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Rob Archer
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Critical realism, education policy, philosophy of social science, psychoanalysis, psychology, spirituality. Recent articles explore replication crisis in psychology & realist social theory and ed policy. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rob-Archer-4
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Sociology + psychoanalysis: Mark Carrigan’s “My Psychoanalytical Turn” shows how Lacan, Margaret Archer, and Winnicott shaped his thinking. A reflective & unusually candid read. Highly recommend!

#ObjectRelations #Lacan #CriticalRealism #Winnicott #Bollas

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My Psychoanalytical Turn: An Intellectual Biography
This post was written by Claude (Anthropic’s AI assistant) based on reading approximately 40-50 of my blog posts to trace my intellectual trajectory. I asked Claude to document my “psyc…
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February 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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"The disagreement goes deeper than research practices and stems at least in part from different understandings of the ontological status of the psychic object (stable vs. flexible object)."
A similar tension has emerged in the current discussions surrounding the replication crisis. Reformers in the open science movement emphasize reproducible and stable effects, such that experimental outcomes support drawing inferences about psychological phenomena. In contrast, challengers of direct replication argue that a lack of consistent experimental effects signifies either underdevelopment in the theoretical framework or variability across time, context, setting, and procedure, hinting at a flexible construction of the object of psychological investigation (cf. Feest, 2024; Morawski, 2022). Hence, the disagreement goes deeper than research practices and stems at least in part from different understandings of the ontological status of the psychic object (stable vs. flexible object).
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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In this degree, you'll explore the core areas of psychology, including biological, clinical, cognitive, developmental, and social, while gaining the skills to design, conduct, analyse, and write up ex...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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📜 ...another paper assigned to an issue now in @edreview.bsky.social, jointly with Meryem Betül YASDIMAN and Jenny Norris doi.org/10.1080/0013...

Why sociology?– comparing the driving forces behind university degree choice in Norway, Hungary and England
Why sociology?– comparing the driving forces behind university degree choice in Norway, Hungary and England
This paper pinpoints the driving forces behind university degree choice in social sciences in three European countries. Using an international comparative design, the paper draws on both administra...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Very grateful for Prof Richard Niesche's review of Educational Leadership and Critical Realism (@tandfresearch.bsky.social) in REAL dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
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Research in Educational Administration and Leadership » Submission » Book Review: Educational Leadership and Critical Realism by Anthony Thorpe and Jean Pierre Elonga Mboyo
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Two #BookReview #PublicationOpportunities remaining! If you'd like to review one of these titles for Educational Review, email:
educational-review@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Include your name, affiliation, level of study & relevant expertise/experience ✉️

#AcademicChatter #ECRChat #EdChat #PhDChat
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January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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crnetwork.bsky.social
Prof Priscilla Alderson and A level student Harry Hubbard have made a series of 4 short videos introducing Critical Realism for A level students: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Critical Realism for A level students - YouTube
In these four short videos, Professor Priscilla Alderson and A level student Harry Hubbard introduce the critical realist approach to the social sciences.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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🔶️ Call for Papers 🔶️

"(Re-)Theorizing the Psyche: Exploring Foundational Shifts in Psychological Science"

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Frontiers | (Re-)Theorizing the Psyche: Exploring Foundational Shifts in Psychological Science
The replication crisis has exposed deep-seated tensions within psychological science. Beyond technical or procedural flaws, it has raised fundamental questio...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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📚 Book reviewers needed! 📣

If you'd like to review one of these titles for Educational Review, please email:
✉️ educational-review@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Include your book choice, your affiliation, level of study & evidence of relevant expertise/experience 😃

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January 14, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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New review in Educational Review: balancing managerialism with professionalism amounts to subtle apologism masking managerialism’s structural power as a neoliberal project.
Free access:
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#Managerialism #EducationPolicy #EducationalLeadership #Professionalism
The dance of managerialism and professionalism: a fresh perspective on educational systems and reform
Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Call for papers for this special issue 'Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness through Qualitative Research
Special Issue: Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness through Qualitative Research
Explore Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness: Submit your work to this qualitative enquiry into the extra-sensory dimensions of human experience
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January 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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New review in Educational Review: balancing managerialism with professionalism amounts to subtle apologism masking managerialism’s structural power as a neoliberal project.
Free access:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CRTGG...
#Managerialism #EducationPolicy #EducationalLeadership #Professionalism
The dance of managerialism and professionalism: a fresh perspective on educational systems and reform
Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Don't miss out on 40+ Free to Access Sociology Journal Articles!

