Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events
Sussex Researcher School – Early Career Researchers @sussexecrs.bsky.social The Sussex Researcher School's dedicated channel for our ECR community.
You can follow the Sussex Researcher School at @sussexresearcher.bsky.social
Visit our ECR focused webpages: https://tinyurl.com/3kvraevw
CIE @sussexcie.bsky.social Centre for International Education at the University of Sussex, ranked 1st in the world for Development Studies.
Education research for a better world.
https://t.co/qBsCAoNWUQ
IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social Institute of Development Policy, @UAntwerpen.be, Belgium | Multidisciplinary academic research, education, partnerships, political engagement
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World Peace Foundation @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social Est. 1910 | Affiliated with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University | Research for non-violent futures
https://linktr.ee/worldpeacefdtn
Finnish University Partnership for International Development @unipid.bsky.social 
Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment conducts independent analysis on global policy, polarization, tech, equality & more.
RT ≠ endorsement
https://carnegieendowment.org/programs/democracy-conflict-and-governance
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Chris Ward MP @chriswardmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
Sophie Hogan @sophieatrpn.bsky.social Senior reporter at Research Professional News. Got a story on UK or Europe research policy? Get in touch at sophie.hogan@clarivate.com.
Will Worley @willrworley.bsky.social Policy reporter & editor at The New Humanitarian.
Previously covered climate, UK aid cuts at Devex.
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Email: william@thenewhumanitarian.org 
Tracy McVeigh @tracymcveigh.bsky.social Journalist. Editor of global development & philanthropic-funded journalism at the Guardian. Former chief reporter of the Observer. 
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social 📝 poverty and social protection researcher
📚 author of The Empathy Fix
🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast
🌎 Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
Jonathan Rosenthal @journalistjon.bsky.social International Editor at The Economist
Previously covered Africa, banking, European business & finance
Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
Context Newsroom @contextnewsroom.bsky.social Know better. Do better. We provide news and analysis on the most critical issues affecting people, society and the environment. Powered by Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Ione Wells @ionewells.bsky.social Foreign Correspondent for BBC News, covering South America 🎥 Based in São Paulo 🌎 Also covering the US election 🇺🇸 On loan from BBC Politics. Also write & present. 
Vanessa Buschschlüter @vanessabusch.bsky.social Latin America and Caribbean editor, BBC News Online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/latin_america
London-born, grew up in Madrid and Berlin. Now back in London. 
Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social Ex BBC World Service. Who knew there was life outside?
University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋
Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.
www.sussex.ac.uk
Agulhas Applied Knowledge @agulhas.co.uk Agulhas Applied Knowledge is a research and strategy consultancy focused on global challenges; harnessing evaluation, learning and knowledge for sustainable development.
Proudly employee-owned and certified B Corp
agulhas.co.uk
Steve Metcalfe @stevemetcalfe.bsky.social Interested in global development, inequality, the climate crisis. And cycling. Head of communications at the Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk / www.ids.ac.uk
Prof Prachi Srivastava 🌈 @prachisrivas.bsky.social Education and global development, Adelaide University | UNESCO Network on Education, Epistemic Justice and the Knowledge Commons
Previous: UN, University of Oxford, University of Sussex, IRC
https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/prachi.srivastava
ODI Trade and Economic Development @odi-trade.bsky.social Expert analysis on trade and economic development at @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/international-economic-development-group/
bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies @bicc.de Dedicated to research and policy advice on the conditions, dynamics and consequences of violent conflicts. 🌍 Worldwide.
www.bicc.de
Imprint: http://bit.ly/3bLgeMe 
ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social The EU office of ActionAid: making the voices of people living in poverty heard by policymakers in Brussels, from a feminist, Southern-led lens.
Focused on #climate, #fairfinance, #genderequality, and #migrantrights. 
CBM UK @cbmuk.bsky.social We work alongside people with disabilities in some of the world’s poorest communities, for access to healthcare, education and a future where they can thrive.
https://www.cbmuk.org.uk/
Shibaji Bose @shibbose.bsky.social Independent Consultant. Works with TAPESTRY-Belmont Forum;PASTRES; ANTICIPATE;Brown Gold;Health Systems Global;IDS Sussex;NMBU; STEPS Centre, IWMI.
