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Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social Based at Newcastle University, UK. Producing academically rigorous and policy relevant research in urban and regional change and development since 1977.
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https://www.ncl.ac.uk/curds/
Insights North East @insightsnortheast.bsky.social Driving evidence-led policy change - for a better North East
Hannes Read @hannesread.bsky.social Senior Policy and Data Analyst at City-REDI, University of Birmingham. I like working for a better economy
Centre for Thriving Places @thrivingplaces.bsky.social Centre for Thriving Places is a place-based not-for-profit consultancy offering strategic support, research, training and tools that help put the wellbeing of people, place and planet centre stage.
Ike Walker @ikewss.bsky.social Researcher, writer, journalist…
Transformative Justice | Green Finance | Legal analysis | Systems Change | Participatory Research | Education | Media & Culture
#climatejustice
#debtjustice
Writing for Green Central Banking - views my own
Naomi Mason @naomimason.bsky.social Passionate about economic transformation for people & planet.
Lover of books & yoga.
The views I express are mine & may not reflect the views of my employer
Liz Zeidler @lizzeidler.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Executive of Centre for Thriving Places. @ThrivingPlaces
Leah Millthorne @leahmillthorne.bsky.social ✍️chief economist, leftist, yorkshire, mummy
📍Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) 
Helen Power @helenisworking.bsky.social Associate Director, Communications and Advocacy at the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) - interested in people, organisational culture and better places for better lives. Views my own.
The Centre for Local Economies (CLES) @clesthinkdo.bsky.social Founded in 1986, the Centre for Local Economies is an independent economics think tank and charity. We work collaboratively to develop solutions that ensure economies are rooted in the places people call home.
🔗 cles.org.uk
Helen Turner @helenturnermi.bsky.social Championing the research and innovation strengths of the Midlands as Director of Midlands Innovation - a collaboration between eight universities (Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Warwick).
Liz Shutt @lizshutt.bsky.social Director of @insightsnortheast
Simon White @simon-white.bsky.social Place-based economic development
https://www.simonwhite.au
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Nick Kimber @nick80.bsky.social Director of Public Service Reform at Cabinet Office. Seconded from Camden Council. Was a Policy Fellow at IIPP @ UCL; Policy Associate at Future Governance Forum
Ben Unsworth @benunsworth.co.uk User centred design in government. parkrun tourist A4418. Director of Digital and Tech for Kingston and Sutton councils.
Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social DPH Sheffield Council.
President ADPHUK.
Barely active climber and below average cyclist. Fond of - 80s thrash metal.
Blog - https://gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/
Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
Majeed @majeedneky.bsky.social Place, policy, politics, piss-taking, parenting. AD Economy, West London Alliance. Previously Levelling Up Task Force, Department for International Trade (RIP), Infrastructure and Projects Authority, Cities and Local Growth Unit, #localgov
Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
Angela Catley @angelacat.bsky.social Overly enthusiastic & talkative doer
Believer in citizens & community
Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
Simon Hanson @simonhanson.bsky.social Heading up Economic Policy and Delivery at Gateshead Council | Redrafting the new Gateshead Economic Development Strategy | Curious about new models of public service delivery and innovation |
Phil Rumens @rumens.uk Principal Technologist for GDS Local. Part of @LocalGovDigital.
Advocate of technology enabled user centred design.
o7 CMDR
Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social Doing relational things for London Borough of Camden. Social work doctoral researcher, Universiy of Northampton. Alumni, UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre. Views my own, said with love
Joey Gurney @joeygurney.bsky.social Internationalist currently working in Local Gov strategy. Former think tanker. School governor and charity trustee. Many hats, even more interests.
Catriona Riddell @catrionariddell.bsky.social Strategic planner looking for some healthy debate about all things planning & development, local government & politics! Will also be hoping for some music chat on this thread! 
Dan Spicer @danspicer.bsky.social Work on local government policy and strategy - mostly health related, also currently working on engagement and participation. Curious about pretty much everything else. Some singing. Cats. (Politically restricted)
Anna Randle @annarandle.bsky.social Public service reform thinker & do-er. Until recently, CEO of Collaborate CIC. People, places, public service reform, local government, population health, system leadership.
Jon Rouse @jonrouse.bsky.social Service : Music : Books : Nature : Sport : Faith
John C @johnjdc.bsky.social Here and in many other places, call it decentralisation.
Marginally active. Mostly local government data, strategy, policy, comms, insight.
Tania Townsend @taniatownsend.bsky.social Head of Strategic Programmes & Strategy. ❤️#localgov. Black & Jewish, Londoner, Mother, Gooner, Hackney lady and blogger. ♥️ diversity matters. Views my own.
@TaniaTSays on X
Prof Catherine Mangan @catherinemangan.bsky.social Professor of Public Management and Leadership at University of Birmingham. Researching future public sector workforce, role of elected councillors and leadership of social care. 
