The Democracy Network @democracynetworkuk.bsky.social Connecting the 900+ organisations working on issues of power, democracy and voice in the UK. Our vision is of a democracy fit for the 21st century.
https://democracynetwork.org.uk/
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Alma White @calebscauseni.bsky.social Mum of 3 treasures. Autism mum💙 Laughter is a must, along with family and friendship. Passionate about SEN provision #CalebsCauseNI https://chng.it/QWMYGyT4gt
Neil Milliken @neilmilliken.bsky.social Founder of Thrival Holdings former VP #accessibility at Atos, lover of good #UX #Neurodivergent #ADHD #Dyslexic
Co-founder of @AXSChat.bsky.social
Keen amateur gardener & nature photographer.
Social networking should be sociable feel free to engage.
AXSChat @axschat.bsky.social Podcast & social media chat focused on disability, accessibility, innovation & social good.
https://www.axschat.com/
Building bridges & creating inclusive communities online for the last decade.
Banner: Bridge with hands supporting - Aleks Barsukov
John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social 
@felixhoffmann.bsky.social @felixhoffmann.bsky.social PhD candidate | deliberative mini-publics: inclusivity & combinations @ Goethe University - Research Unit Democratic Innovations
Ed Hammond @se13ed.bsky.social Local government governance person, supporting English councils on stuff relating to decision-making, oversight, transparency, etc. Views my own.
Mauricio Mejia @mauriciomejia.bsky.social Thinking and reading about democratic innovations, digital public spaces, alternatives to capitalism and international politics 💚🌈
Formerly leading the citizen participation team at @OECD and CoS @PaulaForteza.
📍CDMX/Paris
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland @equalitycommni.bsky.social Promoting equality and challenging discrimination in Northern Ireland
equalityni.org
Sonali Kumarakulasinghe @sonalik.bsky.social Enabling change through conversations. Leadership Coach. Facilitator. Board Trustee.
mashbean @mashbean.bsky.social mashbean is a former medical doctor turned digital practitioner. ex-moda 🇹🇼 web3 architect. FAB DAO founder.
Andreas Kovar @andreaskovar.bsky.social #ConstructivePolitics #PublicAffairs #Advocacy, MD Kovar & Partners KovarPartners.com • #eParticipation, MD eComitee.com • #LiberalDemocracy #PoliticalActivist
Brayden Beckius @braydenbeckius.bsky.social Mission Steward @ Collective Action Network | Co-Steward @ Citizen Collective | Global Systems Innovator | Network Strategist for a New Paradigm
Matteo Dressler @mdressler.bsky.social Social Scientist | Works @FEPS_Europe on democracy, participation & youth | Interested in these topics, Eastern Germany & conflict transformation. Personal Account.
@paulamcfadden.bsky.social @paulamcfadden.bsky.social Professor in social work at Ulster University
Interested in workforce well-being, retention and turnover research
Bart Cosijn @bartcosijn.bsky.social Educator, Facilitator, Trainer | Founder & Director Estonian Dialogue Academy | Initiator Citizens' Assembly Amsterdam (2015) | 'On the Art of Moderation' (2019) | Tallinn 🇪🇪 Rotterdam 🇳🇱 Europe 🇪🇺 | https://ee.linkedin.com/in/bartcosijn
Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social Professor of British Politics and Society at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. I work on UK political parties, political participation and democracy. Also interested in everything North-East
http://www.univ-paris3.fr/avril-emmanuelle-29364.kjsp
Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social Political science prof. researching ⚖️law as political strategy @ Departement of Government & LawTransform, @unibergen.bsky.social
🚩Lawfare, autocratisation & resistance, human rights 🌈sexual & reproductive rights, child rights, climate, indigenous rights
Bez Martin @bezmartin.bsky.social Head of Participation at Anna Freud.
Independent Consultant - Bez Martin Consultancy
https://www.bezmartinconsultancy.co.uk/
Founder and Director #TheSeanchaíCollective - Learning through Lived Experience
https://www.seanchaicollective.org/
People Powered @peoplepowered.org The global hub for participatory democracy.
peoplepowered.org
Mary-Louise Corr @mlcorr.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Criminology, Queen's University Belfast & Centre for Children's Rights. Youth Justice, Youth Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Youth, Narrative Research
David Morrison @deliberativedave.bsky.social PhD student at Arizona State University interested in the role of democratic innovation in just energy transitions.
