Rob Archer

"Pulling new signal out of old noise."

Fascinating discussion of the importance of theory and theory change in science, and not just parapsychology... 🧵

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Event information for the Association for Psychosocial Studies 2026 Annual Conference. The top features a blue and red abstract ink-style banner and an infinity symbol logo. The title is "Trust, Mistrust and Community: Call for Papers," taking place 12-13th June 2026 at St Mary’s University, London. The text describes the psychosocial dynamics of trust, digital infrastructures, and "dystopian imaginaries." It invites submissions from clinicians and academics for papers and creative productions. A QR code is in the bottom right, and a dark blue banner at the bottom highlights the submission deadline: 8th March 2026.

The Association for Psychosocial Studies is extending the submission deadline for the 2026 Annual Conference, titled "Trust, Mistrust and Community."

The new deadline for all abstracts is now 8th March 2026.

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Frontiers | Future in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology Psychological science is at a crossroads. The last two decades has brought a range of fundamental issues into focus, including the replication crisis highlig...

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“How conceptual analysis, philosophical argument, and theoretical modelling can inform and reshape psychological inquiry across cognitive, developmental, and social domains”

Summary Due: 24/05/26

Submission Due: 11/09/26

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Being Part of a Tradition and Looking Towards an Exciting Future - Mindfield Bulletin by Gerhard Mayer, PA President

From the legacy of 1968 to today’s challenges, Gerhard Mayer, Research Fellow at IGPP, reflects on tradition, openness, and the future of #parapsychology where #consciousness #research meets new perspectives and global horizons.

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Brilliant 🤩 It’s fascinating how reality itself is often ignored in order to maintain materialist ontology.

Children, Ontology & Extraordinary Experience with Dr Donna Thomas YouTube video by Seeking I

Great conversation with Darren from the Seeking I podcast. We discuss children's strange experiences, the social world and what reality might be
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We've all heard about the replication crisis in psychology. But psychologists have been calling "crisis" for as long as the discipline has been around. Ali Teymoori and I look at this history and what it means for today's crisis. #philsky doi.org/10.1177/1089...

📣 Call for Papers: (Re-)Theorizing the Psyche

New Frontiers in Psychology Research Topic. Using the replication crisis as a lens on theory, ontology, methodology & epistemology in psychology.

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"The dance of managerialism and professionalism" by Xingyuan Gao

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"an engaging and timely contribution to the fields of educational management, leadership, administration, and policy."

Read Robert Archer's full #BookReview of "The dance of managerialism and professionalism" by Xingyuan Gao 👇

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My Psychoanalytical Turn: An Intellectual Biography This post was written by Claude (Anthropic’s AI assistant) based on reading approximately 40-50 of my blog posts to trace my intellectual trajectory. I asked Claude to document my “psyc…

Sociology + psychoanalysis: Mark Carrigan’s “My Psychoanalytical Turn” shows how Lacan, Margaret Archer, and Winnicott shaped his thinking. A reflective & unusually candid read. Highly recommend!

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A similar tension has emerged in the current discussions surrounding the replication crisis. Reformers in the open science movement emphasize reproducible and stable effects, such that experimental outcomes support drawing inferences about psychological phenomena. In contrast, challengers of direct replication argue that a lack of consistent experimental effects signifies either underdevelopment in the theoretical framework or variability across time, context, setting, and procedure, hinting at a flexible construction of the object of psychological investigation (cf. Feest, 2024; Morawski, 2022). Hence, the disagreement goes deeper than research practices and stems at least in part from different understandings of the ontological status of the psychic object (stable vs. flexible object).

"The disagreement goes deeper than research practices and stems at least in part from different understandings of the ontological status of the psychic object (stable vs. flexible object)."

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Why sociology?– comparing the driving forces behind university degree choice in Norway, Hungary and England This paper pinpoints the driving forces behind university degree choice in social sciences in three European countries. Using an international comparative design, the paper draws on both administra...

📜 ...another paper assigned to an issue now in @edreview.bsky.social, jointly with Meryem Betül YASDIMAN and Jenny Norris doi.org/10.1080/0013...

Why sociology?– comparing the driving forces behind university degree choice in Norway, Hungary and England

Research in Educational Administration and Leadership » Submission » Book Review: Educational Leadership and Critical Realism by Anthony Thorpe and Jean Pierre Elonga Mboyo

Very grateful for Prof Richard Niesche's review of Educational Leadership and Critical Realism (@tandfresearch.bsky.social) in REAL dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...
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Critical Realism for A level students - YouTube In these four short videos, Professor Priscilla Alderson and A level student Harry Hubbard introduce the critical realist approach to the social sciences.

Prof Priscilla Alderson and A level student Harry Hubbard have made a series of 4 short videos introducing Critical Realism for A level students: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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"(Re-)Theorizing the Psyche: Exploring Foundational Shifts in Psychological Science"

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The dance of managerialism and professionalism: a fresh perspective on educational systems and reform Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

New review in Educational Review: balancing managerialism with professionalism amounts to subtle apologism masking managerialism’s structural power as a neoliberal project.
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Call for papers for this special issue 'Investigating Extra-Sensory Experiences and Consciousness through Qualitative Research

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Oh no. I’m worried to ask if you did. I remember having to do send a selfie but certainly not credit card details. 😱

Odd. Fortunately, it was easy to do, which I hope was the case for you.

Yeah, but feels quite a while ago, Graham.

The dance of managerialism and professionalism: a fresh perspective on educational systems and reform Published in Educational Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

New review in Educational Review: balancing managerialism with professionalism amounts to subtle apologism masking managerialism’s structural power as a neoliberal project.
Free access:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CRTGG...
#Managerialism #EducationPolicy #EducationalLeadership #Professionalism

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