BSA - Emotions Study Group @bsa-emotions.bsky.social Official page of @britsoci.bsky.social Emotions Study Group, advancing sociologies of emotions.
Join here: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study-groups/sociology-of-emotions-study-group/join-the-group/
@krahayuni.bsky.social @krahayuni.bsky.social Sport Psychology & traditional martial arts (pencak silat) lecturer/researcher at Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia.
Ben Bendrich @benbendrich.bsky.social Dr. Benjamin Bendrich - sports scientist / teacher- research on athletes' rights/activism, Olympics, student-athletes, NCAA, doping+basketball - in German+English
Sport and politics always mix!
Georg-August-University, Germany
www.derballluegtnicht.com
Ekain Zubizarreta @ekainxubi.bsky.social Doctor in Sport Science (sociology). Interests: sports policies (anti-doping & gender) and TGS. (he/his)
@isp-cnrs.bsky.social @ehu.eus
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
BSA Mid-Career Forum @bsamcf.bsky.social Supporting sociologists navigating the mid-career stage.
Practical solidarity, peer connection, and shared strategies for research, teaching & leadership.
Run by BSA Mid-Career Forum convenors.
Chris McMillan @itschrismcmillan.bsky.social Sociologist of sport at the University of Auckland, working at the intersection of sport, climate change and capitalism
Shamira Naidu-Young, PhD @shamirany.bsky.social Sport for Development and Gender Researcher. Disability sport and inclusion advocate. Interested in how inequalities intersect with sport. She/her
Prof Stacey Pope @staceypope.bsky.social Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University. Research interests women, football and inequalities.
Jasmin Seijbel (she/her) @jasminseijbel.bsky.social anthropologist | historian | phd-candidate and lecturer Erasmus University Rotterdam | working on sports and (anti)discrimination | justice for human and non-human animals | NL/ENG | https://jasminseijbel.nl/
International Network of Sport Anthropology @sportanthro.bsky.social INSA is a new network that connects all social scientists interested in the study of sport. Find out more: www.sportanthro.org 
@karlspracklen.bsky.social @karlspracklen.bsky.social 
@esarn28.bsky.social @esarn28.bsky.social 
Rachel Allison @rachelallison.bsky.social Associate Prof of Sociology at Mississippi State, studies gender and sport (mostly ⚽️). Loves women’s soccer, running, music, coffee. Stepmom to one human and mama to 🐶 🐶 🐱 🐱 🐱 🐱
The Sporting Almanac Podcast @thesportingalmanac.bsky.social A podcast for people who love sport, made by two people who love sport.
Currently on paternity leave 😊
linktr.ee/TheSportingAlmanac
Maddy Orr @maddyorr.bsky.social PhD climate x sport 🤓Author of WARMING UP📙Assistant Prof #UofT 👩🏫👩💻Founder @ Sport Ecology Group. 🌱🤽🏻♀️🎿 Happy wife & mom. 💍👶🏼🩷 she/her. 📍Treaty 13/Toronto
Thomas Mpampoulis PhD @thomasmpampoulis.bsky.social BSc/MSc/PhD. School of Physical Education & Sports Science, NKUA
Strength & Conditioning
Detraining / Reduced Training Frequency
Athletic Development / Performance
Sunaina Chopra @sunainamoudgill.bsky.social Continuously learning as an MPT/PhD Candidate at UBC - sustained by home-baked goods, reading binges, hockey nights, and sci-fi adventures ✨
She/Her | Views are my own
abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social likes roofs 𓆏 leverhulme ECF uni of st andrews. (post-)soviet urban space, local politics + identity. she/her/она
Dr Tarryn Godfrey @tarryngodfrey.bsky.social Lecturer in Sport for Development at Brunel University of London • Third sector/sports policy interests • Proudly South African
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/tarryn-godfrey
Chris Chatten @chrischatten.bsky.social Culture, Sport, Leisure and Heritage Consultant. Photography 📸 Rugby League 🏉
Lucinda Shale 🔜 Develop Brighton @lucindagames.bsky.social Game Producer | IG50 Winner 2026 | Gamebridge Best Team Project Winner 2026 | DARE Academy Winner 2025 | DARE Audience Choice Award Winner 2025 | CATE Award Winner 2025 | Women in Games Ambassador
https://linktr.ee/lucindashale
Jamie Kenyon @jaylyid.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport Management (@lborouniversity.bsky.social) focusing mainly on the various impacts of sports events & football marketing | Co-Lead and founding member of Sports for Climate Action and Nature Group (https://bit.ly/lboroscan)
Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health @qrseh.bsky.social International Journal. Advances qualitative research in sport & exercise psychology, sport sociology, coaching, sport/exercise medicine - IF 3.2; 5-year IF 15.0 Co-Editors - Profs. Kerry McGannon (Laurentian Uni, Canada) & Martin Roderick (Durham Uni, UK)
Gill Renfree @gillrenfree.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management at University of Worcester. Living life as best as I can 🏴🧘🏃
Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences - Durham University @dusportexsci.bsky.social Leading multi-disciplinary department of sport and exercise sciences. Consistently ranked in the UK Top 10 best sport-related UG degrees. Top 100 QS World Rankings for sport-related subjects.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/departments/academic/sport-exercise-scien
Michael Pierse @michaelpierse.bsky.social Academic at Queen's University Belfast. Irish Studies. Working-class writing. Left politics. Gaeilge. Tweets own opinions. RTs not endorsements.
