Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
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.
Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com The leading peer-reviewed journal for the analysis of race, #racism, ethnicity and #migration worldwide.
https://www.tandfonline.com/ERS
The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social ✦ Enabling connected communities through research and evidence.
✦ Funded by UKRI ESRC
✦ https://linktr.ee/c4.research
Ashok Kumar 🇵🇸 @comrade-kumar.bsky.social Political Economist | Green Marxist | TikTok: comrade_ashok | twitter: broseph_stalin
https://monopsonycapitalism.com/
Lucy Leon @lucyleon.bsky.social Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Previously at @CCoMstudy and @childsocpol
https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/people/lucy-leon
Jessie Sullivan @jessiesullivan.bsky.social doctoral student at UCL interested in forced migration, urban space, bordering, and arts based methods
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
Queer person of colour
#FreePalestine
Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social Freedom and unfreedom in work, leisure and citizenship. People who move & resistance to precarity. Policy & practice responses to 'modern slavery', refugee settlement and migrant youth inclusion. Sociology Senior Lecturer, Uni of Sheffield. 🇪🇭 Sahara Libre
Dr Ala Sirriyeh 🇵🇸🍉 @alasirriyeh.bsky.social Sociologist at Lancaster University working on child and youth migration, migrant & antiracist activism, & sociology of emotions in migration. BA Mid Career Fellowship 2024-25- Britain's Child Migrants.
Bridget Byrne @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at @UoM Sociology, director of Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) @ethnicityUK
Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Professor in #PublicSociology at Lancaster University & Chief Executive of @thesociologicalreview.org
Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
Brexitbritsabroad.org
migzen.net
#Podcast producer and host https://whodowethinkweare.org
Jonny Darling @jonnydarling.bsky.social Urban and political geographer, Durham University. Trustee @naccomnetwork.bsky.social. Author of Systems of Suffering: Dispersal and the Denial of Asylum (Pluto Press).- P Sabrina Paiwand @paiwand.bsky.social
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
Sikh. Inquilab. (she/her). Hard on issues, soft on people. Antidote to despair is collective struggle.
New here - mostly find me IRL organizing, in internationalist collectives & networks.
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social British International Studies Association - Engaging the global international studies community. We're known for our working groups, journals, postgraduate network, funding, conference and more!
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
Piotr Goldstein @piotrgoldstein.bsky.social Visual anthropologist researching #migration, #transborderwork and #activism, working at @dezim-institut.de and @zois.bsky.social
Pierre Monforte @pierremonforte.bsky.social Political sociologist. Social movements, activism, volunteering, migration, citizenship.
Zoë Wilkins @zoewilkins.bsky.social Participatory and deliberative democracy for a just transition 🌱 Climate Democracy Associate at People Powered 🌏 Trustee at East End Citizen’s Advice 👥 Newfoundland/UK 🌊
Claire Blencowe @claireblencowe.bsky.social Professor of sociology at Warwick. Critical scholar of cultural and religious racism, extractive industries, racial capitalism, planetary crises & power/knowledge. Wanabe devotee of oceans, birds, & hope.
Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social She/Her Assistant Prof in Sociology at Northumbria Uni. Researching migration, reproductive justice, citizenship. My views, not my employers'.
High Trees @high-trees.bsky.social Community Development Trust in Lambeth.
Connecting with people and communities to strengthen skills and build stronger voices.
Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK focusing specifically on international refugee law | Home of the Refugee Law Clinic | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://linktr.ee/rli_sas
British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social We publish rigorous, original research that speaks to a general sociological audience and draws on an array of quantitative and qualitative methods ➡️ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14684446
Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social Prof @Goldsmiths U of London | digital infrastructures, tech & AI in global south | New Book: 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' https://tinyurl.com/4ceyvc3s | New project: reimagining digital ID https://tinyurl.com/bdfawt64
INTERMAPS @intermapsupf.bsky.social Intersectional inequalities from a spatial and emotional perspective
ERC Starting Grant 2021 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Project led by Maria Rodó-Zárate @mariarodo.bsky.social
Raffaele Bazurli @raffaelebazurli.bsky.social Researcher @spurethz.bsky.social | Corresponding Editor @ijurresearch.bsky.social | Cities, Public policy, Immigration, Social movements | https://raffaelebazurli.com/
Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social PhD student @ucl.ac.uk @tcru-ucl.bsky.social, ESRC fellow, former UN Habitat, Editorial Assistant, Migration and Society Journal @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, interested in migration and inequality
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social Head of Policy, Progs and Media at AdviceUK. Former Dep Director at Women’s Budget Group, interim CEO and Dep Director of The Runnymede Trust & CEO of Equality Trust. Worked across Government and on national Commissions. Views my own.
