James Rees @prof-stig.bsky.social 
Charles Stevenson @stevenson29.bsky.social "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn
Sonia Exley @soniaexley.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy at LSE. Interested in all things education policy.
Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Media Editor, SPA journals.
Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics
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
Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social Companion blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press for the Social Policy Association.
🔗 www.socialpolicyblog.co.uk
@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson
LyndaM @lyndamarshall.bsky.social Try to be kind but be accountable. Labour. European. Artist/sculptor/curator,retired Librarian/Teacher, Mudlarker. Archeology. Politics is my soap opera. I love my dog. Northern. Enthusiasts and experts are my jam.
Paula Portas @pauportas.bsky.social PhD. Strategy and policy design, local and regional government. Systems thinking. Governance.
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Voluntary Action History Society @vahs.bsky.social VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
Jonas Decker @jonasdecker.bsky.social PhD Researcher in European Public Policy @qmul.ac.uk | #KCLgrad International Relations | Political Economy @lse-ei.bsky.social | All Views My Own
Jeremiah Brown @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social Some guy with lots of bad opinions about freedom, public policy and sports.
Eliana Munoz @givehope.bsky.social Time to be brave. Nature is our lifeline🐝. We must protect it.
We will all win if we all speak out, not with anger or with fear, but with conviction.
We are fighting for the good in all of us. We are fighting the heart of our nation 🇺🇸 🗽⚖️.
Leo McCann @leomc76.bsky.social Academic @york.ac.uk
Sociology of Professions / Critical Management Studies / History
Alice Perkins @aliceperkins.bsky.social Currently doing a PhD on the legacies of resident-led community regeneration (NDC, Big Local) @ Sheffield Hallam
Passionate about seals, sewing and sweet stuff
Opinions own
Nancy Evans @nancycevans.bsky.social Sociologist. Senior lecturer & course leader at Uni of Chester. Part of @socjustice-uoc.bsky.social. Qualitative & participatory research. Poverty, social (in)security, stigma, & social harm. Navigating academia & life with ADHD.
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Jodi @jcfineartphoto.bsky.social Searching for beauty, goodness and truth. I am a non-apologetic liberal. Don't bother trying to DM. Also, for fuck's sake, spare me the porn. I love art, photography, poetry.
Tony Chapman @tonychapmanuk.bsky.social Sociologist working on #thirdsectortrends at St Chad's College, Durham University. Also interested in towns and how social relationships play out at home, work, civil society, film & fiction.
Carlos Cabanita @ccabanita.bsky.social Portuguese retired graphic designer
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Lynne Baxter @lfb500.bsky.social Academic in feminist new materialities, knitter and crocheter, golfer
Volkan Yilmaz @v-yilmaz.bsky.social Lecturer (Assist Prof) in Social Policy, School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University
J. Randy Taraborrelli @jrandyt.bsky.social Presidential historian - latest New York Times bestseller, "JFK - Public, Private, Secret" on sale now. TV writer, too. But more importantly - Dad to a very entitled dog named Axel.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jfk+taraborrelli
UK's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoycouk.bsky.social DISCOVER JOY in UK (England, NI, Scotland, Wales) events, biz, health, music, tourism, on linktr.ee/HowToEnjoyCoUk. Unleash fun nationally, from villages to cities and tourist hotspots. Embrace togetherness through the four home nations | HowToEnjoy.co.uk
Trayten Yuming Zhang @trayten.bsky.social Computational Social Science Researcher and Cloud Infrastructure Architect. PhD Candidate at St Hild & St Bede, Durham University. Mobilities/Communication/Py/R/Java Currently contributing to LRLLM project.
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Steve Iafrati @socpolsteve.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham.
Co-editor, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
University of York Social Policy Society @socpocsoc.bsky.social 
Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social Associate Prof. in Social Demography | Fertility, Family, Education & Inequality | PI of ERC StG DIVREP | University of Oxford
www.ewabatyra.com
Danielle Varley 🦕 @daniellevarley.bsky.social Post-doctoral research assistant based in the Centre for Health Promotion Research at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy @jicsp.bsky.social JISCP is an international academic journal of the UK Social Policy Association @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social.
Editors: @stefankuehner.bsky.social, @aroumpakis.bsky.social, @markusketola.bsky.social, and Ijin Hong
Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social I'm just here to burn Nazi's and chew bubble gum...
and I'm all outta gum.
Jiayu ZHANG @jiayu-zhang.bsky.social Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong.
Peter @peter19a.bsky.social Always in search of feel-good images.
@jaywiggan.bsky.social @jaywiggan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in social policy. All things employment and social security policy.
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-of-unemployment-policy-in-britain 
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.
Gideon Calder @gideoncalder.bsky.social Associate Professor, Swansea University | co-ed, @ethicswelfare | vice chair @socialpolicyuk | chair, Newport Fairness Commission
John Hacking @hacking4chorlton.bsky.social Governor Chorlton CofE Primary & @EndeavourFeder1. @unisonmcr. A director of the Edge Theatre in Chorlton
Helen Abnett @helenabnett.bsky.social Researcher interested in the role of charities/non-profits in public service delivery.
Dr S Kendal @drskendal.bsky.social Qualitative health research: <https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/healthcare/staff/2228/dr-sarah-kendal> <https://pcor.org.uk/> <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-5716> <https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1866/sta-rtupp>
Sharon Grace @profsgrace.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Justice and Social Policy at the University of York. Interested in criminalized women, drug policy and practice. All views my own.
Caitlin McMullin @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social Associate Professor, Roskilde University. Co-production, third sector. Marathon runner. #polisky
Dr Sioned Pearce @sionedps.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Policy at Cardiff University / WISERD. Work, welfare, devolution, civil society and youth unemployment. Views are my own. She / Her
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
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.
Kate Summers @katesummers.bsky.social Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
Working Dads Employer Awards @workingdadsea.bsky.social https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/marketing-international-business-entrepreneurship/equal-parenting-project/working-dads-employer-awards/
colin clark @profcolinclark.bsky.social associate dean (r&i)+ prof of sociology & social policy @ UWS. interested in mobility, borders, identity, roma rights. fond of vinyl, cassettes, coffee, cats, swimming, autumn. glasgow.📍
Eppie Leishman @dreppie.bsky.social Researcher interested in all things social care. Frequently distracted by knitting, the need for more pockets and my animals. She/Her
@jedmeers.bsky.social @jedmeers.bsky.social 
Kate Andersen @katejandersen.bsky.social Social Policy Research Fellow at the University of York.
Nicholas Pleace @nicholaspleace.bsky.social Interdisciplinary researcher, homelessness/social justice, School for Business and Society, University of York; Independent research and consultancy https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/nicholas-pleace
Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/
Ellie Munro @elmunro.bsky.social Researcher. Voluntary & community action: history, policy, theory. @cdjplus.bsky.social board. Former trade union bureaucrat & policy wonk. Brand: charity archives, institutional theory, campaigning, communities, disability, Godzilla. All snark mine.
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
Daniel Béland @danielbeland.bsky.social James McGill Professor of Political Science and Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC)
School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social It's what we're for. For better business. For fairer societies. Based @york.ac.uk.
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Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social Qualitative social researcher since 2002 | Mental health, employment, welfare reform | Learning the ropes as a lecturer since 2024…
Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social Co-Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, Uni York @uoysbs.bsky.social | Work on self-employment, labour market policy | Editor of Social Policy & Society | Opinions my own
Jiaxin Liu @jiaxinliu.bsky.social Lecturer in Social and Public Policy @ University of York
EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network – Joint Annual Conference 2025: Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities