Babble ASL @babbleasl.bsky.social Babble ASL is defining the modern thirdspace for New York’s and New Jersey’s neurodivergent family. www.babbleasl.com — enroll, join the waitlist
Sue Timmis @suetim.bsky.social Recovering academic, HE researcher, social and climate justice, inequalities, geopolitics. Also gardener, art and culture lover. Green/left politics. Bristol, UK
@hollysmithhere.bsky.social @hollysmithhere.bsky.social 
Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social Social evolution, social aging & the benefits of social networks. Professor @crab-exeter.bsky.social, Dept. of Psych, Uni. of Exeter. Big team science collaborations: #MacaqueNet #CBRU. She/her. http://linktr.ee/laurenbrent
Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social Geographies & histories of what we have come to call “mental health” | the university | daydreams & fantasies | Freud | Marx
Editor, History of the Human Sciences @histhum.bsky.social
Angelina @muertealosn1664.bsky.social 
Andre Keil @andrekeil.bsky.social #Historian, #football enthusiast and participating observer. Lecturer in Modern European History. Opinions here strictly my own!
Rita Hordósy @rhordosy.bsky.social Sociologist | Higher education | Research/teaching nexus | HE transitions and widening access | International comparative education | Associate Professor at UONottingham | Sheffield-based | Views my own https://www.rhordosy.com/
Malte Laub @maltelaub.bsky.social Teaches IPE at the University of Sheffield.
Ed Podesta @edpodesta.bsky.social #PGR at University of Leeds, researching English Teachers’ curricular autonomy. Education academic and consultant, crap saxophonist, deficient in the attention dept. I'll follow if you've got a bio or real-world descriptor.
Not here for Edu-Culture Wars.
mies understood @liviakoeche.bsky.social architect, phd candidate, brazilian twitter refugee
(pt-br, esp, eng, fr, по-русски)
https://liviakoeche.cargo.site
will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social historian of witchcrafts, tarot, folklore, France 18-20th century
ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic
also #CreativeHistories
yes, that’s an actual photo of me.
never had ebola. yet
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
yousaf | یوسف @yousafnb.bsky.social assistant professor at university of birmingham | critical theory, organization studies, political ecology, urban studies
researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yousaf-Nishat-Botero
Birmingham UCU @birminghamucu.bsky.social 💥 Join our active, growing branch and be part of the campaign for a safer, fairer university: ucu.org.uk/join · birminghamucu.org
Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social Social Anthropologist
Associate Professor @ucl.ac.uk
PI of @takhayyul.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Editor-in-Chief Contemporary Islam
Academic Consultant
Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social Contemporary Literature, Novels, Theory, Time, Reading, Sociology of Literature.
Dr Gavin Hughes FRHistS FRGS @drgavinhughes.bsky.social Short misadventurer in archaeology, mischievous military historian, author, broadcaster, relentless miniature painter & collector. Follows cricket but doesn't understand it. Looks a little like Asterix 🙂 Rep @Pastpreservers; TCD, SDUC, NI, Wales, Co. Down!
the mangosphere @mangmangmang.bsky.social boring machine
The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social Liberal | Anti-fascist | Anti-MAGA | Pro-democracy
U.S. politics + global news explainer
Post Anything Here: interactink.com
Ineke Huysman @inekehuysman.bsky.social Dutch history: Stadholders' wives, Constantijn Huygens, Johan de Witt, Willem van Oranje, Willem de Clercq, American Association for Netherlandic Studies, Early Modern correspondences; history of perfumery; 17th century history. No answers to DM.
Miranda L. Barnes @mirandab-oa.bsky.social Research Associate, Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences (MORPHSS), Uni. of Cambridge (Cambridge Digital Humanities & Cambridge University Library). Views my own.
[Find my poetry account at @luminousjune.bsky.social]
Mark G. Bilby @mgbilby.bsky.social Digital Humanist | orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-6634 | original stuff ©2026 by author, no AI uses permitted
Mariya Ivancheva 🍉 @mariya-ivancheva.bsky.social feminist sociologist & anthropologist of highered & labour in digital era; social/ist mvts; author of #AlternativeUniversity, own views
Richard Batten @richardbatten.bsky.social Honorary Research Fellow at University of Exeter, Historian, Devon, WW1; Author; Farmer’s son; Views my own, reposts not endorsements;
Dr Moé Suzuki @moesz.bsky.social Interested in: 'humanity', migration, technology, feminism. Currently thinking & writing about “humanisation” of refugees. Views my own.
| Éireann | @rinnywee.bsky.social | History #PhD submitted! | #Librarian | Plumpton College | Priestess | Ceridwen | Lilitu | Inanna | Shāhmārān | #MultipleSclerosis | 🇦🇺🇫🇷 in 🇬🇧 |
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.
