Metin Koca @adagiomminor.bsky.social British Academy International Fellow @York.ac.uk Sociology
Lucy Potter @lucypotter.bsky.social ESRC Research Fellow at the Uni of York | PhD in non-religion, apostasy & asylum | Sociologist exploring identities, human and refugee rights & (de)coloniality
https://linktr.ee/drlucypotter
Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social Reader in English Literature and Film •
International Gothic Association co-president (2022-2026) • Manchester #Gothic Centre founding member • #Horror Studies book series editor • Profile: https://tinyurl.com/2czvabnz
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Kath Bassett @kathrithm.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at York. I research tourism as a key site of digitisation, tracing how mobilities, hospitality work, and urban economies are governed by algorithms and platforms.
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social Independent researcher, archivist and librarian researching in the fields of conspiracy theories and death studies. Always open to discussing new projects and collaborations.
https://www.robert-spinelli.com
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
the algorithms + miscarriage project @paul-ord.bsky.social PhD research project at University of York
Understanding the role of algorithmic technologies in women's remembrance after miscarriage
sociology of miscarriage / critical algorithm studies / death studies
UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social Registered Charity responsible for the offical national memorial to our UK Covid dead. Account run by bereaved volunteers.♥️
www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org
Lauren Smith, PhD @lkmsmith.bsky.social SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow; Associate Faculty @ RRU
Climate, emotions, behaviour change, gender, planetary (and death) care
She/They 🌈🍁
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
Lora Stanley @lorastanley.bsky.social Lefty. Dislikes Farage, MAGA and religious hypocrites. Dog trainer. Animal lover. Animal afterlife & reincarnation researcher. Drosophila.
EMRE KIZILKAYA @emrekizilkaya.bsky.social Ph.D. in Media & Communication | '24-'25 Carr-Ryan Center Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School | Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow '19 | IVLP Alumnus | IBM Certified AI Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kizilkaya #Media #Humanities #AI #Data #Ethics
Danny Snow @dannysnow.bsky.social PhD candidate @ucdischool.bsky.social , posthumous data. Bass @wearevillagers.bsky.social
Activity Uplift @activityuplift.bsky.social Fun activities for Dementia & Alzheimer's Caregivers, Seniors, and Activity Professionals. https://activityuplift.com
Roger Patulny @rpatulny.bsky.social Sociology Professor HKBU. Research emotions, loneliness, men, networks, urban themes. Part time writer and poet, dad, befriender of English teachers,
Editor, Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social
Research, poems, stories - http://rpatulny.com/
Nic Clyde @clydosky.bsky.social Digital refugee from that other platform (the one with the blue bird)
Benjamin Jacobsen @bnjacobsen.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at University of York and Visiting Fellow on ALGOSOC project at Durham University.
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.
meg 💀 @bedazzlemybones.bsky.social (they/them) thanatologist. craft-maker. social worker. future corpse. grief counselor.
Couture EOLD @coutureeold.bsky.social Thanatologist | End-of-Life Doula
I support people navigating #grief. Evidence-based, current literature, research, theory & applied practice. 15+ years experience in research & field settings.
Cape Breton, NS, Canada 🇨🇦
www.nataliecouturethanatology.com
Timby2 @timby2.bsky.social It's not how much you're given, it's what you do with what you've got. Folk music, archaeology, football and lefty views. Semi-retired, the boss will be furious when she finds out. Looking for hope and laughter.
William Huguet @thehottesthub.bsky.social I own an online store called TheHottestHub.com in New York City, New York.
Our Website is READY to shop with OVER 100,000 of the Hottest Products in New York City.
Dr Nicola Sugden @nicolasugden.bsky.social Edinburgh-based researcher looking at data and healthcare.
Formerly history of genetics; genomics; evolution; children; animals; race; minds; brains; psychology /iatry /oanalysis; madness; neurodiversity; disability; bioethics; reproductive technology.
Dr Trish Biers @drtrishbiers.bsky.social Human Remains Specialist. Curation, conservation, repatriation, ethics, museums, relics, education. Stop the trade in human remains! 💀🪦⚰️ #thanatology #folklore #deathwork #deadtorites #tacos
Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social Engaging with our research community, supporting good practice and sharing updates on all aspects of #openresearch #openaccess #opendata @york.ac.uk
Open Research at York: https://york.ac.uk/open-research
Email the team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk
Aimee Middlemiss @almiddlemiss.bsky.social Social science - politics and policy of reproduction, death, personhood, kinship.
Currently: reproductive politics of the cervical stitch/cerclage.
Previously: 'Invisible Labours' book on politics of 2nd trimester pregnancy loss.
Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social Global Healthcare venue for tracking & trending⏩Rx ,recalls, technology, studies, treatments, outbreaks, and more💗💊💉🚑 💥 RN - RESEARCHER 💥 PRO-Science 🚫 DMs
Joanna Malone @joannamalone.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of York | Interested in religion, nonreligion, ageing, life-course, belonging, and citizenship | Currently undertaking a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
🥀🪦 @graveyardgirly.bsky.social I walk amongst the stones not to mourn,but to witness love that has nowhere to go but back to the earth.
