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Mark Edwards
Social scientist and prominent meta-theorist focused on integrative meta-studies, methodology, and sustainability; author and editorial board member of the Integration journal who provides the episode's substantive expertise.
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Jan 28, 2026
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What Is Meta-Studies? w/ Mark Edwards, Nick Hedlund, & Brendan Graham Dempsey
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Mark Edwards, social scientist and leading meta-theorist who studies integrative meta-studies and sustainability, joins to clarify what metatheory is and why disciplined methods matter. He explains the difference between method and methodology. The conversation covers scientific tools for big-picture theory, the role of absence and pluralism, indigenous knowledge, critiques of altitude-based models, and meta-studies as a response to the metacrisis.
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