Mustafa Firat @mustafafirat.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Psychology of Conflict, Risk & Safety @University of Twente | Background in Psychology, Sociology & History | Interested in intergroup relations, conflict reduction, social inequality, life course & welfare state
Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social Associate Professor at @durhampsych.bsky.social. I look at how culture influences children's learning, and how learning makes us human.
Adam Baimel @abaimel.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Psychology - Oxford Brookes University
Religion; spirituality; cultural change; environmentalism
www.adambaimel.com
erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social professor of media, culture, and communication. editor, public culture. organizer, oikos working group on kinship/economy. enthusiast.
(@fstflofscholars over yonder)
Adam Russell Taylor @revadamtaylor.bsky.social President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
Lena Rose @lena-rose22.bsky.social Anthropologist of Law, Religion & Migration | Author of 'Palestinian Evangelicals and Global Evangelicalism' (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/palestinian-evangelicals-and-global-evangelicalism-9780197800232?cc=de&lang=en&#)
The Society Pages @thesocietypages.bsky.social A social science hub putting news in context.
https://thesocietypages.org/
SAINTS CDT, University of York @saints-cdt.bsky.social Bolstering our research capability is our UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Lifelong Safety Assurance of AI-enabled Autonomous Systems (SAINTS CDT). It’s the UK’s first PhD programme wholly dedicated to the safety of AI at the University of York.
Anna Burcombe @aebur.bsky.social 1st year PhD candidate of sociology at Queen's University Belfast researching spirituality/lived religion and AI use.
Healthcare Chaplain
Views my own
She/her
@thereseotoole.bsky.social @thereseotoole.bsky.social 
Holly Nelson @holnels.bsky.social PhD researcher in Sociology | University of York | researching women’s rest 🧘♀️
Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social Associate professor of American religious history at Emory | Author of Race for Revival: How Cold War South Korea Shaped the American Evangelical Empire (OUP 2022) | Book interview: https://youtu.be/uDcAF3oJtTg?si=LiVT_sRwf74xOU-W
Ray Griffin @raygriffin.bsky.social Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
Jenn Chubb @jennchubb.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at The University of York. Responsible AI lead for SAINTS. Co-Director SATSU. Musical human.
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
Emilie Coin @emiliecoin.bsky.social Senior Editor for Psychology at Routledge books, commissioning for our Developmental Psychology, Family Studies and Speech and Language Disorders portfolios
Part time PhD student of linguistics at Lancaster 🎓
Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social National writer Religion News Service. New grandad. Author of Reorganized Religion. Enthusiastic Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Sci-Fi fan. Ridiculously Gregarious 
Dr Emily Nicholls @dremilynicholls.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology @University of York. Alcohol, sobriety, veganism, (non)consumption. Current work - no/low alcohol drinks (tinyurl.com/noloyork) and meat substitutes
Kath Bassett @kathrithm.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at York. I research tourism as a key site of digitisation, tracing how mobilities, hospitality work, and urban economies are governed by algorithms and platforms.
Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social *Assistant Teaching Professor. *PhD Sociology, Uni. of IL, Chicago. *Rural LGBTQ+ populations, sexualities, gender & families. *Opinions=my own. *she/her 🏳️🌈🫶🏻
Tim Hutchings @tim-hutchings.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Nottingham. Researcher of Religious Education, digital religion and most things in between. Convenor of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group.
Dave Moloney @davetothegrave.bsky.social Music lover, occasional DJ
PhD student - Psychology
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Researching second-generation identity, home, and belonging in Ireland.
Annette Leßmöllmann @annetteless.bsky.social professor in science communication & linguistics @wmk-karlsruhe.de @kit.edu | unit head @rhetai.bsky.social | Deutschlandradio = German public 📻 broadcasting council | co-editor @wisskomm.de | all things 🦉🐦⛵| Threema-ID MERC54UW | Team #FDGO |
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
A. Sophie Lauwers @aslauwers.bsky.social Political philosopher @ KU Leuven
Jorūnė Linkevičiūtė @jorelink.bsky.social PhD student in sociology researching feminism and gender in post-socialist spaces @camsociology.bsky.social
David Dobson @daviddobson.bsky.social Researcher, University of York, dementia, intimacy, everyday life, creative methods
Amy Edwards @al-edwards.bsky.social PhD student @ MMU researching the MCA and autistic adults' intimate lives. Armchair sociologist, fiction reader, lowkey (cozy/RPG/horror) gamer.
