ORCID
- P. J. Wall: 0000-0002-5859-4425
Keywords
Development studies, critical realism, methodology, philosophy, pragmatism
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Publication Date
2024-12-03
Publication Title
Development Studies Research
Volume
12
Issue
1
Deposit Date
2025-08-08
Funding
The Fairwork action research reported here was financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (ES/S00081X/1), and Canada's International Development Research Centre. Initial presentation of pragmatist-critical realism was made at the May 2019 conference, Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and published in the conference proceedings. This work was supported by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung; Economic and Social Research Council: [Grant Number ES/S00081X/1]. The Fairwork action research reported here was financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (ES/S00081X/1), and Canada's International Development Research Centre. Initial presentation of pragmatist-critical realism was made at the May 2019 conference, Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and published in the conference proceedings.
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Recommended Citation
Heeks, Richard; Wall, P. J.; and Graham, Mark, "Pragmatist-critical realism as a development studies research paradigm" (2024). Research Outputs: 2025-Present. 11.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/buschrsmro/11