ROLES Sexuality & Gender Studies Network @rolesbham.bsky.social A postgraduate led and focused network for those researching in Sexuality and Gender Studies. Led by students at the University of Birmingham, but open to all researching in these areas, at any level!
https://rolesbham.wixsite.com/home/contact
@polinazelm.bsky.social @polinazelm.bsky.social Warwick Film TV PhD • Researching sex on screen in the #MeToo era • 🏳️🌈
Daniela Schneevogt @danielaschnee.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher in Forensic Linguistics at aifl.bsky.social | she/her
Airelle @airelleamedro.bsky.social PhD student in French and Queer studies, University of Warwick. Often coordinating things, currently Associate Producer for Fierce https://wearefierce.org/
MGS ESRC DTP @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership - promoting & supporting social science research & researchers
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mgsdtp/ 
Marah Jaraisy @marahjaraisy.bsky.social M4C-AHRC PhD student at the University of Birmingham.
Sign language sociolinguistics is my passion, working hard to make it a full-time job!
Palestinian from Nazareth living in the UK 
Bodo Winter @bodowinter.bsky.social
Professor of Linguistics and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at University of Birmingham, UK 🌈
❤️ Iconicity, R, open science, yoga, techno
YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social Head @ Keep Beyond
Liberation strategy + Tech justice
ykhong.com/here
Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home
Australian professor of linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK
Hearing person interested in sign languages & signing communities
🏳️🌈🇦🇺🇲🇹🇪🇺
Dr Elisabeth Carter @drliscarter.bsky.social Criminologist, forensic linguist. Specialising in the language of fraud/scams. 
Erika Lau @erikalau.bsky.social Intersectional environmental filmmaker, photographer and ecologist.
Survivors RISE @survivorsrise.bsky.social We are a 501c3 nonprofit that serves survivors of sexual violence with wellness activities as a healing modality in community in the Greater Phoenix area. 🌵🏜️
www.survivors-rise.com
Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 #CL2025
30th June - 3rd July 2025 • Birmingham, UK
Aston University • Birmingham City University • University of Birmingham
https://www.cl2025.co.uk/
Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social We are the UK's national academy of academics, learned societies & practitioners in social science & the founder of the Campaign for Social Science. We exist to promote social sciences in the UK for public benefit: www.acss.org.uk
University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
Sign-up now for our free newsletter: https://theconversation.com/uk/newsletters/
This account is mostly automated.
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) @thesvri.bsky.social The SVRI is one of the largest global networks advancing research to end violence against women, violence against children, and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low- and middle- income countries.
#EndViolence #GBVResearch #VAWG
WhenThereR9 @bharkavy.bsky.social SVU prosecutor turned civil litigator committed to empowering survivors of SA/CSA, gender-based violence & discrimination. I will never stop advocating, educating, & fighting for systemic change. Mom of 3 (twins + 1).
#empoweredwomenempowerwomen
Rights of Women @rightsofwomen.bsky.social Women’s legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
Lucia Busso @lucia-busso.bsky.social Researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @AstonUniversity.
(cognitive) linguist, Italian, human (in random order). Views my own
Midlands Innovation @midlandsinnovation.bsky.social A world-class university research partnership, pooling the collective excellence of universities in the Midlands.
Language Ledger @languageledger.bsky.social Language Ledger provides accessible updates on the latest in linguistics, bridging academia and the public. Perfect for linguists, students, and anyone curious about how language shapes our world.
http://languageledger.substack.com
Liwen Bing @liwen-bing.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham
Corpus linguistics and its applications; Writing Development; Linguistic Complexity; Cognitive/psychology research
Riannon Davies-Parsons @ridavies.bsky.social ESRC funded PhD student @ UoN • interested in LGBTQ+ youth identity in digital spaces…and lots of other things 🏳️🌈 she/her
IAFLL @iafll.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the International Association for Forensic & Legal Linguistics | https://iafll.org/
Felicity Deamer @felicitydeamer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
Michaela W @michaelaw0.bsky.social RA at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
Hiking. Knitting. And dogs
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Dr Kate Steel @katesteel.bsky.social Linguist • Conversation analyst 💬 Researching: first response interactions in domestic abuse policing; human-AI interaction • Senior lecturer in #forensiclinguistics @ UWE Bristol (she/her)
Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social Professor of Discourse Analysis @Uni of Birmingham researching trust, business communication, AI. He/him. Views my own.
Sharon Glaas @slglaas.bsky.social PhD | Linguist | political and media discourse | language of persuasion and evaluation | mis- & disinformation | narratives & framing | #corpuslinguistics #forensiclinguistics | Uni of Birmingham, UK
Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social Sociophonetician & forensic speech scientist @ Lancaster University. All about voice and identity.
