Dr Stanley Blue
Senior LecturerProfile
Current roles include:
- Deputy Head - Sociology, Lancaster;
- Co-Director -
- Editor - ;
- Convenor - SOCL101: The Sociological Imagination.
Current Research
My research is at the intersection of practice theory and the philosophy of process, with a particular interest in time, social organisation, and the transformation of everyday life. I have developed these ideas in relation to the sociology of consumption, with empirical work focused on areas that include energy demand and public health.
My monograph Practice Theory and Process Philosophy: Towards a Sociology of Becoming is forthcoming with in September (2025), and I am also a co-author with Elizabeth Shove and Mike Kelly of a forthcoming (in press) book entitled Practice Theory and the Biosocial: Microbes, Matter, and Milieu, Berghahn.
Looking ahead, my research continues to explore the implications of practice and process thinking for public health - particularly in relation to the organisation and transformation of what are often referred to as non-communicable diseases.
For more information on my current and past projects, publications, talks, and engagement work, please visit my Personal Website.
Web Links
You can find links to my recent papers and projects; initatives I'm involved in, and various profiles here: .
Additional Information
Academic collaborations include:
Editor, Journal of Practice Theory (2024 - present);
Co-Director, Centre for Practice Theory at Lancaster (2021-present);
Co-I, Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (2018-2023);
Research Fellow, DEMAND Centre, 四虎影院 (2015-2017);
Affiliated with the Norah Fry Institute at the University of Bristol (2015-2017);
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT, Melbourne (Oct-Dec 2016);
Member of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester (2013-2015).
PhD Supervision Interests
I would be happy to work with students whose projects relate to my research interests, including work on theories of practice, time, space, rhythm, materiality, embodiment, habit, consumption, demand, mobility, energy, travel, and public health, smoking, obesity, and exercise.
01/06/2025 → 30/06/2025
Research
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2023
Research
01/04/2018 → 31/12/2023
Research
01/05/2013 → 30/06/2019
Research
Participation in conference - Business/Professional
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Invited talk
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Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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Business Engagement
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Member of Advisory Panel
Invited talk
Member of Advisory Panel
Business Engagement
Invited talk
Visiting an external academic institution
Business Engagement
Invited talk
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Invited talk
Invited talk
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prize (including medals and awards)
- DEMAND - Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand