RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social The latest in geography higher education from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Dave Webb @davewebbncl.bsky.social What would planners do if they took Fascism and the apocalypse seriously? Planning academic, 90s throwback, VW T25 fanatic.
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone botmaker, jeweler, queer, kobold, glass wizard, husband haver, capitalism hater. they/them ze/hir https://nora.jewelry/ https://nora.zone/ @nora@blob.love on fedi. see @infinitescream.bsky.social if you want to see my posts (rude). shop is closed
Cara Pelletier @scaradactyl.bsky.social You can sit with me.
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social Posts from the Open Research team at Durham University Library.
View details of journal articles and book chapters – free access to full-text of many – by scholars from one of UK’s leading research-intensive universities: https://t.co/ocmv3du16G
Marcus Power @marcusjpower.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography @ Durham University. The geopolitics-development nexus | China-Africa relations | South-South flows | energy & infrastructural geographies
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/marcus-power/
UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social Official account of the Newcastle university branch of the university and college union
Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social ♥️education ♥️unions ♥️democracy
Widening Participation @ Leeds Uni
UCU NEC, negotiator, Educ'n Comm Chair, Climate+Ecological Emergency Comm Co-chair
@leedsucu Branch Sec
vickyblakeucu.uk
Neurodivergent, LC
#EduSky #AbortionIsHealthcare #CleanTheAir
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 Housing Forum @housingforum.org.uk A Quality Home For All -
The cross-sector, public & private #ukhousing industry membership body representing 150+ organisations.
RT ≠ endorsement
https://housingforum.org.uk/
Joshua Kirshner @joshkirshner.bsky.social Reader in human geography and Co-Director @igdc.bsky.social • energy, urban climate, landscape, extraction frontiers • known to frequent the Uni of York
Dr Fi Crawford 🏴 @ficrawford.bsky.social Lecturer in Transport @ubdc. Travel behaviour researcher and 'social data scientist'. Posts about #rstats, women in STEM & 😻😾😽
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history.
All Periods, All Places, All Welcome.
www.sahgb.org.uk
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social Professor at Sheffield University UK, geographer, feminist, photographer, + into all things environmental, esp. eco-housing + eco-communities. She/ her
www.jennypickerill.info 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
Andrew Hunter Murray @andrewhunterm.bsky.social Author (A Beginner’s Guide To Breaking And Entering OUT NOW); No Such Thing As A Fish co-host, Private Eye joke-writer, Naked Week host. Agents are RCW (books) and The Agency (showbiz bébé).
Chris Hackney @drchrishackney.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University. Vice chair of the British Society for Geomorphology. Researching sand mining, river morophodynamics, microplastics and deltas ⛏️🏞️
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Ruth Matthews Art @ruthgrayimages.bsky.social Gallery Director at Hopton Hall Gallery. Artist. Art,Demos, Commissions. Member of @peakdistrictartisans Masters in History and Heritage. https://www.ruthmatthewsart.co.uk/
Elia Apostolopoulou @eliapos.bsky.social Human geographer & political ecologist
Imperial College London @ic-cep.bsky.social
Editor Dialogues in Human Geography @dialogueshg.bsky.social
Angie Scott @angiescottncl.bsky.social Research Impact Manager, Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University. Owned by two cats. All views are my own.
Emanuele Sciuva @esciuva.bsky.social PhD in Urban and Regional Development @PoliTO | DIST
Visiting Researcher @ucl @icsunivlisboa
Urban Studies • Economic Geography • Digital Geography
S. Alvanides @s-alvanides.bsky.social TU Dortmund, Spatial Planning, Urban/Social Geographer; Co-editor "E&P B: Urban Analytics and City Science" https://journals.sagepub.com/editorial-board/EPB
Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Views are my own. Cambridge based. https://housingforum.org.uk/
Madeleine Pill @pillmad.bsky.social Cities and neighbourhoods and governance and public policy
Geography & Planning, University of Sheffield
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle Uni @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social Sharing news on research, teaching & engagement activity in the creative arts, humanities & social sciences at Newcastle University. Monitored Mon-Fri (9am-4pm).
Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our free digital archive is now open to the public! http://archive.gamehistory.org
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
21 Group @21group.bsky.social The 21 Group campaigns against the complaisant acceptance of bullying by UK Universities. We provide support for those experiencing bullying in academia.
Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social He/Him, Lecturer in HE, Lancaster University, UK
HE, in particular social justice, lived experience (esp. students), decolonising, policy, geographies, organisational cultures.
(This account is dormant, find me in LinkedIn!)
Heather Mew @heathermew.bsky.social Freelance transcriber & qualitative researcher; trade union caseworker; enthusiastic home cook
Andrew Williams @williamsapj.bsky.social Geographer, welfare, racial capitalism, food charity.
