Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social Researcher, teacher and author (Killing Children in British Fiction - SUNY Press, 2024).
I work on contemporary British fiction and film, children, Kazuo Ishiguro, migration, intergenerational conflict. All views my own.
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: catherinebaksi@hotmail.com.
Jenny Chanfreau @jenchanfreau.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at Sussex. Interested in families, reproduction/fertility, work & care. Member of the FemQuant organising collective. She/her.
James Morland @jameswmorland.bsky.social Researcher & writer of many things including 18th-century poetry, grief, medicine & solitude 🏴🏳️🌈
Currently writing a memoir about chronic illness and shared connective solitudes.
Human to a very cute corgi.
https://linktr.ee/jameswmorland
Sussex UCU @sussexucu.bsky.social The union for academic and professional staff at the University of Sussex, including IDS and ISC sub-branches.
Julian Webb @julianinoz.bsky.social Law prof at UniMelb; lawyers/legal ethics, digital tech/reg, civil justice, empirical research. HREC Chair, Grampians Health. Recovering legal education geek.Trainee lavender grower, 💙art and books. Dja Dja Wurrung country #firstgen
Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social 25 years lawyering, in Government Departments & independent public bodies in the UK. Statutory interpretation, constitutional, regulatory & criminal law.
Kit Hung @kithung.bsky.social Filmmaking | Research | Secure Storytelling
Award-winning filmmaker, researcher and educator exploring memory, kinship and visibility. Postdoctoral Fellow @MFI, Goldsmiths, London. Founder of Secure Storyteller Network. He/they. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social aka Alice Aforethought. Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds, but views my own. Social justice, Law's a Drag, violent protest, Pride and drag, raging lefty 🏳️🌈
https://lawsadrag.org.uk/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-9676
Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) @kentrefugeean.bsky.social Working with young refugees and asylum seekers (aged 16 to 26) who have arrived in Kent alone. We provide them with a safe, positive space and support them to succeed.
Dr Gearóidín McEvoy @garodean.bsky.social Gael. Feminist. Lawyer and linguist. ISL user. Researcher. Immigrant. Mama. Knitter
I hope you like feminist rants
Sí/í
Seyi @seyiugochukwu.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher in Law | Exploring Legal Aid & Migration through a Postcolonial Lens | Advocate for Equitable Legal Systems
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Humans for Rights Network @humansforrights.bsky.social Documenting rights violations as endured by humans subjected to hostile border regimes to ensure justice and accountability through casework and litigation.
Migrant Futures Institute @migrantfutures.bsky.social Reimagining our world through migrant justice. Follow for research insights, events, partnerships, funding calls and opportunities. Based at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
RAS Voice @rasvoice.bsky.social We are a group of refugees and asylum seekers who are campaigning to change the asylum system in the UK.
Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS) @lawrsuk.bsky.social Specialist 'by and for' BME organisation. Over 40 years upholding Latin American & other migrant women's rights in the UK. Leading the #StepUpMigrantWomen coalition.
Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social Whitehall Editor for the Observer & chief investigative reporter for BBC R4's The Naked Week. Politics, investigations and taramasalata
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Asylum Welcome @asylumwelcome.bsky.social Supporting asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire.
🤝 We provide information, advice, practical support, and solidarity.
❤️ Powered by your compassion: https://www.asylum-welcome.org/donate
Sue Roberts @suerobo14.bsky.social Hillsborough Law Now
Cochlear implant wearer
parkrun lover
Foodbank volunteer
Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social academic - Queen’s University Belfast- She/her https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/teresa-degenhardt
social change- processes of criminalization in the international sphere- war- borders- detention of migrants - security - technology- feminist
bhmb 𓅴 @bhmbullock.bsky.social quiet green trombonist
Jean McLean @jeanmclean.bsky.social Professional trouble maker, self identifies as a campaigner #ynwa Thoughts are my own.
Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social Political economist, campaigner & author. Co-author the original Green New Deal, devised Earth Overshoot Day & jointly, the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Co-director New Weather Inst, other roles: https://www.newweather.org/about-us/andrew-simms/
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
Need to get in touch?
📧 carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/carladenyer
Caroline Sykes @cazsykes.bsky.social Immigration @ Turpin Miller. All views expressed are my own (or borrowed).
Sophie Earnshaw @sophieearnshaw.bsky.social Human rights lawyer. Strategic litigation, housing, public law, refugee & migrant rights. My posts, my opinions.
Socio-Legal Studies Assocation @slsauk.bsky.social Where law meets the social sciences and humanities: advancing education, research, teaching & knowledge in socio-legal studies.
https://www.slsa.ac.uk/
LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/company/socio-legal-studies-association/?viewAsMember=true
JAM RADIO NEWS @jamradiouk.bsky.social Black British news, culture and accountability. Breaking stories from the UK, Caribbean and beyond—politics, justice, music and more. Listen live: https://listen.jamradio.uk
MiCLU @micluteam.bsky.social The Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit based at Islington Law Centre. Working for the rights of migrant and refugee children and young people. https://miclu.org/
Juliet @julietollard.bsky.social Practitioner/Researcher - Citizen engagement with parliament
Rory O'Connell @rjjoconnell.bsky.social Professor of Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Posts on human rights, equality & constitutional law. Posting in personal capacity.
Detention Forum @detentionforum.bsky.social We are a network of over 50 independent organisations committed to working together to challenge the use of immigration detention in the UK
https://detentionforum.org.uk/
Dominik Schmitz @domschmitz.bsky.social Research Associate/PhD Candidate @cillas.bsky.social Center for Interdisciplinary Labour Law Studies, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
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 🫶
Kate Smart @katesmart321.bsky.social CEO @settled.bsky.social
Views here my own.
Nick Beales @nickbeales.bsky.social Head of Campaigning at Refugee and Migrant Justice
Views own (or nabbed from others)
Harriet Wistrich @h-cwj.bsky.social Director centre for women’s justice
Author of ‘Sister in Law’
Fiona Costello @fionacostello.bsky.social ☘️ Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham.
Migration/ EU / Brexit researcher
Fellow @ St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Central England Law Centre @ce-lawcentre.bsky.social Using our legal knowledge and expertise to help build a more equal society since 1976. Finalist Legal Aid Firm/NFP - Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023.
Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
LawWorks @lawworks.bsky.social We are LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) - supporting access to justice & pro bono for individuals & charities across England and Wales. Supported by our members, funders & the Law Society.
Public Interest Litigation Support (PILS) @pilsni.bsky.social Since 2009, PILS has connected human rights NGOs and lawyers to pursue cases that challenge injustice, protect human rights, and promote equality in Northern Ireland.
https://pilsni.org/
Arj Singh @arjsingh.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper
LUFC. arj.singh@inews.co.uk. Got a story, tip or just fancy a chat? DMs open.
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
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
Liz Davies @lizdsocialist.bsky.social Proud activist lawyer (retired) Honorary Vice President Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, all views my own.
Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Effective participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
Phil Armitage @philiparmitage.bsky.social Public and Administrative Lawyer, JUSTICE. https://justice.org.uk/person/phil-armitage/ www.linkedin.com/in/philip-armitage-158373a7
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻 @ianbrown.tech 💻 regulation (🔑 #privacy 🗳)
⛷🚴🏻♂️🥾🗺 🇮🇨🇪🇸🇪🇺🏳️🌈🌻
Visiting Prof @fgvoficial.bsky.social 👨🏫
Formerly DCMS Principal Scientific Officer/Prof. Information Security & Privacy @oii.ox.ac.uk
Tech News @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Fiona Bawdon @fionabawdon.bsky.social Founder http://ImpactSocialJustice.Org & @lalyawards.bsky.social / Legal affairs journo / Comms @webelonguk.bsky.social / Londoner / Not a lawyer / Always cold / Dogs *and* cats
Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social Feminist legal academic interested in reproducing life otherwise at Queen Mary University of London, and elsewhere | #Repealedthe8th
Mike P @mmiikkeepp.bsky.social Immigration & public law solicitor
Lucy Leon @lucyleon.bsky.social Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Previously at @CCoMstudy and @childsocpol
https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/people/lucy-leon
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Sociology & Co-Director Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield, UK.
www.lucymayblin.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
www.Channelcrossings.org
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social Research on global migration and mobility from the Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group
Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli @patnabuco.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Co-Director of the Migration Research Group
Sussex Researcher School @sussexresearcher.bsky.social At the Sussex Researcher School we support our emerging researchers: Junior Research Associates (JRAs), Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs).
PGRs: @SussexPGRs.bsky.social
ECRs: @SussexECRs.bsky.social
University of Sussex
Eugene Ritchie @eugeneritchie.bsky.social Research Assistant @uofglasgow.bsky.social | Incoming BCL @ox.ac.uk
@clarecarteratjf.bsky.social @clarecarteratjf.bsky.social
Polyp @polypartist.bsky.social Freethinking political cartoonist, graphic novelist, propbuilder, argumentative git.
polyp.org.uk
Author of PAINE, COURAGE and PETERLOO
Bernard Keenan @bernardkeenan.bsky.social Lecturer, UCL Laws. Law, theory, tech.
Interception: from postal systems to global networks (MIT 2025)
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system.
Support us: immdef.org
Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social She/Her Assistant Prof in Sociology at Northumbria Uni. Researching migration, reproductive justice, citizenship. My views, not my employers'.
Jamie Fookes @jrfookes.bsky.social Labour exploitation activist / Former advocacy manager at Anti-Slavery International and Branch Steward UNISON CVOB / migrant rights and worker liberation / Queer, trade unionist, food & drink enthusiast
Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bosky.social | ex-Open Society Foundations | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane
Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social Emeritus Prof, UEA Law School; Chair, Suffolk Law Centre; Exec Member, Law Centres Network; Founder, UEA Law Clinic. Posts on access to justice, employment & discrimination law, art, music, architecture, gardening, classic cars, Cymru, and NCFC 💛💚
Brighton and Sussex Medical School @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social Brighton and Sussex Medical School is an equal partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, together with #NHS organisations.
Dr Jo Middleton FRGS FHEA MFPH @drjmiddleton.bsky.social Integrating medicine & conservation in Papua New Guinea + improving scabies control in Britain & Ethiopia @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social. Visiting Professor, KazNU. Chair, @wildhealthcic.bsky.social. Views own
https://linktr.ee/DrJMiddleton
Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social Associate Professor @UoNGeography | Geographer researching #ToxicGeographies and #Refugees | he/him | 📚 TOXIC TRUTHS book (2020) Editor at Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
Nicholas Allott @nicholasallott.bsky.social Linguist, Oslo Uni. Migrant. Cat bed. Pragmatics, related philosophy, politics and cat photos, not necessarily in that order. Neotenous, crepuscular and thigmotactic.
Tatanya D. Valland, Phd, ms.spelling @tatdv.bsky.social Sociology of Law. Professions. Loyalties, professional discretion, public law, legal compensation &victimization, gender&diversity&law& organisation&leadership and most things policing/CJ.
Eleanor Cotterill @ellycotterill.bsky.social Human Geographer at Royal Holloway interested in feminist geopolitics, everyday statelessness, citizenship and creative methodologies
Tom Royston @tomroyston.bsky.social Social security law and its neighbours. Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers
https://gcnchambers.co.uk/barrister/tom-royston/
Hillsborough Law Now campaign @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social Campaigning for Hillsborough Law to include a statutory Duty of Candour and parity of legal funding.
HSA-Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance CIC @hillsboroughsu1.bsky.social Survivors lead CIC. Providing support, therapy, Education and MH awareness for ALL who attended Hillsborough 15.04.89 and their families
@marionedge.bsky.social @marionedge.bsky.social
Emma Trevett @emmatrevett.bsky.social Solicitor @ Boyes Turner
Tracey Varnava @tvarnava.bsky.social Research Associate at Kent Law School working with Professor Naomi Creutzfeldt and Dr Fanni Gyurko on the Digital Justice Journeys project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Interested in housing, homelessness and social exclusion.
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social Legal academic (Assoc Prof, and an Assoc Head (R&I), at University of Portsmouth School of Law) https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/james-hand;
Co-Editor of the Int Jrnl of Discrimination and the Law (Sage) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JDI
Maggy Moyo @meggsdavid.bsky.social Award-winning Community Organizer,Campaigns Lead @RightToRemain. Advocate for migrant rights amplifying voices of those with lived experience.
🏆 bit.ly/MakeADifference
🌟 GMIAU Nominee: bit.ly/ReasonsForHope2024
✨ SMK Awards: bit.ly/SMKAwards
Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social Academic in Hove.
Danny Callaghan @decallaghan.bsky.social Reporter at @Reuters.com, covering (mostly) Germany
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social Socialist. Feminist. Anti-Racist. Trade unionist. Labour MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill 🌹
Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre @vlcliverpool.bsky.social Defending legal rights on Welfare Benefits & Housing. Represent at Tribunal Contact:- advice@vauxhalllawcentre.org.uk or 0151 360 7777
No queries via DMs please
Olivia Clark @ocrls.bsky.social Executive Director at Refugee Legal Support https://refugeelegalsupport.org/
Waltham Forest Migrant Action @wfmigrantaction.bsky.social Supporting migrants and refugees in Waltham Forest │ info@wfma.org.uk or campaigns@wfma.org.uk │ http://linktr.ee/wfma
Niamh Fegan @niamhfegan.bsky.social Pupil barrister at Goldsmith Chambers interested in human rights and public law, views my own (she/her)
Natasha Tsangarides @tashatsanga.bsky.social Associate Director of Advocacy @freedomfromtorture
Refugees, migrant justice, anti torture, human rights.
Mel Anning @melanatural.bsky.social Editorial and content. Athletics lover. Passionate about equality, justice, women’s rights, and celebrating Black excellence.
Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social Baroness/Actress/Writer/Campaigner. Best known as iconic presenter of Playschool and Play Away
Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social We Give People a Voice - The UK's Largest Legal Aid Provider - Law Firm of the Year and Outstanding Case of the Year