Dr Lindsay de Wal @drlindsaydewal.bsky.social BA,MA,PhD|UK’s 1st NHS Humanist Head of Chaplaincy|Director Humanist-Existential Care [EHSN]|Head of Pastoral Care [NRPSN]|Thoughts are my own|Published Author|
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Michele Grant @michelegrant.bsky.social Living life beyond a career in the news industry but still rooting for public service broadcasting and old school journalism.
Also ... housing and urban issues, Liverpool #YNWA, feminism, politics, walking.
King's Social Science & Public Policy @kingssocialscience.bsky.social World-leading social science expertise from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London.
Linked In: http://bit.ly/3tbhnVJ
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.
Jenny McHugh @jmmchugh.bsky.social Advocacy & Community Manager at UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association.
Former librarian 📚, also historian of late medieval Scotland 🏰, researching loyalty, identity, ritual & more. HMU for medieval DH projects or open data initiatives. Views my own.
Al Carns @alcarns.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak and Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence. Served 24 years in the Royal Marines, now a Reservist and politician.
David Harding 🔶💙 @drdrdrh.bsky.social used to do science and health stuff. now do potholes.
#MedSky #publichealth #healthpolicy #FBPE #NHS #NICU
#Neonatology #academicsky
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Be kind.
Be able to change your mind- its why you have one.
Suzanne Bold @suzannebold.bsky.social Head of Advocacy at Patriotic Millionaires UK. These views and tweets are all mine.
John Chekal @jchexmix.bsky.social Former Organizer for the Harris Walz Campaign in Pgh | Focused on Urbanism, Climate, Labor, and Immigration
Notes from the Faultline @faultlinenotes.bsky.social We post from the faultlines: where human rights, power, and principles collide ⚡️ We track the loud cracks and the quiet shifts, and what they mean.
https://progresschange.org
Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social Population Health & Inequalities with NHS SCW. Tweet on health & inequalities, cat pics, Port Meadow views. Runner & occasional triathlete.
https://www.tumblr.com/fentonaw
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Karen Hayes @khayes12.bsky.social Occupational therapy academic focused on achieving spatial justice for rural communities
D H Fowles @danielharveyfowles.bsky.social Artist, naturalist and social scientist
East Anglia
Priya Bharadia @priyabharadia.bsky.social scott trust journalist @guardian
get in touch at priya.bharadia@guardian.co.uk
signal: pbharadia.77
Bruno Dent @brunodent.bsky.social Researcher @FutureGovForum.bsky.social. Thoughts on state capacity and public service reform: https://brunodent.substack.com/
@gailirvine.bsky.social @gailirvine.bsky.social
Daisy Harmer 🌼 @daisyharmer.bsky.social Research, Policy and Storytelling
Supporting the Ecosystem @ UCL Policy Lab 🌱
Love plants, cooking, cats and board games. Climber when not injured. She/her
Currently reading Orbital
Ed Morgan @autolychus.bsky.social Mostly business-related policy stuff. Professional interest in warehousing and logistics, dabbled in vertical farming (the legal kind).
Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social Ricardo Professor of Political Economy, @EconUCL https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctp39a/
Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, @TheIFS http://ifs.org.uk/inequality/
Evelyn Cook @evelyncook.bsky.social Retired (Home Office/Citizens Advice). Manchester-phile. Walks in Kent (occasionally), gardens, researches equal pay (very occasionally). Have written two local history books - a house history and a ‘true crime’ story from Whitstable
Paul Mason @paolo-mason.bsky.social I work in heath and care evaluation with an interest in politics, history, records, cats obvs and things that make me laugh. Yorkshireman. Personal account.
Ruth Winden @ruthwinden.bsky.social #Careers with #Research Consultant | Fascinated by all things work and careers | European based in Sheffield | Facilitator | Adventurer at ❤️
Give our Research Culture Uncovered podcast a listen https://research-culture.captivate
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.
INLOGOV @inlogov.bsky.social Part of the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Birmingham and a leading centre for the study and teaching of public management.
Blog: http://inlogov.com
We Democracy @wedemocracyuk.bsky.social We are a grassroots Israeli/British community, supporting the pro-democracy movement in Israel. We call for a hostage deal and ending the war & advocate for democracy for all.
Rachel Statham @rachelstatham.bsky.social Policy advisor, toddler mum ☕️. Found in deepest whitehall or south wales.
Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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Malcolm Clark @malcolmjclark.bsky.social Public health senior policy manager & campaigner. Streatham, W Norwood & Lambeth.All views my own.
Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
Kathie Pollard @kplanning.bsky.social Works on land reform in Scotland
Dr Hannah Blythe @hanblythe.bsky.social Health humanities and history of mental health, psychology, charity and the NHS. Former policy person. Trying to play squash.
Currently at Leeds, formerly LSHTM and Cambridge. Affiliated at Birkbeck.
Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social Conservation biologist and behavioural ecologist. Treasurer of Scientists for Labour. Postdoc at @durhamanthropology.bsky.social, DPhil from @biology.ox.ac.uk
Jacq Dodman @jacqdodman.bsky.social ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter’ Martin Luther King 🇪🇺
Laura Morris @lhmorris.bsky.social usually posting about global development, current events, evidence in policy, health economics, and misc nerd stuff. (she/her) https://scholar.harvard.edu/lauramorris
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.
Policy Commons @policycommons.bsky.social The world's largest fully searchable collection of reports, papers, blogs and podcasts posted by ,000s of universities, IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, cities & governments from across the globe. If you were not indexing your organization’s content, let us know.
George Brewster @georgebrewster.bsky.social Public Affairs at Better Society Capital. 🗣️
Social Impact Investment - Charities and Social Enterprises, Housing, Public Services, Tech for Good and a Just Transition to Net Zero 🌏
Dave Griffiths @drdavegriffiths.bsky.social Sociologist at Stirling Uni. Interests in social network analysis, social stratification, disadvantage, health egonets, quantitative methods and some other stuff.
noah katz | נועה כץ @noaskatz.bsky.social Cohesion via commonality. Peacenik. Yad Fellowship Co-Founder. Public Affairs at @BoardOfDeputies.bsky.social. Jewish Labour Movement Equalities Officer.
Views mine alone. they/them.
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Mark Robinson @thinkingpractice.bsky.social Writer, researcher, adviser, coach etc. cultural sector and intersections. Thinking Practice. / www.thinkingpractice.co.uk
Arnie BoBarnie @arniemi.bsky.social Proponent of civility, and humanist. Francophile, German speaker, history buff, legal buff, politics nerd, dog lover. 100% Ukranian roots. No DMs, please, 🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🐶
Rosie Walters @sirenoftitan.bsky.social Proud Welsh European. Fond of cats. Fan of The Archers. Cadwn y golau ymlaen.
Dan Weir @danweir.bsky.social Research and Policy Manager at moneyandmentalhealth.org
Rapier Instructor at londonhistoricalfencing.club
Hereditary Crystal Palace fan
Mostly just musing here.
Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc
He/Him
Andrew Cooper MP @andrewcooper.net Labour MP for Mid Cheshire 🌹
Jonathan Thomas @jtmigratory.bsky.social Senior Fellow & the Migration Researcher at the Social Market Foundation.
Many Interests but only post about migration. You have to draw the line somewhere.
Theo Bertram @theobertram.bsky.social Director of the Social Market Foundation
Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian.
Mercy @mercymuroki.bsky.social Head of work policy @ CSJ think tank |
Columnist and commentator | Former government advisor | Wealth manager in training | Minor gamer
The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank.bsky.social An independent think-tank, established to put social justice at the heart of British politics.
👉 MEDIA: media-enquiries@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
Bright Blue @brightblueuk.bsky.social The independent think tank for defending and improving liberal society.
brightblue.org.uk
Ryan Shorthouse @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social Founder & Chair, Bright Blue | Deputy Chair, Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) | Commissioner, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) | NED, Office of the Small Business Commissioner | Visiting Fellow, University of Bath
Imogen Parker @imogen-parker.bsky.social Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
https://centreforlondon.org/
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
Jamie Gollings @jamiegollings.bsky.social SMF Deputy Research Director. Policy-wonk and music-wonk.
Owen Barder @owen.org Economist. ex No10, Treasury, CGD, PxD. Former visiting Professor @ LSE. Development Drums podcast. Team GB triathlete age-grouper. Olympic volunteer. Feminist, internationalist. Set up the first UK Government website. Helped invent AMCs.
James Browne @jamesbrownetbi.bsky.social Head of Work, Income and Inequality Analysis, Economics and Public Finance Team @InstituteGC. Ex-@theIFS and @OECD_Social. Views my own.
Adam Dyster @adamdyster.bsky.social Comms & public affairs on culture, nature & more. Theatre-lover, mudlarker and rock-bottom bargain hunter. Views and bad puns all my own!
Andrew Greenway @andrewgreenway.bsky.social Founder, Public Digital. Co-author of Bluffocracy. Still Countdown's most rubbish champion.
