In this guest post, Graham Scambler talks about his recent book on the causal forces at work in elite sport – and the severe consequences they can have for the athletes involved. Two major themes have informed my applications of… Read More »Critical Realism and Sport
A guest post by Ruth Groff. The Critical Social Ontology Workshop is an interdisciplinary venue for radical thinking about the metaphysics of irreducibly social phenomena. Core members of CSOW are Ruth Groff (Coordinator), Sally Haslanger, Tony Lawson, Doug Porpora, Vanessa… Read More »Annual Critical Social Ontology Workshop – online, April 6th & 7th, 2024 – Call for papers
In this final book by renowned sociologist Margaret S. Archer, her groundbreaking morphogenetic approach is defended, refined and extended through a series of provocative engagements with her critics. Archer, a pioneer of critical realism, addresses key debates surrounding her work… Read More »Margaret Archer’s Final Book: Morphogenesis Answers Its Critics. Launch event on March 28th, 3pm GMT
We are delighted to announce a one-day symposium dedicated to exploring and celebrating the legacy of Margaret Archer, one of the most influential sociological thinkers of our time. The aim of the symposium is to engage with and critically assess… Read More »Call for Papers: One-Day Symposium on the Legacy of Margaret Archer – August 3rd, University of Warwick
The annual conference of the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) 2024 will be hosted at the University of Warwick, England, beginning with a pre-conference workshop from 29-30 July, followed by the conference itself from 31 July – 2 August.… Read More »IACR 2024 conference details announced
A guest post by Onur Ozmen Call for papers: special issue of Journal of Critical Realism on ‘critical realism and the self’* * This is a shortened version of the call for papers. The full text can be found at… Read More »Call for papers on Critical Realism and the self
A guest post by Ismael Al-Amoudi, reporting on discussions held at the Centre for Social Ontology (www.socialontology.org) and a forthcoming Forum issue of the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. Realist discussions of unpredictability and catastrophes In 2020 the… Read More »Realists discuss unpredictability and catastrophe
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