Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Ståle Holgersen @holgersen.bsky.social Human geographer at Stockholm University. Crisis, capitalism, city, class and climate.🍉
📚 Against the Crisis (Verso 2024) https://www.versobooks.com/products/3130-against-the-crisis
Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Lorenzo Martinico @lorenzomartinico.bsky.social Scottish Green Party candidate in the Portobello/Craigmillar council by-election.
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Lorenzo Martinico, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
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.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times Politics Book of 2022)
GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - New Yorker)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035903857
POWER FAILURE (Future Governance Forum)
Last on Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002styf
Professor Lisa Scullion @lisa-scullion.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy
Academic Lead (Interim) Social Innovation Institute
University of Salford, UK
FAcSS
Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com Postdoc @UCLouvain | ICHEC Brussels | https://aurelien-goutsmedt.com
History economics, inflation, econ policy & energy
Political econ & central banks
#Rstats #nlp #data_viz
Managing editor journals.openedition.org/oeconomia
github.com/agoutsmedt/
ThinkLabour @thinklabour.bsky.social ThinkLabour is a new strategic force generating bold ideas for Britain | Media enquiries: press@thinklabour.co.uk
Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social Director, Stratification Economics at The Roosevelt Institute/Roosevelt Forward
@rooseveltinstitute.org
Sociologist, Dad, Autistic person, Bathos-Enjoyer, elitist jerk
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society
Opinions are my own
David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social Professor of UK Human Rights Law, UEA: public order/protest/policing/free speech/human rights
Poor but inveterate punster.Converse collector. Law, politics, Derby County, & music
Man of Sussex in exile…still fighting the forced East/West partition of ‘72
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the New Statesman, Liberal Currents, New Socialist, Tribune, Vulture, Aftermath. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Chris Newfield @cnewf.bsky.social Psychic life of culture, green political economy, critical university studies, knowledge-power struggles, epistemic justice.
David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social Autonomous vehicle. Self-assembly required. May contain traces of critical theory. Retweets not necessarily a WTF
Blog: fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.co.uk
Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre
President, British Polling Council
Election Analyst, ITV News
Voting, surveys, explanation, singing …
Economic Policy Institute @epi.org The working people's think tank for 40 years. Nonprofit + nonpartisan, we use the tools of economics to defend & promote workers' interests in economic policy discussions.
epi.org
Newsletter: epi.org/signup/
Federal Policy Watch: epi.org/policywatch
Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social Senior researcher @mpifg.bsky.social, studying private wealth, finance & the state in the climate crisis. #privatewealth | #impinv | #greenfinance | #strandedassets
Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social 
Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social Build Housing-Protect All Workers-Organize
Construction labor union research analyst and campaigner since 2003. Research finds that union membership, collective bargaining & quality jobs are good for people and society, actually. Now covering CA, OR, & WA!
Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social Professor in Social Policy & Sustainability, Lund University: Capitalist development & its social, environmental and policy implications; #degrowth, sustainable #welfare. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-koch
Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social Provost Prof. of Economics (UMass Amherst).
Inequality, labor market policies and competition.
Affiliations: NBER, IZA, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative
Preorder my book, The Wage Standard: https://www.thewagestandard.com
Greg Rosalsky @elliswonk.bsky.social Inhabitant of @Planetmoney in the
@NPR universe, where I report stories & write a weekly newsletter on economics. Send hate mail to grosalsky@npr.org
Orian Brook @orianbrook.bsky.social Social and spatial inequalities in the creative economy (and elsewhere).
Chancellor's Fellow in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh
Culture is bad for you http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526144164
ACID HORIZON 👁️ @acidhorizon.bsky.social Welcome to Acid Horizon, the theory podcast. Home of the Acid Horizon Research Commons. acidhorizonpodcast.com
Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 75, The '90s Issue Part 2 with Pulp and Suede on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
Andrew Dunn @drdunnpoverty.bsky.social Academic. Publishing about poverty (new book out later in 2026 called 'Relative Poverty Re-examined'). Former Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Lincoln, #FreeSpeech
road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social road.cc is the website for people who like to ride bikes, giving you all the latest cycling news, reviews and buying advice. 
Emily Andrews @emilyishness.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research @ Learning and Work. Previously @ Ageing Better, IfG. Very ex-teacher. PhD Victorian dementia. Views informed by my job, but my own.
