Stephen Hughes @stephenhues.bsky.social Associate Professor in STS at University College London | Emotional dynamics in science/technology/society relationships (Fantasy, Denial, Ambivalence, Trust) | NEW BOOK: Affect, Emotion & Feeling in Science Communication 2027 with Bristol University Press
Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social No wealthy ❌ No poor ❌ Just everyone living comfortably ✅
For all things #inequality related, plus a bit of politics and current affairs. #TaxTheRich #VoteTacticallyToStopReform
Find us also @radicalscribe.bsky.social
Supporting the charity #MissingPeople
Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social Sociologist: philosophy, theory, politics, health & sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
New: ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer’ (Routledge, 2026)
www.grahamscambler.com
Policing Insight @policinginsight.bsky.social Policing Insight is the leading platform to keep up with the latest in progressive policing. It is where the global police and criminal justice community both consume and share knowledge, opinion and analysis.
Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016.
There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
Rebecca Jones @remembermyhat.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
Séamus @phantom-limbs.bsky.social Writing Decree, a mythic sci-fi TTRPG. Sloppers DNI. Leftist. Scottish.
https://phantom-limbs.itch.io/decree
Ruth Houghton @ruthhoughton.bsky.social Senior Lecturer
Research: feminist global constitutionalism - democracy, constituent power, utopias & manifestos. (she/her)- P Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social Giving this another try...
Teaching at the University of Stirling.
Stuff at https://crowdedmouth.com/ and https://abolitionscifi.org/
Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social Geographer - Professor - Mum - Playing - #playstreets - Cycling - #kidicalmass - #WarOnCars - Walking - Noticing - Green - North Tyneside - North Shields - UK
Hilllary Collins @hilllary.bsky.social Researcher at University of Glasgow- sociology/ health/ sts/ parenting/ media etc. Crystal Palace and Glasgow City fan. Also queer stuff and tv
Wrestle Bean @wrestlebean.bsky.social One of those women (vegan socialist feminist) who likes wrestling.
Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social Survivor-led campaign to stop Oxevision (now LIO) and other camera surveillance systems being used on psychiatric wards in the UK. Email: stopoxevision@gmail.com
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Jen Rinaldi @jenrinaldi.bsky.social Legal studies associate professor | queercrip theorist | committed to deinstitutionalization and prison and police abolition | she/her
Walk Of Life 🇨🇦 @walkoflife.bsky.social Just walking around looking for the next great pic! Feedback is welcome. Just please don't be a dick!
Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social I am a professorial research fellow in philosophy @ U of Vienna and a research associate @ ACEPS, U of Johannesburg (working on: epistemology, SSK, phil. of the social sciences, and HOPOS). I also dabble in music and photography. Photo ©Alex Bachmayer
FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social Sociology lecturer at the best Uni in Bristol. Books: "Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars", "Radical Feminism: Activism in Movement". Queer for cats and feminism. Recent article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2025.2502679
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Greg @gregularjoe.bsky.social Just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe. ✨ #StarWars
www.linktr.ee/gregularjoe
Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC
Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social ‘You look like spring.’
‘Goth MILF’
‘Whore of Babylon.’
‘Are you a goth?’
‘Nice boobies.’
‘Useless cunt.’
‘A beautiful woman.’
Not my words: the words of the general public.
Colleagues: I will not post about you. My employer shares none of my views.
Nick Walker Hirsch @dreamseadrifter.bsky.social They/them
PhD Student in #HistSTEM; focus on 18th Century Atlantic Medicine and Racialization of Knowledge
Living and singing in DC
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH, THE SPOILS & other stories, SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield. https://substack.com/@gregorynorminton
GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green MP for Gorton and Denton
Plumber, runner, multiple greyhounds 🏃🏼♀️🔧🐾
Council for the Defence of British Universities @cdbu.bsky.social The crisis of marketisation has put universities in danger. We believe that it’s time to fight back. Visit our website to become a member 🎓
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Research Fellow, NTU-UK. Senior Researcher, UvA-NL. Honorary, UoB-UK. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/ She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social Bi. Lecturer int. climate politics, futures, childless geographies. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 26/27 Equality Chair
UCU Commons. Lives for pop music. My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
ORCID 0009-0005-5220-0914
Dr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
UCU Commons @ucucommons.org UCU Commons is a broad activist community working within and alongside the University and College Union (UCU). We are also on http://UCUCommons.org #UCUCommons
Silke Roth @silkeroth.bsky.social sociologist, interested in organizing for change, solidarity, intersectionality, inequality, she/her, editor at @sociologicalreview.bsky.social
Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com Subscribe for new Star Wars videos daily - movies, tv, games, books and more! https://linktr.ee/starwarsexplained
Alex Barnard @avbsoc.bsky.social Prof @NYUSociology. Author: #Freegans, #Mental States, and #Conservatorship. Studying mental health care in US/France and protest-policing @DemoWatch_. My messages, not NYU's.
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🇨🇦 Katherine D. Watson 🇬🇧 @drkdwatson.bsky.social Historian of forensic medicine and crime at Oxford Brookes University. Cricket lover. Collector of shoes, perfumes and nail varnish.
@jjpayne-james.bsky.social @jjpayne-james.bsky.social
Dr Sarah Waite @drswaite.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Danica Darley @danicadarley.bsky.social Mummy who spent time in prison trying to find her way in academia. Research Associate at the University of Sheffield and Lecturing at LTU. Research interests CCE, children in care, lived experience criminology, gendered justice and participatory approaches
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Dr. Gabriella Mwedzi @gabriellamwedzi.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University. Specializes in violence against women, migration and Christianity ✨
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.
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social Account for the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. #CrimSky #AcademicSky
Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social Sociology & History at University of Hertfordshire | FRHistS | SFHEA | Works on gender & crime in Britain & India. He/Him.
Dr Katie Elliott @ktrse.bsky.social Research CSA/E. Snooker lover, chicken keeper, piano player and Philip Glass’s no.1 fan.
Miriam Rivas-Aguilar @miriamra.bsky.social Proud COO at Care Opinion CIC I Independent non-profit careopinion.org.uk
@careopinion.org.uk
Tiernan Coyle @jesuistc.bsky.social Forensic scientist seeking reform of a broken system.
Substack https://forensicscienceincrisis.substack.com/
Historical record of the crisis taken from data in the public domain
https://www.youtube.com/@ForensicScienceCrisis
Liverpool FC. #YNWA #JFT97
Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social Retired criminology professor. Democratic Socialist.Written on political economy of crime, criminal justice and policing 1970s until severe COVID 2021. Last book Social Democratic Criminology. Love old mysteries, Westerns, country music, music 1930-70
Jocelyn Mawdsley @jocelynmawdsley.eurosky.social Researching European security, arms trade, EU politics. Co-editor of @Europeansecurity.bsky.social & Professor of European Politics at @nclpolitics.bsky.social - all views my own.
John Cooke @johnnyckelharpa.bsky.social Retired astronomer.
Arlo @arlostuff.bsky.social YouTuber, streamer, monster, armchair analyst, fanboy/hater hybrid, uncultured foodie, ADHD/OCD.
http://www.youtube.com/ArloStuff
Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association @glepha.bsky.social
Medicine without Doctors @medicinewithoutdoctors.org Exploring disruption & transformation of medicine with Play, Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social
www.medicinewithoutdoctors.org
@ingridkyoung.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social
@agomoni.bsky.social @cathm.bsky.social
@thelovetankcic.bsky.social
Zion Grassl @ziondood.bsky.social Social Media Specialist at @fangamer.com ✨
StreetPass psycho 🟢 MOTHER 3 supporter 🌻
Former Video Producer at @nintendolife.com
Pronounced Z-on / My views are my own
Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social North East mum of 5 | ADHD, Autism, BPD, Depression, C-PTSD | PhD Student: VCSE Contribution to Health Research | Sr Research Assistant | Lived Experience Consultant | Project Coordinator/Evaluator | Charity Comms | Film, Running, History, True Crime
Dr Lauren Steckles-Young (Doyle) @l4urstecklesyoung.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Studies @ University of Sunderland
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research interests: social media & harm|body image|diet culture online|vulnerability & inequality.
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social Professor in SPS, Glasgow University. PI Nuffield; PI @GLIMER_Research. co-Editor @IDjnl. FBA FRSE FAcSS. Writing in personal capacity.
Dr Ed Schreeche-Powell @schreeche.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Greenwich.
Convict Criminology, Penal Interventions, Lived Experience, Social and Forensic Psychology
Sarah Anderson @saraheanderson.bsky.social Lecturer, criminologist, trade unionist, half-hearted social media user. Works on #desistance, #trauma, #prisons, #criminaljusticeharms #healthandjustice and #hackingcareers.
Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social History of biomedicine. Genes and genomes. Value in/of healthcare.
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social Sociologist of Science and Mystery. Reader at Cardiff University. Enjoy talking sports and politics too.
Katharine Cheston @kacheston.bsky.social Researching “the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century”. Infection-Associated Chronic Illness, activism, stigma, medical humanities. Postdoctoral fellow in Sociology.
