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Co-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @foodcocentre.bsky.social The Co-Centre aims to transform the food system on the Island of Ireland (IOI) and the UK, addressing economic, social, and environmental challenges to ensure safe, nutritious food for
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Shauna Lawless @shaunalawless.bsky.social Author of The Gael Song series (she/her)
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, The Words of Kings and Prophets, The Land of the Living and the Dead
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Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation @cjbssocinnov.bsky.social The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation is a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world. #socialinnovation
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/centres/social-innovation/
Agriland.ie @agriland.bsky.social Ireland’s largest farming news portal.
Daily updates covering all agricultural sectors.
believe the data @believethedata.org A data journal by @jackru.bsky.social
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Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social Londoner in Norn Iron | Data Communicator | Humanist | Dad of girls | Glastonbury Pilgrim | Strange Loop | Runner | ENTP
Author of @believethedata.org
Co-founder of @pfie.bsky.social
Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social Writer of folklore at The FolkLore Press; Druid and Storyteller alias the Bard of Cumberland; contemporary artist; filmmaker at Land of Lore Films; Haiku poet.
Natural Capital Ireland @natcapirl.bsky.social Not-for-profit leading the conversation on the natural capital approach to value nature in Ireland for a sustainable future.
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Formerly at https://x.com/NatCap_Irl
liamthobrien.bsky.social @liamthobrien.bsky.social Student at the London Interdisciplinary School looking for opportunities to contribute to rewilding and sustainability. I want to raise environmental issues and work toward a world where the natural and the cultural is harmoniously and inextricably bound.
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge @hugheshall.bsky.social Official account of Hughes Hall, the largest #maturestudent college at Cambridge University.
Welcoming undergraduates and postgraduates in all subjects since 1885.
https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/
Jake Stattel @jakestattel.bsky.social Medieval Historian, Postdoc Fellow at Cambridge | Vikings, the Danelaw, Legal History | https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-jake-stattel
Cambridge Geography @camunigeography.bsky.social News and events from the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge
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Chloe Chesney @chloechesney.bsky.social PhD student in environmental anthropology
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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social PhD History researcher @QUB | Irish migration in England, Wales and Zimbabwe | Migration within transnational networks | Previously at Aberystwyth University
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.
Sara King @sarakinguk.bsky.social Rewilding Manager at Rewilding Britain, ecologist. Views are my own
Arul Karki @arulkarki.bsky.social Environmental Journalist / Climate Editor / Academic
I am Arul Karki, an Environmental Journalist, Climate Editor, and Researcher based in Sri Lanka.
https://about.me/arulkarki
SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social Scottish rewilding charity. #MakingRewildingHappen for nature, climate and people.
https://www.scotlandbigpicture.com
James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social Applied ecologist working on the ecological emergency
Studying ecosystem restoration, rewilding, dispersal, spatial ecology, ecosystem services, agro-ecology, global change. Views are my own & personal/unofficial
Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social Associate Prof, Animal Behaviour & Welfare-Hong Kong https://www.alanmcelligott.co.uk/ Animal behaviour, cognition, welfare; research ethics & integrity; environment; science; higher education; Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) advocate. 🌈🇮🇪 he/him 🐂 🐃🐐🐥 🦆
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND was Shortlisted for 2025 Book Of The Year. Published by Penguin.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/464166/the-lie-of-the-land-by-gibbons-john/9781405972338
#ClimateEmergency. ThinkOrSwim.ie
Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social Head of Sustainability Education in TU Dublin. Founder member of Connecting Cabra. Board member of Green Foundation Ireland. Ecologist. Birder, book-lover. Views expressed are personal.