Strange Matters Magazine @strangemattersmag.bsky.social A cooperative magazine of new & unconventional thinking in economics, politics, and culture
Proudly worker-owned since our founding in 2020.
~ Pitch us: editors(at)strangematters(dot)coop ~
strangematters.coop
Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social Sociologist @Erasmus University Rotterdam
Social security, families, income/wealth
https://sites.google.com/view/marigabriele/home
Tom Kelsey @tomkelsey.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies at the UK Defence Academy, King’s College, London. Writes on industrial strategy, British politics, and the history of technology.
SPA Housing Policy Group @spahousingpolicy.bsky.social This is the Bluesky account for the Social Policy Association Housing Policy Group. We will post updates on our activities, events, and publications. Please tag along. The account is managed by @profcolinclark.bsky.social on behalf of the group.
ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social Prof of Political & Social Theory @ UEA: regularly a political theorist, often a political analyst, always a rhetorician. Sometimes I teach people how to make political speeches; usually they are happy about it. Mostly I study Reactionary Digital Politics.
Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk 
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social The perfect mix of Saturday night and the rest of your life
He/Him
https://www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Michael Tobin @michaeltobin.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Policy, SETU.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy (SKAPE) @skape-ed.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Edinburgh that explores the relationship / intersection between different types of science and knowledge on policy
Currently directed by Markus Ketola and Rob Ralston
https://www.skape.ed.ac.uk/
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social 
Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social Professor of Government & Public Policy, Oxford; Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (on FT's What to Read in 2026; https://linktr.ee/billionairebacklash); www.pepperculpepper.net
End Austerity Campaign @endausterity.bsky.social A campaign demanding the end to austerity, now.
https://endausterity.org/
alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social macroeconomist and computer user at http://www.common-wealth.org, founder at www.continuousvariation.com, fellow at stanford, partisan of the republic of letters, "in this horrible age of abuse and decay / its good to know somebody's looking ok"
Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Flas shqip.
INDIGNITY pre-orders: https://linktr.ee/leaypi
New Left EViews @newlefteviews.bsky.social Economist, researcher, writer etc • Int'l & European political economy, geoeconomics, climate, history • 1/3 of 'Eurotrash' and host of 'States and Markets', writing a book on trade- D David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social Historian, at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, King's College London @kingschostm.bsky.social
https://www.davidedgerton.org/
Cédric Durand @cedricdurand.bsky.social 
Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social Lecturer Education Futures & Digital Education based at Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Own views.
Ben Tarnoff @bentarnoff.com 
Benjamin Braun @benbraun.eurosky.social Political economist @ LSE | Finance, central banking & more | benjaminbraun.org
Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Mile End Institute @mileendinstitute.bsky.social We are @qmul.bsky.social's leading institute for British politics, political history and policymaking. Keep updated with news about our latest events, opinion polling and research by signing up to our mailing list!
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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social 🌹 Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, covering Shinfield & Whitley
📈 Member of the Treasury Select Committee
✉️ Please email if you'd like a reply: yuan.yang.mp@parliament.uk
Tom O'Grady @drtomdog.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, UCL. Studying political economy, welfare reforms, public opinion, European and British politics. He/him 🏳️🌈
Charlie Ball @lmicharlie.bsky.social Jisc's Head of Labour Market Intelligence, based in Manchester. Specialist on the labour market for post-18 learners in the UK, posts about work, study, regional labour markets, county cricket. Find my work (mostly) at https://luminate.prospects.ac.uk/
David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Ben Parker @cllrbenparker.bsky.social Green Councillor for Morningside 🌱
Read / subscribe to my blog: https://cllrbenparker.substack.com/ 📝
He/him
Matt Oakley @mattoakleymojo.bsky.social Creative/Designer at MOJO
Sometimes writes. Sometimes paints.
mojostudio.co.uk/art
David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social New York Times Opinion writer and New York Times Magazine columnist. Newsletter on climate and the messy future (https://tinyurl.com/dwwnyt). Author of The Uninhabitable Earth.
https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/david-wallace-wells
Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social Companion blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press for the Social Policy Association.
