Outputs (2)

Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences. The state of the art (2013)
Book
Byrne, D., & Callaghan, G. (2013). Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences. The state of the art. Routledge

Evaluating Complex Social Interventions in a Complex World (2013)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2013). Evaluating Complex Social Interventions in a Complex World. Evaluation, 19(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389013495617

The social world is complex and emergent. Inquiry, directed towards establishing universal empirical regularities (i.e. nomothetic inquiry), cannot establish causality in such a world. We can never assign a causal effect to any intervention without a... Read More about Evaluating Complex Social Interventions in a Complex World.