Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social Education wonk & Midwest emo fan; Head of Children and Young People at IPPR
Laura Rayner @lerayner.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at Zoe Institute for Future-Fit Economies. Previously European Policy Centre, European Parliament. Mum of three. Currently resident in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Catherine Dempsey @catherinedempsey.bsky.social community building | social justice | public health | peacebuilding | tech | participation
Jonnytench @jonnytench.bsky.social Economi llesiant a pholisi bwyd. Wellbeing economy, food policy at Future Generations Commissioner for Wales team 🏴. Not cool enough to be an early adopter but we are where we are. Views mine. Siarad Cymraeg.
WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social Sefydliad Ymchwil Cymdeithasol ac Economaidd a Data Cymru I Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data I wiserd.ac.uk
Paul Cochrane @paulcochrane87.bsky.social Global Services Manager @ Hyland | Passionate about services, healthcare, digital health, AI & cloud | BSc, PRINCE2, MSP, L6σ Green Belt | Opinions are my own | https://linktr.ee/paulcochrane
Russell Fallis @russdf.bsky.social Dad of 2. Hibs, MUFC, NI's GAWA, Irish rugby. Photography. Work in govt comms, ex-journo.
Views my own/borrowed. ReBloots(?) not an endorsement, etc...
PolicyWISE @policywise.bsky.social We bring people and research together to help find solutions to issues facing policymakers across the UK and Ireland.
India Gerritsen @indiafhg.bsky.social 👊 🩷 Proud Northerner, hobbyist writer + outdoorsy dog woman
🕵️♀️Researcher at @ipprnorth.bsky.social.
💬 All things housing, MVAWG, health, regional equality, devo.
Views=own / repost not an endorsement
IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Neil Bibby MSP @neilbibby.bsky.social Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (Scottish Labour & Co-operative)
2050 Climate Group @2050climategroup.bsky.social Empowering young people in Scotland to take action against the climate crisis because #2050StartsNow 🌍 https://linktr.ee/2050climategroup
Trewin Restorick @trewin.bsky.social Environmental entrepreneur. Winner of Business Green Lifetime Achievement Award and Global Good Leader of the Year. Still trying to stay optimistic.
Mary-Louise Corr @mlcorr.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Criminology, Queen's University Belfast & Centre for Children's Rights. Youth Justice, Youth Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Youth, Narrative Research
Mark Shucksmith @markshucksmith.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University. Rural sociologist. New books: Rural Poverty Today (2023); Rethinking Rural Studies (2024).
Linda Macdonald @lindamacdonald.bsky.social Mission Manager, A Fairer Start @nestauk.bsky.social. Board member Scottish Community Development Centre.
Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social IRP is a national center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. We are part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social Lecturer in Public Policy at Edinburgh Uni researching corporate power and planetary health - currently global plastics treaty | ‘most improved PhD student’ 2017-18 | part-time Kieran Tierney Ultra
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social Professor in SPS, Glasgow University. PI Nuffield; PI @GLIMER_Research. co-Editor @IDjnl. FBA FRSE FAcSS. Writing in personal capacity.
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.
Harvey Humphrey @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social Academic. Poet. Creative sociologist. Queer non-binary trans man. Spoonie. Gentletran & a scholar. Also part of the Queer Disability Studies Network snails. 🐌🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Ewen Speed @ewenspeed.bsky.social Sociologist interested in health policy and inclusive involvement...and cycling. Current associate editor of Journal of Critical Public Health, a diamond open access publication https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph/index
Ceri Hughes @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social British Academy Fellow researching insecure work, activation & work-related conditionality
Based at Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester. Visiting Fellow, CASE, LSE
Clare Bambra @profbambra.bsky.social Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University, North East England. Personal account. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=3cyGPHcAAAAJ&hl=en
#healthinequality #healthequity #publichealth #SDoH #FPL
Diane @drddelaney.bsky.social PhD Public Health + Health Policy|
Tutor|Trainer|@GiveTimeScot Campaigner|
#ValuingParents #ParentEngagement
Rebecca Hewer @beckshewer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Chancellor’s Fellow). Author 'Sex-Work, Prostitution & Policy' (Palgrave); Gender & Sexuality Studies: socio-legal regulation & feminist utopias.
Alasdair Stewart @abestew.bsky.social Sociologist | Socialist | Neurodivergent | Linux & FLOSS advocate | he/they
Hilllary Collins @hilllary.bsky.social Researcher at University of Glasgow- sociology/ health/ sts/ parenting/ media etc. Crystal Palace and Glasgow City fan. Also queer stuff and tv
Morag Treanor @moragtreanor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Inequality at the University of Glasgow.
@joannastewart.bsky.social @joannastewart.bsky.social 
Bilge Serin @noxyin.bsky.social Dreaming to be somewhere by the sea.
Urbanist, reseacher, lecturer in Global Urbanism at @uofgussp.bsky.social
justcitymed.org
https://linktr.ee/bilgeserin
Stephan Köppe @drkoeppe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Social Policy | UCD
https://people.ucd.ie/stephan.koeppe
comparative social policy | housing inequality | large families | family leave | living in Dublin | alter ego @welfaremarkets.bsky.social
Helen Abnett @helenabnett.bsky.social Researcher interested in the role of charities/non-profits in public service delivery.
Daniel Edmiston @danieledmiston.bsky.social Research @igopbcn @PolitiquesUAB | British Academy Wolfson Fellow | (Deep) Poverty & Inequality | @DistantWelfare | Social Innovation | Citizenship 🏳️🌈
https://www.deep-poverty.co.uk 
Ewan Robertson @ewanrobo.bsky.social Postdoc Researcher, Studying Parliaments and the Role of Knowledge, University of Edinburgh (https://www.project-spark.net/)
Focused on the Spanish and Catalan parliaments | PhD in Social Policy
Exec member & comms at the UK Social Policy Association
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Dr Tom Porter @tomporter1.bsky.social Researching health services, social security, and care. Disability, health/illness, ageing. University of Bristol. PhD. UTV
Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Glasgow - Urban Studies and Social Policy. Research on the role of citizen voices in policy-making processes, public engagement and lived experience as a form evidence. 
Markus Ketola @markusketola.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Global and International Social Policy | University of Edinburgh | Co-Editor, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
Jan Eichhorn @eichhornjan.bsky.social Research Director of Berlin-based Think Tank d|part & Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at The University of Edinburgh
https://dpart.org/ | https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/jan-eichhorn
Antonios Roumpakis @aroumpakis.bsky.social Associate Professor, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Co-editor of Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy. Views my own.
Alessio D'Angelo @alessiodangelo.bsky.social Prof. of Social Policy, Derby University (UK). Editor of Social Policy & Society. Researching migration, inequalities, networks & communities. Giving BlueSky a shot. Personal account (usual disclaimers). More on me on: https://alessiodangelo.wordpress.com
Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Welfare state, social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making. Views own, RTs not endorsements. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/hayley-bennett
Gideon Calder @gideoncalder.bsky.social Associate Professor, Swansea University | co-ed, @ethicswelfare | vice chair @socialpolicyuk | chair, Newport Fairness Commission
Naomi Finch @drnaomifinch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy @ University of York. Interested in gender equality, hybrid work, work-family balance, family policy, family wellbeing and poverty
Professor Carolyn Snell @prof-carolynsnell.bsky.social Professor in Social Policy at the University of York. Net Zero. Climate justice. Fuel poverty. Also cats, dogs and van life.
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Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social Professor in Social Policy & Sustainability, Lund University: Capitalist development & its social, environmental and policy implications; #degrowth, sustainable #welfare. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-koch
Nicola Gale @profnicolagale.bsky.social Sociologist, policy scholar, creative writer, Professor @hsmcentre.bsky.social & Head of @BirminghamSchool.bsky.social of Social Policy and Society University of Birmingham UK #academicsky #amr #riskwork #frameworkanalysis #cam #lgbtq+ 🏳️🌈
Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social Based at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, our shared purpose is to understand the world and work collaboratively to make it better #AcademicSky #Sociology #BritishCulturalStudies #Criminology #SocialPolicy #SocialWork #HealthManagement #SocialCare
Kate Summers @katesummers.bsky.social Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
Dr Jackie Gulland @drjackiegulland.bsky.social Social scientist, social work lecturer. Social justice/sociolegal/ disability/ageing/gender/care and a bit of history. Author award winning 'Gender, Work and Social Control' (2019)
LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social The International Inequalities Institute drives integrated research and teaching on inequality at LSE. Home of @afsee-lse.bsky.social.
Ed Pybus @epybus.bsky.social social policy - social justice, social security, land reform, poverty, climate change, global justice, housing...and more...mostly here to listen...plus chess ♟, house plants 🪴, woodland crofts 🌲, music 🎶, and occasional macrame 🧶.
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.
Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social Associate Prof, UoN. Chair @Academics_Stand Founding member of @QPaPNetwork parkrun Event Ambassador and ED. New allotment holder.
Julie Aitken @julieaitken.bsky.social Currently exploring creative approaches to knowledge mobilisation through a PHD at Northumbria University. Alongside that, work as Policy Manager at Corra Foundation.
Kit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social I take my cats on walks, work on housing, social inequalities and queering social policy, take action where I can, and knit socks.
📍Edinburgh
Rod Hick @rodhick.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy at Cardiff University. Poverty | social security | work | housing www.rodhick.com
Stephen Pimpare @stephenpimpare.bsky.social Poverty and US social welfare policy, hovering awkwardly between the fields of political science and social work.
Host, New Books in Public Policy: https://newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profile/aba1b96c-5ec5-4ab6-940e-08f426f74a37
Dalton Stevens @daltonstevens.bsky.social assistant prof. sociology | texas tech | disability, med, life course
Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social Pension whisperer of BlueSky.
Interested in sustainable retirement/pension systems.