QRSE Society @qrsesociety.bsky.social International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise (QRSE). https://www.qrsesoc.com/
@drdavehindley.bsky.social @drdavehindley.bsky.social This September I am running the Robin Hood Half Marathon to raise funds for Nottingham Refugee Forum.
http://bit.ly/4wtJQSH
Anna Greenwood @profannagreenwood.bsky.social Prof of Modern Health History @ University of Nottingham. Health Humanities, history of 20/21C health consumerism, and public health. Now researching the history of unhealthy sports sponsorship. Used to write on Empire. Account personal.
Shubham Jain @shubhamjain224.bsky.social Human Rights | Sports | Cricket | Climate | Governance
PhD Candidate @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
Researcher @sportandrights.bsky.social
Member @cricketacademic.bsky.social
International Sociology of Sport Association @issa1965.bsky.social International membership organisation representing the interests of sport sociologists wherever they are. We have a journal, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, an e-bulletin and we organise great conferences. www.issa1965.org
Dr Aaron Pooley @aaron-pooley.bsky.social Leisure Studies/Sociolinguistics/Soonchunhyang University
Matthew Armstrong @mattarmstrong95.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Durham University | COPD | Physical Activity | Rehabilitation | Exercise Prescription | Physiology 🫁
Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Medical Sociology. Qualitative researcher interested in care, health inequalities, socially-produced vulnerabilities, social class, and death and bereavement. Activist and Trustee of Thrive Teesside.
(she/her)
Leisure Studies Association [LSA] @leisure-studies.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary space for researchers, practitioners & students of Leisure Studies
Arthur Gaillard @arthurgaillard.bsky.social PhD. Research: knowledge production/epistemology of sport, sport for development. 
Dr Tom Leeder @tomleeder.bsky.social Lecturer in PE & Sport Pedagogy at UEA. Interested in the professional learning and development of PE teachers and sport coaches ⚽️
@lauraalfrey.bsky.social @lauraalfrey.bsky.social 
jamesjshepherd.bsky.social @jamesjshepherd.bsky.social PhD student at NTU.
Project: Exploring consent in combat sports
Sociology/Ethnography/violence/consent
Ruth Jeanes @profruthjeanes.bsky.social Sociologist | Feminist | Researching Inequity and Discrimination in Sport | Head of School
Dr Georgia Bird @georgiabird.bsky.social Postdoctoral research & teaching fellow | Sport psychology, mental health, community-based research | University of Birmingham, UK.
https://www.sprintproject.org/
Les Crang @plasticspam.bsky.social Arsenal fan. Librarian. Purveyor of crap jokes
Pete Watson @drpetewatson.bsky.social Academic focusing on Latin American sport and its interrelation with history, politics and society; cricket coach on the side. Find my book, articles, podcasts etc here: https://linktr.ee/drpetewatson. 
Dr Adam Benkwitz @drbenkwitz.bsky.social Reader at Birmingham Newman University.