All photos in media are my own.
Alt text friendly.
Gregory Ortiz Shushan @gregoryshushan.bsky.social Historian of religions and award-winning author of books about afterlife beliefs and near-death experiences. https://www.gregoryshushan.com/
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Nathan Manning @natemanning.bsky.social Sociologist working on university education and right-wing populism, political emotions and young citizens. University of Adelaide, all views my own. Co-Editor Emotions & Society (BUP) - https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/emsoc/emsoc-o
Mrs Trellis @mrstrellis.bsky.social Human, last time I checked. Wannabe historian. Enjoys cheese, knitting, and sleeping. She/her, also responds to ‘oi you’. Chronic pain and ADHD lols. SCROTUS is a danger to life on planet earth.
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social Sociologist of cultures and media. Lecturer at the University of York.
Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social Historian of science working on histories of the future, the nature of human/animal relationships, and relationships between science and religion, as well as histories of the field sciences. Will witter on about SF at the drop of a warp drive. Cymraes.
Dr Patricia Hamilton @patriciahamilton.bsky.social Exploring the intersections between black feminist theory, reproduction and parenting. Committed procrastinator.
I made a short explainer about Shared Parental Leave: https://youtu.be/Eju2uKx40C4?feature=shared 
Laura Spector @lauramakesart1.bsky.social I come in peace.
Artist 🖼️, Cats 🐈⬛🐈, Audiobooks 📚🎧
Upcoming 2027: Solo Exhibition at Holocaust Museum Houston
www.LauraSpector.com
Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of York | religion, ethics, values, culture, cities, childhood | neurodivergent | she/her | new book 'Growing Up Godless' https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691247250/growing-up-godless
Tom O'Brien @tomob-nz.bsky.social York based Antipodean 🇳🇿, political sociologist, and allotmenteer 🌾 with @petramakela.bsky.social
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce @deathandculture.bsky.social University of York, UK. SFHEA. Editor Death and Culture Bristol Uni Press. Academic interest: death and the dead; crime; celebrity; popular culture; HE Pedagogy. Death and Culture Network
https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/death-and-culture/
Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social Author, film critic, and editor of all things Gothicky.
Renske Visser @drrenskevisser.bsky.social Medical Anthropologist & Death Scholar @Oulu uni. Co-host @deathstudiespod (thedeathstudiespodcast.com)
Blogger @deadgoodreading (deadgoodreading.com).
🇳🇱 in 🇫🇮
CDAS: Centre for Death and Society @cendeathsociety.bsky.social Works leading research centre at the University of Bath, UK. Were interested in the social contexts of death, dying and bereavement.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-for-death-society/
Prof Sophie Woodward @sophierwoodward.bsky.social Sociologist University of Manchester, co-Director Morgan Centre, Vice Director NCRM; co-editor Journal of Creative Research Methods, researches material culture, dormant things, fashion, wardrobes, gender and feminism.
Reka Patricia Gal @rekapatriciagal.bsky.social Fire extinguisher on fire. Feminist STS & media theory. Environmental justice. Social Studies of Outer Space. Social Studies of Chemistry. Postdoctoral Researcher @TUM STS. Land⛰️Back.
Desiree @greetinggoodbye.bsky.social end of life doula. toddler mom. tabletop nerd. deathtech dabbler. lifelong angeleno. carb connoisseur. fil-am. 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Travelingwithcoler @travelingwithcoler.com TravelingwithColer.com is your go-to family travel site, featuring expert guides on top destinations like London and New York, along with other world-famous cities.
Discovering NYC @discovering.nyc Writer, public historian & former tour NYC guide sharing the stories behind intriguing pieces of New York City history. Elsewhere @Discovering_NYC, writing at discovering.nyc
nash flynn @itsnashflynn.bsky.social death historian. part time comedian. feral gay. i have autism (derogatory). @deathandfriends.bsky.social
your favourite comedian’s least favourite comedian
always a candidate, never a doctor
death is for everybody out fall 2026*
🦇 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖚𝖟𝖆 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖙𝖍 🦇 @fairuzafilth.bsky.social Just a girl living in a spooky world 💀 Horror, history, the occult, and a side of filth ⛓️🖤✨ witch in the #ADK | #ailuddite #fuckfascists
School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social It's what we're for. For better business. For fairer societies. Based @york.ac.uk.
People in the School - Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/enRmVo
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/uoy-sbs/
🔗 www.york.ac.uk/business-society
Kate Woodthorpe @katewoody.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, interested in all things death and dying. Director of CDAS, University of Bath
Brontë Schiltz @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 🖊: @bigissue.com @bigissuenorth.bsky.social 👻 PhD on the BBC’s Televisual Gothic @manmetuni.bsky.social 👩💼 Members Coordinator @igagoths.bsky.social
Graveyard Dandelion @graveyarddandelion.bsky.social Graveyards, old things, overgrown things, & other moody places 🪦🖤
I’m Dree | she/her
I have merch 👀 https://www.redbubble.com/people/designsbydree/shop?artistUserName=DesignsByDree&collections=4159333&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant
Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social Historian of culture & ideas | hows, whys, & effects of writing & making c18th+ | now: political activism's role in framing practice; ethics of reimagining historical homicides | @york.ac.uk, @ihr.bsky.social, & in the wild | shop window 👉 sarahwride.co.uk
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻
Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
Jillian Tullis @profjillian.bsky.social Professor. Dying. Death. Health. Communication. 
