From: "Fleetwood, Steve" <s.fleetwood-AT-lancaster.ac.uk>
Subject: BHA: Bhaskar
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 15:43:35 -0000


I would like to make the following conference details available to the
subscribers to the Bhaskar list





International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) Annual Conference


CRITICAL REALISM: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?


Lancaster University Management School
Department of Behaviour in Organisations
Lancaster
United Kingdom


Friday - Sunday,  August 18-20th  2000

Organiser: Steve Fleetwood

For further details, see the web page 
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/bino/

Call for papers

What difference does critical realism make to anything?  This  question
provides the theme for this year's annual IACR  conference.   How in particular
does critical realism help with  understanding and critiquing alternative
philosophical perspectives,  theorising reality at a substantive level, or with
practical  interventions in the world in which we live? 

In terms of research orientation one of the recognised strengths of critical
realism is its trans-disciplinarity. The 2000 conference aims  to develop this
strength by inviting those working in areas such as  Biology, Economics,
Environmentalism, Feminism, Industrial  Relations, Management Studies,
Marketing, Marxism, Organisation  Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Politics,
Psychology, Sociology or  whatever, to explore the ways in which critical
realism does (or  does not) make a difference to their work. 

Papers are invited, therefore, from all disciplines and walks of life,  and may
be situated at the meta-theoretical, theoretical and/or  practical level.   


*	Deadline for 150 word abstracts: 01 April 2000

*	Deadline for papers: 24 July 2000. Contributors are asked to keep their
papers below 8,000 words and work in progress is very much welcome. In order to
enhance the quality of discussion during the conference all papers will be
available at the start of the conference.

Financial assistance
Potential contributors from developing countries who might not have the funds
to finance the trip to the UK are encouraged to apply for financial assistance
when they submit their abstract. Applications will be judged on merit. 


Speakers include:

Margret Archer
Roy Bhaskar
Andrew Collier
Tony Lawson
Alan Norrie
Doug Porpora
Andrew Sayer



STEVE FLEETWOOD

Dept of Behaviour in Organisations
Lancaster University Management School
Lancaster LA1 4YX
Tel:  01524 594040
Fax: 01524 594060

 


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