Bibi van der Zee @bibivanderzee.bsky.social Guardian environment desk. Very fond of invertebrates. And corvids.
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com Editor of FT Alphaville, co-host of The Story of Money and author of Trillions and A Fabulous Debt. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
Future Narratives Lab @fnlab.bsky.social Nonprofit research initiative. Making new common sense futurenarrrativeslab.org
CommonGroundOrgUK @commongroundorguk.bsky.social The billionaires and their media are using hate and fear to divide communities and win power. We believe there’s more that unites than divides us and we’re having the conversations that prove it. www.commongroundorg.co.uk
Women's Aid Ireland @womensaidireland.bsky.social Leading national organisation, working to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse. 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800341900 www.womensaid.ie. RCN: 20012045
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
Ryan Edwards @ryanbedwards.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the Development Policy Centre at the ANU | Research on development, labor, trade, and the environment | Personal account, usual disclaimers
www.ryanbedwards.com
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social Professor of Economics
Ward Berenschot @wardb.bsky.social Political anthropologist - studies politics of Indonesia and India - writes about land conflicts between palm oil companies and rural Indonesians. KITLV & University of Amsterdam
Schona Jolly KC @womaninhavana.bsky.social All sorts of reluctance. From there to here. Barrister. Writer. Flâneuse.
Law. Human rights. International affairs. Opinions mine.
JamesSmithRF @jamessmithrf.bsky.social Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation. Previous lives at the Bank of England and in the civil service. Focussed on all things economic-policy related.
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and you’ll be blocked.
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Newsletter - wheresyoured.at
https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio
Chosen by god, perfected by science
CEO at EZPR.com
The Good Robot Podcast @goodrobotpod.bsky.social Join University of Cambridge researchers Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage for rich and lively conversations with activists, technologists, artists and philosophers about feminism and tech. New episode every two weeks!
Stephen Jarvis @stephenjarvis.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics at LSE. Posting mostly about energy/enviro research. https://stephenjarvis.github.io/
Gina Miller @thatginamiller.bsky.social Founder of SCM Direct & MoneyShe
Truth and compassion should not be needles in a haystack
Book 'RISE, Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall & Leading'
Civilla Detroit @civilladetroit.bsky.social Changing the way our public-serving institutions work through human-centered design 🛠❤️🔍
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social Investigative climate reporter. Ida Tarbell stan. Run Drilled.media, contrib lots of places. Author "Brought To You By" @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social. Pod: https://push.fm/fl/drilled. YT:@DrilledMedia. Signal: adubs.78.
Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social Human ecologist and Quaker, I share on social justice, environment, land reform, nonviolence and spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm. Honorary prof Glasgow Uni.
Hebrides and Govan.
www.AlastairMcIntosh.com
European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk Help us build a future in Europe.
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social "A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted." - HA Simon
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social Director of Strategy @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
Chatham House Asia-Pacific Programme @chasiapacific.bsky.social We conduct policy-relevant research on key political, economic, social & security issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.
Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social Food, farming, environment policy, just transition, research, strategy, talks, writing, blogs, books.
Passion for bugs
Author - 'Rebugging the Planet' & 'Perfectly Safe to Eat?'
Share≠agree
https://linktr.ee/vickihird
Works @WildlifeTrusts @britishwildlife
Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social Don't hate the media - change the media. We're engaging with advertisers to make media hate unprofitable.
💌Let's make hate cost more: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-hate
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Department of Peace Studies and International Development @bdpeaceintdev.bsky.social University of Bradford.
First Peace Studies Department in the UK.
Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social Investigations reporter at the Wall Street Journal, via Business Insider and The Seattle Times. katherine.long@wsj.com. Send tips on Signal: longka.38
Exmoor National Park @exmoornp.bsky.social Stunning landscapes, dark skies, and tranquillity. A warm rural welcome awaits you in Exmoor National Park
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Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
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Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social Historian of science, collecting, plants + museums // professor at Yale // PhD in History of Science from Princeton // writing books // contr. ed. at Public Domain Review // elaineayers.com
Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
Mike Tierney @miketierneyir.bsky.social Director William & Mary's Global Research Institute | Prof. of International Relations | TRIP Survey (Bridging Academic-Policy Gap) | AidData (China's Development Finance) | International Organizations | Beer | Miami Dolphins https://mjtierney.weebly.com
Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow
IDS and ICTD. 💚🐧
Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social Nature. Writer. Reader. Radical Rural.
Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB.
Award winning author, On Gallows Down & Ghosts of the Farm
Climate Fic Prize Judge 2025
North Wessex.
https://nicolachester.com/
https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
IIRR @iirr-us.bsky.social IIRR is one of the world's leading rural development nonprofits. Our mission is to empower rural people to build resilient communities and attain socioeconomic equity through creative and community-led action.
www.iirr.org
Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social Resurgence & Ecologist magazine has been at the forefront of the environmental and now regenerative movement for almost 60 years. Published by The Resurgence Trust, a small educational, UK charity: www.resurgence.org - championing and celebrating Nature.
Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social I was an academic economist for over 10 yrs (UMinn, TrinityU, UChicago) now I work as a researcher specializing in macro-system impacts of digital assets, money, & payments (crypto/stablecoins/CBDCs). #EconSky #Chicago
www.digitaleconomyconsulting.com
Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican.
tompepinsky.com
Febriana Isnaini @febisnaini.com Tired but over caffeinated. Digital marketer. Uma indonésia 🇮🇩 em Portugal 🇵🇹
Deena Mousa @deenamousa.com Global health & development at Open Philanthropy
https://newsletter.deenamousa.com/
Matt Pollard @mpollard.bsky.social Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Sarah Cooper @sarahlcooper.bsky.social Regional Development Director for Central Asia, FCDO.
Economic Governance, Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Resilience.
Silvia Masiero @silviahedley.bsky.social Associate prof #UniOslo, researching unfair #digitalID - #ICT4D, #platforms4d & their discontents - #homecooking posts👩🍳
Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social Prof. Critical Data & Technology Studies @ Goethe University Frankfurt / digital authoritarianism, surveillance, smart cities/
Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
*personal account*
Richard Dubourg @richarddubourg.bsky.social Economist. Academic, then consultant, then UK government, then EU regulator, now consultant again. Environment, health, crime. Mostly chemicals these days.
Woke. Remain. Proportional representation.
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
Murmur and Grit @murmurandgrit.bsky.social Global health and development ⭐️ Politics ⭐️ LGBTQIA+ news ⭐️ also probably other random things.
Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland.bsky.social Rights of nature & climate campaigner. Barrister & river guardian. Love trees & rivers; & working to defend, protect & restore them. Founder of @lawyersfornature.bsky.social & @riverroding.bsky.social
Vyv Hope-Scott @vyvhopescott.bsky.social Composer, artist, with post-Keynesian leanings. Bristol, UK. I noodle with synths, play keyboards (professionally), cello (badly), splash paint about, get cross when politicians say there's no money.
Dr Rose O’Neill @roseoneill.bsky.social Ceo Campaign for National Parks. Fighting for wilder National Parks in England and Wales.
Nature. Landscape. Rivers. Access. Social justice.
Tristan Eagling @teaglingdfid.bsky.social FCDO Climate and Food Security Adviser, general interest in intersection between climate and food systems, currently based in Accra.
Niche interest in metals in plants, both the good (minerals) and the bad (heavy metals) PhD in #biofortification
Annette Fisher @miniannette.bsky.social 🏴 🇳🇱 Accountability & Governance practitioner & researcher | International aid & development | Children’s Panel Member in Scotland | Founder & Director of Weans' Scran & Kitchin | cargo-bike/bakfiets owner | Glasgow-based | parent to a 4yr old
John Morgan @leafymorgan.bsky.social Work: International development | conflict states | good governance | trade
Play: Chelsea | travel | cooking, eating and drinking
David Bull CBE @davidnbull.bsky.social David Bull CBE, ex CEO Unicef UK & Amnesty International UK, leadership coach/mentor, consultant on charity & international development strategy & governance, Dep Chair of The Power of Nutrition, amateur photographer, interested in astronomy and genealogy.
David Kleimann @davidkleimann.bsky.social 🇪🇺 | PhD (EUI) | Trade, Climate, Industrial Policy | A spade is a spade | Personal Account
Jodie Keane @jodiekeane.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow ODI Global. Leading on trade and the environment, avoiding a "green squeeze". Former Trade/Economic Adviser Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
PhD SOAS Development Economics. Global/regional value chain, trade/growth nerd.