Death and Friends Podcast @deathandfriends.bsky.social translating the intersections between death history & comedy with comedian @guerrillajokes.bsky.social and historian @itsnashflynn.bsky.social
leftist history w/ the emotional maturity of a houseplant at a frat party
season 6 out NOW
Sophie Lewis @sophielewis.bsky.social Sociologist + Qualitative researcher, University of Sydney| Focusing on health, illness and care. Cat lover | women’s football ⚽️
Ruth-Anne @handle.invalid Gothic, Ecology and Theology in 19th century literature
AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University
She/They 📚🏳️🌈🐶
Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social Reader 📚 University of York. Home cultures and domestic economies.‘The Return of the Housewife: why women are still cleaning up’ out now! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170972/
Richard Tutton @drfuturity.bsky.social Professor | Department of Sociology and @satsu-york.bsky.social | @york.ac.uk | Interests in STS of outer space | sociology of futures |futures of sustainable travel | EASST Council member | Senior Fellow Higher Ed Academy
Cindy L. Cain @drclcain.bsky.social Sociologist, organizational issues in health care delivery, end of life care, and dementia. Also sewing! Mostly quilts and apparel. 
Charlotte Bartle-McDaniel @ckbmcd.bsky.social 📚Postgrad/PhD researcher - Hair in 19thC & Neo-Victorian mourning/memorialisation • Anglo-American Literature • Material culture • Death & dying • Grief • Sensation fiction • Popular fiction •
Yorkshire 🏴 ➡️ Missouri 🇺🇸
💀 Taphophile
http://www.ckbmcd.com
Alexandra Vinson @ahvinson.bsky.social 
Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social Lecturer in c19th and c20th Literature. #Gothic #DeathStudies #Childhood
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Nilou Davoudi @kotlet00.bsky.social PhD Candidate @UBC | @UniofOxford Alumna | Research in Death, Mourning, and Memoria On Social Media | Compulsive Reader, Traveller, Whirler, Teacup Collector
Yr Friend Camille @yrouttasight.bsky.social Art, music, film, 🌸💀🌸. A big orange cat named Bruce. Sociology grad student, Death Studies research. New Englander. Darkness hippie. She/her.
Alison @aaclarke4.bsky.social Doctor in East of England
Interested in Palliative and Respiratory medicine
Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at Durham University
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-d-pattinson/
Adam Smith @betterresearch.bsky.social #Dementia Research at University College London - creator of Dementia Researcher supporting ECR Careers.
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Caitlin Veal 👾 @caitlinveal.bsky.social @investigatedot.bsky.social 🧡
Social Sciences AA and PhD researcher at York St John 🎓 interested in the spatial construction of social video game experiences, online identity & digital culture w/ a lil bit of death studies on the side🦕👾💀
Rod Earle @rodearle.bsky.social Reluctant criminologist, The Open University, convictions my own and others
Dr Emily Nicholls @dremilynicholls.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology @University of York. Alcohol, sobriety, veganism, (non)consumption. Current work - no/low alcohol drinks (tinyurl.com/noloyork) and meat substitutes
Sven Opitz @svop.bsky.social Sociologist, focus on Biopolitics, Ecology, Health, Atmospheric Politics, and More-Than-Human Social Theory, Professor at Philipps-Universität Marburg
Joshua Hurtado @joshuahh.bsky.social PhD, University of Helsinki. Studying environmental politics, specifically degrowth and the Pluriverse. As a Futures researcher, I also study futures of death and immortality. Views my own.
Robert Dingwall @rwjdingwall.bsky.social Consulting sociologist, researcher, writer and entrepreneur. Medical sociology; sociology of law; STS; ethnomethodology; CA. Re-post does not imply endorsement.
Dr Nicola White @nicolawhite.bsky.social Principal Research Fellow in palliative care.
Deputy Head of the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, UCL.
All posts my own views.
More about me: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/31627-nicola-white
Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social フッド・クリス
http://linktr.ee/hoodcp
Author of novels and non-fiction books on symbols in Japan, shinkansen, the JAL123 plane crash, and books related to Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
Todd Meyers @totomcgee.bsky.social Anthropologist. Teaches at McGill University, Social Studies of Medicine. New book, GONE GONE (Duke University Press, 2025)
Angela Ryals @angelaryals.bsky.social Hospice Nurse/ Asheville, NC/ Crazy Cat Lady/ Flutist/ Knitter 🧶🧶🧶/ Ghost Hunter 👻👻👻/Coffee Lover ☕️☕️☕️/ #Hapc / #Hpna / #Chpn