The fundamental laws of crime and why I’m not a critical sociologist
Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash This post was inspired by reading David Buil-Gil and Patricia Saldaña-Taboada’s article cited below….
What’s on my dekstop
The best software is accessible, extensible and community supported. However because reasons we tend to end up with tools that…
Doodling theory
As part of the textbook ‘Dead White Men and Other Important People’, authored with my great PHD supervisor Ralph Fevre,…
Ask not ‘what is my PhD about?’ ask ‘Why am I doing this PhD?’
I wrote this because one of the most persistent and grief inducing questions I ask in supervisions is ‘what is…
Research heuristic: what device is it
The researcher’s kitbag should include several analytical heuristics you can apply to your case. These are not ready made pop…
Can you choose your PhD supervisor?
Clue: No I want to supplement some of the advice given to PhD students about their supervision team. There are…
Questions to orient yourself to ontology
The purpose of the exercise is to help you work out your ontological positioning. The reason I have done it…
Simulated theory – Engaging students creatively in doing sociological theory
Students taking sociology courses are can be very successful at absorbing empirical data and understanding the dynamics of everyday life…
Discover lives as lived: create puzzlement and elaborate your bafflement
The researcher stance should be one of polite but informed puzzlement and a willingness to learn from the world. A…
An introvert’s guide to the academic conference. Yes, ‘conference’ means ‘converse’ so saddle up
… it just happens to be one where everyone is silently watching, and judging 👍 To the introvert an academic…