shibbose.com
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data @data4sdgs.bsky.social Mobilizing data for people + planet. The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. #Data4SDGs
Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
Climate and Development Knowledge Network @cdkn.org Mobilising knowledge, capacity and Southern leadership to improve the well-being of the most climate-affected people
https://cdkn.org/
Gauthier Marchais @gauthiermarchais.bsky.social Researcher at the Institute of Development studies. Views are my own. ‘Seule la route connaît le secret’
Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social
Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
It’s Arunas @itsarunas.bsky.social Editor for Economics and Behavioral Genetics @Nature Portfolio and My Own Thing 🔜 DM to share a story or a pitch
Giulia Mascagni @giuliamascagni.bsky.social Executive Director @ICTD, Research Fellow @IDS | all things tax
Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @Lylamehta@mas.to & LinkedIn. Views my own;
Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) @tipconsortium.bsky.social Global partnership for learning, experimentation & research on innovation for transformative system change
Led by DSTI South Africa, SENACYT Panama, VINNOVA Sweden, Sussex Uni/ Utrecht/ INGENIO, with hubs & associate members across Africa, Europe & LatAm
Global Souths Hub @globalsouthshub.bsky.social Global Souths Hub is a news site developed alongside the teams behind the two leading journals, Third World Quarterly (TWQ) and Central Asian Survey (CAS). Visit us at https://globalsouth.org/
#globalsouth
Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) @k4dd.ids.ac.uk K4DD supports the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and other UK Gov. departments with learning and evidence to improve the impact of development and diplomacy policy and programmes.
https://k4dd.ids.ac.uk/
Gabriel Palazzo @gabrielmpalazzo.bsky.social Doing research on Economics at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
Macro; Development; Trade.
Jigyasa @jigyasa.bsky.social 💼 External Affairs @ids.ac.uk
Former Journalist.
Views my own
Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social The UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.
For now, you'll find our news posted on LinkedIn and in our monthly newsletter.
African Cities Research Consortium @africancities.bsky.social Generating new insights and approaches to tackle complex problems in Africa’s rapidly changing cities.
» collaboration » evidence » innovation » progress
💻 https://www.african-cities.org
📩 bit.ly/ACRCnews
🎧 https://africancities.buzzsprout.com/
UK Trade Policy Observatory @uktpo.org The UK Trade Policy Observatory offers expertise and services to support the reconstruction of the UK's international trading environment post-Brexit.
@susanapolot.bsky.social @susanapolot.bsky.social 
Jaideep Gupte @jaigupte.bsky.social Director, Research, Strategy and Innovation at the Arts & Humanities Research Council, UKRI. Fellow of The Institute of Development Studies (On Leave of Absence).
Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) @sussexsrp.bsky.social The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) at the University of Sussex delivers interdisciplinary research for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We also host research events and produce research communications such as blogs and videos.
Shilpi Srivastava @shilpisri.bsky.social Researcher @IDS UK| working on #water politics #climate extremes # uncertainty #climate justice✊🏽| Associate Editor @ Climate and Development| dabbles in Hindi poetry| #alopecia warrior | ** views my own**
UEF_GlobalDev @uefglobaldev.bsky.social Global development affairs at the University of Eastern Finland // Promoting global development in academia for sustainability, Promoting equity and responsibility in global academic partnerships
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social Welcome to *GCSJ* - the Open University's Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.
Guy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social PhD candidate @Sussex & scholar @CSSN. Co-founder & former co-dir of the Climate Dev Lab @Brown & sr consultant @IDB. #Climate #LatAm #Colombia #EnergyTransitions.
Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social The Food Equity Centre exists to challenge the power and politics that make food systems inequitable.
https://ids.ac.uk/foodequitycentre
Brazil, South Africa, UK
Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social Prof. Critical Data & Technology Studies @ Goethe University Frankfurt / digital authoritarianism, surveillance, smart cities/
Co-Director @Survstudiesnet.bsky.social /
Founder @surveillancemw.bsky.social
*personal account*
Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social Science, analysis, and news around climate change's impacts on the economy, focusing on growth, inflation, investment, companies, consumers #ClimateRisk #ClimateImpacts
SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social https://www.soas.ac.uk/soas-global-development
Philip Proudfoot @philipproudfoot.bsky.social Researcher of activism, labour, accountability, and humanitarianism in the Arab World & elsewhere | co-founder of The Accountability Archive | Personal account, views, especially the bad ones, are my own.
Itad @itadltd.bsky.social Solving complex challenges through evidence and learning 🌍 www.itad.com
We are a global consultancy providing evidence, learning and strategy services to help solve complex challenges.
