Rob Cowan @robcowan.bsky.social Writer, editor, speaker, consultant, cartoonist, illustrator. Author, The Dictionary of Urbanism. Editor, Context. Plandemonium videos. http://robcowan.co.uk
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
placememory.net
Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good.
Photo: The Dalai Lama
To my right is Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard’s mother.
Joao Paulouro @joao-paulouro.bsky.social 
Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social Co-director of Abundance. Co-author of Radical Abundance (2025) and author of Generation Left (2019). Co-host of the #ACFM podcast.
Stefania Fiorentino @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Regeneration at University of Cambridge, Land Economy.
Fellow of Downing College.
Economic Geography & Planning: Local Economic Development, Urban and Regional Transformations.
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Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. transition design + urban studies｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜climate + sustainability／resilience｜views expressed here are my own
@conlealab.bsky.social @conlealab.bsky.social 
Roland Deschain @iam-roland.bsky.social I hear tell of a great evil stirrin’ here in this world, sai, a darkness risin’ like a storm over the land. I’ve been drawn to this place, by ka’s will, to stand against it and bring it low, if the Tower permits
@vdigrande.bsky.social @vdigrande.bsky.social 
Gabriel Silvestre @gabriel-silvestre.bsky.social Senior lecturer - urban planning/politics/geography. Newcastle University
Duarte Romero Varela @xanguindan.bsky.social Anglófilo. Do Dépor. Nación AP-9.
Anna Plyushteva @plyushteva.bsky.social Migrant, geographer, public transport enthusiast. Research and teaching on urban mobilities, economies, and inequalities. Very sceptical of AI in HE. Titular Associate Professor at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social and @tsuoxford.bsky.social She/her
John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Rebecca Madgin @imadgination03.bsky.social Place - Heritage - Emotion - Urban History
Professor of Urban Studies at University of Glasgow
Arts & Humanities Research Council Place Programme Director
Views/posts/likes etc my own
jannon @jannste.bsky.social jannon at the old place
Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com Postdoc at the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb | PhD, King’s College London | Primarily working on mind and metaphysics 💭
Iago Martínez @autonauta.bsky.social Cousas urbanas. Agora no Instituto de Estudos e Desenvolvemento de Galicia (IDEGA), na Universidade de Santiago. Grupo ANTE - Análise Territorial. Municipalista.
Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social Research on global migration and mobility from the Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
Hanna A. Rauf @hannarauf.bsky.social - Urban Researcher -
Urban studies | participatory methods | nature-based solutions
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Infrastructural Geographies @infrastructuralgeo.bsky.social Infrastructural Geographies is a research group based at
@camunigeography, exploring material, social, & organizational structures of life.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Amy Barron @amycbarron.bsky.social Cultural and Social Geographer, UoM. Interested in the lived experience of urban difference, inequalities, and social categories through the lenses of age, ageing, and the life course.
@michael-s-marshall.bsky.social @michael-s-marshall.bsky.social 
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
Mateus Lira @mateus-lira.bsky.social PhD Candidate (Uban Studies and Planning) at University of Sheffield.
Housing Justice, Urban Political Ecology
Callum Ward @callumny.bsky.social Lecturer in Valuation and Governance, University of Sheffield
Early career editor @financeandspace.bsky.social
@valspacepower.bsky.social @valspacepower.bsky.social 
Simon Marvin @urban-technology.bsky.social An urban technologist interested in how new technologies and infrastructures interact with urban life. Currently focused on how neurotechnologies are reshaping people relationships with computers, robots, animals and other humans.
Ryan Powell @urbanstigma.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies, University of Sheffield
Erika Conchis @erikaconchis.bsky.social designer, researcher, lecturer (in no particular order)
@ Manchester School of Art
(graphic) design as research practice
Nick Bingham @nickbi.bsky.social Geographer at The Open University, UK
thinking materialities :: with :: care
(not necessarily in that order)
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
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@richsulley.bsky.social @richsulley.bsky.social Snr Research Fellow in Sustainability Policy.
The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures.
https://substack.com/@richsulley
Sustainability, bikes, birds, grumpiness
Dr Remi Edwards @remiedwards.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, QMUL
Researching labour, consumption, agribusiness, supply chains, governance, race, agency
Hosting SPERI Presents... New Thinking in Political Economy
open.spotify.com/show/6zpmfHj
Festival of Debate 2026 @festofdebate.bsky.social The largest grassroots politics festival in the UK. A @weareopus.bsky.social project.
Next event: Deviants and Trailblazers on 23 Sep
#FofD
👉 festivalofdebate.com
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Steve Rotheram @metromayorsteve.bsky.social Labour Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.