Social policy | economics | political sciences
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/nikovaananen/
Wouter De Tavernier @wdetavernier.bsky.social OECD pension economist @oecdsocial.bsky.social
Population ageing, pensions & Paris
Active ageing, ageism & long-term care
Views are my own and may not represent those of the OECD
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.
James Ingram @ingyingram.bsky.social Increasingly bionic 🦾🦿 Vice Chair, Patients' Voices Royal College Anaesthetists + Faculty of Pain Medicine | Former int'l civil servant + NGOs on human rights etc | ר׳ ייִד
https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
Martin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Public and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham
Beth Watts-Cobbe @bethwcobbe.bsky.social Professor and Deputy Director @i-sphere.bsky.social Research homelessness, destitution, and social responses to them.
Rune HALVORSEN @runehalvorsen.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Comparative welfare policy, social citizenship, EU social policy, and social movements. ISA RC19 board member.
https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/employee/runeh/
Wim Van Lancker @wimvanlancker.be Professor sociaal beleid / Professor Social Policy @ KU Leuven, Belgium. Research on poverty and inequality, social and family policies, and the welfare state. http://www.wimvanlancker.be
Thomas Prosser @prossertj.bsky.social Professor of European political economy, Cardiff University. Essayist. Dislikes partisans, likes paradoxes. Author of two books with Manchester University Press.
Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social Sociologist @Erasmus University Rotterdam
Social security, families, income/wealth
https://sites.google.com/view/marigabriele/home
Paul Spicker @paulspicker.bsky.social Paul is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He mainly writes on poverty, benefits, social justice and social policy. Find his published work at https://observant-paulspicker.wordpress.com/paul-spicker/ 
Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social Assistant Prof. Seoul National University
Previously @lisdata.bsky.social & @liser.lu PhD @dspi-oxford.bsky.social
Researching public pensions, labour market, family policy, income & wealth inequality in comparative perspective
kunlee0910.github.io
Matt Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social Political economy of the welfare state. Politics of social citizenship. Dynamics of resilience and cohesion. European society and politics. Ideas and discourse.
Ireland, UK & Europe
Assistant Professor of Social Policy, UCD
Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social SPA: the professional association for lecturers, researchers and students of social policy in the UK and internationally.
https://social-policy.org.uk/
Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social Professor of Geography @ Manchester & UKRI Future Leader Fellow. Urban Crisis, Cities, Policy Mobilities, Health & Drugs, Climate & Social Justice. Views my own #urban #geography
Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
Minna van Gerven @minnavangerven.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy @HelsinkiUni 🇫🇮🇳🇱
Dominic Afscharian @afscharian.bsky.social Political Scientist & Think Tanker at Zentrum für neue Sozialpolitik, Berlin | Social Policy | Europe & Germany
Posts in 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
Views are my own
Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ucl.ac.uk
Econ & social policy:
labor, (un)employment, inequality
http://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk
https://lukaslehner.github.io/
Dr Calum Carson @drcalumcarson.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at Acas, leading on flexible working and zero-hours contracts. Wider research interests include Decent Work/Future of Work/Living Wages. Photographer. Forever looking for a dog to pet.
Kalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social Professor of Education and Social Justice, Director Centre for Research on Race and Education, University of Birmingham. Interests: race, gender, class, equity, social justice.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/bhopal-kalwant
Joakim Kulin @joakimkulin.bsky.social Associate professor at the Dept. of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden | Political sociologist studying public opinion on climate change and climate policy. But also welfare state, immigration, political polarization, and rightwing populism.
Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ Yale | @DSPI_Oxford PhD 📚| Health Policy MPH @YaleSPH 🩺 | survivorship x gun violence x qualitative researcher | opinions are my own 🌱
Mental Health in Development @mhid.org.uk Developing targeted, effective, and accessible mental health interventions that meet the needs of diverse children and young people (aged 0-18 years) and their families.
Learn more about us here: https://mhid.org.uk/
Laura Mitchell @lauramitchell.bsky.social Kidney donor • Teuchter • SNP campaigner • MSP Comms Person • She/Her • All views my own
Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social The UK's professional membership body for #publichealth. We work with our members to protect and improve health for all. www.fph.org.uk
Care Full @carefull.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy, from @ruthhannan.bsky.social & @hannahwebster.bsky.social.
Get in touch: hello@carefull.uk
www.carefulleconomy.co.uk
Rob Richardson @drrobrichardson.bsky.social Lecturer in Urban Planning & Placemaking at University of @Manchester.ac.uk Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | MRTPI | Urban design, planning, place & policy | Own views
Adam Terry @adamterryfgf.bsky.social Executive Director @futuregovforum.bsky.social
Politics and policy geek | Bearded north London music lover | Twin father and sometime trailing spouse
Sarah Mulley @sarahmulley.bsky.social Policy, strategy; migration, communities
Andrew Greenway @andrewgreenway.bsky.social Founder, Public Digital. Co-author of Bluffocracy. Still Countdown's most rubbish champion.
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
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