Public health, mental health, physical activity, social recovery. PFHEA, CATE.
AVFC STH.
https://www.newman.ac.uk/staff/adam-benkwitz/
Sport Industry Group @sportindustry.bsky.social Bringing the sport industry together, we connect, share & celebrate the best in the business.
Joe P @joepigginphd.bsky.social https://physicalactivitypolitics.com/
Paul Downward @pauldownward.bsky.social Professor of Economics, old fashioned Keynesian. Getting old.....tries to post positive stuff!
Janine Partington @janinepartington79.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport Development & Management Leeds Beckett University, PhD, sport & music lover, long suffering oafc supporter.
Jon Dart @jondart.bsky.social Day job: teaching and researching the indivisible social, political and economic aspects of sport. Personal account. #COYS
Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social Professor, Physical Activity & Health, Institute for Health, University of Southern Queensland. Physical activity psychologist. Author. Grandpa.
Jim Lusted @drjimlusted.bsky.social Sport sociologist, researching and writing about social inequalities, anti racism and social justice in sport. COYS ⚽
Lucy Piggott @lucypiggott.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow @NTNU. Researching on inclusion and diversity in sport, particularly within sport organisations. Advisor to the Anita White Fund. She/her.
Jack Hardwicke @jackhardwicke.bsky.social Concerned citizen and social scientist. Trying to do stuff that matters
Dr Stefan Lawrence @drstefanlawrence.bsky.social Reader | Social justice, sport & politics | Media, marketing & comms | Critical Economic Sociology | All views my own
Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social Lecturer and Sociologist | Researcher of disability, sport, activism and social inequalities | #OUFC 💛 | https://linktr.ee/connorpenfold
Dr Lawrence Foweather @lozfo.bsky.social Reader in Physical Activity & Health at Liverpool John Moores University. I research physical activity, sport, and physical literacy, particularly among children, young people, and families.
Mark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social Sociologist at Loughborough University researching sport, environmental sustainability, antiracism & refugees. Member of @fanseurope & @britsoci
Dr Sean Huddleston @sjh1978.bsky.social Academic in Scotland with a Belfast accent
Former teacher…
Still refusing to stop playing any code of football…
Dogs are better than cats
All views my own
David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social Sports Law, Employment Law, Head of Stirling University Law School, Scotland. Trustee @ spireitestrust. I do other things too. Insert specious disclaimer here.
Prof Cassandra (Cassie) Phoenix @cassie-phoenix.bsky.social Moving Bodies / Ageing / Menopause / Bluespace / Weather / Wellbeing / Qualitative / Medical Humanities. Leads Moving Bodies Lab. Prof at Durham University, UK
Prof Mark James @prof-mark-james.bsky.social Prof of Sports Law, researching Olympic law, human rights & ticket touting. Stuff about music & books too. 
Pete Millward @petemillward79.bsky.social Seeking asylum from the cesspit Twitter has become. Wigan Athletic supporter. Dad to Layla and Jack.
Geoff Pearson @profgeoffpearson.bsky.social Prof of Law & Director of Research at Manchester University's Law Dept. N8PRP Academic Director. Socio-legal research interests in human rights, policing, public order, crowd management, football "hooliganism", Ethnography, and sports law.
Dr Paul Widdop @paulwiddop.bsky.social Associate Professor | Relational Sociologist | Social Network Analysis | The Geopolitical Economy of Sport
Substack - https://substack.com/@geosport200?utm_source=about-page
Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social Professor Emeritus @dmuleicester and former Director of @icshc_sports_history. Sport, arts, music, places, statues, plaques, heritage, and more. Member of Historic England's National Blue Plaque Panel
https://martinpolley.co.uk/
Professor Simon Chadwick @professorchadwick.bsky.social Professor of Afro-Eurasian Sport
https://substack.com/@geosport200
Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social Lecturer At Ulster University. Historian of health, fitness and physical culture. Co-host of Boys We've Seen podcast. I also run history of fitness website, physicalculturestudy.com
Benoît Rihoux @benoitrihoux.bsky.social Full Prof, political science, UCLouvain | Chair of MethodsNET @methodsnet.bsky.social, global hub for #researchmethods #innovation & accessible #training | Into #QCA, comparison, #mixedmethods, multidata & cool collaborative projects | #methods pluralist
MethodsNET @methodsnet.bsky.social We are a global not-for-profit membership-based association, bringing together methods experts and methods users across multiple disciplines. Our mission is to provide global accessibility to cutting-edge research methods training.