Jess Salter @jesssalt.bsky.social Media relations @bondngo.bsky.social - international development, UK aid, climate finance, international issues. Occasional music musings.
Loiner in London.
Manar Hassan | منار حسن @manarisms.bsky.social International aid and development. Conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Posts on Middle East, Africa, conflict, restorative justice, social movements, political transitions, and human rights. Views are my own.
Andrea Vaccaro @anvaccaro.bsky.social Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute • comparative politics • global development • www.vaccaroandrea.com
ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
ODI Trade and Economic Development @odi-trade.bsky.social Expert analysis on trade and economic development at @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/international-economic-development-group/
Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
Not that Peter Evans @peterevansguv.bsky.social development, governance, anti-corruption.
Evidence into policy & practice.
Ex Director U4 Anti-Corruption RC.
Ex FCDO
RTs not endorsing.
@jagooli.bsky.social @jagooli.bsky.social International aid worker with a knack for butter tarts
Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social Behavioral health scientist specializing in tech & infrastructure in international dev/aid. CEO of mWater & Solstice, the world's largest platform for managing water, sanitation, & health.
mwater.co
solsticeinstitute.com
Mom of 3, partner of @jfeighery
Brian Frydenborg, anti-fascist @bfry1981.bsky.social Journalist, academic, consultant with over 2 decades of experience in conflict analysis, public policy, politics, international development, humanitarian aid, foreign policy/affairs, history. Anti-fascist, pro-democracy https://realcontextnews.com/#donate
Martin Scott @martinscott2010.bsky.social Professor of Media and Global Development. Researching press freedom, international news and media influence on aid. University of East Anglia.
Axel Dreher @adreher.bsky.social Professor of International and Development Politics, Editor of RIO. #china, #aid, www.axel-dreher.de.
Julia Irwin @juliairwin.bsky.social Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*.
Manpreet Singh @manpreet1.bsky.social Work on global health and development strategy @gatesfoundation. Escaped doctor from the UK with a public health background. Dad to two kids. Opinions are mine (he/him)
Katrin Hafner @kahazu.bsky.social media relations, communications, journalist
@ helvetas.org, NGO for international development cooperation & humanitarian aid
Inese Vaivare @vaivarei.bsky.social Latvia/Baltics/🌍. CEO of national development NGO 🕸️, civic activist 📣, lecturer and teacher 📚
Civil protection | SDG16&17 | Community resilience | Global partnerships
Raj Thamotheram @rajtham.bsky.social Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists.
On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis.
If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker @j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social Head Migration and Displacement Hub @odi.global. Migration and social protection. Baking when not working.
Michael Clemens @mclem.org Economist and professor at School of Government & Policy, Johns Hopkins University. Fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics, IZA, CReAM, CGD. Assoc. Editor JEP. Personal views only.
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development
https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social 🌎 #socialprotection
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
Montenero Consulting @monteneroconsult.bsky.social Business account for @leafymorgan.bsky.social.
Mostly reposts of interesting aid/ international development/ trade/ conflict and stabilisation stuff.
Bruno Abarca @brunoabarca.bsky.social Public health in humanitarian aid and development cooperation. Working at Action Against Hunger (Spain HQ) and the GWU Milken Institute School of Public Health. Opinions are my own. https://saludeverywhere.com/en/
Professor Dirk Willem te Velde @dwtevelde.bsky.social
Tobias Denskus @aidnography.de Associate Professor in Development Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. Global development. Humanitarianism. Communication & Social Change. Chief Blogger at www.aidnography.de since 2010.
More: https://linktr.ee/tobiasdenskus
Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social Development economist, worrying about economic growth these days. https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about/team/justin-sandefur/
Andrew Fischer @andrewmfischer.bsky.social Prof at Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Chair of Development and Change @devandchg.bsky.social, Canuck in Europe.
Working on development economics, demography & social policy, Tibet & western China. Wrote Poverty as Ideology (2018) & other stuff.
Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social Campaigning to unlock access to nature in England & Wales. 🥾🌿🔓
get in touch: hello@righttoroam.org.uk
resources and links: https://linktr.ee/right2roam
John Patrinos 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪 @johnpatrinos.bsky.social #FBPR #FBR Retired from work. Independent Councillor in North Devon. UK