Global Citizens' Assembly Network @glocan.bsky.social International research collective on global and transnational public deliberation.
🌐 GloCAN.org
Paul Saproza @paulsaproza.com Political Theory / Democratic Innovations
Luiss University, Roma
https://x.com/paulsaproza
https://linkedin.com/in/boscolebrun/
Victor Sanchez-Mazas @victorsanchezmazas.bsky.social Democrat, in theory and practice
PhD / scientific collaborator @University of Geneva
Board member@Demoscan.ch
Coordinator@Conseildeshabitants.ch
WE DO DEMOCRACY @wedodemocracy.bsky.social Social enterprise- democracy entrepreneurs and advocates. Working for more and better democracy, bridging the gap between system and citizens. Initiating, organizing and advising on democratic innovation, participation and deliberative democracy.
Hope4Democracy @hope4democracy.bsky.social We are a people of ACTION! People of PERSISTENCE! People of HOPE! Hope4Democracy gives tips on how to fight for democracy together.
Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Property Law, @cambridgelaw.bsky.social; Fellow, @robinsoncollege.bsky.social; Vice Chair, @camsociolegal.bsky.social; Co-Deputy Director, @camfamilylaw.bsky.social. Posts personal.
Centre for Children's Rights, QUB @childrensrightsqub.bsky.social Globally renowned research centre focused on children's rights/UNCRC, children's rights based approaches to research, Lundy Model. www.qub.ac.uk/ccr
Multiple contributors.
Lauren Bond @laurenbond.bsky.social OBESSU Board Member • iWill • Secondary Students Union Northern Ireland President and International Officer 22-25 • UK Youth Parliament Member 22-24 and Programme Committee representative 24-25 • Coronation Champion • FFI alumni • laurenbond1606@gmail.com
Terry Bouricius @tbouricius.bsky.social Sortition political theorist and writer. Recovering politician (20 years in elective office).
Centre for Democratic Futures @cdfuos.bsky.social The Centre for Democratic Futures is an interdisciplinary research network collaborating internationally from the University of Southampton
email us: cdf@soton.ac.uk
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-democratic-futures
Tony McCann @tonymccann.bsky.social Studying MA Irish Studies QUB
SDLP North Down Chair and former Bangor West candidate.
SDLP Youth Membership Officer
Pub Quiz Host
Rubber Duck Collector
Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
But prefers dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴
Jon @diaz.ai Policy analyst. Dad. American expat in Paris.
Research interests: career education, school-to-work transitions, democracy, digital governance, data, artificial intelligence.
Views are my own. Reskeets ≠ endorsements.
@omerbilgin.bsky.social @omerbilgin.bsky.social Co-founder @ deliberAIde - An AI-powered platform designed to enhance dialogue-based citizen engagement
MSt Student in Practical Ethics @ University of Oxford
Andrew Hamilton @andrewham2004.bsky.social disability rights activist • Founder @JustIncludeUK • @oneyoungworld ambassador •Email: 📧 andrewhamiltonyouth@gmail.com
Ross Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social 🗳️ #DemocracyScience nerd for an incrementally better world, reporting from the intersection of info & action. Pro-🏳️🌈,🏳️⚧️, 🇺🇸, and 🇺🇳 🌎🌏🌍
🔎 Researcher @ discourselabs.org
🌇 Urbanist & governance reform advocate @ fairrepla.bsky.social
📍 San Francisco
Kelly McBride @kellymcbr.bsky.social Democratic innovation / collaborative governance / participation / community action. Often in the mountains
📍Edinburgh
🔗 linkedin.com/in/kmcbride1
🧑💻 Involve UK. Freelance Aiteal Co. Prev TPXimpact, FutureGov, Demsoc, UoEdi, UoSussex
Kevin McC @mcstratman.bsky.social University professor steeped in social justice and caffeine. Making good trouble.
#Resist
Stefanie Reher @stefaniereher.bsky.social Political scientist at Uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow | researching political attitudes, disability, political representation
Seulki Lee-Geiller @leegeiller.bsky.social Associate Research Scientist @ispsyale.bsky.social | Researcher & Instructor | Democratic Innovations, Public Policy, Technology, Glocal perspective 🌏👩🏻💻
sites.google.com/view/leegeiller
Ieva Česnulaitytė @ievaces.bsky.social https://cesnulaityte.com
Senior Advisor at DemocracyNext | Fellow at IWM | Advisor to Democracy R&D, Lygiosios
Irenie Ekkeshis @reenwilson.bsky.social Participation, especially in health. Co-founder & Director @NewCitProj. Award-winning contact lens safety campaigner. 