Peter Taylor @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social Researcher, fan of participatory and inclusive approaches to global development, Director of Institute of Development Studies, wanabee Celtic and trad musician 
IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
| Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow
IDS and ICTD. 💚🐧
Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social Supporting and connecting researchers and policy-makers engaged in regional analysis and research. We're mostly on BlueSky now.
www.regionalstudies.org/
Leah Murphy @leahmb.bsky.social Communications and Digital Marketing Officer @ids.ac.uk | She/Her | All views my own.
Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social Building Progressive and Equitable Local Revenue Systems in Lower-Income Countries | An initiative of @ictdtax.bsky.social, based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
https://logri.org/
Caroline Khene @ckhene.bsky.social Digital Cluster Lead @IDS_UK; Co-founder @NurtureID8; Director
@MobiSAM_Net; #DigitalDevelopment #ICT4D; #Civictech #socialprotection researcher. All views personal
Peter Newell @peternewell.bsky.social Academic, activist, lover of nature, football, drums & dogs
socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org The posts and links shared do not necessarily reflect the views of http://socialprotection.org, but rather from their authors and organisations. Become a member!
University of Sussex Library @sussexlibrary.bsky.social We deliver high-quality, innovative information services at The University of Sussex Library.
Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social Nutrition, food justice, health, cycling | writer, freelance
Non-res senior fellow, IFPRI | hon associate IDS
FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/
SUBSTACK: stuartgillespie.substack.com
Nicholas Nisbett @nicknisbett.bsky.social Member, Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social
Professorial Fellow,
Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk
Professor of Global Public Policy, Nutrition & Health Equity, University of Sussex, UK
Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social Emeritus Fellow of Digital Rights. Editor of book series on all aspects of digital citizenship and digital authoritarianism. Free typo with every post.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
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
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Global Governance Institute (GGI) @globalgovernance.eu The Global Governance Institute (GGI) is an independent, international think tank for global problem-solving.
📍Brussels, Belgium
🔗 www.globalgovernance.eu
Future Natures @futurenatures.bsky.social Sharing stories and thinking about the politics & ecologies of crisis, enclosure, commoning and possibilities for building plural futures.
Get involved: futurenatures.org
Podcast: futurenatures.org/podcast
IPBES @ipbes.net Intergovernmental Platform on #Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services. Denialism/trolling/profanity may result in banning. Re-skoots ≠ endorsements.
www.ipbes.net
linktr.ee/ipbes
James Georgalakis @bloggs74.bsky.social Director of Evidence and Impact at the Institute of Development Studies and doctoral researcher at University of Bath. Interested in evidence into policy and epistemic communities.
All views my own 
@ianscoones.bsky.social @ianscoones.bsky.social 
ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org The Institute for Policy Studies has been the research arm of movements challenging inequality, corporate power, polluters, and militarism since 1963. www.ips-dc.org
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre.bsky.social The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work.
Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social Global network of 300+ decision-makers, researchers, lawyers, activists and artists working to support those impacted by #LossAndDamage from the #ClimateCrisis.
https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
www.marianamazzucato.com
REPAiR Project @repairproject.bsky.social A research project that critically explores how ‘nature-based solutions’ and other approaches are applied in the contexts of Southern Africa’s rangelands.
repairproject.org
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de Area studies and comparative area studies on Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Global Affairs from Hamburg, Germany.
Website: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en
Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform @sshap-action.bsky.social We provide social science evidence on demand, capacity-building and networking spaces on emergencies that relate to health, conflict or the environment. Find out more: www.socialscienceinaction.org
#Humanitarian #EmergencyResponse
EADI @eadi.bsky.social We are the European Association of Development Institutes, the leading network in Europe for development research and training. #AcademicSky #EduSky #Development
Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social Research on development, geography, and inclusion.
Fellow - Institute of Development Studies/University of Sussex
Ludivine Eloy @ludi78.bsky.social Agronome et géographe
Directrice de Recherche au CNRS/Montpellier
Déforestation, Amérique Latine, aires protégées, biodiversité
Amoureuse du Brésil
Sarah Dalrymple @sarahedalrymple.bsky.social Reader in Conservation Ecology, IUCN Conservation Translocation SG, Assoc.Ed Journal of Ecology Biological Flora, BScLead Wildlife Conservation @LJMU, plants
Sarah Cook @sarahgcook.bsky.social Independent researcher & consultant; author of UnderReported China newsletter; fmr Freedom House China research director, views my own; underreportedchina.substack.com
Matías Bianchi @matiasfbianchi.bsky.social 
Ricardo Barbosa, Jr. @ribarbosajr.bsky.social PhD Student, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University