Ruth Chambers @ruthchambers.bsky.social 🌍 Senior fellow, Green Alliance; Chair, Foodrise; Chair, Trees for Cities; Hon Prof, UCL; Adviser, River Action and the RSPB.
Co Wheels @co-wheels.bsky.social 🚗Your car when you need it
🛞Access 600+ energy-efficient vehicles across the UK
🌿One of the greenest fleets
🏆The Car Club of 2021🏆
Prof. Ian Baxter @ibheritage.bsky.social Professor of Historic Environment Management at Heriot-Watt University. #heritage #tourism #archaeology #experience For some reason the business school employed an archaeologist. Does governance and committee things with various heritage organisations.
Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social News and research from Bristol University Press Journals
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals
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.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
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 📷
Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk Official UK Met Office account. Get the weather in your hand with our app: http://linktr.ee/MOContent
Museum of Making @museumofmaking.bsky.social
IHBC @ihbc.bsky.social The Institute Of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is a charity and professional accreditation body for the Historic Built Environment based in the United Kingdom.
Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social The forum for the historic environment sector in England, supported by Historic England. http://www.historicenvironmentforum.org.uk
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com Dutch-Canadian authors and urban mobility advocates who strive to communicate the benefits of happier, healthier, more human-scale cities.
Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation. Pedagogy and rsearch methods nerd. SLO and Tahoe. "Tare-uh", She/her.
UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is working towards a world in which our freshwater and ocean systems are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. #UBCOceans
Centre for Climate Justice @ccj-ubc.bsky.social Advancing public-facing, community-engaged research and interdisciplinary collaboration to address the climate crisis.
climatejustice.ubc.ca | linktr.ee/CCJ_UBC
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
James Dyer @jamescdyer.bsky.social Writer of wrongs at @EmpireMagazine; @PilotTVPod host; habitual West Wing rewatcher (https://bit.ly/2SqpSGe).
Chris Hewitt @chrishewitt.bsky.social Host of the Empire Film Podcast, wrangler of words for Empire magazine, LFC fan, utterly inept golfer.
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social 📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Charlotte Morphet, MRTPI, FRSA, AoU @morphetminor.bsky.social Planner| Feminist| Londoner| Academic - Snr Lec & doc researcher @leedsbeckett | Co-chair @womeninplanning |#W7 resident | personal views etc
Michael Glass @mrglassphd.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology & Director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Researching infrastructure, regionalism, and urban redevelopment.
Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social He/him. Academic at large, but lectures in human geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.
linktr.ee/olimould
Researches anti-capitalism & cities. Christianarchist. Toffeeman. Interested in scifi, films, architecture, music and t-shirts.
Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social Population Geographer | Spatial Demographer.
Partial to words like orthogonal + heterodox.
Also very partial to shoes.
rachelfranklin.org + rachelfranklin.substack.com
Sally Watson @salawatson.bsky.social Cities, cycling, planning and play. Often on a bike or in a museum.
Co-host - activetravelcafe.org.uk
Trustee - historictownstrust.uk
Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social Writer, festival director, interviewer. Projects: Future City Film Festival, John Boorman, John Berger, William Gray Walter, revisiting J B Priestley, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel book. Writing/ interviewing/ editing: https://festivalofideas.substack.com
Ben Castell @bencastell.bsky.social The town planner
Vicky Payne @vickypayne.bsky.social Strategist, designer, artist, writer. Thinking about systems, places and how they function. Writing at The Field https://vickypaynewrites.substack.com/
Neil Murphy @neilmurphy.bsky.social Director of TOWN | Urbanist | Plastic Geordie
Jonathan Legg @jonathanlegg.bsky.social Politics | Infrastructure Planner | Geographer | Keen to hear less of USA happenings | British | European | North Devon & Bristol
Views my own.
Prof. Ian Mell @ianmell.bsky.social Professor in Environmental & Landscape Planning / Head of Department Planning, Property & Environmental Management - lots of Green Infrastructure stuff
@PlanningUoM @OfficialUoM @UoMUrban
Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social The leading global research network dedicated to the analysis of inter-city relations | Loughborough | Leuven | Global | https://gawc.lboro.ac.uk/ | Posts by MH
Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social Geographer - Professor - Mum - Playing - #playstreets - Cycling - #kidicalmass - #WarOnCars - Walking - Noticing - Green - North Tyneside - North Shields - UK
Prof. Samer Bagaeen @samerb.bsky.social Urban Planner, Liveryman, RTPI Trustee, TCPA Policy Council, Director, UCL, Arcadis, University of Kent Planning School, Imperial College, Resilience
Zander @zndrp.bsky.social
Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social Bristol & Melbourne. Sociology. Geography. Urban Studies. Digital Culture.
