New implementation strategy taxonomy, grounded in Normalization Process Theory - terrific work led by @carlrmay.bsky.social and band - I enjoyed and am proud of having played second fiddle 🙃 #ImpSci #NPT

New in Implementation Science: An international collaboration led by @carlrmay.bsky.social turned NPT into a set of 24 theory-linked + 96 micro-strategies, grounded in the actual work of implementation. Actionable. Empirical. Adaptable. Link: doi.org/10.1186/s130... #implementation #NPT

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A quick workshop (brief since the conference organisers gave us 45 minutes!) on the explanatory theoretical model of change for codesign mh.bmj.com/content/45/3... with some of the team from @alivenational.bsky.social @candicepeart.bsky.social @aliciaking.bsky.social Jennifer Bibb, Elise Dettmann.

Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: implementation strategies derived from normalization process theory #impsci implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Coming soon. Implementation strategies derived from an evidence synthesis of studies informed by Normalization Process Theory. In @ImplementSci, soon.

The Participatory Health Research Unit at @unioflimerick.bsky.social has launched a new Postgrad Diploma in Participatory Health Research. If you're interested in advanced participatory research methods to support Implementation Science, this course is for you. More info: lnkd.in/dr5uEquC #ImpSci

The Samurai Bear, the superhero of #impsci and a friend of @carlrmay.bsky.social, had a very important message at the #EIE2025: “TRUST is the glue that links people, things and their contexts”. @implementeic.bsky.social

What a treat to see @carlrmay.bsky.social live at the European Implementation conference #EIE2025

Great keynotes from Carl May and Annette Boaz to kick off #EIE2025. Lots of food for thought re the evolution of implementation science, its role in informing policy and practice, and opportunities for the future.

@tracyfinch.bsky.social presents results of a study of the use of NOMAD NPT tool in published studies- concluding the measures are both psychometrically sound and pragmatic. NOMAD has been used in different ways - measuring, describing, predicting and measuring #EIE2025 @carlrmay.bsky.social

Time spent theorizing with @vmontori.bsky.social is always fun and never wasted.

Looking forward to introducing Normalization Process Theory to the US DECIPHER Collaborative tomorrow (25 February) at 12 PM EST. This is a talk I'm always delighted to give!

Sociologist? Interested in technology and social relations? Then this is a book for you!

And it’s out! The 7th edition of How to Read a Paper, coauthored with new blood in the shape of my ex PhD student Paul Dijkstra @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social. So good working with you on this Paul!

Dreadful news: we have lost David Lynch. And I am in a restaurant where I will get anything but a damn fine cup of coffee…

Day 3 of ‘The Future of Evaluation in Health & Social Care’ @northumbriaideas.bsky.social Enjoyed listening to the 🙌🏼 always-inspirational 🙌🏼 @carlrmay.bsky.social & @tracyfinch.bsky.social sharing their knowledge & expertise surrounding process evaluation of complex interventions 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Intervention changes the context in which it's implemented. @carlrmay.bsky.social #evaluation conference. @northumbriaideas.bsky.social

@smith56778.bsky.social I'm the wrong person to follow, then. I fear that it will lead to nothing but disappointment for you.

'An intervention is never just a thing-in-itself. Complex interventions have many moving parts, but they also have many different effects. These effects shape important aspects of the contexts in which the intervention is being evaluated" @carlrmay.bsky.social @northumbriaideas.bsky.social

In the context of such vast stretches of time and distance, we might as well not measure our own existence.

The NHS and my fellow tax-payers have spent £27,000 on my meds over the past 12 months. It’s great to be alive, so thanks.

To all our friends, around the world, @ChrisM11.bsky.social and I wish you peace and light in 2025!

Some personal news: @chrism11.bsky.social and I have been happily married for 40 years today.

Hi - I just joined BlueSky. I’m interested in implementation science, sustainability, spread and scale. Any recommendations on who I should follow? Thank you!

For those who aren't familiar with Marx's notion of the manufacture of false needs, here's a useful example.

It's always worth listening to @vmontori.bsky.social - here's an opportunity to attend a free webinar. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

'Experimental Sociology' by Davide Barrera, Klarita Gërxhani, Bernhard Kittel, @luismmiller.bsky.social & @tobiaswolbring.bsky.social. Gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, different designs, and methodological controversies in experimental sociology. 📚 cup.org/3Cld4M6 📚

All we need now are our guests!

Time to change this

For anyone interested in food in the city of Southampton come join in www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sou...

My lovely friend @lisetteschoonhoven.bsky.social, welcome to the land where the skies are blue and where currently, at least, there is a joyful absence of fascism and pornography.

Here's a really nice paper about the normalization of remote consultation in Sweden during the COVID Pandemic. Check it. #NPTheory doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Important News. November is Manatee awareness month.

Normalisation process theory from Carl May, Tracy Finch et al normalization-process-theory.northumbria.ac.uk/theory-behin...

Come and join the NPT Family, its an implementation theory that sort of works. Also, lovely people.

The text of my Bernal Prize lecture has now appeared in @sthv.bsky.social open access. A brief account of intellectual development and postcolonial science studies. Pleased to appear in a special issue dedicated to my dear friend Adele Clarke #STS #histstm #histsci

Just delighted to have introduced Normalization Process Theory to the Institute for Implementation Science at the University of Texas School of Public Health @UTH_Imp_Sci. Great questions, electronic hospitality, and lovely to ever so briefly touch base with @Maria_e_prof!

Interestingly, the US Democrats and the UK Conservatives now face exactly the same problem. Reconnecting with the electorate thru rebuilding their beliefs, values, and policy preferences after catastrophic electoral failure.

Remarkable news at the end of the week. I have just been told that there are now around 5000 published protocols, empirical studies, reviews, dissertations & theses that have used Normalization Process Theory & recorded on pukka bibliographic data-bases. #sociology

I'm giving a hybrid talk on innovation, equity, and implementation for the Health Systems Collaborative at Green Templeton College, Oxford University on Tuesday 3 September, at 5pm BST. Feel free to join online. Details below.

The soil and climate in Southampton (England) create a perfect environment for Magnolias. Here is one of mine: M stellata rosea

I'm very sorry to hear that Paul Wallace has left us. A pioneer of telemedicine and ehealth research, a great clinical collaborator with sociologists like me, and a lovely bloke. His comments as a critical friend did much to shape the first iterations of Normalization Process Theory, too.

Explaining hermeneutic reviews to a student this afternoon, I remarked that @trishgreenhalgh and Co had done a rather good one. The student replied, 'of course she has, I don't know why the rest of you bother'. doi.org/10.1186/s128...