Miss Selma Dogan

Research student

Selma Dogan is currently a PhD researcher in the School of Social Sciences investigating the contemporary widening access and participation mechanisms which encourage or impede mature students' retention and academic success in higher education, specifically in Wales. Her work is largely informed by Complex Realism (see Realism and Complexity in Social Science 2020) and Bourdieu's Cultural Reproduction Theory.

Selma is a regular contributor to the British Educational Research Association -- BERA Blog

Complex realism and educational research | BERA

Online in-depth interviewing: Covid-induced challenges | BERA

My research interests are informed by the application of Realist methodologies in educational research and how it reflects on the interpretation of research findings.

Other areas of interest include:

Qualitative and quantitative research methods in education
Educational theories
Foundations of social science research
Research design
The relationship between philosophy and empirical stages of educational research

Thesis

Mature Students in Welsh Higher Education: A Complex Realist Study of the Barriers

Malcolm Williams

Professor

Charlotte Brookfield

Senior Lecturer

Contact Details

DoganS2@cardiff.ac.uk

Research themes

Specialisms

Applications in social sciences and education
Applied sociology