Educational Review @edreview.bsky.social General education research journal published by Routledge. SSCI Listed.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cedr20
David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social Human Geographer (retired, sort of);
Interested in national identity, sport, heritage, and many other things
Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social Geography, media and cultural studies, Latin American studies. Co-author of Transmedia Geographies: Decoloniality, Democratization, Cultural Citizenship, and Media Convergence (Rutgers University Press). Witness to the destruction of the UK university 🏳️⚧️
Geth Rees @gethrees.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University. Interested in understanding the intersection of medicine and criminal justice, but also likely to be talking about Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPGs), running and Star Wars.
Dr James Peate @jamesepeate.bsky.social Social/Cultural Historian.
Press/populism/Romani history.
Views are my own
westerner @lanelmorgan.bsky.social Editor and writer: salish-current.org and historylink.org. Adoption reform. PNW history. Regional news. I also have a blog -- remember those? -- 100 years of family letters: morgancorrespondence.blogspot.com
Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social Read Philosophy, write Philosophy, swear.
(senior lecturer at u of exeter; phil. of medicine, politics, ethics & metaethics, philosophical methodology. Irish, sports bore, hobbyist guitar pedal-builder)
Ryan Shirlow @ryanshirlow.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 in Yorkshire 🏵️ Fortean Times writer & PhD student, I study folk music 🪕 & folklore 🧚
Also ❤️old 🚙 cars & homebrew 🍺
Dad to 2 (not so wee) girls
Music on Woodford Halse and Fenny Compton https://ryanshirlow.bandcamp.com/
UCU Commons @ucucommons.org UCU Commons is a broad activist community working within and alongside the University and College Union (UCU). We are also on http://UCUCommons.org #UCUCommons
@danheggs.bsky.social @danheggs.bsky.social 
Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social Bi. Lecturer int. climate politics, futures, childless geographies. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 26/27 Equality Chair
UCU Commons. I mainly post about Girls Aloud. She/her
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5220-0914
Ben Brilot @brilot.bsky.social Animal welfare science type. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ben-Brilot-2
Chris Hale @chrisghale.bsky.social Posting in a personal capacity mostly on higher education & occasionally on cycling and Southampton FC. Brit and former Lewisham resident currently living in the wonderful Aotearoa New Zealand.
Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social Historian (mostly of Japan) and trade unionist (mostly in UCU). UCU Vice-president for Higher Ed. He/him
University of Liverpool Research Staff Association (RSA) @uolrsa.bsky.social Research Staff at the University of Liverpool have established our very own Research Staff Association (RSA). This initiative is supported and managed by The Academy: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/uol-rsa/
Deirdre McKay @dccmckay.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Curious... about geography, migration and development... and the plastic waste it generates....
Thomas House @tah-sci.com Professor of Mathematical Sciences, working mainly on epidemiology although partial to a bit of non-commutative algebra, social science and basic biology.
https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/thomas.house/about.html
itsmickey @itsmickey.bsky.social I am a doctor and also a businessman,
Dr El Abdullayev 🦉☕️ @eabdullayev.bsky.social Researcher in mineralogy, a dendrophile, a walker. Views are my own.
Sameen @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social Associate Professor. Research bureaucratic politics, political elites, and governance in Pakistan. Views my own. Formerly LUMS, SOAS, LSE. https://www.sameenmohsinali.com/ Enthusiastic about 🏊🏽♀️🧶📚🤿🖼️, pop culture, travel. No DMs
Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social Political historian, Lecturer at Bangor University, Yorkshireman-in-Wales. 'Migration on the Ballot' published with Routledge (2026): https://www.routledge.com/Migration-on-the-Ballot-Smethwick-and-the-1964-General-Election/Collinson/p/book/9780367766610
Ana de Medeiros @anademedeiros.bsky.social Academic, global citizen, working with languages and cultures @King's College London
LSE UCU @lseucu.bsky.social The London School of Economics Branch of the University and College Union.
Email: ucu.secretary@lse.ac.uk
Website: www.lseucu.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lse_ucu/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lse-ucu-333b16436
Mike Hopper @mike-hopper.bsky.social 
UHI UCU @uhiucu.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social branch of @ucuscotland.bsky.social | FB - https://www.facebook.com/uhiucu | Insta - https://www.instagram.com/uhi_ucu/ | X - https://x.com/UHI_UCU | Linktree - https://linktr.ee/uhiucu | Join - www.ucu.org.uk/join |
J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social C19 literary critic & cultural historian. Author of Louise Michel in America (Rutgers UP 2027) + Sensational Internationalism. Editor of NY: A Literary Anthology + the CC to Literature and Food. UCU NEC member. She/her.
https://www.j-michelle-coghlan.com
Holly Bird @holly-bird.bsky.social • PhD student researching prison expansion at Uof Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social
• fellow @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social
• formerly researcher at @cycjscotland.bsky.social / research & policy at @stopwatchuk.bsky.social
https://holly-bird.co.uk/
@hume1711.bsky.social @hume1711.bsky.social 
Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social International peer reviewed journal of the Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia. Published by @TandFResearch.bsky.social.
