My monograph is finally published online today. I am exhausted just thinking about it. Thanks to my former PhD supervisor Howard and to @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social who got me over the line (eventually). In the context of a teacher supply crisis, I ask: what makes a good teacher and who decides?

Here is our new piece in Lancet Planetary Health on the #WellbeingEconomy and public health, thanks to @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social for leading this :-)

An inventory of Margaret Archer’s publications from her 1967 PhD thesis to her 2024 posthumous book ‘Morphogenesis answers its critics’ has been compiled by the Centre for Social Ontology, which she founded in 2011. This blog explains more with suitable CR epistemic humility

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The one Downing Street resident you can always count on (Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)

Excited to be starting our second phase researching with children and their NDEs in paediatric intensive care. Children can report a soothing darkness that may be similar with the midnight sun of consciousness found in mystical writings. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The bodily roots of conscious experiences in early life “We present evidence speaking in favour of fairly sophisticated forms of early sensorimotor integration of bodily signals and self-generated actions already being established in utero.” academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... #philsky #philsci

The latest addition to the FH multimedia universe: The podcast, where contents are discussed in an entertaining dialogue format. Each episode can be streamed & downloaded in English & German. Here is the introduction (in English): forbiddenhistories.podbean.com/e/introducti... Enjoy!

The authors contend that critical realism enables social work to achieve its highest potential, harmonizing with the field's core values to catalyze profound transformation and fulfill its most ambitious ideals.

“Even the smallest contribution made towards a clearer understanding of one’s own position or that of one’s opponent – is a great success. A discussion which you win but which fails to help you to change or to clarify your mind at least a little should be regarded as a sheer loss” (Popper, 1994).

Pleased to report that my manuscript for ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer: A Preliminary Appraisal’ has now been approved for publication.

Very pleased that my paper 'Segmenting Ontology' is out in Synthese doi.org/10.1007/s112... On the relationship between quantum, material and social reality.

Interested in writing an article or review for #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine, published by the British Psychoanalytic Council? Listen to this new podcast with Emmanuelle Smith (Co-Editor), Niamh Downes (Managing Editor) & me (Co-Editor) re how to pitch s301.podbean.com/pb/653013c43...

In this article, I clarify misunderstandings of #CriticalRealism and defend its relevance to psychology’s #ReplicationCrisis. By challenging methodologism and proposing exploratory stratified contextualism, I offer a more ontologically grounded approach to #psychology. doi.org/10.1177/0959...

Our book with prof. Stephen Ball @ioe.bsky.social is an invitation to think education differently. Enjoy!

Did you have 'strange' experiences as a child? Ever wondered what children's experiences can tell us about who we are? @bernardokastrup.bsky.social @essentia foundation www.collectiveinkbooks.com/essentia-boo...

Wallace’s new-found spiritualism suggested an answer: some guiding agency helping humanity along. Darwin’s response was unsurprising: ‘But I groan over Man—you write like a metamorphosed (in retrograde direction) naturalist!’

Oh look, I wrote another blog post! 😅 www.forbiddenhistories.com/2025/05/jame...

It has been a busy semester, but I’ve had a few great podcast chats lately. First up: a conversation with Epistemic Alchemy on metamodern scholarship, pedagogy, & above all what it means to think seriously in strange times. Give it a listen! mraei1974.podbean.com/e/metamodern...

Can psychology progress without rethinking reality itself? This podcast explores Bhaskar’s critical realism—from stratified ontology to the ground state—and its implications for the replication crisis and beyond. Listen: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wpmsx-... #CriticalRealism #Ontology #ReplicationCrisis

It should therefore go without saying that we can’t just buy into the verdict of a famed intellectual on controversial and inherently polarizing issues, just because it happens to be in line with our own presuppositions.

This article builds on Thrupp’s realist analysis, using critical realism’s morphogenetic approach to reveal how layered contexts and historical structures shape education policy, while also enabling resistance to dominant neoliberal agendas. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #CriticalRealism

Can psychology progress without rethinking reality itself? This podcast explores Bhaskar’s critical realism—from stratified ontology to the ground state—and its implications for the replication crisis and beyond. Listen: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wpmsx-... #CriticalRealism #Ontology #ReplicationCrisis

Published this week, my new book - Expanding the Limits of Individual and Family Therapies: A Critical Realist Approach. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...