Prof in Global Inequalities, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol; Hon Prof, School of Sociology, ANU; Adjunct Prof, Social Sciences, Adelaide University.
Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social FAcSS FRSE Coaching/mentoring/away day and workshop facilitation. Research interests include Islamophobia, intersectionality, migration, youth, gender, race. Leverhulme Major Research Fellow. Editor - The Geographical Journal. Views are my own.
Stephen Parnell @stephenparnell.bsky.social Formerly an architect, academic and software peep. Now advocating for media literacy and responsible GenAI in HE. Northerner: border collie & brass band lover. Trombone learner (still). Here to learn not argue. Thinking round corners.
Adam Sharr @adamsharr.bsky.social Architect | Professor at Newcastle University | practice with Design Office | Editor at arq journal | Series Editor of Thinkers for Architects | thinking about architecture, risk, populism, replicas, and lots else
Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social Reader in Media and Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. Into cities, publics, politics, social media, podcasts & journalism. https://linktr.ee/rodgers_scott
Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes
Joe Painter @joepainter.bsky.social Londoner by birth, Tynesider by choice, European and internationalist by conviction. Recovering academic. Geographer.
Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography at Uni of Liverpool, research on chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, fat embodiment. Feminist, Fat Activist, Spoonie, PwME, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Person. Hobbies: SF, cats, knitting/crochet. she/her or they/their 🏳️⚧️
Chris Bear @chris-bear.bsky.social Reader in Human Geography at Cardiff University. Managing Editor, Society and Animals. Weakness for @aberdeenfc.bsky.social.
Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social Political theorist, political geographer, now mainly write on the history of ideas. Professor at University of Warwick, work on territory, Foucault, Lefebvre and new project on Indo-European thought in C20th France. https://progressivegeographies.com
Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social Professor at Loughborough
Occasionally with NatGeo
cities, inequalities, and justice
https://trivikverma.com/
Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social Historian of #architecture and #energy, at University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Author of Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican, 2021), and Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (William Heinemann, 2016).
David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social Professor of Geography at the University of Melbourne. Cultural geographies of mobilities, affect, embodiment, habit, automation, labour
https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/792958-david-bissell
Vevila Dornelles, PhD @vevila.bsky.social Feminist geographer with a crush on the digital.
University of Reading - UK
University of the West of England - UK
Universidade de Brasília - Brazil
https://about.me/vevila-dornelles
Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social Professor of Urban Geography
Alistair Ford @alistaircford.bsky.social Geospatial lecturer, climate/sustainability researcher, rail enthusiast, music lover, Green activist, beekeeper, lower league footy fan, grower of tiny vegetables, bike rider. Views my own etc.
Rob Shaw @whatisrobshaw.bsky.social Geography Reader @ Newcastle Uni. Researches urban senses & night. Leverhulme Research Project 'Urban Sensory Pollution' at http://bit.ly/4dM8iWH. 2018 book: 'The Nocturnal City'. Posts ≠ employer endorsed. Shaw in professional life, Lawshaw in personal
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities @wrirosscities.bsky.social Helping cities make big ideas happen. A program of
@worldresources.bsky.social. Producer of http://TheCityFix.org. Home of #PrizeForCities.
Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) @curdsnewcastle.bsky.social Based at Newcastle University, UK. Producing academically rigorous and policy relevant research in urban and regional change and development since 1977.
Only follow accounts with a bio.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/curds/
Mark Shucksmith @markshucksmith.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University. Rural sociologist. New books: Rural Poverty Today (2023); Rethinking Rural Studies (2024).
Geopolitics Journal @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social An international and interdisciplinary journal on geopolitics
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fgeo20
Olivier Sykes @oliviersykes.bsky.social Discipline Lead for Planning & Senior Lecturer in European Spatial Planning at University of Liverpool
The City Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social We study cities and everything urban.
Established in 2006 at #YorkUniversity in Toronto, our mission is to facilitate and mobilize interdisciplinary, critical and collaborative urban research.- E Emma Ormerod @emmao.bsky.social Urban & Economic Geographer at Newcastle University. Views my own.
Ruth Machen @ruthmachen.bsky.social Geographer researching environmental knowledge politics, science-policy and theorising values.
Lecturer at Newcastle APL. Learning how to exist in academia with long Covid.
Shit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social A celebration of all the Shit Stuff imposed on our environment. Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.
kieran cutting @kierancutting.bsky.social Writer of queer horror and weird fiction. Service designer, researcher, and games designer. Former indie publisher at EXIT Press. they/them
https://kierancutting.substack.com
urbanparksgirl @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social I live among London's parks & green infrastructure. My research explores #urbangreenspace in densely developed areas.
Dr Meredith Whitten @UCL-Bartlett School of Planning (IG: @urbanparksgirl)