Working to make Liverpool City Region the best place to grow up, grow old and grow a business. 
daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social your daily dose of bunnies ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
Aseela Haque @aseela.bsky.social
www.aseelahaque.com
Professor Lisa Scullion @lisa-scullion.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy
Academic Lead (Interim) Social Innovation Institute
University of Salford, UK
FAcSS
Data for action @dataforaction.bsky.social 
Tom French @tomfrench.bsky.social Head of Innovation @ SYMCA | Founder of Data for Action + Sheffield Data for Good | Musician
Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social A magazine for #Sheffield by Opus. Local news and culture. Online only (for now). Got a tip-off or want to write? Get in touch.
👉 nowthenmagazine.com
Sam Gregory – Sheffield journo @sammgreg.bsky.social Storyteller and civic journalist at @nowthenmag.bsky.social, based in sunny #Sheffield. Particularly interested in inequality, systems change, just transition, built environment.
(he / him) 🏳️🌈
AC Davidson @acdavidson.bsky.social Human geographer
@lizsharpyorks.bsky.social @lizsharpyorks.bsky.social 
University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social The University of Sheffield Player - the UK’s biggest research streaming platform enabling anyone, anywhere to discover and explore our pioneering research.
🌐 https://player.sheffield.ac.uk/
Simon Duffy @simonduffy.bsky.social Philosopher and social activist with interest in self-directed support, basic income, neighbourhood democracy, neighbourhood care and anything else that helps create a world where everyone matters (and chippy Northerner). https://citizen-network.org
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Dan Olner @danolner.bsky.social Policy fellow @Y_PERN_ @SouthYorksMCA Data scientist / geospatial+economics / climate / political economy / "tepid centrist" / bit of sci-fi too danolner.net github.com/DanOlner
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Dr Bryony Vince-Myers @bryvincemyers.bsky.social Research Associate - Participatory Research Network
Project Coordinator - @coprofutures.bsky.social
Editor-at-large - E-IR
Global Dialogues Book Series Co-editor
IR, local peacebuilding, decoloniality, participatory research, South Africa
Charlie Spring @eatingwaste.bsky.social Thinking about justice through a food systems lens. Currently researching seaweed sovereignty in Thailand and Indonesia at the Scottish Association of Marine Science
Michael Martin @mic-martin.bsky.social Lecturer & Programme Director of Urban Design & Planning, University of Sheffield working in #urbandesign #childfriendlycities #urbanplay 🇮🇪 co-author of ‘Applied Urban Design: A Contextually Responsive Approach’, Routledge Books https://amzn.eu/d/i4dPGoH
Rafaella Lima @eyeofraf.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Sheffield Uni Management School. Asset managers, wealth chains, housing, uneven development. 
Krzysztof Nawratek @msoamsoa.bsky.social Senior lecturer in humanities and architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK
(Radical) inclusivity, religion, space
Deep-time conservative: neolithic revolution must be rejected!!!
Stéphanie Wojcik @stephaniewojcik.bsky.social Maître de conférences en sciences de l'information et de la communication à l'Université Paris Est Créteil
Austin Zeiderman @azeiderman.bsky.social 
Nabeela Ahmed @nabmed.bsky.social Human. Geographer.
Lecturer @ University of Sheffield.
urban margins; labour migration; exclusionary states; postcolony
Sally Hardy @sallyhardy.bsky.social Cyclist, sewist and embroiderer, very bad knitter, great at lunching (and “dinnering”), enthusiastically early retired, independent consultant and former CEO of the Regional Studies Association :-)
Participedia @participedia.bsky.social We are a global research community and crowdsourcing platform (participedia.net) sharing knowledge and stories about participatory democracy and democratic innovations.
James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social Researcher interested in participation, coproduction and trying to create a youth state. Also process and speculative practice, UCU.
Warren Escadale @vsnwescadale.bsky.social Chief executive of Voluntary sector north west. Chair of Greater Manchester VCFSE Leaders Group, and VCFSE partner member on Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. Championing meaningful devolution and sector’s role in making it work.
Elia Apostolopoulou @eliapos.bsky.social Human geographer & political ecologist
Imperial College London @ic-cep.bsky.social
Editor Dialogues in Human Geography @dialogueshg.bsky.social
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social Society needs to change - let's change it together.
