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Absent nature, absent bodies: towards whole-person ontology for physiotherapy
Published on 3 Nov 2026
by Caroline Hallowes Department of Psychology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
Toxic ecologies and harm stabilization: a critical realist account of social-ecological harm at Nairobi’s Dandora Dumpsite
Published on 2 Nov 2026
by Víctor Cobs-Muñoz Sharon Kendi Kinyua Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
At the crossroads of critical realism and the ecological materialism of metabolic rift theory: an interview with John Bellamy Foster
Published on 28 Oct 2026
by John Bellamy Foster Andreas Vavvos a Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USAb Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Extractive conservation and green transitions in Southern Africa: a dialectical critical realist analysis of human-nature relations
Published on 28 Oct 2026
by Tariro Kamuti Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Moral realism, norm circles and democratic egalitarian values
Published on 20 Oct 2026
by Steve Ash The Centre for Critical Realism, Southampton, U.K.
Identifying situational logics influencing curriculum change in higher education
Published on 28 Sep 2026
by Robyn Yucel Deakin Learning Futures, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism: an interview with Kate Soper, part 2
Published on 18 Sep 2026
by Kate Soper Jamie Morgan a Humanities Arts and Languages (HAL), London Metropolitan University, London, UKb School of Economics, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UKKate Soper is emerita professor of philosophy and a former researcher with the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. Additional detail is given in the interview.Jamie Morgan is Professor of Economic Sociology at Leeds Beckett University. He co-edits the Real-World Economics Review with Edward Fullbrook. He has published widely in the fields of economics, political economy, philosophy, sociology and international politics.
Themes as mechanisms? A critical realist analysis of Fryer’s approach to thematic analysis
Published on 18 Sep 2026
by Amar Hadziagovic Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
Thinking with, not through: a critical realist reading of Generative AI for Academics
Published on 26 Aug 2026
by Andrew Dryhurst International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands
Refining the measurement of human reflexivity: building on Archer's Internal Conversation Indicator (ICONI)
Published on 17 Aug 2026
by Richard Remelie Tom Brock Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Reclaiming ontology: implications for human-nature relations and ethnographic inquiry
Published on 6 Aug 2026
by Andreas Vavvos a Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greeceb Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, ScotlandAndreas Vavvos has completed his joint PhD at the Department of Psychology at the University of Crete and the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, where his research focused on metatheory, energy transition, and social movements. He has a diverse background in social anthropology, psychology, and sociology, and maintains a keen interest in critical realism, collaborative research, and human–nature relations.
Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism: an interview with Kate Soper, Part 1
Published on 30 Jul 2026
by Kate Soper Jamie Morgan a Humanities Arts and Languages, London Metropolitan University, London, UKb School of Economics, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UKKate Soper is emerita professor of philosophy and a former researcher with the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. Additional detail is given in the interview.Jamie Morgan is Professor of Economic Sociology at Leeds Beckett University. He co-edits the Real-World Economics Review with Edward Fullbrook. He has published widely in the fields of economics, political economy, philosophy, sociology and international politics
A critical realist understanding of cancel culture in academic settings
Published on 28 Jul 2026
by David Pilgrim University of Southampton, UKDavid Pilgrim PhD is a Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton. His books include Identity Politics: Where Did It All Go Wrong? (Phoenix Books, 2022) and Understanding Mental Health: A Critical Realist Exploration (Routledge, 2014). A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness with Anne Rogers (Open University Press, 2024, 6th edition) was a past winner of the BMA medical book of the year.
Exploring underlying dynamics of teachers’ perspectives on character education for gifted students: a critical realist approach
Published on 20 Jul 2026
by Kubra Kirca Demirbaga Laura Mazzoli Smith a The Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education, Ankara, Türkiyeb School of Education, Durham University, Durham, UKKubra Kirca Demirbaga is a National Education Specialist at the Turkish Ministry of National Education and a lecturer at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, specialising in gifted education policies and practices. She holds a PhD in Gifted Education from Durham University, UK, a master’s degree in Psychology and Education from the University of Sheffield, UK, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychological Counselling and Guidance from Istanbul University, Türkiye. Her research focuses on the identification and education of gifted students, gifted education policies, socio-emotional development of gifted individuals, innovative technologies in gifted education, critical realist methodology, and mixed-methods research.Laura Mazzoli Smith is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Durham University, UK. She started her career in the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth at the University of Warwick and has since worked on educational research projects funded by the ESRC, EPSRC, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Nuffield Foundation, and EIT Health amongst others. Her research looks at educational identities, progression and contexts, with a social justice and wellbeing focus. She is currently co-leading the Narrative PracticesLab of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities, in the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University.