Secularism & Nonreligion @s-n-journal.bsky.social Secularism and Nonreligion is the world's first journal dedicated to the investigation of secularism and nonreligion in all forms.
Speculative Machines and Us @speculativemach.bsky.social Welcome to the British Academy-funded project 'Speculative Machines and Us: Intuition, AI, and the Making of Computational Cultures' https://speculativemachines.co.uk PI Carolyn Pedwell https://tinyurl.com/4z6m62wz AI/digital/history/affect/politics/ethics
Mallory James @secondordersocialresearch.com political economy & engineering studies research. neurodiverse, first-generation college student, she/her. PhD anthropology, Chicago. academic writing teacher. energy expert on non-normative terms.
Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett @ellieatayeebennett.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at Southampton Solent University | Research interests inc. everyday sustainable practices, climate action, vegan studies, food, culture, and religion
Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social Assistant Professor, UTK Political Science
PhD, University of Kansas
MA, University of Michigan
BA, Kansas State University
Religion and politics, American political behavior, political psychology, public opinion
Matthew Warren @mattwarren.bsky.social High School Social Studies Teacher #APUSH #APEuro | Track & Field Coach | PC(USA) Pastor | PhD at Aberdeen @abdndivinity.bsky.social on Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Views and Emphasis Mine
anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality
Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics
Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025)
After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015)
https://linktr.ee/anthonypetro
Andrew Brown @seatrout.bsky.social Writer, journalist, — attempting simultaneous disillusionment and wonder. ex Guardian, ex Independent. Orwell Prize winner. Interested in trout, Christianity, tech, literature, journalism, Sweden, history. Less and less interested in politics of any sort. 
Jessica Faecks @jessicafaecks.bsky.social Book Editor @ Palgrave Macmillan | Commissioning Scholarly Books in #Sociology in APAC, #Migration (global) and #ChildhoodStudies, #YouthStudies and #FamilyStudies (global). Views expressed are my own and do not represent the view of SN.
Tariq Modood @tariqmodood.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol
Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism
RTs are not endorsements and may be sent while I print it to read later.
Alex D. J. Fry @alexdjfry.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
Religion & belief, health & wellbeing, gender, socioeconomic inequality, AI, pedagogy, methodology.
Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social #SocialAnthropology #Borneo #religion #indigeneity #environment #more-than-human #conservation #Anthropocene #MalayWorldStudies, Cambridge University
the algorithms + miscarriage project @paul-ord.bsky.social PhD research project at University of York
Understanding the role of algorithmic technologies in women's remembrance after miscarriage
sociology of miscarriage / critical algorithm studies / death studies
The Film in the Other Room @theotherroom.bsky.social Personal notes on the sounds of film, TV, & other media. Plus some audio history & culture in the mix. By Dr. Suzy Mangion, film sound PhD graduate & music maker.Susbcribe for newsletter essays here: https://buttondown.com/Thefilmintheotherroom
Understanding Humanism @humanismedu.bsky.social We provide free resources and services for teachers, parents, children, and the general public to help people learn about the humanist approach to life. We offer trained & accredited humanist school speakers. https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/
@lizzy-lawrence.bsky.social @lizzy-lawrence.bsky.social English teacher working towards a professional Doctorate in Education.
Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social Co-Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, Uni York @uoysbs.bsky.social | Work on self-employment, labour market policy | Editor of Social Policy & Society | Opinions my own
David Redmalm @davidredmalm.bsky.social Associate Professor in Sociology at Mälardalen University, Sweden. Human-animal studies. Posthuman theory. Vegan sociology. Environmental humanities. Leading the online Animals in Society postgraduate course at MDU.
Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
Deb Friesen @omadeb.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Studying history of religion and architecture for a book, working title “Confessions of an Atheist Architect.” Meshes history, philosophy, anthropology, cultural evolution, psychology, memoir and imagining architecture in harmony with the environment
Koen Stapelbroek @stplbrk.bsky.social Professor & Dean @jcucase.bsky.social (Early) Modern Political Thought & Intellectual History. Institutions of trade, free ports, commercial treaties and other. Working and living on Bindal and Wulgurukaba Country. He/him.
kiyoshi murakami @travelinswallow.bsky.social Researcher (Ph.D.) | Eco-Socialist Feminism /Anarcha-Feminism /Feminist Archiving /Feminist Librarianship /Feminist Zines /Anti-Gentrification Movements /Housewives' Labour Movements
- Kobe/Kyoto, Japan
- https://www.arsvi.com/w/mk02.htm
Ezra Winton @ezrawinton.bsky.social Communication prof + curator from K'ómoks (Vancouver lsIand) @ American University in Bulgaria | Co-founder @ Cinema Politica | https://ezrawinton.com | Latest book: http://surl.li/nzhwjq | Born at 327 ppm
🔎 Documentary 🌍 Ecomedia 🔥 Cultural Politics
Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, it’s painfully relevant to the 21st.
richardefrankel.com
ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion (RC 22) | Hashtag #ISARC22 for RT | RT is not Endorsement | EN/ES/FR
https://isa-rc22.org/
Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social It's all on my website.. https://gregsmith.synthasite.com/
Robert Wuthnow @rwuth.bsky.social Sociologist interested in the Religious Left
Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social Sociologist: philosophy, theory, politics, health & sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
New: ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer’ (Routledge, 2026)
www.grahamscambler.com
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Stephen H. Jones @stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social Social scientist. Writes about religion and prejudice, society and politics. Teaches sociology and criminology. Rides bikes.
edwin @ehcj.bsky.social underemployed anthropologist
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-2277
Kelly Hollingsworth @kellyhollingsworth.bsky.social Research Assistant with Department of Health Sciences (University of York). I am interested in mental health research that supports infants, children and young people in getting access to the mental health support they need.
Lucy Potter @lucypotter.bsky.social ESRC Research Fellow at the Uni of York | PhD in non-religion, apostasy & asylum | Sociologist exploring identities, human and refugee rights & (de)coloniality
https://linktr.ee/drlucypotter
Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social Social scientist. Co-Director Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy & Management, University of Leicester School of Business. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Health Services Research & Policy https://journals.sagepub.com/home/HSR
Family Wellbeing Research @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social Research team based in Health Sciences, University of York led by Dr Sarah Blower. Research on developing/evaluating interventions and measures to reduce inequalities in the health, development and wellbeing of babies, children, and families.
Claire Blencowe @claireblencowe.bsky.social Professor of sociology at Warwick. Critical scholar of cultural and religious racism, extractive industries, racial capitalism, planetary crises & power/knowledge. Wanabe devotee of oceans, birds, & hope.
Hannah M Strømmen @hannahmstrommen.bsky.social Working on Bible, Politics, and Culture. Biblical reception obsessive.
Sheridan Stewart @sheridanstewart.bsky.social Our views and typos aren’t even our own.
He/هو/any. Fuck cancer.
Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social Slow. Learner.
Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social Sociologist @Erasmus University Rotterdam
Social security, families, income/wealth
https://sites.google.com/view/marigabriele/home
National Secular Society @natsecsoc.bsky.social Campaigning for separation of religion and state, challenging religious privilege and promoting equality between all citizens regardless of religion or belief.
#Secularism #Secular
Megan Manson @meganmanson.bsky.social #Secularist, #Secularism, #Pagan, #Shinto.
Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social Independent scholarly publisher of distinguished books and journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Message to join our Berghahn author & editor starter pack!
Robert MacDonald @rfmacdonald.bsky.social Social Scientist/ Professor (Honorary - Durham)
South Shields, UK.
The usual stuff: ‘left-wing flim-flam’/ sociology (youth, inequality, class etc)/ hills/ birds/ dogs/ politics/ punk/ MCFC/ archaeology/ the North East, & those sort of things.
💙&✌🏽
Fred Appel @freditorpup.bsky.social book publisher, editor at Princeton University Press
https://press.princeton.edu/resources/prospective-authors#meet-our-editors
Tuomas Äystö @aystotuomas.eurosky.social Associate Professor (Docent) and University Lecturer, Study of Religion, Uni Helsinki. Co-editor of Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=fi&user=0NxHFoEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Metin Koca @adagiomminor.bsky.social British Academy International Fellow @York.ac.uk Sociology
Ann Jiang @annjiang.bsky.social PhD Student @UCSanDiego
Politics, Culture, Immigration Attitudes, Relational Sociology, and Global Sociology
Computational & Qualitative Methods
www.annjiang.org
Taylor Braswell @thbraswell.bsky.social Assistant professor of sociology at NC State University. Urbanization, infrastructure governance.
Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social Sociologist with interests in religion, social theory, culture, and ethnography. Enthusiastic about beer, bikes, and books.
A list of my knowledge widgets, courtesy of Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/yjxtzarj
Erica Granz Nack @ericagranz.bsky.social Social psychologist & prejudice reduction researcher working with Kim Rios |
PhD student at UIUC |
Uindy Alumna ('19 BS, '21 MS) | she/her/hers
Tommy Lynch @tommylynch.bsky.social Reader in Political Theology
Vague yet rigorous
Currently trying to watch every Hollywood end of the world film
https://letterboxd.com/ApocaLynch/ 
Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social Primary Teacher & Lecturer in Primary Education, Chair Antiracism Observatory of Scotland, Educators 4 Peace, EIS, Antiracist. Equalities. Education commentator. Founder @GCEducationScot. Ed D student focusing on Decolonising Education🌍 All views my own! 🎉
Sarah Blake @sarahblake200.bsky.social Researching the impact of online access to patient health records at Bristol University. Interested in complexity science. T1 diabetes as I have it. Most things really.
Terri Barry @mrsbshetland.bsky.social Teacher of RMPS and Soc Subs. NPQSL. Specialisms in RE, Citizenship and PSHE. Ambassador and council member for Association of Citizenship Teaching. Views are my own
@rebeccacatto.bsky.social @rebeccacatto.bsky.social Sociologist at Kent State.
religion | nonreligion | science in society | cultural conflicts
Rae Snape (she/her) FFCCT, NPQEL, Honorary Fellow Suffolk Uni 💛 @raesnape.bsky.social 18 Years Ahead
Author of the #HeadteachersHandbook and Editor of the #CurriculumCompendium published by Bloomsbury
Honorary Fellow of Suffolk University 💛
Founding member of #Cambridge Chapter of @CitizensUk #OnlyConnect
#FlamingoOfHope🦩 #RideTheWaves 🌊🌊🌊☀️
Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social Co-director: https://www.ucc.ie/en/future-humanities/radicalhumanitieslaboratory/
Jill Timms @jilltimms.bsky.social Sociologist of work, workers' rights, CSR, sustainability, globalising capitalism & alternative economies. @UniofSurrey. Editor in Chief @Sociology. PhD @lse. Co-Founder 🌼 Sustainable Flowers Research Project.
Mikaela Dufur @mikaeladufur.bsky.social Sociologist studying kids' social resources and, occasionally, sport at BYU. Living the academic middle management dream. Ohio State alum. Serving the world's best cat.
Jill Aebi-Mytton @jilla-m.bsky.social Raised in the Exclusive Brethren, my family left when I was 16. I now research the psychology of cults & the well-being of those who leave. Other interests- space, auroras, travel, books, classical music mostly NO CHAT UP LINES - so creepy US men take note
Divya P Tolia-Kelly @delightfuldivya.bsky.social Equity and Equality warrior. Anti-Racist, pro-Palestinian, anti-genocide, Professor of Geography and Heritage at Sussex University, teaching Black Lives Matter and geographies of ‘Race’ and ‘Racisms’
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
Involvement@York @involvementyork.bsky.social University of York professional services team making it easier for researchers to work with members of the public. Follow for all things public involvement and participatory research.
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Boris Holzer @fernschreiber.bsky.social Professor of Sociology @uni-konstanz.de | political sociology, globalization, social networks & digital communication | contributor to the column "Soziale Systeme" @faznet.bsky.social: http://borisholzer.net/kolumne-soziale-systeme/
Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social Professor in Digital Media @Lancaster University. Affect, intuition, habit, digital media, AI, culture, politics; Affect Theory Reader 2: http://tinyurl.com/36zdbeak; Revolutionary Routines: http://tinyurl.com/mtkehm62 
Matt Matravers @mattmatravers.bsky.social Legal/political philosopher: punishment, criminal law theory, responsibility. Professor of Law & Director of the Morrell Centre, University of York. 
Jim Leary @jimleary.bsky.social Archaeologist & writer. Senior lecturer at Uni of York. Books: The Story of Silbury Hill; The Remembered Land; Footmarks, a journey into our restless past. Agent: JP Marshall.
George Veletsianos @veletsianos.bsky.social Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota. Research: Online & flexible learning • Education futures • Emerging learning environments • Student & faculty experiences