The Research Desk @theresearchdesk.bsky.social The company behind the new publication on research, higher education and industrial strategy that is landing in an inbox near you on 1 January 2027. https://www.theresearchdesk.co.uk
Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
Justin Ng @justin-ng.bsky.social Australian freelance photographer in NW London covering news, entertainment, music, arts.
If you like my Larry posts pls support me on my ko-fi link https://ko-fi.com/justinng/
Insta: justin_ng_photographer
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Abbey @abbeythelab.bsky.social Abbey the silver lab of Abingdon
- Writer of #AbbeyHaiku and #AbbeyGuide
- A Very Good Girl
- Vexed by Jethro the cat next door
- Always trying to make fetch happen
- Expert sploosher bellyflop extraordinaire
- Underfed: please send treats
Matt Rooney @mattrooney11.bsky.social 
EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu The EU channel for scientists & researchers: opportunities to fund your ideas, updates from EU-funded science, and scientific resources you can use in your work.
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
Anastasia Bektimirova @anastasiabekt.bsky.social science & tech policy, government innovation
https://x.com/anastasiabekt
Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, Sky News
Co-host Politics at Jack and Sam’s Podcast
Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social UK News Editor, @resprofnews.bsky.social.
Mostly #researchpolicy, #researchfunding, #highered.
British Journalism Awards finalist.
Once likened to Tintin.
Also into rivers.
Tip? robin.bisson@clarivate.com
Joe Twyman @joetwyman.bsky.social Co-founder and director of the public opinion consultancy Deltapoll. Former Head of Political at YouGov (2000-18). "Housewives' favourite pollster" - The Times.
Julia Willemyns @jujulemons.bsky.social Founder @ukdayone.bsky.social, working to put the UK at frontier of progress + achieve the highest living standards in the world
@pedroserodio.com @pedroserodio.com 
profserious @profserious.bsky.social Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.uk
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Sifted @sifted.eu The leading media brand empowering startup Europe.
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social Materials scientist & engineer; Director of the UCL Institute of Making; Author of New York Times best selling book Stuff Matters and others; Occasional BBC TV/radio presenter.
Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social CBE FREng. Chief Executive of the Met Office. Weather, climate, physics, digital & data, with a scatter of wildlife, Dartmoor, old churches and choral music 
Marlène Mengoni @mengomarlene.bsky.social A/Prof of Computational Medical Engineering, School of MechEng at U. of Leeds; EPSRC/OpenFellow; FHEA; working in joint biomechanics, particularly spine; council of Eur Soc Biomech; open science; she/her; Belgian in the UK
Martijn Zwijnenburg @zwijcompchem.bsky.social Engineer pretending to be a Computational Chemist working on how light and stuff interact at University College London - husband of @jelfschem.bsky.social - all views are my own 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧
Fi Daisy G @fidaisyg.bsky.social Engineering Academic, Chartered Structural Engineer, Open University Staff Tutor, global citizen living in UK, Mum, she/her.
Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social Professor of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Inclusive Research, Better Research, Community Builder 🇫🇷 in 🏴
Jo Sharp @jofeanelwa.bsky.social Materials Scientist & transmission electron microscopist, between institutions while I apply for a fellowship. Dyspraxic.
Nicola @engineernic.bsky.social Engineer turned museum person. Conservation, energy efficiency & decarbonisation at SS Great Britain. STEM stuff. Childless plant lady. Bristol 🇬🇧
David Fairén🔻☮ @davidfairen.bsky.social Molecular Engineering at Cambridge. Materials discovery, monolithic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), energy transition, drug delivery, RNA, and more. Linking academia and industry. Founder of Immaterial and Vector Bioscience
Viv Kendon @quantumviv.bsky.social I design quantum computers @physicsstrath.bsky.social and @ccp-qc.bsky.social
https://kendon.info/viv
Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social Materials scientist, mum, mountain-biker.
Colin Church @drcolinchurch.bsky.social CEO of IOM3, the global materials network. CETF Chair. Former CEO of CIWM, civil servant. All my own views though!
Alastair Somerville @acuity.design Clarity and kindness as foundations for work. Information perception in physical & digital places. Facilitation and workshop design for codesign and civic assemblies. Public prototyping on BlueSky. He/him
David Joffe @davidjoffe.bsky.social Expert adviser, Clean Power Unit, DESNZ. Visiting Prof @ CEP, Strathclyde. Ex: CCC Director of Net Zero. Opinions mine unless someone else’s. Joffe rhymes with coffee. #COYS
Dr Iain Staffell @iain-staffell.bsky.social Reader in Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London
https://renewables.ninja 🌍
https://electricinsights.co.uk 📈
https://climatewedges.com 🍰
http://energystorage.ninja 🔋
Filippo Pecci @filippopecci.bsky.social Optimization and modeling of macro-energy systems. Scientist at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment.
Adam Duncan @adamduncan.bsky.social Interested in all things Energy and Climate! PhD student at UCL looking at grid resilience, formally a technical engineer. Opinions my own (He/Him)
Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social Energy & Sustainability Engineer.
Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero.
She / her.
