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CIRcUL - Centre for Implementation Research at UL @circul.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We are delighted to announce our tkeynote speakers for our upcoming conference, three world-renowned voices in Implementation Science: Professor Carl May, Professor in Health Systems Implementation, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. @carlrmay.bsky.social

arerial view of the UL campus and the wording Conference ‘Making It Work: The Practice and Power of Implementation Science’
4 & 5 June 2026
@ University of Limerick

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Once upon a time, some of my PhD students put my comments on their draft chapters and papers into a book. Those were very happy days indeed.

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Bianca Albers, PhD @balbers.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Thanks IS

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Prof Victoria J Palmer (She/Her) on Wurundjeri Country @victoriajpalmer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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.

Picture of the ALIVE National Centre team talking co-design at the Academic Australasian Association for Primary Care conference with Jennifer Bibb, Alicia King, Candice Peart, Elise Dettmann, Victoria Palmer. Hand drawn images of mechanisms of change in background by Natalie Seilar.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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

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CIRcUL - Centre for Implementation Research at UL @circul.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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

Professional Diploma in Participatory Health Research.

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Nadina Peters @nadpet.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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

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Annette Boaz @annetteboaz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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

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Annette Boaz @annetteboaz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

@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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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!

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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!

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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…

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Lisa Robinson @drlisa-ahp.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Kasia Patynowska @kpatynowska.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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

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Kasia Patynowska @kpatynowska.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

'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

Slide with presentation stating:
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"

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

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.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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Celia Laur, PhD @celialaur.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/12/2024

'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 📚

Cover image of Experimental Sociology by Barrera, Gërxhani, Kittel, Miller and Wolbring.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

All we need now are our guests!

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Dr Jenny Baverstock @jbaverstock.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Time to change this

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Important News. November is Manatee awareness month.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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

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Islands and Beaches in Science and Technology Studies - Warwick Anderson, 2024

The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annually awards the John Desmond Bernal Prize to one or more individuals who have made distinguished contribution...

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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!

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

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.

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

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

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Carl May @carlrmay.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

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.

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