Dr Nivek Thompson @nivekkthompson.bsky.social Passionate about improving democracy
Nico 🍀 @nicoferfio.bsky.social 
José Luis Martí @jlmarti.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law and Political Philosophy at Pompeu Fabra University: @upfbarcelona.bsky.social
Global democracy. AI & Democracy.
There is always a choice
Felix qui ad meliora hunc impetum dedit
Zakia Elvang @zakiaelvang.bsky.social Democracy entrepreneur and advocate, co-founder and executive director of We Do Democracy, Demokrati Garage and Demokrati Fitness. Www.wedodemocracy.dk
Based in Scandinavia. Working for more and better democracy. Reflected practitioner and chosen optimist.
Johan Galster @johangalster.bsky.social Director and founding partner of We Do Democracy. Expert advisor on deliberative democracy and participation.
Co-founder of Democracy Garage, Denmark’s independent development platform for democratic innovation and deliberation.
www.wedodemocracy.dk
Ruth Egeressy @ruthsustainable.bsky.social sustainability and behaviour change MSc🌏 #CitizensAssemblies l #ClimateAssembly participatory and deliberative democracy 🌱Democratic Innovation for a better world 🌱 #ClimateFresk and 🧘🏻♂️Yoga
John Gastil @jgastil.bsky.social Penn State professor who studies deliberative democracy and group decision making. Currently on sabbatical at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center. Recent books: Hope for Democracy, Legislature by Lot, and Dungeon Party (a novel).
Clodagh Harris @clodaghharris.bsky.social Senior lecturer, University College Cork. Interested in participatory & deliberative democracy, citizens assemblies, climate justice and intergenerational deliberation. Own views.
Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social Promoting work on deliberative democracy
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/ianoflynn.html
⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and Taiwan's founding Minister of Digital Affairs. https://cyberambassador.tw/
Disability Culture Lab @disabilitylab.bsky.social DCL is a nonprofit disability media and narrative lab, by and for disabled folks. We exist to dismantle ableism and celebrate disabled community and culture.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityculturelab
The Innovation in Politics Institute @innovationinpolitics.eu We apply innovation in politics to strengthen #democracy in Europe and beyond #PoliticsAwards
📌 @capitalofdemocracy.eu
🔗 innovationinpolitics.eu
The Belligerent Optimist @sharestuff.bsky.social Doing democracy, civic tech, policy, transparency, participation and space things. Occasionally at the same time.
Also writing scifi.
https://thebelligerentoptimist.civian.online
IDIC🖖
Stefan Roch @stefan2710.bsky.social Projectmanager NewDemocracy project @BertelsmannStiftung
> (Digital) Democracy
> (Innovative) Citizen Participation
> (Geeky) Boardgames
Antonin Lacelle-Webster @antolw.bsky.social External Postdoctoral Associate ISPS Yale | PhD Political Theory (UBC) | Democratic innovation, democratic theory, and the politics of hope and disappointment
Rowan Harris @rowanharris.bsky.social Deliberative Democracy @ Shared Future CIC | Climate Change and Water Security | Archaeology and History Enthusiast
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Hans Asenbaum @hansasenbaum.bsky.social Senior research fellow @ Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Uni Canberra. He/him 🏳️🌈 Author of The Politics of Becoming. Open Access https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-becoming-9780192858870?cc=us&lang=en&
Andy Paice @andypaice.bsky.social Londoner with a passion for public participation and #WiseDemocracy http://andypaice.net http://co-intelligence.institute
Gary Austin @circleindigo.bsky.social Engagement Lead - Training at Involve.org.uk
Certified Professional Facilitator - Master (CPF-M)
Democratic Society @handle.invalid People making European democracy work better since 2006.
Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social Forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives and critical views on deliberative democracy.
Philipp C. Verpoort @philippverpoort.bsky.social Scientist: physics, energy systems, maths | researcher @PIK_Climate | prev PhD physics @Cambridge_Uni | deliberation & sortition expert @SortitionNow | Website: philipp.verpoort.online
Jez Hall @jezsfcic.bsky.social Director at Shared Future CIC, passionate about #participatorybudgeting, #citizensassemblies and #deliberativedemocracy. Follow us @sharedfuture.bsky.social
Shared Future @sharedfuture.bsky.social Committed to community empowerment, the social economy and democratic participation.
We design and deliver citizens' juries and assemblies and participatory budgeting processes.
Find out more: 🔗 sharedfuturecic.org.uk
Canning Malkin @clmalkin.bsky.social Deliberative and innovative democracy @iswe-foundation.bsky.social and @glocan.bsky.social, climate governance, American politics, and some other bits. she/her
Iswe @iswe-foundation.bsky.social Iswe is a democracy innovation centre. Our mission is to make governance systems work for people and planet. We believe that when ‘I’ (an individual) recognises themselves as ‘we’ (part of the collective), the results are transformational | www.iswe.org
Democracy International e.V. @democracyintl.bsky.social Empowering to shape democracy 🌱 Sharing tools & stories of participation
10+ years of democracy expertise 🌱 Connect & get active - start here 👇
🔗democracy-international.org
Tim Hughes @timjhughes.bsky.social All things democracy, open gov & participation, with a sprinkling of climbing, photography & Ipswich Town.
Democracy & Participation Lead at Open Government Partnership, trustee at MySociety, & former exec director at Involve.
Claudia Chwalisz @cchwalisz.bsky.social Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext (www.demnext.org)
Alan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social Professor of Democratic Politics and Director of the UCL Constitution Unit. Researching democratic reform in the UK and around the world. Views my own.
Reema Patel @reemaspatel.bsky.social Inclusive policy, research, design and practice, using participatory and deliberative methods. I work with @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social on including public voices in AI, and @iswe-foundation.bsky.social on a permanent global climate assembly.
Ruth Lightbody @drruthlightbody.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Politics at Glasgow Caledonian University. Research: perinatal mental health & playgroups, community engagement & deliberative democracy, experts & evidence giving
Sonia Bussu @sbussu.bsky.social Assoc Professor in Public Policy @University of Birmingham #participatorydemocracy #participatoryresearch #democraticinnovations #participatoryarts
Lucy Reid @lucyreid.bsky.social Wannabe Brummie | I need more tea | Like dancing in kitchens and making things happen | COO @DemocracyNext | Chair @MoseleyRoadBaths | Previously @NationalTrust | Own views
Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
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.
Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social Associate Prof & Author at Uni of Southampton; USSR-born; speaker of ENG/ESP/CAT/AZ/RUS/FR/TR/...
www.lalamuradova.com
Empathy in Politics • Democracy • Climate Change • Democratic Innovations • Emotions • Deliberation • Autocracies
🏋♀️📚⛰️🕺
Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
Rebecca Willis @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social Climate & energy governance; citizen engagement. Prof at Lancaster Uni; expert adviser to the Climate Change Committee. Mostly climate stuff, occasional forays into runs, swims, mountains, dogs. Book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/too-hot-to-handle
Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social Examining the intersections of deliberative democracy, craft gin, and Taylor Swift.
Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication, Democracy at Dublin C Uni || Director FuJo Future Media Democracy Society || Deliberation || Citizens Assembly|| Disinformation
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/
Involve @involveuk.bsky.social The UK's public participation charity. We work to create a healthier & more vibrant democracy, with people at the heart of decision making.
Gavin Davidson @gavindavidson.bsky.social Professor of Social Care, interested in mental health
Marcella Leonard MBE @leonardconsultancy.bsky.social Safeguarding Consultant Social Worker working internationally with statutory, voluntary, sports and arts sectors
Sortition Foundation @sortitionnow.bsky.social Sign the petition: www.858.org.uk/house-of-citizens-petition
It's been over 858 years since King Henry II introduced juries.
Finish the job: Replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens.
www.858.org.uk
www.sortitionfoundation.org
Davy Hayes @davy-hayes.bsky.social Social Worker and Professor at Queen’s University Belfast. Interested in child welfare and protection. Views are my own.
Lauren Mallon @lauren-mallon.bsky.social PhD Researcher | Geographer, Intersectional Feminist, Planner & Policy Nerd | Foundation Chartered Manager (fCMgr) | RT /= endorsement
📍Belfast
nikitaferguson @nikitaferguson.bsky.social Book lover / mum of boys / believer in humanity / 🇿🇦🇧🇼🇮🇪🇬🇧. All views/opinions my own