JustREACH Project @justreachproject.bsky.social
justREACH project aims to advance just climate resilience by enhancing the capability of local and regional authorities, industries, businesses and citizens to realize climate adaptation and smart specialization plans.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/just.reach
Anders Edwards @andersedwards.bsky.social ✍️ Dystopian Author
📚 Erased & What Happened To Ava
➡️ https://a.co/d/9wxT23L
🌐 www.andersedwards.com
Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social irish, journalist
Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit
Granard Booktown Festival @granardbooktown.bsky.social A National Booktown in the Heart of Ireland
April 17 - 19, 2026
Proudly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Creative Ireland and Longford County Council
granardbooktownfestival.ie
#books #festival #ireland #literature #writers
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.
Philip McDermott @ppmcdermott1.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Ulster University
Sociologist who works on cultural and linguistic diversity in the public space.
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/philip-mcdermott
The Strategic Management Society @strategicmgmt.bsky.social The Strategic Management Society (SMS) is a global community of 3,000+ members that bridges reflective practice and scholarly research to advance strategic management insights and connections worldwide.
https://www.strategicmanagement.net/
Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👋 Welcome to the home of lifelong learning at @ox.ac.uk – a global community of curious minds. Tag us in your #OxfordLifelongLearning content!
Mark Dick @markdick.bsky.social GP, interested in inequality and climate crisis, author of "Towards Oikos"
Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social Urban & landscape ecologist thinking about nature-based solutions for biodiversity, people, and climate in the cities we live in. Prof @ Concordia. Probably talking about trees on the radio. Potter. Knitter. Baker. Gardener. Year-round cyclist. 🇨🇦 (she/her)
Centre for Cross Border Cooperation @crossborder.bsky.social Armagh, Northern Ireland. Promoting research, information and support across borders on the island of Ireland, Europe, & beyond. Our Border People FLOW project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. crossborder.ie
Anna Burcombe @aebur.bsky.social 1st year PhD candidate of sociology at Queen's University Belfast researching spirituality/lived religion and AI use.
Healthcare Chaplain
Views my own
She/her
Jamie-Lukas Campbell @jamielukas.bsky.social Fueled by iced coffee ☕ and #Corrie | NYC roots🗽, Belfast living | Passionate about inclusion and conversations that matter
Business For Biodiversity Ireland @bizbioirl.bsky.social Supporting Irish businesses to assess their impacts and dependencies on nature and take action for biodiversity: businessforbiodiversity.ie
#JoinTheEvolution #ForNature #BizBioIrl
ORCID @orcid.org Connecting research and researchers. https://linktr.ee/orcid_org
David Tosh @davidgtosh.bsky.social Ex-a lot of things. Now a lecturer in Ecology at Ulster University. Wildlife management, mammals, windows, airport carpets and the like.
Per-Erik Schulze @pererikschulze.bsky.social Marine Ecologist, Naturvernforbundet. Norwegian Society for The Conservation of Nature. Kragerø/Oslo. www.naturvernforbundet.no
Ruby Free @rubyfree.bsky.social Ireland📍Author of Rathlin, A Wild Life🪶 Columnist @theirishnews
Conservation Biologist, Nature Campaigner💛
Wilding @ballyconnellyfarm
Wildlife Medic🦭
Integrated Education Fund @iefni.bsky.social The IEF supports the growth and development of Integrated Education in Northern Ireland.
www.ief.org.uk
Springer Nature @springernature.com Leading research publisher empowering researchers, educators, and health professionals with our trusted brands for 180+ years. #BePartOfProgress
https://group.springernature.com/gp/group
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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social Psychotherapist. Interested in: politics, psychology, philosophy and environmental issues. Cake lover
“ It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true “
Harriett Martineau
LandShift Project @landshift.bsky.social An EU Horizon research project that aims to empower five EU communities and landscapes with innovative, sustainable land-use solutions for a climate-resilient future.
Belfast International Arts Festival @belfastfestival.bsky.social Ireland's Leading Contemporary International Arts Festival. Returns 14 Oct - 9 Nov #BIAF25
NI Science Festival @niscifest.bsky.social Discover a world of ideas! Festival returns 11-22 Feb 2026! #NISF26
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project @placenamesni.bsky.social Researching local place-names and providing councils with authoritative Irish forms for signage. Funded by DfC and based in Irish & Celtic Studies at QUB.
