Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Sarah Kelsey
Senior Lecturer
Sarah is a Lecturer in Marketing at Leeds Business School. Particular research interests include supermarkets, grocery shopping, food waste, cooking and eating. Prior to this Sarah was a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Business and Law at Leeds Beckett University.
Academic Background
- MSc Human Geography. University of Nottingham
- MA Tourism and Leisure, University of Lancaster
- BA (Hons), Media Studies, University of Luton
Areas of Expertise
- Supermarkets, market devices, consumer insight and online consumer communities.
- Qualitative Research Methods and Evaluation Techniques (interviewing, focus groups, workshop facilitation etc.)
- Primary and secondary data analysis
Current Teaching
Dissertation Workshops and Supervision
Consumer Insight
Marketing Research
Information for Marketing
Individual Project
Research Interests
Current and Recent Project Work
- Yellow-sticker shopping
- Consumer survey of supermarket shopping habits
- Obesity communication research cluster development award
- Review of the Adviser Assessment Tool, DWP
- Job Outcome Target National Evaluation, DWP
- Reporting Local Authority Performance to Citizens, CLG
- Peer Review: a model for performance improvement? Performance Hub
- Follow-on Evaluation of Job Outcome Target Pilots
- Social Mobility Research Project, DWP
- UPBEAT (University Partnership to Benchmark Enterprise Activities and Technologies)
- Evaluation of Local Government Capacity Building Programme, CLG
- Call Off Contract to provide research and consultancy services for the Policy and Strategy Directorate of Yorkshire Forward
- BME Business Support Evaluation - Asian Trades Link, Bradford
- Evaluation of Multiple Provider Employment Zones, DWP
- Developing a Regional Intelligence Capability, Commission for Rural Affairs
- The Employability of Young People, The Prince's Trust
- Third Phase Evaluation of the Skills for Business Network - SSDA
- New Deal for Communities National Evaluation, Bradford Trident, ODPM
- Older Workers in the UK - Fair Play Partnership
Selected Outputs
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Nunn A; Kelsey S; Purcell M; Halliday S; Stevens A; Dowson L (2008) National Evaluation of the Capacity Building Programme in English Local Government: Overall Final Report [Online]. Department for Communities and Local Government.
Available from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/capacitybuildingprogramme
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Nunn A; Kelsey S; Purcell M; Halliday S; Stevens A; Dowson L (2008) National Evaluation of the Capacity Building Programme in English Local Government: Annex 1. Seven Case Studies: The Pilot Programme [Online]. Department for Communities and Local Government.
Available from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/capacitybuildingprogramme
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Nunn A; Jassi S; Kelsey S; Purcell M; Dowson L; Hawtin M; Halliday SA; Stevens A; Sweeting D; Evans L (2008) National Evaluation of the Capacity Building Programme in English Local Government: Evaluation of the National Programmes: Annex 2: Evaluation of the National Programmes [Online]. Department for Communities and Local Government.
Available from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/capacitybuildingprogramme
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Nunn A; Kelsey S; Purcell M; Halliday S; Stevens A (2008) National Evaluation of the Capacity Building Programme in English Local Government: Annex 3. Direct Support in Poor and Weak Local Authorities: Emerging findings [Online]. Department for Communities and Local Government.
Available from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/capacitybuildingprogramme
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Nunn A; Kelsey S; Purcell M; Halliday S; Stevens A; Dowson L (2008) National Evaluation of the Capacity Building Programme in English Local Government: Annex 4: Follow On Study of Progress in Seven Case Study Improvement Partnerships [Online]. Department for Communities and Local Government.
Available from: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/capacitybuildingprogramme
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Nunn A; Johnson S; Monro S; Bickerstaffe T; Kelsey S (2007) Factors Influencing Social Mobility: Department for Work and Pensions Research Report 450 [Online]. Department for Work and Pensions.
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Darlow A; Bickerstaffe T; Burden T; Green J; Jassi S; Johnson S; Kelsey S; Purcell M; South J; Walton F (2005) Researching Bradford: A review of social research on Bradford District [Online]. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Available from: http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/researching-bradford-review-social-research-bradford-district
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Kelsey S; Morris C; Crewe L (2018) Yellow-sticker shopping as competent, creative consumption. Area, 51 pp. 64-71.