Jeff Hardy @energyfuture.bsky.social Sustainable energy geek, regulatory wonk, bad drummer, Liverpool fan. All opinions are my own (except where they are really good ones from other people).
Director of www.energyfuture.uk
Tim Green @otherprofgreen.bsky.social Professor of Electrical Power Engineering at Imperial College researching control of zero-carbon grids.
Known to get distracted by old trains and industrial heritage.
Drivel that follows comprised entirely of personal views.
He/Him
Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social Emeritus Prof @ Leeds Uni in energy & environment. For clean air, net zero, trees, Latin drumming & exercising my right to roam. Suspect professional Northerner.
Dr Imogen Rattle @imogenrattle.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow in industrial decarbonisation strategy at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK
Presently based in Birmingham.
Climate. Energy. Policy. Industry. Place.
Views own
Gabriel Cavalli @gabrielcavallip.bsky.social Professor of Science and Engineering Education. Director of LITE (Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence, https://teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk ). Views my own (blah blah). 
Leon Black @drleonblack.bsky.social Professor of Infrastructure Materials at the University of Leeds.
Posting about materials, resilience, circular economy, green stuff, and whatever else I stumble on that I find interesting.
No DMs, unless they're size 12 cherry reds.
Professor Sue Black OBE @drblack.bsky.social Professor of Computer Science and Tech Evangelist at Durham University; International Keynote Speaker; #womenintech, #100moments tech #podcast host and so much more… https://linktr.ee/drsueblack
Anne-Marie Imafidon @aimafidon.bsky.social I love Maths, Tech and helping others. Founder of Stemettes. Author of She's in CTRL. Trustee at Institute for the Future of Work. Leader, Presenter & Speaker.
Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social Family roboticist/STEM engagement academic/digital tinkerer/film maker/general-purpose geek. Enthusiastic about (but not necessarily good at): bicycles, photography, sustainability, kites, parenting. Newcastle, UK.
Tom Dunlop @tomdunlop.bsky.social Materials scientist & engineer; Technical Specialist in materials characterisation at Swansea University; and an all round green energy and sustainability enthusiast.
Sarah-Jane Dunlop-Potts @drsjpotts.bsky.social Lecturer for Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University| Sustainable Energy Solutions |STEM Outreach enthusiast 👩🔬 | Project Reimagine Energy🛝⚙️⚡ | Member of UK Young Academy |Views my own
Stefan Bon 🏳️🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info Prof. in Polymer and Colloid Chemical Engineering at the University of Warwick (UK), LGBTQ+ Advocate, Dutch origin, Gen X, Educator. Maker of small plastics. He/him, https://bonlab.info 🏳️🌈 🎸🐕
Reid Derby @reid24hrs.bsky.social Engineer, Super-connector, Ecosystem Builder, Director @CyNam, Aegis Professor of Innovation @BristolUniEng, ADHD is my superpower, BEng MA MSc CEng FIET FRSA
Mike Pitts @pittso.bsky.social Deputy Director at Innovate UK for Clean Energy. Welsh. Chemist. Hypenotic. ChesterSciBar. Catalyst Science Discovery Centre. Passionate about the power of stories and innovation. Some whimsy. Opinions own.
Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social Pro Dean Research and Innovation in Engineering and Physical Sciences at Leeds University. Indoor air, ventilation, infection risks, fluid dynamics, academia, EDI in science and a few cats. Views my own. #academicsky
Dr Orla Williams @drorlawilliams.bsky.social Assistant Professor in the Dept M3 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social: Milling expert researching low carbon fuels, mechanochemistry, critical raw materials and life cycle analysis. Rocket science is simple; it's the engineering that's hard
The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining @iom3.bsky.social The global network advancing materials, minerals and mining through innovation and excellence for an inclusive, sustainable and circular future.
Many disciplines
One community
Shaping the future
#WeAreIOM3
Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com Engineer.
Book: 'Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us'
I'm interested in connecting with those who build, explain, or bring ideas to life in unusual ways.
www.lucyrogers.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/DrLucyRogers
Natasha McCarthy @ntshmccrthy.bsky.social Policy, philosophy, ethics in and for engineering, tech, science and AI. Assoc Director of the National Engineering Policy Centre. Hon Prof of Practice @ UCL Dept of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy.
Jo-ho-ho @jobrodie.bsky.social London, scicomm, pylons, aircraft, techy stuff (digital enthusiast), blogging, sound, bunting, QMUL, trees, big ships, science talks, film music, the designs of Iznik pottery and William De Morgan. Recently re-watched #Seinfeld :-)
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social university academic and all-round engineering nerd. Something something. Bath, UK, 
Ian Cooper @icooper.bsky.social Principal Engineer, speaker, gamer, geek. Tattooed, pierced, and bearded. The 'guv' on https://github.com/BrighterCommand Line Editor at Chaosium for QuestWorlds: https://github.com/ChaosiumInc/QuestWorlds
#Tech - tech posts
#TTRPG - rpg posts
Pete @kimondo.bsky.social South London maker and tinkerer of things - art, 3d printing, Raspberry Pi projects and retro stuff.
Find me at kimondo.co.uk or I also run brixtonbookgroup.com built tweetyourMP.com and now thinking about what to make next. Views are my own.
Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. All views my own, etc.
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tom-crick
Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Editor at Microbial Genomics & mBio, Scouse, interested in Streptomyces, Evolution, Antibiotics, AMR, microbiology, Phage, herpetology, Cricket, EvertonFC
Jake Fraser @jakefraser.bsky.social A massive nerd and adopted Scot. 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him) Also jake@pixelfed.scot and jakekfraser on IG
Professor Colin Turner @turner.prof Pro Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean @UlsterCEBE. Engineer, Mathematician, Software Developer, FIMA FIET FBCS PFHEA NTF CEng CMath National Teaching Fellow, 合氣道, 居合道, He/Him.
Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social #industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan.
Gemma Milne @gemmamilne.bsky.social Writer, researcher • STS, economic sociology, political economy of deep tech • University of Glasgow & Edinburgh • Author of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
Rob Sedgebeer @robsedgebeer.bsky.social Award winning, record breaking, tech nerd at
@WiFiWars.bsky.social - As seen on RI Science Xmas Lectures. Owned by numerous cats. He/him.
Samantha Ahern @2standandstare.bsky.social Educator, paddler, and outdoor enthusiast.
My vibes are: critical digital pedagogy, data ethics and inclusive practices.
FHEA and SCMALT. STEM Ambassador.
Trustee Soc RSE. Fellow Centre for Online and Distance Education, University of London.
Simon H @simonbim.bsky.social Innovate UK & UKRI Head of Supply Chain & Cyber Systems Resilience. Delivering R&D in Digital & Tech @InnovateUK, wrangling startups and policymakers. Personal views.
Adrian Nightingale @amnightingale.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. at Uni. Southampton / ex-NERC Industrial Innovation Fellow / Microfluidics / Chemical sensors / Flow chemistry / 🇬🇬
David Howey @davidhowey.bsky.social Professor at Oxford University, Co-founder Brill Power. batteries | electric cars | renewable energy | machine learning and control | howey.eng.ox.ac.uk
Liz Crew @lillput.bsky.social Digital-Inclusion-preoccupied pensioner for @techresort.bsky.social . Loves excellent beer. From Bristol but mostly living in coastal Sussex. Martello Tower-botherer. Occasionally codes for fun. Owns more cameras & boardgames than is reasonable.
Paul @paulannett.com UX designer on Firefox.
Dad. Bad puns. Card tricks. EVs. Tired.
David Booth @listerofsmeg.bsky.social Software Engineer in the Civil Engineering industry by trade.
Liker of photography, drones, music, hackspace and maker community.
Ronan McCarthy @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social Professor at Brunel University of London. Into all things Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Discovery, Biofilms and Signalling
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer 
Fiona Aldridge @fionaaldridge.bsky.social Employment and skills; industry and sectors; people and places. CEO at Skills Federation, the voice of employer-led sector skills bodies (aka FISSS). NED at Youth Futures Foundation. Formerly at WMCA and Learning & Work Institute.
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
Nathan Gambling @betatalk.bsky.social "Nathan is one of the UK's clean heat leaders" Chris Stark
I help people understand heat & heating industry. My family have been installing heat pump technology for nearly half a century. I run the Guild of Master Heat Engineers
BetaTeach.co.uk
Andrew Haigh @andrewhaigh.bsky.social Executive Editor, BBC Sport website and app | Prev: Meta, UK AI Security Institute, Twitter, The Sun | Proud Dad and Yorkshireman
Jonny Austin @jonnya.bsky.social CTPO at Micro:bit Educational Foundation (microbit.org), co-founder of Makespace Cambridge (makespace.org), Feminist sea shanty techhand (auntieshanty.org). Sometimes t-shirt designer.
Andy Colley @mracolley.bsky.social 11-18 Computer Science teacher |
Director of Computing | CAS master teacher | NPQLT | Lead practitioner - T&L | LearningDust podcast host | Parkrunner, bass player, cyclist #TeamCompSci #CASchat #EduSky
Ross Atkin @rossatkin.bsky.social Designer & Engineer trying to make technology work better for disabled people and cities work better for everyone. Ex BBC2 #BigLifeFix, Dyson, RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design . Also make robots as The Crafty Robot
Juergen Wastl @jwastl.bsky.social @Digital Science: All things research evaluation | global challenges & SDG; Own ideas, thoughts and analysis at
https://researchmusings.substack.com/
Prof Janet Lord FCCT PFHEA @profjanetlord.bsky.social Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor; Professor of Digital Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. ‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ 
Louise Horsfall @lehorsfall.bsky.social engineering biology for a more circular economy 
Jose Jimenez @jjimenez.bsky.social Associate Professor in Synthetic Biology at Imperial College London #synbio and evolution for health, the environment and the circular economy josejimenezlab.com
Angela Lamont @techgirl.bsky.social Telling stories about science, tech and space
Presenter ▪️ Keynote Speaker ▪️ Conference Host/MC
Contact: hilary@hkmanagement.co.uk
http://angelalamont.com
https://www.youtube.com/@ItllNeverWork
#TechIsFunnierThanYouThink