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
@maddiemoate.bsky.social @maddiemoate.bsky.social 
IngerAndersen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social Executive Director of @UNEP.org and United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
@queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social 
Shauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social Investigative reporter | UCD Earth Institute journalist-in-residence | SCI fellow | Former Mirror/Irish Star environment correspondent | 📇 http://linktr.ee/ShaunaCorr
Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social Brighton (from), Belfast (here now) and Berlin (one day..) Head of Curatorial at National Museums NI but all views my own. Trustee at the Museums Association and Lyric Theatre Belfast.
CEDaR @cedarrecordsni.bsky.social Northern Ireland’s Environmental Record Centre:
In partnership with NIEA, National Museums NI & the recording community.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/home
Helen James @hmbarber-james.bsky.social Senior Curator of Natrual Sciences, National Museums NI, Belfast. Research focus on systematics, biogeography and ecology of freshwater insects. Views are my own.
Nigel Gilmore-Cook @nigelgc91.bsky.social 33. He/Him. Belfast. 🏳️🌈
Education Officer with National Museums Northern Ireland. All views my own.
Gamer and nature nerd 🦒🦤🦖🐌🪻
National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social Ireland’s premier cultural institution and home to the greatest collection of Irish heritage, culture and history. Free admission.
Sarah Baccianti @sarahbaccianti.bsky.social Research Manager @NatMuseumsNI - Heritage|Museums|Research / Former academic-Medieval Scandinavia:Science|Medicine|Food/RT≠endorsements/Opinions all mine/Swiss
Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org A place to inspire wonder, spark creativity, and explore our shared humanity.
🌍 Art, nature, and history to make sense of the past, present & future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulstermuseum.org
Aaron Reeves @aaronreeves.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, LSE - http://aaronreeves.org/ - New Book: Born to Rule: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674257719
Dr Chris Macdonald @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social 👨🔬 Scientist | Founder | Author
🏥 Health Tech🍴Better Protein
🏆 40 Under 40 in Science
🥇 Innovation of the Year
📍 University of Cambridge
🎯 On a mission to provide 1M free treatments in 2026
🔗 DrChrisMacdonald.com
Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social Economic Geography Professor: global commodity chains | financialization/agriculture | race-economy-inequality | African economic futures |
Wrote a book on global money, farming & institutional landscapes
National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.
Nuffield Foundation @nuffieldfoundation.org We fund research that changes people’s lives.
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Jon Tonge @jontonge.bsky.social Professor of Politics
Laurence Cooley @lpcooley.bsky.social Politics lecturer, University of Birmingham
Work on the politics of deeply divided societies (mostly Northern Ireland these days), including power-sharing, demography and the census. Recently also thinking about Lough Neagh. UCU rep. #firstgen
Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Dr Ciarán McDonnell @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social Historian: 18thC war & society (Jacobites, French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars), Irish in foreign armies (Wild Geese), Medieval history (Crusades).
Also interested in archaeology & heritage management.
https://ciaranmcdonnell.weebly.com/
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | write and teach #LateAntiquity, #EarlyMedieval, #Hungarians + #Vikings
Views my own. Appears on BBC radio.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY COLOURING BOOK: https://www.amberley-books.com/coming-soon/the-viking-world-a-colouring-book.html
Wildlife Festival @wildlifefestival.bsky.social A festival of the leading minds in wildlife writing. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cuckmere-wildlife-festival-tickets-1363248726639?msockid=0407fdc6739a69e3322ee820722868d6
Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social Publishing Director, Bloomsbury. Pop-science, natural history. Gonzo editor; zoo-LOL-ogist; supplier of bookish news, animal facts, regular swearing. Views my own.
Stephen Moss @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social Naturalist, author, broadcaster, academic. TEN BIRDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (Faber) shortlisted for 2023 Wainwright Prize & published in ten countries.
Naturalist Naomi @naturalistnaomi.bsky.social Ecologist MCIEEM 🌳
Naturalist 🐾
Bat carer @_BCT_ 🦇
Bird ringer and RRep for @BTO 🏴
they/them
Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social Was @Uk_wildlife + @PondManUK on Twitter
Environmental educator, Wildlife Photographer/filmmaker + Naturalist. I give talks too!
@ukwildlifepodcast.bsky.social Co-host
All opinions my own
Ajay Tegala @ajaytegala.bsky.social Wildlife TV presenter, conservationist, naturalist, voice-over artist, filmmaker, author of 'Unique Life of a Ranger' and 'Wetland Diaries'
Victoria Woolley @natureartvic.bsky.social Zoologist, wildlife artist, photographer, writer & speaker.
Raising awareness and funds for wildlife through art.
www.forgottenlittlecreatures.com
https://mademe.co.uk/shop/woolley-wildlife/
UK Wildlife Podcast @ukwildlifepodcast.bsky.social Welcome to the UK Wildlife Podcast with Neil @UK-Wildlife.bsky.social & Vic @NatureArtVic.bsky.social chatting UK wildlife answering your wildlife questions #UKWildlifePodcast
www.uk-wildlife.co.uk/uk-wildlife-podcast/
GlobalBirdfair @globalbirdfair.bsky.social 🦆 Welcoming all to Global Birdfair, a ‘Festival of Nature’ in Rutland, U.K. 11-13 July 2025
EVERYONE WELCOME
💚Join in & share your love for Nature
www.globalbirdfair.org
Dr Kieran O'Malley @kezomalley.bsky.social Research Manager at African Bat Conservation @africanbatcon.bsky.social | PhD on barbastelle bats 🦇 | Bat Conservation Trust Vincent Weir Award winner 🏆 | Caver, climber, kayaker, mountain biker
https://www.instagram.com/k.d.omalley/
Green Climate Fund @greenclimate.fund The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world's climate fund for developing countries. #ClimateAction.
Erin Early @erinearly.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Policy at School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University.
@annmarie52.bsky.social @annmarie52.bsky.social 
Oryx @oryxthejournal.bsky.social Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation publishes leading research on biodiversity, conservation practice & the socio-economic dimensions of conservation 🌎 https://linktr.ee/oryxthejournal
Jack 🦫 @jackhumphrey.com Host and producer of the #Rewilding Earth Podcast @ rewilding.org/pod, agitator for wildlife and biodiversity. Beaver believer. Nature for its own sake. Deep ecologist. Adventure rider. 
8point9.com @8point9.bsky.social The UK's land use news channel.
Jonny Stuteley @jonnystuteley.bsky.social Conservation Scientist| Raging lefty| Nerd| 🏳️🌈
Dr. Raphael Weyland @raphaelweyland.bsky.social 💚 Lawyer4Future+Environmentalist + European
🐧 Head of Office @nabu.de Brussels + Greens
✊️ #ActNow on Climate + #RestoreNature
🇪🇺 #EUGreenDeal + #RuleOfLaw + #EUBudget
🧭 #LessIsMore = Sufficiency
🐦 No more XTwitter. Also on #Mastodon/IG
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Charles A. Emogor @charlesemogor.bsky.social Postdoc at Harvard & Cambridge unis using machine learning to study crime patterns in national parks
Dr Adam Mellor @adam-oceans.bsky.social Programme Lead for the @AFBI_NI Oceanography and Limnology group. Love a good graph. Views my own.
Peter Cairns @petecairns.bsky.social Director of At The Edge CIC, an independent communications platform exploring ways for people and wildlife to thrive together.
www.attheedge.org.uk
Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social Collaborative biodiversity conservation. Professor of Conservation Ecology at UEA (personal account). Father, optimist. Pronouns: he/him
Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social Professor of Applied Ecology @EssexLifeSciences Ecology of harvested species, their habitats and it's restoration. Family. Dogs. Wild Food. Nature.