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Dr J Cruickshank Applications accepted all year round Self-Funded PhD Students Only

About the Project

Recent social theory and philosophy of the social sciences has taken a turn to ‘ontology’ with critical realism being a prominent perspective, influencing theoretical work and empirical work based on the structure – agency dualism. This project seeks to explore how critical realism may be revised and changed to make it more useful to empirical research in the social sciences.

This is just one example of the sort of project that might be available. The precise project will be decided upon in consultation with the supervisor.

Please see Dr Cruickshank’s staff profile at:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/staff/profiles/cruickshank-justin.aspx

Funding Notes

Students with a strong proposal may be eligible to apply for a bursary from the School of Government and Society.

You can search for sources of funding at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding
For details of the funding available and advice on making your application, please contact:
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Investigating Social Ontology – Revising Critical Realism to Improve Empirical Research in the Social Sciences

University of Birmingham School of Social Policy