In this introduction I first say what is special about being „realist‟ in social research. Juan David Parra, Elias Said-Hung, Juny Montoya-Vargas, (Re)introducing critical realism as a paradigm to inform qualitative content analysis in causal educational research , International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 10.1080/09518398.2020.1735555, (1-15), … In seeking an alternative philosophy of science, the purpose of this paper is to explore how critical realism – meta-theoretical position that has been somewhat absent to date in SEH research – might offer qualitative researchers a new conceptual framework with which greater interdisciplinarity and impact can be achieved. Realism research philosophy relies on the idea of independence of reality from the human mind. Amber J. Fletcher. Critical realism has been an important advance in social science methodology because it develops a qualitative theory of causality which avoids some of the pitfalls of empiricist theories of causality. This philosophy is based on the assumption of a scientific approach to the development of knowledge. Direct realism, also known as naive realism, can be described as “what you see is what you get”[1]. Keywords: IS research, critical realism, retroduction, mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative methods, econometric modeling, qualitative enquiry Introduction The growing diversity in information systems (IS) research and the increasing popularity of mixed methods approaches, involving the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods Critical Realism, Dialectics, and Qualitative Research Methods. Applying critical realism in qualitative research: methodology meets method. It is not the aim of this Critical realism deals with ontology! Mixed Methods: Critical Realism Considered Most Suitable! Critical realist migrantization research is multi-methodological and provides an interdisciplinary framework for conducting mixed-method social research on ‘migration’. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Critical realism has been developed by the British Philosopher Ray Bhaskar as a result of combining separate philosophies: transcendental realism, which is a philosophy of science, and critical naturalism, which is a philosophy of the social sciences. Frank Bogna, Aldo Raineri, Geoff Dell, Critical realism and constructivism: merging research paradigms for a deeper qualitative study, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 10.1108/QROM-06-2019-1778, ahead-of-print, ahead-of-print, (2020). Published qualitative and mixed methods studies drawing on critical realism will be shared as materials on-site and used in small-group discussions to understand how critical realist research is … Then I give glimpses of the main methodological lessons that Applying critical realism in qualitative research: methodology meets method Applying critical realism in qualitative research: methodology meets method The incorporation of a critical realist methodology added a focus on history, context and mechanisms. It aims to discover, uncover or indicate how various causal powers – of structural, discursive/cultural and agential character – interact and produce certain outcomes. Abstract. Realism can be divided into two groups: direct and critical. Yes! Method triangulation means critical realism is associated with mixed‐methods research: combining qualitative and quantitative methods (see Figure 2, adapted from Zachariadis, Scott, & Barrett, 2013). The modified framework used a multilevel approach that used critical realist mixed-method research to examine not only outcomes, but … Critical Realist Explorations in Methodology Wendy Olsen School of Social Science, University of Manchester This set of articles aims to foster more realist research in social science.