[TRBHealth] Fwd: CARES Workshop: Philosophy of Realist Evaluation October 15th-20th

For those of you who are interested in developing context-based evidence, realism is an emerging paradigm to explore. Realism asks: what works, for whom, under what circumstances, and by what mechanisms. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Justin Jagosh &lt;justin.jagosh(a)liverpool.ac.uk&gt; Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 2:01 AM Subject: CARES Workshop: Philosophy of Realist Evaluation October 15th-20th To: &lt;RAMESES(a)jiscmail.ac.uk&gt; PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove &#39;rameses(a)jiscmail.ac.uk&#39; from the 'To:' section of your email. Dear Colleagues, For those who may be interested I will be hosting a four-day online workshop: *Philosophy of Realist Evaluation, *on October 15th, 16th, 19th, and 20th from 5:00pm – 8:00pm (BST). This workshop is suitable for people new to realist methodology as well as experienced realist inquirers seeking to improve their ability to think through, communicate, and debate philosophical concepts related to Realist Evaluation. The workshop will encourage participants in the effort to grasp fundamental concepts related to Scientific Realism including Demi-Regularity, Abduction, Retroduction, CMO configuration, Middle-Range Theory, Abstraction, Emergence, Generative Causation and Counter-Factual logic. Through workshop exercises and interaction, participants will practice articulating and defending the realist approach and will become familiar with a retroductive line of thinking. Strengthening one’s philosophical foundation in realism can serve to resolve methodological issues and improve analytical process in realist inquiry. For more information about this workshop, or to register please visit: https://realistmethodology-cares.org/oct2020philosophyofrealistevaluation *Justin Jagosh, PhD* Director, Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis (CARES) www.realistmethodology-cares.org & Honorary Associate, University of Liverpool To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join -- Kelly Rodgers Executive Director, Streetsmart <http://welcome.thinkstreetsmart.org/> kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org 503.442.7165 Portland, OR *Please note I am working in Pacific Standard Time.*