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 Heredia, María José Ruiz-Rivera, Fausto Alejandro Tingo Proaño & María Ángeles Cevallos Castells (2025) - Los Retos de la Descentralización en la Gobernanza Escolar: Algunos Aprendizajes de la Experiencia del Modelo Integral Unidades Educativas del Milenio de Ecuador - Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33 - doi: 10.14507/epaa.33.8300 - [link]
- 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 (2024) - Book Review: Translating global ideas: how policy legacies and domestic politics shape education governance in latin america by Claudia Díaz-Ríos, New York, State University of New York Press, 2024 - Journal of Education Policy, 39 (6), 1049-1050 - doi: 10.1080/02680939.2024.2395676
- Juan David Parra (2024) - Book review: Leadership from the Middle: The Beating Heart of Educational Transformation by Andy Hargreaves - Comparative Education Review, 68 (3), 513-515 - doi: 10.1086/730980
- 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
- Juan David Parra, Carmen Ricardo, Mónica Borjas & Jorge Valencia (2020) - Potencial de la educación a distancia para reducir brechas de aprendizaje en educación superior: Una mirada al caso colombiano - American Journal of Distance Education, 34 (2) - doi: 10.1080/08923647.2020.1756024
- Juan David Parra (2020) - Sobre la (im)posibilidad del orden social espontáneo como mecanismo rector de las sociedades de mercado - Economía & Región, 14 (1) - [link]
- Juan David Parra & Carola Hernández (2019) - Classroom observation in context: an exploratory study in secondary schools from Northern Colombia - Revista Brasileira de Educacao, 24
- Juan David Parra (2019) - El arte del muestreo cualitativo y su importancia para la evaluación y la investigación de políticas públicas: una aproximación realista - Revista Opera, 25 (Julion-Diciembre)
- Juan David Parra (2019) - "El mercado" y la frágil retórica libertaria - Economía & Región, 13 (1) - [link]
- Juan David Parra Heredia (2024) - The school improvement maze. A multi-level analysis of educational reform in Catalonia (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - Benjamin Radley, Juan David Parra Heredia, C Embido Bejeno, Wendy Harcourt, Christina Sathyamala, E Smidt, T Soukotta & Yazid Zahda (2015) - Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic
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
1104 Politics, Power and Development
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-1104-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
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