Visit: https://societal.leeds.ac.uk/
Dr Katherine Allen @katherineallen84.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Justice & Crime, University of Suffolk. Interested in gender-based violence, epistemic justice, trauma and neurodiversity. She/her
Julian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social Critical urban planning professor @ Tufts UEP. From Yorkshire UK, living in Cambridge MA, USA. Originator of the concept of #justsustainabilities. Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment. Website: julianagyeman.com
Jennifer Clark @jclarkcrp.bsky.social Professor. Regional economic development; industrial restructuring; cities + tech; economic geography. Editor-in-Chief @regionalstudies.bsky.social. Also, dogs, birds, community. 🏙️
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social Princesa de Asturias Chair & Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. Past President Regional Science Association International. Editor, Economic Geography.
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
James Wilson @jamierwilson.bsky.social Interested in research driving the sustainable competitiveness & wellbeing of places. General Director at Orkestra & faculty at Deusto Business School. Brit/SAfrican living in Donostia-San Sebastián. Cricket lover.
City-REDI @city-redi.bsky.social The City-Region Economic Development Institute at the University of Birmingham. Supporting inclusive economic growth in the West Midlands and the UK.
https://tinyurl.com/Find-out-more-about-City-REDI
Urban Big Data Centre @ubdc.bsky.social UBDC is a national research centre and data service providing expertise, training, extensive data collections and data tools. Funded by ESRC and the University of Glasgow.
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society @cjres.bsky.social International multi-disciplinary journal publishing spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change
Geographical Analysis @geog-analysis.bsky.social Adorable little academic journal. We publish on geographical methods, spatial and urban analytics + innovative applications. Editor: @rsfrankl.bsky.social
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15384632
Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social Professor of Urban Analytics @ CASA UCL -
@casauc.bsky.social. Lover of drum & bass, beer and tattoos. Drummer. Dad. Run a bit. Live in Brighton.
What Works Growth @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth provides evidence on #WhatWorks to drive local economic growth.
Partners: @cep-lse.bsky.social, @centreforcities.bsky.social
LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 💥A platform for those interested in increasing the impact of academic research. 📨 Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/subscribe-via-email/
The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social Geography in the Public Interest: The GJ publishes original research in human and physical geography which engages with public issues and policy-relevant agendas.
Edited by Peter Hopkins, Paul Milbourne, Rebecca Collins & Trivik Verma
Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk The Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy. Please follow us on our new handle: @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
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.
Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics & Public Admin, Uni of Liverpool • UK Politics • English devo • spatial inequality • place-based policy • healthy urban development • critical realism
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/jack-newman
Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social Economics, Cities, Policy.
Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
Marcus Power @marcusjpower.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography @ Durham University. The geopolitics-development nexus | China-Africa relations | South-South flows | energy & infrastructural geographies
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/marcus-power/
Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social SPERI develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of the major economic and political challenges arising from contemporary capitalism.
Blog: https://speri-blog.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
Podcast: https://sheffield.ac.uk/speri/podcast
@glynowilliams.bsky.social @glynowilliams.bsky.social 
RSA - Regional Studies, Regional Science @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social The new BlueSky page for Regional Studies, Regional Science - @regstud.bsky.social 's open access journal on regional issues in geography, governance and policy as well as urbanization and economic development.
Alex Baker @anomiegeog.bsky.social 
Elliot Rossiter @elliotrossiter.bsky.social Philosophy prof at Douglas College. Mostly interested in reading stuff related to housing, cities, and justice.
Peter Forman @pjforman.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Northumbria University (UK). Researches energy transitions, security and infrastructural politics. Specialises in natural gas and hydrogen. He/Him
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/f/peter-forman/
Prof Laura Lundy @lauralundy.bsky.social Queen’s University Belfast and University College Cork working on Children’s Rights, Child Participation (The Lundy Model) and Education.
Political Geography @politicalgeography.bsky.social Political Geography advances knowledge in all aspects of the geographical and spatial dimensions of politics and the political. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Filippo Menga https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/political-geography
Rahul @rahul-raj.bsky.social 🇮🇳 -> 🇰🇷 -> 🏴
PhD Student in Urban Studies and Planning
University of Sheffield
Researching Urban Environmentalisms and the Political Ecologies of Waste and Waste Labour in Indian Cities
Ben Purvis @benpurvis42.bsky.social Undisciplined scholar. Researching in and around the politics and philosophy of sustainability assessment. Some sort of Eco-Marxist. Perpetual Research Associate. Branch Secretary @SheffieldUCU.bsky.social
(they/he) 🏳️⚧️🍉
Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie (GIP) @interphil.bsky.social Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie/ Society for Intercultural Philosophy/ Sociedad de Filosofía Intercultural/ 間文化哲学協会