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968
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gracie mae bradley @graciemaybe.bsky.social writer, doctoral scholar // Against Borders (Verso, 2022) // civil liberties bod // www.graciemaebradley.com ig:@/inrelativeopacity
Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social Migrants Organise is a grassroots platform where migrants and refugees organise for justice.
In 1993 we came to life in living rooms across West London, where migrant leaders would provide support to their communities.
www.migrantsorganise.org
Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK campaigning charity that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
https://linktr.ee/migrantsrightsnetwork
Chelsea Mac Donnchadha @chelsmacdonn.bsky.social Irish Traveller - Trade Union Organiser - Activist - Consultant - Researcher - Writer - Academic - Views are my own
https://linktr.ee/chelsea.mcdonagh
Innovation Unit @innovationunit.bsky.social We grow and scale the boldest and best innovations that deliver long-term impact for people across the UK.
Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) @methatmig.bsky.social Methodological Approaches and Tools in Migration Research - IMISCOE Standing Committee, discussing methods in the migration research community and beyond.
Website: https://tinyurl.com/y9v8n92e
Hyab Yohannes @hyabyohannes.bsky.social 🇪🇷🇬🇧 | Researcher @UofGlasgow | Fellow @YoungAcademySco | @soasalumni | Views own
Monish Bhatia (He/Him🌈) @monish.bsky.social #Migration #Asylum #State #Race #Violence #Surveillance #CriminalLegalSystem
Academic. University of York, Sociology. Personal account (and views are mine).
David Pettinicchio @dnpetti.bsky.social Associate Professor/Associate Grad Chair Sociology/ Munk School @University of Toronto. Instagram @dn.petti
GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social The Global Citizenship Observatory globalcit.eu is based at eui.eu as part of the Global Governance Programme.
We provide independent research and data on citizenship. RTs ≠ endorsements
Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz @josephinewy.bsky.social
Anna-Lisa Müller @annalytika.bsky.social geographer & sociologist interested in migration and urban developments | academic | views are my own | www.annalisamueller.de
MSF Sea @msfsea.bsky.social Direct updates and information from Médicins Sans Frontières (#MSF) projects assisting migrants and refugees in Europe. RT≠ endorsement
maurice stierl @mauricestierl.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University. Still convinced his football career is around the corner.
Laura (she/her) 🍉 @midwifehippie.bsky.social Neurodivergent mum, midwife, and health equity advocate. Passionate about improving communication and access in maternal/perinatal care. Seeking laughter, truth, and people unafraid to stand up (even (especially!) to me). Lover of travel and 90’s music.
Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
www.youthendowmentfund.org.uk
Dr Amanda Firth @dramandafirthrm.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at University of Huddersfield. ECR focussing on improving perinatal mental health & tackling health inequalities. Yorkshire lass enjoys being out in the hills ⛰️🥾🥾🐾🦮.
“A Dr, but not the useful kind” (Amanda’s Dad, 2023)
Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social PhD candidate in Sociology @University of Cambridge | researching infidelity & intimacy | https://simone-schneider.github.io
Dr Esther Sharma @esthersharma.bsky.social Researching maternity & migration | #Afghanistan #Serbia | King's College London | personal account | https://birthingontheway.wixsite.com/project
Mariam Malik @mariammalik.bsky.social healthcare worker. Human geography phd student on precarious migrant mothers/ early childhood as a site of radical possibility
Olivia @oliviapetie.bsky.social Social policy researcher & evaluator | Part-Time PhD Student at UoB and @irisbirmingham.bsky.social | Trustee at HostNation | Views own | She/her
Rachel Benchekroun @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at UCL Social Research Institute & mixed methods health researcher at UCL IHI.
Researching social support, migration, motherhood, friendship.
Book out now! Open access: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/precarious-
a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social visiting fellow LSE Sociology · postdoc Aston University · editor at @philosopher1923.bsky.social · co-convenor @bsarace.bsky.social · he/him/they ·
✍🏾 carcerality, borders, forced displacement, coloniality
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UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social UCL Sociology Network is a creative space and intellectual home for sociological staff and doctoral students at UCL.
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Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge @camsociology.bsky.social We are an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Sociology committed to public facing, theoretically strong, empirically oriented research. https://www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/
Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
Ellie Knott @ellieknott.bsky.social • Political scientist & Assoc Prof at Methodology, LSE
• identity & citizenship
• Moldova & Crimea 🇲🇩🇺🇦
• methodology & research ethics
Julia Mourão Permoser @julia-mp.bsky.social Professor of Migration and Integration, Danube University Krems
Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social Schreibt Essays und Lyrik, macht Theater, repräsentiert niemanden.