I talk about trains a lot. You have been warned.
justinjhlo.github.io
David Griffin @linguistlawyer.com American lawyer and linguist interested in the nature of law, pseudolaw, and the semiotics of authority. He/him
Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org Senior Lecturer (UNE) lawandlanguage.org
Incoming CoEiC Aus J Human Rights (UNSW)
External CESSMIR (UGent) @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social postdoc in english linguistics @hhu.de | co-president of @div-ling.org | editor-in-chief of gender linguistics | dmncschmtz on all platforms | dominicschmitz.com | he/him 🏳️🌈
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Prof Claire Hardaker @drclaireh.bsky.social Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
Søren Sandager Sørensen @sorensorensen.bsky.social Linguistics, Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, a bit of Phonetics & Prosody. Postdoc at University of Agder, Norway, originally from Denmark (he/him)
https://sorensandagersorensen.dk/
div-ling e.V. @div-ling.org founded with aim of promoting diversity within linguistics | organisers of forensic linguistics short course #FLsc, statistics for linguistics #SfL & other great events | 🐘 http://lingo.lol/@divlingassoc
Janny Leung @jannyleung.bsky.social language, law, and everything in between. 
Patricia Canning Pask @patriciacanning.bsky.social Trees and bees, innit. And @fearghas_the_whippet
Karen Ashton @karenashton.bsky.social Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Applied Linguistics: Teacher agency, Language education, policy, curriculum, assessment. Forensic Linguistics. ❤️☕
Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand Executive.
Jennifer Baldwin, CT @j-a-baldwin.bsky.social Freelance linguist. French/Spanish to English translator with a background in computational linguistics and forensic linguistics.
Dennis Baron @drgrammar.bsky.social I write about language and … language and law (free speech and regulation); gender (pronouns!); tech (how tech affects readers and writers); language reform; and language policing. All from a historical perspective.
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
Neus Alberich @neusalberich.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics. Investigating normalisations of sexual violence against women online and misogynistic discourse • Committed to protecting animals • she/her
#ForensicLinguistics #LanguageAndLaw #manosphere
Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social Forensic linguist - academic and practitioner.
Co-host Writing Wrongs podcast www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics
@aifl.bsky.social
www.aston.ac.uk/aifl
Personal: timgrantforensiclinguist.com/home/
Em_Chiang @emchiang.bsky.social Research Fellow in forensic linguistics, casual gamer, reluctant runner. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social Caffeinated forensic linguist researching deception in authorship style and faked (con)texts.Visiting Research Fellow, AIFL. 🇪🇺 🖖
#Humanist #ForensicLinguistics #Eurosky
Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social Reader in Forensic Linguistics & Deputy Director, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics aifl.bsky.social, Co-host, Writing Wrongs podcast https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs
Dakota Wing @dakwing.bsky.social Forensic linguist
PhD candidate at York University
#ForensicLinguistics #LanguageAndLaw beekeeper 🐝 skier ⛷️ dog dad 🐕
he/him
📍Toronto
www.DakotaWing.com
www.ForensicLing.com
Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky
Jack Grieve @jwgrieve.bsky.social Professor of Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Studying Language Variation and Change 
Isobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social Lecturer in Security and Protection Science in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University | FRSA
Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
University of Liverpool
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
@livunienglish.bsky.social
🌐 www.MarkMcGlashan.com
Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language and new communicative environments, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Andrea Nini @andreanini.com Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester
Dana Roemling @danaroemling.bsky.social Research Fellow @ University of Birmingham | Director and Co-Founder @ The FL Lab | #forensiclinguistics, #languageandlaw, #sociolinguistics, #dialectology, #nlp & #corpuslinguistics | /dɑːnɑ ʀøːmliŋ/ | they/them | 🦇
Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcds20
Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social Professor, author of books on Polari, Section 28 and corpus linguistics. Rejoiner 🇪🇺
Robbie Love @robbielove.org Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
Professor Karen McAuliffe @profkmca.bsky.social Professor of Law & Language at Birmingham Law School. Irish. Interested in law & language, EU law, sociolegal research, multilingual law, arts & law.
The Layman's Linguist @laymanslinguist.bsky.social Fun facts, exhaustive etymologies, & informative infographics for both linguists & laypeople
UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk An independent charity that seeks to fund blue skies research and scholarship. Follow this channel for details on upcoming grant deadlines, published research, scheme opening dates, grant announcements, events, and more. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/
MANTRaP: Misogyny ANd The Red Pill @mantrap.bsky.social A group of researchers at various UK universities investigating the language of the manosphere
👤 @jessaiston.bsky.social
👤 @veronikakoller.bsky.social
👤 @alexiconartist.bsky.social
👤 @markmcglashan.com
🌐 https://www.markmcglashan.com/projects/mantrap
en clair podcast: forensic linguistics and more @en-clair.bsky.social A podcast about forensic linguistics, literary detection, language mysteries, spy codes, criminal slang, fake news, lie-detection, rare book heists and more | @drclaireh.bsky.social | http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/enclair
Corpus in Focus @focuscorpus.bsky.social 🔍 Corpus in Focus: Exploring the world of Corpus Linguistics! Unlocking insights into language patterns, empowering research & enriching public knowledge. @FocusCorpus
Oxford Qualitative Courses @oxqual.bsky.social Oxford Qualitative Courses: Short Courses in Qualitative Research Methods.
Expert teaching from specialists in qualitative research methods.
UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social The University Of Massachusetts Boston Applied Linguistics Department. Account managed by @koutropoulos.bsky.social
Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social Improving the delivery of justice through the analysis of language
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
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