Social Mobility Commission @smcommission.bsky.social Official feed of the Social Mobility Commission. We monitor progress towards improving social mobility in the UK & promote social mobility in England.
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RNIB Connect Radio @rnibradio.bsky.social Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted people.
Freeview 730/Online/Smart Devices
ARIAS 2024 Community Station Of The Year
Email: radio@rnib.org.uk
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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social This is the official UEA account, Norwich UK.
📢 Bringing you the latest campus news and updates from our world-leading research (REF 2021)
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Kim Leadbeater MBE MP @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Spen Valley
Journal of Public Policy @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social The Journal of Public Policy from Cambridge University Press
cambridge.org/pup
#polisky
The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social 📖🎙️📺 New writing and conversations on capitalism, nature and the climate 🌎 Hosted by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
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Julien Labonne @jblabonne.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Oxford
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Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social Professor of Government & Public Policy, Oxford; Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (on FT's What to Read in 2026; https://linktr.ee/billionairebacklash); www.pepperculpepper.net
Elsevier @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Empowering impact makers with mission-critical insights. Together, we advance human progress and build global connections.
Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social Director IPPR Scotland
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
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University of Aberdeen @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Est. 1495. News, research and study opportunities from the University of Aberdeen. We RT to share, not to endorse. linktr.ee/UniOfAberdeen
Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. Political Theory & European Politics, Leiden Uni | Democracy | EU
private handle: views mine
Out now: PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE Hurst/OUP https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781911723745
Prev. UWC; Maastricht; Oxford; Sciences Po
Fairwork @towardsfairwork.bsky.social Rating working conditions in the #digitaleconomy. Let's build a fairer #FutureOfWork.
Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com The official account for Oxford Academic, featuring Oxford University Press's academic news and insights.
Dr Julian Grenier CBE @juliangrenier.bsky.social Work on early years at EEF. Previously led Sure Start Children’s Centres 20+ yrs. Views personal.
Free newsletter - Early Years High 5: big ideas in 5 short reads ⤵️
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Alex Smith @alexsmith1982.bsky.social Senior Advisor & Inaugural Fellow, Obama Foundation • Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School • Trustee & Board Member • Ex: The Cares Family, Ed Miliband, LabourList.
Richmond Council @richmondcouncil.bsky.social Richmond Council's official Bluesky!
Weekly news and what's on ➡️ https://richmond.gov.uk/news
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care @apexcomms.bsky.social A multidisciplinary team building strong partnerships with schools of primary care across the country, the NHS and NIHR.
Gareth Redmond-King @gredmondking.bsky.social International lead Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (@eciu.net) | trustee Action for Refugees in Lewisham | ex-WWF & civil service | views my own | born @ 332ppm CO2 | he/him | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk We bring together the outstanding departments, faculties and schools that make up the University of Oxford's Social Sciences Division.
Sophia Stutzmann @slstutzmann.bsky.social Postdoc at the Cluster "The Politics of Inequality" (Uni Konstanz) | prev. postdoc at Sciences Po Paris (AxPo & CEE) | CPE, green transition, tech change, labour markets, welfare states | she/her
https://sites.google.com/view/sophia-stutzmann
David Spencer @davidaspencer.bsky.social Prof of Economics and Political Economy (Uni of Leeds, UK).
Work; Work Time; Work Reform. Authored: "Making Light Work" (2022) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-light-work-an-end-to-toil-in-the-twenty-first-century--9781509548620
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
We're Right Here @right-here.org The campaign for community power. Driving forward landmark legislation that will give everyone the right to shape the place they live. https://www.right-here.org/
Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.
Ant Breach @antbreach.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities, working on Housing, Planning, Devolution. Stuff on Ukraine + Eastern Europe and Japan + East Asia too. YIMBY. Views own etc. 🥑🇺🇦
Rob Johnson @rjson.bsky.social Senior analyst, Centre for Cities. All things urban economics - mainly labour markets, living standards, transport, and innovation. Fan of working with data and visualising it.
Parenting Across Scotland @parentingscotland.bsky.social Parenting Across Scotland is a network of charities focussing on issues affecting parents in Scotland. By supporting families we support children.
https://linktr.ee/parentingacrossscotland
Helen Amass @helen-amass.bsky.social Commissioning editor @tesmagazine.bsky.social, with a focus on teaching & learning and education research. Former secondary English teacher. https://www.tes.com/magazine/author/helen-amass
Ellen Peirson-Hagger @ellencph.bsky.social Deputy books and arts editor, the Observer
ellencph.co.uk
Richard Partington @rjpartington.bsky.social Guardian Senior Economics Correspondent
University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social Official source of news from University College Dublin (UCD) - Ireland's Global University. Est. 1854.
