David Byrne's Outputs (48)

Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space (2024)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. S. (2024). Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space. Frontiers in Complex Systems, 2, Article 1306328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcpxs.2024.1306328

The global socio-ecological system in the era of the Capitalocene—the world system created by the use of fossil fuels to provide energy for the development of a growth-oriented capitalist logic in all areas of production and consumption—is facing a s... Read More about Scenarios—using the complexity frame of reference to inform the construction of available futures in the possibility space.

Causation in complex systems where human agency is in play (2023)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2024). Causation in complex systems where human agency is in play. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27(3), 357-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2023.2173845

Conventional approaches to causation in the social sciences draw on approaches in the Philosophy of Science in which a causal force acts on cases and generates change in the form of events. This relies on just one of the Aristotelian conceptions of c... Read More about Causation in complex systems where human agency is in play.

Understanding Class in the Post-Industrial Era - Thoughts on Modes of Investigation (2020)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. S. (2020). Understanding Class in the Post-Industrial Era - Thoughts on Modes of Investigation. Frontiers in Sociology, 5, Article 39. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.00039

The essential character of social science is that is founded around an interaction between theoretical framings and empirical investigation. Class is one of the most salient framing concepts of the discipline, always central even if somewhat pushed i... Read More about Understanding Class in the Post-Industrial Era - Thoughts on Modes of Investigation.

The Statistics of Devolution (2019)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2019). The Statistics of Devolution. In J. Evans, S. Ruane, & H. Southall (Eds.), Data in Society: Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation (133-144). Policy Press

Researching Large Scale Complex Interventions (2018)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2018). Researching Large Scale Complex Interventions. In N. Emmel, J. Greenhalgh, A. Manzano, M. Monaghan, & S. Dalkin (Eds.), Doing Realist Research. SAGE Publications

Class after Industry (2018)
Book
Byrne, D. (2018). Class after Industry. Palgrave Macmillan

Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century (2017)
Book
Byrne, D., & Ruane, S. (2017). Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century. Policy Press

Explanation and Empirical Social Research (2016)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2016). Explanation and Empirical Social Research. In L. McKie, & L. Ryan (Eds.), An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology. Routledge

Energy Systems and Energy Related Practices (2016)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2016). Energy Systems and Energy Related Practices. In N. LaBanca (Ed.), Complex Systems and Social Practices in Energy Transitions (305-320). Springer Verlag

Response to Fugard and Potts: supporting thinking on sample sizes for thematic analyses: a quantitative tool (2015)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2015). Response to Fugard and Potts: supporting thinking on sample sizes for thematic analyses: a quantitative tool. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2015.1005455

Thoughts on a Pedagogy OF Complexity (2014)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2014). Thoughts on a Pedagogy OF Complexity

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.

Cluster Analysis (2012)
Book
Byrne, D., & Uprichard, E. (Eds.). (2012). Cluster Analysis. SAGE Publications

Useful Complex Causality (2012)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D., & Uprichard, E. (2012). Useful Complex Causality. In H. Kincaid (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science

UK Sociology and Quantitative Methods: Are We as Weak as They Think? Or Are They Barking up the Wrong Tree? (2012)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2012). UK Sociology and Quantitative Methods: Are We as Weak as They Think? Or Are They Barking up the Wrong Tree?. Sociology, 46(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038511419178

Getting up - Staying Up? - Exploring Trajectories in Household Incomes Between 1992 and 2006 (2012)
Journal Article
Byrne, D. (2012). Getting up - Staying Up? - Exploring Trajectories in Household Incomes Between 1992 and 2006. Sociological Research Online, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2601

Applying Social Science: The role of Social research in politics, policy and practice. (2011)
Book
Byrne, D. (2011). Applying Social Science: The role of Social research in politics, policy and practice. Policy Press

What is an effect? Coming at Causality Backwards. (2011)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2011). What is an effect? Coming at Causality Backwards. In M. Williams, & W. Vogt (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods (80-94). SAGE Publications

A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England. (2011)
Journal Article
Blackman, T., Wistow, J., & Byrne, D. (2011). A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England. Social Science & Medicine, 72(12), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.003

This study explores why progress with tackling health inequalities has varied among a group of local authority areas in England that were set targets to narrow important health outcomes compared to national averages. It focuses on premature deaths fr... Read More about A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Narrowing Health Inequalities in England..