Materials for the Practice Theory Course

A conversation between Stanley Blue, Elizabeth Shove and Mike Kelly on some of the practical and also conceptual challenges involved in promoting ‘practice oriented’ public policy.

Professor Mike Kelly is a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge and was previously the Director of the Centre for Public Health at the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) between 2004 and 2014.

He is also the co-author with Stan and Elizabeth of the articles on which this conversation is based:

Blue S, Shove E, Carmona C, and Kelly M. P. 2016. ‘Theories of Practice and Public Health: Understanding (Un)Healthy Practices’. Critical Public Health, 26 (1): 36-50; and

Blue S, Shove E, and Kelly M. P. Under Review. ‘Obese Societies: Reconceptualising the Challenge for Public Health’.

Public Policy and Practice Theory - A Conversation with Mike Kelly

Practice Theory Podcast