Dan Howl @danhowl.bsky.social Director of Policy and Public Affairs, BCS | former Labour HQ | #AVFC | https://danhowl.substack.com | www.linkedin.com/in/dan-howl/
@englishforaction.bsky.social @englishforaction.bsky.social
Europe Unpacked @neuance.bsky.social Analist | Writer | The Hague | Amsterdam |
Project FREE C.I.C. @projectfree.bsky.social We deliver Leicester Schools Linking and other FREE services for educators, schools & communities
Andy Case @andycaseneu.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the National Education Union
Tanya Park @tanyajaynep.bsky.social Trans LibDem Councillor in Eastleigh Hampshire. Humanist. Liberal. Pro-EU. Enthusiastic supporter of PR, UBI, Assisted Dying & Drugs Reform.
My policy project: ajustsociety.uk Personal website: tanyapark.com
Saf @safprojects.bsky.social Children’s Literature Researcher.📚 Mental Health & Oracy advocate. Girlguiding Leader. Sociologist interested in Education Policy. 🌎 #edusky
Paul Hodson @paulhhodson.bsky.social Interested in decarbonisation, cities and how politics and the economy work. Also board games. Blog (travel, games,life): paulhhodson@wordpress.com. Living in London again after 30 years.
Mia Gray @mia-gray.bsky.social Professor of economic geography at the University of Cambridge. Researches austerity, labour, debt, gender & sustainable regional economies. Keen gardener.
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
Coxy @collyc.bsky.social Lefty, music lover and humanist.
A would be marathon runner.
Old enough to remember when twitter was a good place!
Just to be clear, if it's crypto, men / women looking for fun or religion, you are following the wrong guy, don't waste your time.
Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Irish author
Fic/non-fic
The "Finfarran" novels
Standalone novel #AWinterWedding Hachette Sept 2026
Keynote speaker
London UK/Corca Dhuibhne Irl
Lit rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK
Linktree: https://rb.gy/g9pf2
European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
A journal from @ecpr.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
@meghan-benton.bsky.social @meghan-benton.bsky.social
GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
CILIP South West @cilip-sw.bsky.social Supporting existing & potential members of CILIP, the library and information association, living & working in the South West of England. Disclaimer: This account is managed by volunteers. Communications from this account are not CILIP policy.
Helen McCarthy @1helenm.bsky.social Research director at NatCen Social Research. Interested in migration, integration and citizenship.
Hannah Miller @hanrmiller.bsky.social Journalist, Bristol
Ilona Pinter @ilonapin.bsky.social Visiting Fellow #ChildPovMig @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social #FamilyFinances @uofgussp.bsky.social PhD @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social #childrights #asylum #immigration #NRPF #poverty #inequality Love strangers & islands https://linktr.ee/ypseekingsafety
Українська Трибуна @ukrainiantribune.bsky.social The Ukrainian Tribune - the view from inside
https://uatribune.com/
http://patreon.com/uatribune | http://buymeacoffee.com/uatribune
Douglas Parkinson @douglasparkins8.bsky.social Apparently a writer now. Church bells, politics, unwarranted opinions and confidence.
Harvey Palmer @harveyjp.bsky.social Principal Private Secretary at CPS. History. Politics.Law. Football. Arsenal. Bromley
Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social Knowledge Transfer Facilitator @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk. Bridging research & policy on place-based policy, social infrastructure, regional growth, & devolution. #PolicySky #AcademicSky
Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com Weekend News Editor, the Financial Times @financialtimes.com.
I did write the headline.
Dr Chris @drchrisc.bsky.social Archaeologist working in London
UCL Centre for Global Youth @uclglobalyouth.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary centre researching what it’s like to grow up in a global world. Based in UCL-IOE. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centre-global-youth
Jacek Olender @jacekolender.bsky.social Paintings conservator, heritage scientist, and philosopher. A/prof UiO. Local pub bore. Londoner at heart, though currently in exile.
🇪🇺 🇵🇱&🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦
Views mine alone, unless they are yours too. Then we can be friends.
Vannevar Bush stan account.
(He/him) ↙️↙️↙️
Glynis Markham 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @lamourna.bsky.social Former NHS Director & Senior Civil Servant. Interests: Health Policy, Genealogy, F1. Sometimes found on a Dutch barge in France
SocialPolicy @socialpolicygr.bsky.social Curating social policy news and views on social issues #socialpolicy
Social Theory & Sociology Articles | #socialpolicygr
Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
Christopher Powers @powersglobal.bsky.social International Educator, Assistant Vice President for International Initiatives, Towson University, Baseball Fan, He/him, All views my own