#HigherEducation #SoTL #Universities
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cher20
Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social Teaching in Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal (Taylor & Francis) focusing on critical higher education studies.
Antoine Marie PhD @a-marie-sci.bsky.social 🇫🇷 political psychologist @SciencesPo Paris. I study how people reason and communicate about divisive political topics 🔥
https://www.antoinemariesci.com
ANR Access ERC Nominee
@InstitutNicod @AarhusUni_int @ENS_Ulm
Don’t hate what you don’t understand.
Ian Bailey @irbailey.bsky.social Accelerator physicist at Lancaster University and the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology working on Free Electron Lasers, axion dark matter searches and precision measurements of the muon.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8020-3662
Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social Student and university administrator
https://moremeansbetter.wordpress.com
@patrickainley.bsky.social @patrickainley.bsky.social 
Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social UK independent scholar. Critical University Studies. Fascinated by US politics. Tweets mostly about Higher Ed issues. Open Water swimmer. Blog https://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/
Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social Mum, trade unionist, lecturer, Ed D student | Chair of BCU UCU, Vice Chair West Mids UCU, UCU NEC | Social reproduction feminism, reproductive labour, education activism.
V tired.
Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social Interim Professor at Europa-Universität Viadrina and Senior Researcher at Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany | organization studies | critical management studies | higher education
he/him
Laurence Cooley @lpcooley.bsky.social Politics lecturer, University of Birmingham
Work on the politics of deeply divided societies (mostly Northern Ireland these days), including power-sharing, demography and the census. Recently also thinking about Lough Neagh. UCU rep. #firstgen
Gareth @gfearn.bsky.social Researching the political economy of electricity, urban and environmental planning.
https://garethfearn.com/
Carlos Azevedo @carlosazevedo.bsky.social Higher education, social justice, and some other stuff.
Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Fun, messy, screen-free hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 International Schools partnerships. Franchise.
Leo McCann @leomc76.bsky.social Academic @york.ac.uk
Sociology of Professions / Critical Management Studies / History
Dr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
Tucker MacNeill @tmacneill.bsky.social Learning Technology guy at the University of Brighton. Oh, and I also make pictures. 🐸 #immigrant 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 #Accessibilty #OER
Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Associate Director T&L & Student Success at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social Autistic, prob AuDHD. LGBTQ+ ally because obviously. Routine goblin. She/her. Sweary, sorry. Lecturer (UK), researcher in language development, psycholinguistics, autism. ♾️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Laura Cooper @transitionalform.bsky.social Postdoc investigating the plants of the past at the University of Edinburgh, plants can be rocks too!
Becca @beccalou.bsky.social HE Lecturer, Research in sociology of education, care and disability, social justice, mental health. Views expressed here are my own.
British Education Awards @beaawards.bsky.social Championing educational excellence in academia and vocational learning. Enter this year’s awards free, at http://britisheducationawards.co.uk/entry -rules-guide-lines/
Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social Professor of History, with particular focus on women in England c.1300-1700. Was PI on AHRC-funded Alice Thornton’s Books project, 2021-25. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/people/cbeattie/
Adam Mosley @adamjmosley.bsky.social historian: early modern science & scholarship | book history | collecting & museums | networks | dh-curious |🏳️🌈 |🇪🇺| ~he/him~
+ speculative fiction | games | other people's cats & dogs | octopodes | bears | personal views
Michael Barany @mbarany.com Historical and cultural theories about maths and science theories. Fields Medal killjoy. Scotland enjoyer. formerly @mbarany on birdsite and intermittently @mjb@mathstodon.xyz on fediverse
Research Elements @reselements.bsky.social Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
@SciTube.io @scitube.bsky.social Complex topics. Understood in a few minutes.
Short science animations helping researchers, institutions and publishers make complex research easier to understand.
www.scitube.io
@a-nichols.bsky.social @a-nichols.bsky.social 
Benedict Eastaugh @beastaugh.bsky.social logician at warwick
extralogical.net
El @turquoisespiff01.bsky.social Perimenopausal autistic bookworm 🪱with a couple of bonus chronic conditions and oh the brain fog. LGBTQIA+ ally 🩷🏳️⚧️🩵🏳️🌈 (she/her)
Dr Conor Wilson @drconorwilson.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice at City St George’s, University of London
Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social I am a Prof of Comp Sci at Uni of Manchester, UK. UCU NEC disabled member rep (2023-24). UCUCommons. All posts are my own behalf alone. He/him/they.
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social 📚 Prof of Contemporary Literature & Theory.
🐈⬛ Poet, Londoner, ashtangi, beleaguered cat-feeder.
📕 Author of Contemporary Feminist Life-Writing: The New Audacity.
Dr Matt Barnard @matthewbarnard.phd Cat-owning philosophy academic | existentialism | phenomenology | new project: philosophy of AI
- Web: https://matthewbarnard.phd/
- Mastodon: https://hcommons.social/@mattbarnardsays
UCU NEC/HEC UK Elected Representative