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
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)
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