Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social Independent research & policy recommendations for the UK's creative industries. Led by Newcastle University Business School with the RSA and funded by AHRC. https://pec.ac.uk/
Metascience 2027 @metascienceconf.bsky.social A global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to accelerate science.
See you in 2027 in Montreal, Canada! More info coming soon.
Sheila Heymans @sheilaheymans.bsky.social Executive Director of the European Marine Board. Professor of Ecosystem Modelling at UHI, Scotland. Ocean lover.
Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social CEO, Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team. Governor, Health Foundation.
What I do: applied research, venture building, policy. Particularly in net zero, education and health.
Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com Econ prof at Seattle University. Book The Effect http://theeffectbook.net out now! Substack https://nickchk.substack.com/ Twitter @nickchk
Arun Advani @arunadvani.bsky.social Economist. Director @CenTaxUK.bsky.social, AssocProf
@WarwickEcon.bsky.social, co-chair @DiscoverEcon.bsky.social, ResearchFellow @TheIFS.bsky.social, @cagewarwick.bsky.social, @LSEInequalities.bsky.social
James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst @focaldata.bsky.social
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Midlands Innovation @midlandsinnovation.bsky.social A world-class university research partnership, pooling the collective excellence of universities in the Midlands.
Kinship Works @kinship.works We help organisations to be more human. Kinship Works is a network supporting more human ways of improving our lives together.
Innovation Growth Lab @iglglobal.bsky.social The Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) is a global policy lab that helps develop more effective policies to increase innovation and productivity through novel ideas, experimentation, data, and evidence. https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org/newsletter-sign-up
Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @rorinstitute.bsky.social RoRI’s mission is to accelerate transformational research on research systems, cultures & decision-making.
Leo Iacovone @leoiacovone.bsky.social #DevelopmentEconomics #WorldBank #Entrepreneurship #Firms #Productivity #Innovation #Trade #Innovation #YouthEmployment #Management #Export #ImpactEvaluation
Bhavya Shrivastava @bshr7.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Econ Dept at Trinity College Dublin | WB | ex-IFMR | ex-Warwick | ex-LSR
Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com Research Assistant Professor | Politics & Computational Social Science | Northwestern University, Center for Science of Science and Innovation | Dad & Wife Guy | Not Ok | Sorry for the Swears | #goblue
Esther Boler @estherboler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, also @cepr.org, @cep-lse.bsky.social and @cesifo.org. Research on innovation, productivity, trade, environment 🇳🇴🇬🇧🌍
Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com Professor of Empirical Economics & Data Science at TU Munich | Heilbronn Data Science Center (HDSC) | Co-founder of causalscience.org
http://www.p-hunermund.com
Anil Doshi @anilrdoshi.com Researcher: firms and genAI/LLMs/innovation/fake news/social media. Teacher: data analytics and strategy. Recovering politics and news junkie.
Madeleine Gabriel @madgabes.bsky.social Director of the Sustainable Future mission at Nesta - working on decarbonising UK homes, and interested in all things energy and climate related. Views my own
Simon Johnson @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social MIT Sloan, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative @mitshapingwork.bsky.social, and co-chair CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council. Former IMF.
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
Paul Swinney @paulswinney.bsky.social Chief Economist at The Data City. Formerly of Centre for Cities. Posting mainly about economics.
Jeff Qiu @jeffqiu.bsky.social IO economist. Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph in Canada. Formerly at the US DOJ antitrust division.
https://sites.google.com/site/yinjiaqiu
Shalin Jyotishi @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social Science, Workforce, & Industrial Policy + Implementation. Founding Director Future of Work & Innovation Economy @New America Writer @Forbes. Visiting Scholar @ASU. Occasional musician.
#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
https://linktr.ee/shalinjyotishi
Bart van Ark @bartvanark.bsky.social Professor of Productivity Studies, Alliance Manchester Business School; Managing Director, The Productivity Institute;
Alex Coad @coad.bsky.social An editor at Research Policy & Small Business Economics
Prof at Waseda Business School, Tokyo
Victoria Shaw @victoriashaw.bsky.social OD, leadership, innovation for systems transformation | NHS, Royal Free London FT | Previously Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium, Deep Transitions Lab, SPRU, University of Sussex | ♡ inc bookmarks
OECD Innovation @oecdinnovation.bsky.social Transforming science, technology and knowledge into innovation for economic growth, good governance and social well-being.
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Follow @oecddigital.bsky.social for OECD insights on digital and AI.
Nancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social Director, Evidence
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Harry QP @harryqp.bsky.social Director of IPPR. Progressive policy and politics. Non-Exec Director at West London NHS Trust.
Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) @e-r-c.bsky.social Funded by the ESRC, this is the official account of the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), the UK’s leading academic research centre on SMEs, delivering impactful research. Based at Warwick Business School.
Programme on Innovation and Diffusion @poid-lse.bsky.social The Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) carries out cutting-edge research into how to improve productivity through nurturing innovation – ideas that are new to the world – and then diffusing these ideas across the economy
Chesterfield FC @chesterfieldfc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for Chesterfield Football Club. #Spireites
Helen Turner @helenturnermi.bsky.social Championing the research and innovation strengths of the Midlands as Director of Midlands Innovation - a collaboration between eight universities (Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Warwick).
Michael Sanders @michael-sanders.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Director of Experimental Government, Policy Institute at King's. Director, School for Government at King's, Expert Advisor, Centre for Homelessness Impact. Chair, Nightline Association. Incorrigible Busybody.
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
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Michael M Hopkins @michaelmhopkins.bsky.social Professor of Innovation Management @ the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Business School (UK), specialising in innovation systems and innovation policy for biomedical innovation, as well as research evaluation. All views my own.
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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Economics, Oxford University.
Nick Bloom @nickbloom.bsky.social Professor of Economics at Stanford
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
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Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Charles McIvor @charlesemcivor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Science, technology and innovation policy wonk. Currently focused on mission-oriented innovation policy at the OECD. I run a newsletter in my free time on innovation policy:
https://innovationinthenews.substack.com/- B Brianjabarian @brianjabarian.bsky.social
Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Munich & Deputy Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education
www.henninghermes.com
Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social Professor of Economics | NovaSBE
Founder and Scientific Director | NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social
International migration, economic development & policy impact evaluation
https://catiabatista.org/
Sean Higgins @seankhiggins.bsky.social Prof @NorthwesternU @KelloggSchool Finance. I study how technology reduces frictions in payments markets and consumer financial markets
Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School
Faculty Director, The People Lab
ElizabethLinos.com
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social Economist, Prof at Columbia University.
Chief Economist: Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group).
Co-editor: Journal of Public Economics.
1st gen, 🏴
https://www.rmetcalfe.net/
Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social Labor, Organizations, and (Field) Experiments | Postdoc @UniKonstanz studying how social environments shape economic decisions, preferences, and norms.
https://sites.google.com/view/pschneider/about-me
Susan Athey @susanathey.bsky.social Economist
Robert Dur @robertdur.bsky.social Professor of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and President of the Royal Dutch Economic Association
John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social I am an Economist leveraging the assignment mechanism in the field to test theory and help non-profits, govts, and anyone who will listen! My goal is to (hopefully!) change the world for the better. My picture is with my oldest son!
Best of Econtwitter newsletter @bestofecontwitter.bsky.social Home of the "Best of #Econtwitter" (& #econsky) newsletter
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
James Wilsdon @jameswilsdon.bsky.social undisciplined metascientist | executive director, Research on Research Institute @RoRInstitute.bsky.social | professor of research policy, UCL
The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell. Powered by Fuse Energy⚡
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Tom Wells @tomwells.bsky.social Work for UK govt chief science adviser on tech and foresight. Former green chemist, science & media advisor, and science diplomat. All views personal.
Ed Sherman @ed-sherman.bsky.social Deputy Director Advanced Analytics - aka: DfT AI programme
(On loan from: ONS Data Science Campus)
Juan Mateos-Garcia @jmateosgarcia.bsky.social Impact data analyst at Google DeepMind. Interested in AI, economics, complexity, metascience, research methods, science-fiction.
ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) is a research centre hosted at King's College London and supported by the ONS.
We provide research on economic statistics for the modern economy. 📈
George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
Saurabh Lall @lallsaurabh.bsky.social I study entrepreneurs trying to do good things. I frequently misspell 'entrepreneur'.
Disciplinary nomad.
Associate Prof at U of Glasgow. He/Him.
Profile photo credit: My 3yo
Prof Tim Vorley @timvorley.bsky.social
Mohaddeseh Heydari @mohhy.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Toronto. 2024-25 JMC . IO and Finance. Interested in Entrepreneurship, AI, and Information Economics.
https://www.mohaddesehheydarinejad.com
Tom Wickersham @twickersham.bsky.social Personal account. Economist at the Office for National Statistics. Firm-level data, productivity, business dynamism, management practices etc. All views my own, reposts not endorsements.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. Accusations of bad faith or lying = block.
Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics.
www.softmachines.org
Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social The bloke who presents the BBC Radio 4 PM programme as well as the Bottom Line. And Dragons Den on BBC1. I try to be reasonable, but it is sometimes a struggle.
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
@abravobiosca.bsky.social @abravobiosca.bsky.social
Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy "A vast confusion of vows, wishes, actions, edicts, petitions, lawsuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. "
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Toby Perkins MP @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Chesterfield 2010-
Chair Environmental Audit Committee
#Spireites #SUFC #BritishTennis
Gaia Dossi @gaiadossi.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/view/gaiadossi/home
Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social Economist at the IFS (@theifs.bsky.social). Interested in firms, productivity, markets, management and growth. Previously at the CMA, ONS, Nuffield College Oxford. All views my own.
www.jakobschneebacher.com
Sarah Otner @sarahotner.bsky.social Professor of Org. Theory & Innovation. Lapsed swimmer and diver, resumed dancer, jogger-in-training. Data wonk, travel geek, foodie. Studies #fragrance, #architecture, #books, #metascience. Loves dogs & crime fiction.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-8462
George Richardson @georgerichardson.bsky.social Exploring science, innovation and political economy with data and technology | Bikes | Parenting | Views mine
David Ampudia Vicente @ampudia.bsky.social Data Scientist at @nestauk.bsky.social - https://www.innovationgrowthlab.org | Former Fellow at @upf.edu | Alumni of Data Science @bsebarcelona.bsky.social, and of Economics @pse.bsky.social | Numbers Enthusiast
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
www.marianamazzucato.com
David Smith @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Sunday Times.
April Burrage, Ph.D. @aprilburrage.bsky.social Provostial Fellow at Stanford University
Economist focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and labor
https://aprilburrage.com/
Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com Author of "How to Win a Trade War"
FT econ columnist
Host of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast
Singer-songwriter https://www.instagram.com/soumayakeynes/?hl=en and http://bit.ly/2Z6gvjp
Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk Austro-British Industrialist. Chair of Great British Energy, Co-founder @vocl_uk, Former CEO #Siemens UK. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Urvashi Parashar @uparashar.bsky.social Chief Economist, DCMS
David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social Lead Economist at the World Bank’s Development Research Group
Development Impact blogger
https://sites.google.com/site/decrgdmckenzie/
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social Former boss of CPS think tank and CapX, Sunday columnist for The Times, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Tera Allas CBE @teraallas.bsky.social
Sam Bowman @sambowman.co Editor of www.worksinprogress.co and head of publishing at Stripe. Just here to have fun.
Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social Head of Policy at Britain Remade.
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Professor Anna Vignoles @annavignoles.bsky.social Director of the Leverhulme Trust and Fellow of British Academy. Formerly Professor of Education. All views are my own and retweets do not suggest endorsement.