Biography
My area of focus for research and teaching lies in the intersection of social ontology (which includes exploring the ontology of critical realism and its implications in the social sciences) and international political economy. I delve into education policy, governance analysis, and applied realist evaluation. Additionally, I have published reflections on qualitative research methodologies.
I hold a PhD in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies at EUR and a Master's in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.
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Work
- Juan David Parra & Bent Edwards (2024) - Challenging the gold standard consensus: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and their pitfalls in evidence-based education - Critical Studies in Education, 65 (5), 513-530 - doi: 10.1080/17508487.2024.2314118 - [link]
- Juan David Parra (2023) - Qualitative economics and the opportunity to push for heterodoxy in the classroom - doi: 10.4324/9781003451990-11 - [link]
- Juan David Parra (2023) - Realist evaluation and its role in the stages of explanatory research based on critical realism - Journal of Critical Realism, 22 (5), 859-881 - doi: 10.1080/14767430.2023.2251816 - [link]
- Juan David Parra & Camilo Vieira (2023) - El pensamiento de diseño la evaluación de políticas e intervenciones sociales: hacia un diálogo "realista" - Desafíos
- Juan David Parra & Brent Edwards (2023) - Systems, complexity and realist evaluation: reflections from a large-scale education policy evaluation in Colombia. - doi: 10.4337/9781802205930.00021
- Juan David Parra (2022) - Decentralisation and school-based management in Colombia: An exploration (using systems thinking) of the Full‐Day Schooling programme - International Journal of Educational Development, 91 (102579) - doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102579 - [link]
- Juan David Parra (2022) - Book Review: Recentralisation in Colombia by Julián D. López-Murcia - LSE Book Reviews
- Juan David Parra (2021) - El pensamiento de sistemas; una ruta hacia el liderazgo y la transformación educativa - Zona Próxima
- Juan David Parra, Elías Said-Hung & Juny Montoya-Vargas (2021) - (Re)introducing critical realism as a paradigm to inform qualitative content analysis in causal educational research - International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 34 (2)
- Juan David Parra (2021) - Sobre el uso de la evidencia y la validez externa en la evaluación de intervenciones sociales: una mirada crítica - Colombia Internacional, 105
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-24-25
4182 Comparative Public Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4182-24-25
4381 Politics of Global Development
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4381-24-25
4281 Study Visit
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4281-24-25
4212 Contemporary Capitalism, Governance
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4212-24-25
4180 Governance and Institutions
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4180-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
1104 Politics, Power and Development
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-1104-24-25