🔗 www.socialpolicyblog.co.uk
Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social Researching data, tech, futures, and biological sciences in education | Senior Lecturer and co-director at the Centre for Research in Digital Education | University of Edinburgh | Editor of Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social
Ray Griffin @raygriffin.bsky.social Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
Future Histories @futurehistories.bsky.social
Der Podcast zur Erweiterung unserer Vorstellung von Zukunft.
Von und mit Jan Groos.
www.futurehistories.today
English: http://futurehistories-international.com
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Cllr Stephen Jenkinson @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social Edinburgh’s Transport & Environment Convener and Labour’s Councillor for the Pentland Hills Ward 🌹
Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop The party of the UK's co-operative movement, in partnership with The Labour Party. https://party.coop
The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social The Lead is a lean, mean mag on politics, culture and everything in between.
Rob Watts (RobWords) @robwords.com YouTube word nerd. Host of RobWords and Words Unravelled.
Welfare Scotland (welfare.scot) @welfare.scot Advancing a fairer Scotland by championing social security, human rights and real and meaningful social progress. We work with partners to help identify the root causes of poverty, drive advocacy for change and promote equitable living standards for all.
Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social Former organizer, current Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Author, Labor and the Class Idea in the US and Canada (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social Annoying smartarse
@ianpace.bsky.social @ianpace.bsky.social 
Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social i work for persuasion uk and i edit the journal "renewal"
Richard Leonard @labourrichard.bsky.social 🌹 Socialist
✊ Trade unionist
🙌 The cause of labour is the hope of the world
Juliet Stone @drjulietstone.bsky.social Research Fellow at CRSP, Loughborough University. Stats geek researching social policy and inequality, poverty, and living standards.
The Scotsman @scotsman.com Subscribe to The Scotsman for news, opinion and expert analysis from Scotland’s national newspaper: http://scotsman.com/subscriptions/
Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social Art Historian ¶ Medieval & Early Modern PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS
¶ Edinburgh Uni writing about Scottish MSS
¶ Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance (EUP, 2024)
¶ Anselm Adornes (Brepols, 2026)
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs
https://bryonycoombs.com
ATD Ireland @atdireland.bsky.social We hold a vision of a world without persistent poverty. Poverty is an affront to human dignity, a violation of Human Rights & people in poverty have unique knowledge & experience that can lower the barriers separating people & communities
www.atdireland.ie
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests
Peter Whiteford @peterwhiteford.bsky.social Interested in most aspects of social policy in Australia & internationally (also certain literary genres and restricted musical choices); also history (art too)
ANU, Canberra crawford.anu.edu.au/crawford_peopl…
Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Media Editor, SPA journals.
Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics
Morningsider @morningsider.bsky.social Transport, planning, and built environment - mainly Edinburgh and Scotland.
Pavel Iosad @anghyflawn.net Linguist | Cànanaiche @schoolofppls.bsky.social. Migrant | Neach-imrich: 🇷🇺➡️🇳🇴➡️NI➡️🏴. Tin whistle (now also flute and 箫) tragic | Droch-chluicheadair na fìdeige (⁊ na cuisle-ciùil cuideachd a-nis). 🇺🇦.
Eastern Eye News @easterneye.bsky.social https://www.easterneye.biz/
Eastern Eye is Britain’s best known and most respected Asian weekly newspaper with national coverage.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
Evertonian
SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign:
fights for better conditions for everyday journeys by bike, particularly Edinburgh & Lothian. Also lobby Scot Gov.
We also encourage more councils, govt depts, politicians, professionals etc to move to bsky!
The Bike Station @thebikestation.bsky.social Charity organisation in Edinburgh & Perth
♻️ Refurbishing used bikes at affordable costs
🚴♂️ Maintenance & Cycling classes
🌱 Wee Bike Library
🪴 Sustainable Transport
Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends
Not able to read DMs, please email instead
https://blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/
🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike https://edi.bike - Edinburgh’s weekly cycling digest, covering local campaigns, path progress, events & more.
Tag posts with #EdTravCyc to share route, road and path issues and follow our custom feed: https://bsky.app/profile/edi.bike/feed/edtravcyc
Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social Author: "Reader's Guide to Capital"; "Insecurity, Precarious Work & Labour Markets"; "Unravelling Capitalism". Editor: International Socialism. UCU activist. Posts in personal capacity.
Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social Lecturer in Political Ecology at Lancaster University. Co-author of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025)