@curiousc.bsky.social @curiousc.bsky.social 
Kirsty Weakley @kirstyweakley.bsky.social Journalist for Local Government Chronicle
@heather-themj.bsky.social @heather-themj.bsky.social 
Katy Oglethorpe @katoglet.bsky.social People. Podcasts. Books. Bombay Mix.
Director of Communications @wearenewlocal.bsky.social 
Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social Public health doctor, hon Professor @salforduniversity, health policy wonk, former Director of Public Health, Scouser & @FT Women of 2020 ❤️all arts especially music & film, wildlife, photography, history, politics & sci-fi
Mark Rogers @mkmrogers.bsky.social Agathist | My Mind Ain’t So Open That Anything Can Crawl Right In | CX Leadership Centre | Interim CX EMCCA | Care Leaver Covenant Lover
Emma McGowan @emmamcgowan.bsky.social Public Sector Transformation and Reform. Consultancy Director. Former local gov nerd. Love to swim, garden, yoga. Music / art obsessive. Occasionally runs, always dances. 
Nick Sinclair @nicksinclair.bsky.social Programme Director @ Community Catalysts (Local Area Coordination and Innovators Learn) Interested in asset based working, leadership, community, inclusion & good lives for all. Proud dad of daughters. Trustee of Disability North.
Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
Paul Matthews FLSW @paulmatthews67.bsky.social CEO Monmouthshire County Council, Honorary Professor Cardiff University, Governor Cardiff Met University, Investment Board Member Cardiff Capital Region, CEO HM Lord Lieutenancy of Gwent, Executive Board Solace Wales, Board Welsh Centre for Public Policy
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social CEO at Care City CIC supporting innovation across health and social care #ageing #localgov #socialcare #health #opendata #digital #design #tech 🌈 https://www.carecity.org/
Longhouseman @longhouseman.bsky.social Social care, workforce development, music. Working to make a difference with humility and honesty and care one step at a time. I live in a very long house :)
Sam Plum @samplum1.bsky.social Believer in local government. Chief Exec of Westmorland & Furness Council. Family is everything. Swimmer, dog walker. Views my own
Stephen Moir @ssmoir.bsky.social Proud public servant. Proud of my HR professional roots and being Chartered CCIPD, FCMI, FRSA.
Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.
All views personal and likes don’t equal endorsement.
Tom Barrett @plannertomb.bsky.social Town Planner what does policy stuff. Based in Northern England.
Simon Kirk @slowe76.bsky.social Economic Development | Culture | People | Places | Music | Real Ale | Running I Trustee at Lincoln City Foundation | @Insplacemanagement.bsky.social
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
Dan Wainwright @dwainwright.bsky.social Strategy at Camden Council | Honorary research fellow at UCL IIPP | Formerly Dark Matter Labs, TeachFirst
Vicky Payne @vickypayne.bsky.social Planning, strategy, design, art. Thinking about systems, places and how they function. Writing at The Field https://vickypaynewrites.substack.com/
Art on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_field_art?igsh=MXM3dGYzMDJnZ295&utm_source=qr
Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social Consultant in Public Health. Recovering civil servant. Lapsed neuroscientist. Ex-paper boy and former donut stand operator. Ultracrepidarian. Elaborate food pipe. Denizen of West Yorkshire. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social politic_animal from the Musk shop.
Local government policy adviser by day. Timetable wrangler/travel challenge story-teller by day and night. Once branded ‘Twitter’s answer to Phileas Fogg’
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@travelling_turtle?si=WGsuH_ffy0bqKr2
Catherine Needham @catherineneedham.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, Uni of Bham. Interested in social care, the public service workforce and crosswords, https://21stcenturypublicservant.wordpress.com/
Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social Book lover. Tea drinker. Incorrigibly plural.
Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social The UK's only think tank dedicated to higher education.
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk Independent think tank working to accelerate political action for a green and prosperous UK.
Visit our website, listen to our podcast and read our blog 👇
https://linktr.ee/greenallianceuk
UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social CEPEO is a research centre at UCL working to improve education policy and wider practice to equalise opportunities http://ucl.ac.uk/ioe/cepeo
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
Finn Baker @finnbaker.bsky.social 
Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social Politics, policy, education inequality, cycling, football. Social mobility researcher. Views own etc.
If you're wondering whether I'm trying to make a joke then I probably am.
Lindsey Macmillan @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social Professor of Economics. Founding Director of the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social). Economics of education. Inequality. Research Fellow at the IFS, IZA and CESifo. 1st gen🏴�
Jake Anders @jakeanders.uk Education, evaluation, economics, etc.
Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
Deputy Director, @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Principal Investigator, COSMO study
Dad to three.
https://jakeanders.uk
Gill Wyness @gillwyness.bsky.social Economist working on inequality and access to education. Deputy Director of @cepeo-ucl. Research associate of @cep-lse Research fellow @iza_bonn
Sam Sims @drsamsims.bsky.social Associate Prof of Education, UCL
Research Lead, Ambition Institute
Site: https://samsims.education/
Claire Tyler @clairetyler.bsky.social Quant Research Fellow at UCL CEPEO | Head of Insights at Institute of Student Employers | Labour market inequality | Access & progression in professional careers | Chartered Accountant | Ex-EY & BPP |
@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
http://ucl.ac.uk/ioe/cepeo
Fabien Petit @fabienpetit.bsky.social Research Fellow at CEPEO, UCL. Labor markets, technologies, skills, generations, and inequality. fabienpetit.com
Paul Martin @paul-ed-martin.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social, widening participation and social mobility
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/95210-paul-martin
Oliver Cassagneau-Francis @opmc1.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at UCL CEPEO (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social)
Economics of education, labour, econometrics.
PhD from Sciences Po Paris.
Leonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social Director of Comms & External Affairs at Nuffield Trust (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk). Advisory Group, Science Media Centre. Co-founder WonkComms (https://bsky.app/profile/wonkcomms.bsky.social). Mum of 👧🧒 👦. SE Londoner. Views: mine!
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch
(he/they)
Louise Bazalgette, Nesta @loubazalgette.bsky.social All things early years, education and parenting 🐥 On a mission to reduce inequality 🚀 Deputy Director, A Fairer Start mission @nestauk.bsky.social Views here my own.
Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social Dir of External Affairs at Centre for Cities. Irish in London. Politics, policy, books, cats. Yimby. Trustee at Stonewall Housing 🏳️🌈
Abby Jitendra @abbyabhaya.bsky.social Policy Director at ThinkLabour thinking about how progressives can win. Prev JRF, Citizens Advice, Trussell Trust. Views always my own.
Tom Symons @tomsymons.bsky.social Head of Policy Insights at @thefea.bsky.social
Education, innovation, government, tech, policy and the unrelenting woes of Southampton Football Club. May contain cats. All views my own.
Luke Sibieta @lukesibieta.bsky.social Research Fellow at IFS, independent consultant, posts about about school funding, education, inequalities and cycling
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Also check out: https://substack.com/@carsjung
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Alex Krasodomski @alexkj.bsky.social Tech, AI, Digital Public Infrastructure and old border foils at @Chatham House. Fellow @ ISD, Demos, Public AI network
Kester @kesterbrewin.com Writer, and Associate Director at the Institute for the Future of Work. Views my own. Latest book, God-like: a 500-Year History of AI, is out now. All my books: http://www.kesterbrewin.com
Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England.
Love ideas, numbers, analysis, evidence, debate and challenge. Views my own.
Chris Creegan @chriscreegan.bsky.social Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner.
www.chriscreegan.co.uk
https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscreegan
Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social Work: assistant director comms - @healthfoundation.bsky.social better health & health care | School governor & SEND link | Other: exploring, art/design, open water swimming, music, allotment | she/her | views: own
Tim Gardner @timgardnerthf.bsky.social Policy wonk at Health Foundation, interested in health system performance, health care quality and role of policy in driving improvement. Also cycling, coffee, cake. Views personal, etc.
Alex Kennedy @kennedyalex.bsky.social Policy person at the Health Foundation - working on wider determinants of health, missions etc.
Previous jobs about mental health and homelessness. E17.
Thea Stein @theasrstein.bsky.social Chief Executive @NuffieldTrust - curious and questioning. Listening and learning. Views my own.
Sarah Jane Reed @sjanereed.bsky.social Senior Fellow @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social; health policy on both sides of the pond. Research interests varied — but lots on international comparisons and NHS reform.
Sally Gainsbury @sallygainsbury.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst for the Nuffield Trust, writing and doing whatever-things-on-here-are-called about NHS funding, finance and healthcare equity
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
PBE @pbe.co.uk Economics to improve lives
www.pbe.co.uk
Matt Whittaker @mattwhittaker.bsky.social Chief exec at PBE (Pro Bono Economics). Previously at Resolution Foundation. Inequalities-focused economist, cinephile, football coach (Fishersgate Flyers u17s), player (Sweet FA) and fan (Spurs & Stockport County).
Nicole Sykes @nicolesykes.bsky.social Charities, charts, cats.
Director of Strategy, Impact and Innovation at Lloyds Bank Foundation. She/her🏳️🌈
Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk We are the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them.
powertochange.org.uk
Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social Politics, campaigns, and public affairs at JRF - working on communities and place, and the labour market. Current home Bethnal Green, from Wycombe. West Ham ST holder. Views mine.
Nicole Johnson @nicolevjohnson.bsky.social Comms Manager @powertochange.org.uk
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. Midlands based. UNC Chapel Hill and Georgetown SFS alumn. Still learning how to make the perfect cuppa. She/her.