Emma Yapp @emmajyapp.bsky.social (They/them) Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Interested in gendered violence, mental health, disability studies, and trauma
Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social From Mark Remy, original humor for runners who enjoy laughter and pie, 100% commercial-free and reader-supported! DumbRunner.com/support
Sarah Connelly @sarahconn22.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sunderland
Manager of the Northumbria Local Appropriate Adult Scheme (NLAAS)
Trustee [National Appropriate Adult Network]
Julie Cruse @academicabuse.com 📣 The Whistleblower: juliecruse.com
📚 The Story: goodreads.com/juliecruse
🛍️ The Shop: https://a.co/d/0htxv3RT
🥞 The Stack: substack.com/@juliecruse
📊 The Data: academicabuse.com/data
🌐 The Hub: academicabuse.com
🎙️ The Verdict: podcast.academicabuse.com
Lisa_White_ @lisa-white.bsky.social Interested in state crime, harm and human rights. Views my own.
Previously TwitterX @Lisa_White_
Aisha Beliso-De Jesus @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social Author of, Excited Delirium (Duke UP) and Electric Santeria (Columbia UP). Olden Street Professor of American Studies, Princeton. Chair, Effron Center for the Study of America.
Lisa Sugiura @drlisasugiura.bsky.social Ass Prof in Cybercrime and Gender. Researches online gender-based violence and incels. Currently in my Red era.
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social Politics of inequality, population health, social policy, methods (esp qual), Europe, teaching & learning. S2/A1, dog lover, cook. ME/CFS hEDS MCAS PsA.
Getting Better is open access: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural. Joint editor, Irish Historical Studies. Senior Lecturer in History at Ulster University. Research profile: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-sneddon
Co PI Islandmagee Witch Project: w1711.org
Graham Martin @instagraham.bsky.social Director of Research, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, University of Cambridge. Tweets/bleets/skeets/yeets in personal capacity.
@janelmoloney.bsky.social @janelmoloney.bsky.social
shadd maruna @shaddmaruna.bsky.social Journeyman criminologist. Formerly known as @criminology before Musk ruined everything. It only hurts when I laugh
Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social
Laura Sheard @laurasheard.bsky.social Reader, Uni of Manchester. Qualitative methodologist. Health inequalities, implementation science, prison healthcare, quality of care, patient experience #hashimotos #1stgen #cycling #Bradford
Rhiannon Lane @rhilane.bsky.social Research Fellow @exeter.ac.uk interested in sociology of classification and diagnosis. Pretty much Mr Bean with citations.
CrystAAHHL @crystaahhl.bsky.social Gamer/Dancer/Cosplayer/Choreographer/Model
Emotionally invested in everything💜
Business email: crystaahhl@gmail.com
Maria O’Sullivan @miniratne.bsky.social Law student. Patent pending inventor. Disability Advocate. Cats. Books. Memes. Puzzles. Not in that particular order. Be a decent human please.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social Criminologist interested mainly in punishment, rehabilitation and reintegration… increasingly explored via creative methods. Also a singer-songwriter, when I can find the time.
Prof Martin Hyde @profmhyde.bsky.social Professor at the University of Leicester. Researching work, retirement & health in a global context. Editorial lead for Journal of Global Ageing.
Veronica Heney @veronicaheney.bsky.social Research Fellow at Durham University, exploring narratives and experiences of madness, mental illness, and mental distress. Interested in stories and why we tell them.
Alex Gorton @alexgorton.bsky.social Forensic Physician, Speciality Doctor Emergency Medicine & Senior Medical Examiner (Wales).
Passionate about medical education & developing high quality care.
President @fflm.bsky.social
The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine @fflm.bsky.social The FFLM is a charity set up to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine. We are the home for all clinicians working within the field.
www.fflm.ac.uk
Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social Sociologist/sociologue/soziologe of education (elites, geographies, social mobility, dreaming/fighting for another education).
Union rep UCU: organising in various capacities. Working/living in Durham/Newcastle mostly. https://linksta.cc/@Sol%20Gamsu
Lauren @fleurione.bsky.social glamourphonic electronic disco baby ❤️🏳️🌈
Neurodivergent queer trade unionist yarn fan gamer I guess!
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Community Garden Radio Wiki-lover
Kristin Turney @kristinturney.bsky.social Professor at UC Irvine; sociologist studying the criminal legal system, families, and health; hails from Joliet, IL; yes, there's a prison there.
Emma Dingle @emmadingle.bsky.social Human
Intersectional
London and Milton Keynes by way of Bumpkinland
Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social Reader | Cardiff University
Sociologist (Disability | Health and Illness | Reproduction | Stigma)
Co-Editor in Chief of 'Sociology of Health and Illness'
He | Him | His
Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social Entertainer, opinionator, lover of pets.
Julie-Anne Borgias @julie-anneborgias.bsky.social
Dr Rhian Elinor Keyse @drrhianelinor.bsky.social Socialist feminist. HE worker (historian: gender based violence/medicine/psychiatry/🇬🇭/🇰🇪). Trade unionist: UCU NEC. Cat lady.
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.