Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Kami Vaniea @kaniea.bsky.social Usable Security and Privacy researcher
Christie Chan @cyhchristie.bsky.social SGSAH-funded PhD Student, University of Edinburgh | digital cultural heritage researcher | artist and writer | figure skater
Sarah Schöttler @sarahschoettler.com Assistant Professor in the Visualization cluster at TU Eindhoven, NL ✨👩💻☕️ (she/her) https://sarahschoettler.com
@rhill.bsky.social @rhill.bsky.social
Bríd-Áine Parnell @bridainep.bsky.social Imagining a future of responsible technology. And a pragmatist.
Rayo Verweij @rayo.dev PhD Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing at the University of Edinburgh, on young people’s participation in the development of educational technology
Trustee of Prewired
ex-CTO of Voxsio
he/they 🇳🇱🏴🏳️🌈
https://rayo.dev
Frances @francesl.bsky.social AI coordinator working in the charity sector.
Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social Into Contemporary Literature, Digital Humanities & Fan Studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh; views my own.
she/her
Please don't DM me - I can't access them anymore.
Maria Wolters @mariawolters.bsky.social She/her. Digital inclusion, accessibility, HCI, communication, eHealth, citizen empowerment. Cats, reading, yoga, lifting. Views own.
@evanlm.bsky.social @evanlm.bsky.social
Yuhao Sun 孙宇浩 @yuhaosun.com Lecturer (Assistant Professor) @ Lancaster University. PhD @ University of Edinburgh.
Healthcare, Precision Medicine and HCI.
yuhaosun.com
Anna Rezk @annarezk.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Glasgow | AI in Information Retrieval
Srravya @srravya.bsky.social researching data work, AI production networks
interested in critical data/AI studies, tech + labour, feminist STS, HCI
currently research fellow, planetary AI project @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
@fraukezeller.bsky.social @fraukezeller.bsky.social
Dr Bettina Nissen (she/her) @bettinanissen.bsky.social Lecturer and interaction designer working with tangible things, technology and data. Also love knitting, craft and making things, and of course cats ;)
✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️terf-free zone 🇵🇸🇺🇦
Views my own
@designinf
Edinburgh Innovations @edinnovations.bsky.social We are @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 's commercialisation service. We benefit society and the economy by helping researchers, students and industry drive innovation. Discover more ➡️ https://linktr.ee/edinburghinnovations_
Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh 🚲 🌳🗻🎨✍️ @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social #socialworker and #socialwork academic- joy, hope, arts engaged methods,
nature, creativity - based at the University of Edinburgh. Co-Director The Binks Hub. #PoetryHelps #NatureIsNurture (she/her)
The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social We are a network of academics, researchers, community orgs and practitioners using creativity and the arts to co-create research that makes a difference to people’s lives. Based in @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Find out more: https://binks-hub.ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society @edcdcs.bsky.social We are creating an environment where data-driven research can grow and thrive. Join us! #EdCDCS #DataLedResearch
www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk
Data for Children Collaborative @dataforchildren.bsky.social Using data responsibly to improve outcomes for every child.
Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Futures Institute: A futures-focused space for learning, research, and innovation at the University of Edinburgh.
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
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
Data controversies, James Stewart @datacontroversies.bsky.social Microblog supporting Internet and Society and Controversies in the Data Society courses, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh
Ewa Luger @ewaluger.bsky.social Professor of Human-Data Interaction, University of Edinburgh; Codirector @braiduk.bsky.social; & https://www.responsiblenlp.org Researches AI/HCI
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social An ESRC-funded, £4 million research network building a research community focused on what a good digital society should look like and how we get there.
digitalgood.net
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social Part of the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute, our work aims to unify technical and moral knowledge to serve the goals of sustainable, just & ethical innovation.
Find us here: https://www.technomoralfutures.uk/
Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social Chancellor’s Fellow & BRAID Fellow @EdinburghUni. Critic of Linguistic Capitalism. @Braid_UK 'Writing the Wrongs of AI' (with @edbookfest) http://www.wwai.info #PATM
www.pipthornton.com
Vaishak Belle @vaishakbelle.bsky.social AI and Science. Faculty at U of Edinburgh. Write and think on: http://www.vaishakbelle.org
Rhianne Jones @rhianne-j.bsky.social Research Director for the Responsible Innovation Centre - RIC | BBC-UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @Digitalgoodnet @BRAID_UK
Alex Taylor @alex-taylor.bsky.social Partner & daddy living in wonderful Edinburgh.