One of Europe's leading research-intensive universities
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social Critical sociology, criminology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow.
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social Social sciences journal publishing new research on #identities, #race, #ethnicity & #culture since 1994. Published by Taylor & Francis. https://linktr.ee/identitiesjournal
Tea Jarc @teajarc.bsky.social Confederal secretary at European trade union confederation @etuc_ces. Trade union activist, feminist, fighting for social justice.
Views expressed are my own.
UNISON @unison.org.uk UNISON - the UK's largest union, representing 1.3 million public service workers. Need support? Call 0800 0857 857 or
http://unsn.uk/Contact
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) challenges the influence of Big Business and corporate lobby groups in EU policy-making.
🐘 @corporateeurope@mstdn.social
🔗 https://corporateeurope.org/en
👉 linktr.ee/corporateeurope
Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social Prof at the Oxford Internet Institute
Director of @towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Publications: www.markgraham.space
Studies: Digital Economies, Digital Geographies, Economic Geography, Gig Economy, Data Work, AI Production Networks, Cities
Eat the rich
Euronews @euronews.com Official Euronews account
Joël Reland @jreland.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe. Looking at UK-EU relations, regulatory divergence and European politics.
Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social Policy & Strategy Analytics academic at Loughborough University; Member, Independent SAGE; Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social Sociologist of organizations, inequality, and hope
Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL Social Research Institute https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/54820-alex-bryson
Danny Blanchflower @dannyblanchy.bsky.social Prof of econ dartmouth and ex MPC Bank of England working a lot now on the declining wellbeing of the young around the world I am here https://sites.dartmouth.edu/blanchflower/
And now grandad of eleven
Blanchflower@dartmouth.edu
Evident @evidentmedia.org Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit news organization for investigative visual journalism. We combine evidence-based research with on-the-ground reporting to shed light on conflict, technology, corruption, and other global issues. | evidentmedia.org
Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health @kingscsmh.bsky.social Launched in 2020, the ESRC Centre at King's College London aims to transform understanding of how social, economic and cultural changes affect mental health.
Kelly Beaver @kellyipsosuk.bsky.social Chief Executive @IpsosUK, Trustee @FoundationsWW Research Fellow @policyatkings, @NuffieldCollege, @AcadSocSc, N. Irish in London, doting mum to my real boss
Sophie Metcalfe @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social Senior researcher in policymaking at Institute for Government - especially all things housing, planning and early years
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Martin Routledge @mroutled.bsky.social One of the convenors of Social Care Future https://socialcarefuture.org.uk/ Gooner. Love lots of people and things. Living with cancer
SaferSpace @saferspace.io Report and prevent workplace / campus: misconduct #sexualharassment and #discrimination. Organisations can immediately identify hotspots and intervene. There’s even an AI chatbot trained on the UK’s Equality Act.
Visit: https://saferspace.io
Stu Mackinnon @stumackinnon.bsky.social Head of comms and advocacy at Carnegie UK - a foundation that works on wellbeing policy.
Scotch pie, science fiction and rugby enthusiast.
Francesca Foliano @francescafolia1.bsky.social Education and Labour economist @UCL, visiting fellow @LSE Social Policy and @SSE, @ESCoE associate, @ADR UK fellow. Ex NIESR. Assistant prof of economics at Southampton from Sept 2025. From Bari, Europe.
Electoral Studies @electoralstudies.bsky.social An International Journal on Voting and Electoral Systems and Strategy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/electoral-studies
Henry Hepburn @henryhepburn.bsky.social Senior editor at Tes magazine https://www.tes.com/campaign/download-the-tes-magazine-app
Kyle Tormey @ktorm-social1.bsky.social Education journalist at Tes. X: @ktormreport Tips: kyle.tormey@tes.com
Balanced Economy Project @balancedeconomy.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit, globally-focused, anti-monopoly organisation whose mission is to reclaim our ability to restructure our economies, by collectively constraining corporate power and building a genuinely democratic economy.