Moslem Boushehrian @boushehrian.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/moslemboush/
Criminology Lecturer | Researcher | Advocate for Equity & Justice
Passionate about exploring hate crime perceptions and underreporting through sociological and criminological lenses. 
Pippa Chapman @pch4.bsky.social Generally found in Edinburgh, talking about sport
John Hayton @jwhayton.bsky.social Academic: Sport, inequality, and social justice, with a particular interest in the role of the third sector and the sustainability of the organisations within.
Matt McDowell @handle.invalid Historian. Lecturer sport mgmt/policy @morayhouse.bsky.social. Books on football & surfing; writing one on Island Games. Events. Curling. Methods. Not an athlete. Very unfashionable. Views my own. he/him aspectaculartableau.wordpress.com
@davidmeir77.bsky.social @davidmeir77.bsky.social 
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
PhDForum @phdforum.bsky.social A supportive community of practice of mostly doctoral students and postdocs on Twitter since 2012. Our free online quiet study room opened 24/7 in 2020 and is filled with wonderful people. www.thephdforum.com 
Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of researcher development at ANU. I do research on research and think about stuff. Here to support researchers. Find my writing and podcasts on www.thesiswhisperer.com #realtwin
Nein.Quarterly @neinquarterly.bsky.social A Compendium of Utopian Negation. Editor: Eric Jarosinski, Failed Intellectual (Emeritus)
New York, NY
Louise Platt @drluplatt.bsky.social Reader in Place Experiences mainly interested in leisure practices and place.
David McGillivray @dgmcgillivray.bsky.social Professor, interested in events, culture, digital participation & sport (& the Dons)
Sports and Social Change @sportsandchange.bsky.social "Sport has the power to change the world..." ~ Nelson Mandela
SportsAndSocialChange.org 
Manuel Veth @manuelveth.bsky.social PhD King’s College London | Area Manager North America Transfermarkt | | Host and founder of the Bundesliga Gegenpressing Podcast |
Victoria 🇨🇦 / München 🇩🇪
Taylor McKee @taylormckee.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Brock University
Managing Editor, Journal of Emerging Sport Studies
Media/violence/cdn history
Stuart Whigham @stuartwhigham.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching & PE at Oxford Brookes. Interests in sociology & politics of sport, nationalism, Commonwealth Games & Scottish sport.
Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.
@sportanddev.bsky.social @sportanddev.bsky.social The leading hub for sharing knowledge, building good practice and fostering partnerships between stakeholders in the field of sport for development 👉 https://sportanddev.org
@kassgibson.bsky.social @kassgibson.bsky.social 
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social Sociology Prof (social psyc, methodology, and some demography!). Usually thinking about food, sexualities, masculinities, and sneakers. 🏳️⚧️
He/they/them/him
NOLA/France
Dr Lisa O’Halloran @lisaoh08.bsky.social Consultant ~ Elite Sport and Corporate | PhD MSc Sport Psychology | HCPC Practitioner Psychologist | CASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist | FHEA
Accidental Partridge @accidentalp.bsky.social 🏆 Stuff Magazine’s “tweeter of the year” - 2013
Brett Smith - Professor, Durham University @brettsmithprof.bsky.social - Moving Social Work http://bit.ly/4mexJU4. https://bit.ly/3ZAC635
- CMOs Physical Activity & Disability Lead bit.ly/34jX9xb
- Coproduction http://bit.ly/3L1NGdI
- ResearchGate: Qualitative & PA disability papers https://bit.ly/436DsF7
British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social 
These Football Times @thesefootballtimes.shop Rekindling the greatest stories in football
https://linktr.ee/tftmag
SwissRamble @swissramble.bsky.social Brit blogging about the business of football. You can find my detailed analysis at https://swissramble.substack.com/
Dr Alex McDonagh @monsieurcobaye.bsky.social Lecturer in Contextual Studies at University of Salford. Culture, Heritage, Design, Digital. Cancer patient. Occasional wearer of hats.