Anfragen bitte via anfragen@maxczollek.de
Impact on Urban Health @impurbanhealth.bsky.social Helping cities & urban areas become healthier places for everyone. Tackling health inequalities w/ @gsttfoundation.bsky.social
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
Eva Østergaard-Nielsen @evaostergaard.bsky.social Prof. of Political Science, UAB; ICREA Acadèmia,
Transnational relations Democratization and Migration @transdem.bsky.social
MIGRADEMO @migrademo.bsky.social
Katie Tonkiss @katietonkiss.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology: migration, citizenship, belonging.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social Fighting for human rights across UK & the world 🌍 follow for activism & news. Amnesty UK (Charitable Trust & Section).
http://amnesty.org.uk/
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Fabiana Pineda Sosa @fabianapineda.bsky.social
Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social A network of leaders & practitioners across UK government, bridging the gap between national policy & local delivery. Partners
@MetroDynamics @FutureGovForum
Pip McKnight @pipmck.bsky.social Forced migration, SGBV, maternal health inequalities & Cultural Safety.
Research and Impact Fellow @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Hands in clay or soil. She/her
When You Know- Childbirth in the UK Asylum System:
https://vimeo.com/1028359945/b9ee3abb4c
Professor Anna Vignoles @annavignoles.bsky.social Director of the Leverhulme Trust and Fellow of British Academy. Formerly Professor of Education. All views are my own and retweets do not suggest endorsement.
Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social Official account of Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We campaign for peace & justice for Palestinians in support of international law & human rights & against all racism. RT≠endorsement
Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social associate professor in political science at the University of Amsterdam, working on migration, citizenship, racism, gender, and family.
Project website: www.strangerfamiliesproject.com
Kohli Foundation for Sociology @kohli-sociology.bsky.social The Kohli Foundation for Sociology is an independent private foundation dedicated to honor and promote excellent work that promises to move sociology forward.
https://kohlifoundation.eu/
Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien @drgob.bsky.social Researcher, author, teacher, father.
Books: Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America & Sanctuary Cities: The Politics of Refuge
Gülce Şafak Özdemir @gulceozdemir.bsky.social MSCA Fellow, Executive Committee member and Co-chair of Immigration Network of @CES_Europe
Focused on irregular migrants, intersectionality & public policy
The Social Research Association @the-sra.org.uk A membership body for social researchers. We aim to represent, support, connect and inform our members and the wider social research community.
https://the-sra.org.uk/
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Locality @locality.org.uk We support local community organisations to be strong and successful. #PowerOfCommunity
AKA @localitynews
locality.org.uk
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.📍
Leslie Kern @lellyk.bsky.social Author of Feminist City and Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies
Danny Dorling @dannydorling.bsky.social Latest news about Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford, author of books and other publications:
https://linktr.ee/dannydorling
Sébastien Bachelet @sebbachelet.bsky.social Anthropologist & migrant https://sebastienbachelet.com/crimes-of-solidarity
Elzbieta M. Gozdziak @egozdziak.bsky.social Migration scholar, anthropologist, Kdrama addict, novel reader, mom to one human and two canines
bloging at
https://www.elzbietagozdziak.com/
https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/
UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social Fundraising news, community and inspiration for professional charity and nonprofit fundraisers. Since 1994. From @howardlake.bsky.social.
See also @fundraisingworld.bsky.social
Barcelona En Comú @barcelonaencomu.cat Obrim una nova etapa per recuperar Barcelona amb Gerardo Pisarello i Carol Recio el 2027
Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social Professor of Migration and Superdiversity at University of Birmingham. Forced migration, SGBV, gender, asylum policy, civil society, emotions.
British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
plutobooks.com
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Das Progressive Zentrum @dpzberlin.bsky.social Independent Think Tank renewing the promise of progress. Learn from our (net)work how to achieve democratic resilience, sustainability, social justice & more. https://linktr.ee/dpz_berlin
📧 Newsletter: https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/newsletter/
Emma Jackson @emmakjackson.bsky.social Sociologist. Ethnography, cities, practices of belonging, walking. Research consultancy, evaluation and training.
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Changing how the state is imagined, practised, and evaluated to tackle societal challenges. Director: @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Deputy Directors: @rainerkattel.bsky.social & @eaves.ca
Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social Trustee at Manchester City of Sanctuary | Patients Not Passports Campaigner 🩺🍉
www.clippings.me/camboyle
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @cunyslu.bsky.social The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Labor Studies and Urban Studies: slu.cuny.edu