International Professional Development Association @ipda-prof-learn.bsky.social The International Professional Development Association (IPDA) has more than 400 members across 25 countries.
Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester.
https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social
Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics is the official journal of the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics section of the American Political Science Association, published by @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org.
Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social Scottish Green MSP for North East Scotland | Rector of Dundee University | Eco-Socialist & Intersectional Feminist | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/maggiechapman
Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
Adriana Robles @adrianar.bsky.social Demography | Family | Inequality | Cats
World Physiotherapy @worldphysio1951.bsky.social World Physiotherapy is the sole international voice for physiotherapy, representing more than 600,000 physiotherapists through 129 member organisations
https://world.physio/
Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social Journalism for the energy transition. We cover Europe's move to climate neutrality based on 10 years expertise with Germany's Energiewende.
www.cleanenergywire.org
Birmingham City Council @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social The official account for Birmingham City Council (UK).
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/
Sarah Griffiths @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social Dementia Researcher University College London. Views my own. Interested in communication aspects of #dementia care and research. Qualitative methods. Public Involvement.
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/83178-sarah-griffiths/about
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
The CES @centreedusyst.bsky.social Policy-making is hard and education policy is particularly complex. CES is therefore building an international evidence base to improve decision making.
Visit us at www.ces.partners
Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Minister for Women & Equalities.
Chair of the Labour Party.
Proud MP for Houghton & Sunderland South.
The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social Working to change food policy and business practice to ensure everyone in the UK can afford and access healthy and sustainable food
🍏🗣️🫘📊📢🛒💚 - https://linktr.ee/FoodFoundation
School Food Matters @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social We teach children about food and improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school.
Obesity Health Alliance @oha-updates.bsky.social The Obesity Health Alliance is a coalition of over 70 health organisations who have joined together to advocate for policies to improve population health and address obesity.
Roberto Falanga @robertofalanga.bsky.social Researcher @ Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.
Passionate about citizen participation in decision-making, deliberative initiatives and democratic innovations.
Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk Public policy research, teaching and engagement, enabling the right kind of growth, fairly shared. bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
Magic Breakfast @magicbreakfastuk.bsky.social Championing and providing breakfasts until every child is nourished, empowered, and thriving #NourishingFutures
Mags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social Exec Director Public Policy and Communication, Arts Council England. Also part time doctoral student at Bath IPR. Mostly interested in psychology here. More of it should underpin public policy. All views my own.
Barnsley Parent Power @barnsleybrilliant.bsky.social Barnsley Parent Power is a parent and carer community in the Dearne Valley, supported by the University of Sheffield
Part of thebrilliantclub.org/
Bryn Phillips 🇬🇧🔶🕊️ @brynphillips.bsky.social
Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social Economist: Labo(u)r, Macro, Inequality || Ass't Prof @MITSloan @MIT_IWER || Nonres fellow @piie
Allan Johnstone @johnstoneallan.bsky.social Charity Exec & Trustee. FRSA.
Interested in community, charity, tackling inequalities, health & healthy ageing, and loads of other things.
Science HR @sciencehr.bsky.social A career network featuring science jobs in academia and industry.
Visit our platform at www.science.hr
Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578489868735
https://www.tiktok.com/@wildlife.net?_t=ZN-8yV9vhsHk0c&_r=1
Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
Saf @safprojects.bsky.social Children’s Literature Researcher.📚 Mental Health & Oracy advocate. Girlguiding Leader. Sociologist interested in Education Policy. 🌎 #edusky
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968
linktr.ee/runnymedetrust
Critical Chance Collective @ Tabletop Scotland I-10 @criticalchance.bsky.social Based in Glasgow:
We use storytelling, roleplaying, and creativity to bring people together.
https://www.criticalchance.co.uk/
https://linktr.ee/CritChanceCollective
Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social All things Community Shares, a unique way of Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies raising community based investment and building a movement. Brought to you by Co-operatives UK & partners.
https://linktr.ee/comshares
Karen Reeve @kazzie70.bsky.social Copy editor and writer for Kent and Surrey Bylines. Works in the social care sector. Interests are literature, theatre, cinema.
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Kathryn Cheetham (she/her) @kathryncheetham.bsky.social Collaborate. Design. Innovate. Building relationships that improve lives. Catalyst for change towards inclusive and innovative solutions for good, growth and sustainability. Currently Strategic Lead for Welfare and Employment at National Citizen’s Advice.