Muddling through with ideas from #FeministTechnoscience #STS #MultiSpeciesRelations #HCI #ReparativeAI
Caterina Moruzzi @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social Chancellor’s Fellow in Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh | @BRAID research fellow | Human-AI creativity | responsible AI
Noortje Marres @noortjem.bsky.social Sociologist of technology and science, empirical philosopher, creative methods
Prof. Marion Oswald, MBE @marion-infolaw.bsky.social Professor of Law, Northumbria University. Interested in law, technology, #AI policing, law enforcement & national security (& art, detective fiction). Chair, West Midlands PCC/Police data ethics committee, Hon FRSS #academicsky
Catherine Lai @catlai.bsky.social Lecturer in speech and language technology, CSTR, University of Edinburgh. She/her.
https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/clai/
Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjo.bsky.social Journalism | technology | public media | BRAID UK | RIC @ BBC R&D
Liverpool / Edinburgh
Nicola Osborne (they/them) @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social Manager - Institute for Design Informatics, BRAID Creative Industries Lead, EDI and Partnership lead Designing Responsible NLP CDT, CoSTAR Realtime Lab EDI lead, EU ekip project, BEDA G42, SSI Mentor. CODI/The Provocateurs performer. Views my own.
Susan Lechelt @susanlechelt.bsky.social HCI / Interaction Design lecturer at @DesignInf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. designing methods and artefacts to promote discussion and reflection about technology. She/her.
Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent.
BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social We are the Arts & Humanities Research Council programme working to enable a healthy Responsible AI ecosystem in the UK.
You can also keep up to date via our newsletter: https://braiduk.org/#newsletter
Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social An interdisciplinary research group and master’s programme at UoE exploring design from, with and by data.
😶 stuart reeves 😶 @5tuartreeves.bsky.social ACADEMIC PERSON
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
Sian Bayne @sianbayne.bsky.social digital education and utopia
University of Edinburgh
Centre for Research in Digital Education
Edinburgh Futures Institute- L Lars Erik Holmquist @lunchroommanners.bsky.social
colin gray @graydesign.bsky.social designer, researcher, ux; dark patterns, ethics, and technology (https://uxp2.com); associate professor and HCI/d director at IU Bloomington; they/them 🏳️🌈
nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social Anthropology of digital cultures/technologies and environmental changes, design research, design fiction. Professor at Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) / Managing partner girardinnova.com / posts in English et en français
Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking at Lancaster University, researching technology and society, and sometimes fandom. Co-Director of @Imaginationlanc.bsky.social. Wrote for @blackarchive.co.uk. She/her.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-1658
Arne Berger @arneberger.bsky.social Professor of Human-Computer Interaction • Co-Design, Smart Things, More-than-Human • Luddite • Mountainbiker • Changing the world does not come from above or from outside. private account.
→ http://arneberger.de
Nick Taylor @thatnicktaylor.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction at Open Lab, Newcastle University.
Jen Ross @jenr.bsky.social Digital Education, Education Futures, Digital Cultural Heritage & Research Cultures. Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-jen-ross
Liz McFall @allartmarkets.bsky.social Professor in Sociology of Markets, Edinburgh| sentimental pragmatist following insurance, markets, data centres and BIG SHEDS|
EiC @jcultecon.bsky.social
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/ecosystem/data-civics
🎥 @ https://youtube.com/@areweawed8955?si=VuE3d8hM5DJOadhE
Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
Gina Helfrich @ginahelfrich.bsky.social Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.
Texan. Feminist.
I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng FRSE.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
Chris Speed @chrisspeed.bsky.social
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Educating designer & empirical philosopher of things playful & engaging. Professor of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Senior AE, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
Ian Bogost @ibogost.com Read my new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life: https://gratifying.life
Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at WashU; Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of 11 books. https://bogost.com
Ben Kirman @ben.kirman.org Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach the playful, weird, wonderful and radical. (he/him)
#criticaldesign #speculativedesign #designfiction #gamedesign
Projects:
https://ben.kirman.org