elder-Vass (Website)Birkbeck College, University of London, 2006 Download from repository Abstract The question of structure and agency has long been regarded as a central problem in sociological theory. In addition to the traditional approaches offered by methodological individualism and… Read More »The theory of emergence, social structure, and human agency
Frank Paul Morton (paul.morton9@gmail.com)Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2010 PDF Abstract The subject area of this thesis is Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP), which is focussed on the role of information systems and information technology in organisations. SISP is seen… Read More »Explaining Outcomes of Strategic Information Systems Planning Using a Critical Realist Approach
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Madondo (nathimadondo7@gmail.com, Scholar)Centre for Research, Teaching and Learning, Rhodes University, 2020 Download from repository Abstract This study was designed to investigate the experiences of Second Year Science students who come from rural backgrounds within a Higher Education context.… Read More »On Locating the experiences of Second Year Science Students from Rural Areas in the Field of Science in Higher Education: Teaching Science by Drawing on Students’ Lived Rural Experiences
A guest post by Hazuki Kajiwara Compared with Western and Northern European countries, Critical Realism (CR) has been somewhat slower to attract attention in Japan. Recently, however, interest has been growing: a new CR study group has been launched, and… Read More »Critical Realism in Japan: Some Recent Developments