Research Paradigm & PhD | Critical Realism Explained

This video talks through why I decided to use Critical Realism as a research paradigm. I also explain some of the key concepts in very simple language: Stratified ontology. Epistemology. Epistemic fallacy. TMSA or Transformational Model. If you want to learn more about critical realism. I would start by watching some of the videos on ‪@CriticalRealism‬ ! Then reading some published research which has used CR as a paradigm and some of the models as frameworks, for example: This open access paper by Fletcher: Fletcher, A. J. (2017). Applying critical realism in qualitative research: Methodology meets method. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory & Practice, 20(2), 181–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2016... And this open access paper by Oladele and colleagues: Oladele D, Clark AM, Richter S, Laing L. Critical realism: a practical ontology to explain the complexities of smoking and tobacco control in different resource settings. Glob Health Action. 2013 Apr 3;6:19303. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19303. PMID: 23561029; PMCID: PMC3617644. Roy Bhaskar has many publications, the ones I find most accessible are: 1. A Realist Theory of Science - Roy Bhaskar. 2. The Possibility of Naturalism- Roy Bhaskar. Also love the english translation of Explaining Society: Critical Realism in Social Sciences by Berth Danermark and others. There are more resources which help with methodology, such as the paper by Wiltshire and Ronkainen: A realist approach to thematic analysis : making sense of qualitative data through experiential, inferential and dispositional themes I hope you enjoyed the video. Would love to connect with more PhD students. Lynn