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Our thesis archive provides links to doctoral theses written by critical realist scholars, as a resource to help other researchers understand how critical realism can be employed in social research.
Do you have a relevant thesis that you would like us to add to the site? Please complete this form to give us the details. You can also email us with any queries.
To access the archive, you can:
- see a full list here (or via the Theses link in the sidebar)
- find theses in a particular field by following the ‘Theses by field’ links in the sidebar
- find theses that use particular methodologies using the ‘Theses by method’ links in the sidebar
- search by keyword using the search facility in the sidebar (note that the search results will include blog posts as well as theses)
The sidebar appears on the right of the page if you are browsing from a PC or tablet, and at the bottom if you are browsing from a smartphone.
Once you have found a thesis you are interested in, you can select the entry for it in any of the lists above to go to a page with more details, including a link that can be used to download a copy of the thesis.
Please respect the hard work and intellectual property of the thesis authors by fully citing their work if you make use of their ideas.