Contrasting social positioning theory and Archer's morphogenetic/morphostatic approach
Published on 16 Jul 2026
by Tony Lawson Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Margaret Archer's legacy to business and management studies: a bibliometric analysis
Published on 9 Jul 2026
by Ismael Al-Amoudi Department of People Organizations and Societies, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France
Historical paths in quest of sociological understanding: the legacy of Margaret Archer’s multi-level model of macro-social change
Published on 9 Jul 2026
by Andrea Maccarini Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Margaret Archer’s contribution to social science
Published on 9 Jul 2026
by Douglas V. Porpora Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
In memoriam: Margaret Archer (1943–2023)
Published on 9 Jul 2026
by Ismael Al-Amoudi Sally Tomlinson a Social and Organisational Studies, Grenoble École de Management, Grenoble, Franceb Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UKc Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Introduction to the special issue commemorating the work of Margaret Archer
Published on 3 Jul 2026
by Ismael Al-Amoudi Douglas Porpora a People, Organizations and Society, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, Franceb Department of Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, USA
No shortcuts to explaining the ‘vexatious fact of society’: reading Archer’s final intervention
Published on 3 Jul 2026
by Ronel Steyn Stellenbosch University
Archer's theory of the person: a humanizing paradigm of socialization
Published on 3 Jul 2026
by Pierpaolo Donati Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyPierpaolo Donati is an Emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Archer, morphogenesis and time
Published on 8 Jun 2026
by Jamie Morgan School of Economics, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UKJamie Morgan is Professor of Economic Sociology at Leeds Beckett University. He co-edits the Real-World Economics Review with Edward Fullbrook. He has published widely in the fields of economics, political economy, philosophy, sociology and international politics.
Making space for critical realism in greening IR theory: the international, emergence and historicized-materialized nature
Published on 29 May 2026
by Yelda Erçandırlı Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, TürkiyeYelda Erçandırlı completed her PhD in International Relations at Middle East Technical University in 2017. She completed her postdoctoral research at the University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies, from 2024 to 2025. She is currently an associate professor at the Department of International Relations at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. Her research focuses on critical realism, green theory, the Anthropocene debates, and eco-Marxism.
A realist interpretation of Schumpeter’s Business Cycles
Published on 16 Mar 2026
by Takeshi Nakano The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, JapanTakeshi Nakano is a Deputy Director of the Ministry of Economy, International Trade and Industry, the Japanese Government. He received his PhD degree in political theory from Edinburgh University in 2005. His research interests are in political economy, particularly, economic nationalism. His publications include ‘Theorising Economic Nationalism’ (awarded the ASES/Nation and Nationalism Prize for 2003; Nations and Nationalism, 10(3), 2004), ‘A Critique of Held’s Cosmopolitan Democracy’ (Contemporary Political Theory, 5(1), 2006), ‘War and Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism: The Military Foundations of Modern Economic Ideologies’ (International Relations, 35(2), 2021).
How real is the social realist sociology of education’s ‘social realism’?
Published on 10 Mar 2026
by Kathy Luckett Margaret A. L. Blackie Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
Time for revival: re-conceptualising organisational culture through critical realism
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Stine Harboe Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Time for revival: re-conceptualising organisational culture through critical realism
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Stine Harboe Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
A deeper picture: realism, documentary and collage
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Marc Bosward School of Humanities and Creative Arts, University of Derby, Derby, UK
A deeper picture: realism, documentary and collage
Published on 17 Feb 2026
by Marc Bosward School of Humanities and Creative Arts, University of Derby, Derby, UK