Just get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD relating to any of the topics I work on: social practice theory, energy and policy, everyday life, consumption, material culture, infrastructures, space, time and a whole lot more.
Current PhD students
Robert Jones – dairy farming, governance, rules and practices, co supervised with Stanley Blue.
Michael Greenhough – seasonal practices, flexibility and energy demand. Co-supervised with Stanley Blue.
Recently completed
Hannah Stoddart – first aid, social situations, responses, sociology of help, co-supervised with Stanley Blue and Emily Oliver of the British Red Cross
Charlie Southerton – office technologies and office work, material culture and practice, co-supervised with Nicola Spurling and Alice Cliff of Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (M.Phil)
Torik Holmes – space, social practices, infrastructures, urban, Manchester, co-supervised with Stanley Blue
Carolynne Lord (2019) – tablet computers, integration, social practices, photography co-supervised with Janine Morley and Stanley Blue
Joe Gillett – Running and swimming:A materialized account of careers and practices (2018) co-supervised with Nicola Spurling