This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then...

In the natural sciences, computational methods have become a central part of the research process. In disciplines as diverse as physics, cosmology, chemistry, and pharmacy, computer-based modeling drives scientific progress and has become a standard tool for scientific research (Morrison 2015)....

Drawing together a wealth of research methods knowledge gained by trust researchers into one essential volume, this book provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. This second edition of the...

Friedrich Hayek was a fervent advocate of the methodological specificity of the social sciences. However, given his contact with Karl Popper, several historians and philosophers have characterised his final position as Popperian, that is, a position that would have accepted the unity of the...

Purpose. The article seeks to give clarity and logical coherence to the methodological structure of research. It presents some logical evidence on the relationship between the philosophy of science and methodological design of management research. It concludes on the implications of the methods...

This article discusses the potentials and pitfalls of creating fiction as a social research method, through reflecting on the sociological crime fiction I wrote between 2015 and 2017. Following the ontological premise that our research methods produce rather than represent our objects of...