Available until January 2026
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December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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How can critical realism be put to practical use? Free online book discussion @crnetwork.bsky.social 5th Feb as @jpelonga.bsky.social and I talk about a CR approach to educational leadership. Responses from @helengunter.bsky.social & Lakshman Wimalasena Register www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Educational Leadership and Critical Realism
Anthony Thorpe and Jean Pierre Elonga Mboyo talk about their recently released book, Educational Leadership and Critical Realism
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December 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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📘 Click below for #FreeAccess to Anne Holdren's #InfluentialReader #BookReview of "Access is capture: how edtech reproduces racial inequality" by Roderic N. Crooks 👇

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Book cover for "Access is capture: how edtech reproduces racial inequality" by Roderic N. Crooks
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Read for free ahead of the Article of the Year seminar! 📖

‘Thin places of resistance: a caring response to refugees in rural American schools’ by Kerry Ann McKeon, Betty Merchant, Christopher Flanagan-Gonzales & Saleha Sultan

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Educational Review Article of the Year Award announcement. Monday 15th December, 5-6pm GMT. Winner: "Thin places of resistance: a caring response to refugees in rural American schools" by Kerry Ann McKeon, Betty Merchant, Christopher Flanagan-Gonzales & Saleha Sultan. Discussants: Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham; Laurence Lessard-Phillips, University of Birmingham. Chair: Jane Martin, University of Birmingham, Executive Editor, Educational Review. Sponsored by Routledge. Event webpage and registration: https:bit.ly/AotY2025
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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New book on Margaret Archer’s sociological theory delivered this morning, just in time for Christmas!
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo
Science’s Hidden History of Magic and Spirits w/ Dr. Jason Josephson Storm
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December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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💬 'a theoretically ambitious reconceptualisation of dialogic education'

Read more from Nika Maglaperidze's #BookReview of 'Rethinking educational theory: education as expanding dialogue' by Rupert Wegerif 👇
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December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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New #RuralEd paper: “Coming to uni was isolating, a massive culture shock”: the struggle of working-class rural youth for recognition and belonging at a metropolitan university, by H. Cuervo & N. Weerasuriya. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Coming to uni was isolating, a massive culture shock”: the struggle of working-class rural youth for recognition and belonging at a metropolitan university
Research studies have repeatedly reported the under-representation of rural youth in higher education, mainly focusing on their aspirations as well as opportunities and barriers to accessing univer...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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📘 The latest issue of Educational Review explores parental engagement, curriculum innovation, PE in alternative schools, wellbeing policy gaps, teacher identity, academic integrity, and more—across global contexts!
🔗 Read the issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cedr20/7...
#EducationResearch
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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📚 'The “problem” of teacher quality: exploring challenges and opportunities in developing teacher quality during the Covid-19 global pandemic in England' - an article in the @ucl.ac.uk UN #SDG4 Collection on #ScienceOpen:

🖇️ #ILD2025 #TeacherEducation #TeacherQuality #EducationPolicy
The “problem” of teacher quality: exploring challenges and opportunities in developing teacher quality during the Covid-19 global pandemic in England
Teachers and teacher education are often presented as “problems” to be solved, with policy solutions that focus on ways to make teachers “better” and improve teacher “quality” by introducing prescriptive strategies.
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September 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Some working-class student teachers seem to act as ‘chameleons’ when training, occupying different social class-spaces and keeping a foot in all camps www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - st20275432@outlook.cardiffmet.ac.uk.
Chameleoning to fit in? Working class student teachers in Ireland performing differential social class identities in their placement schools
This paper is about social class and the teaching profession. While class has long been a core focus in the Sociology of Education, little attention has been paid to how it is conceived and enacted...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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New paper! Coproducing a school-based mental health literacy programme: exploring the views and experiences of primary school children in North-West England.

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Coproducing a school-based mental health literacy programme: exploring the views and experiences of primary school children in North-West England
The last decade has seen a growth in school-based mental health promotion and prevention programmes alongside an increasing expectation that the design and research of such programmes should be co-...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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@jpelonga.bsky.social and I have written a blog about our newly published book 'Educational Leadership and Critical Realism' with thanks to @crnetwork.bsky.social and @tandfresearch.bsky.social for their support #Critical #Realism #Leadership #Education
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM