Dr Stanley Blue
Senior LecturerProfile
Current roles include:
- Deputy Head - Sociology, Lancaster;
- Co-Director -
- Editor - ;
- Convenor - SOCL101: The Sociological Imagination.
Current Research
My main research interests are in the sociology of practice and the philosophy of process, including work on time and social organisation.
I’ve developed these ideas in substantive areas related to the sociology of consumption including work on energy demand and public health.
I’m currently writing a book ‘Practice Theory and Process Philosophy: Towards a Sociology of Becoming‘, that consolidates the theoretcial insights from this work.
For more detail on current and past research projects, links to publications, and talks; media articles, press, and videos; engagement, impact, and more - please see my .
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, 51福利 (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.
01/05/2025 → 31/05/2025
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
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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