betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social The UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.
For now, you'll find our news posted on LinkedIn and in our monthly newsletter.
Emma Elinor Lundin @emmaelinor.bsky.social Journalist-turned-historian of 20th-century political activism. I write/rant about political women, liberation movements, feminisms, borders; Tomorrow Never Knows; she/her; London/Malmö.
http://www.emmalundin.co.uk
https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com
David Khoudour @davidkhoudour.bsky.social Senior Development Economist & Human Mobility Expert – Migration & Forced Displacement
Morse College Fellow @Yale.edu | PhD Economics @sciencespo.bsky.social | Fulbright Program alumnus @UCBerkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Ex @UNDP.org @OECD-OCDE.bsky.social
Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social Assistant Professor at LSE International Development | Research on humanitarianism, conflict, health, development 🇨🇩
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Alasdair Gordon-Gibson @alasdairgg.bsky.social Humanitarian practitioner and academic researcher
@rinfujimatsu.bsky.social @rinfujimatsu.bsky.social 
Rodrigo (Rod) Mena @rodmena.bsky.social Disaster & Humanitarian action in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable (FCV) settings | DRR and Climate Change Governance | Research Ethics, Safety and Security
#Disaster #Humanitarian #DRR #ClimateChange #FCV #TripleNexus #NoNaturalDisasters
Sam Sharp @samtsharp.bsky.social Research Fellow @odi.global. Democratic resilience, civic space, political development, #adaptdev. MA Governance, Development and Public Policy. 
IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
| Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
Laia Aycart @laiaycart.bsky.social Policy & Advocacy Adviser on MFF at CONCORD 📍Brussels
Previously at ODI Global and Oxfam Ukraine response on humanitarian aid, forced displacement and migration | Feminist views on everything
Veronique Barbelet @verobarbelet.bsky.social Independent Humanitarian Policy Research Consultant. Former HPG at ODI Global, WFP, Geneva Call. 🎓 Uni of York (UK) Graduate Institute (Geneva) UWC Pearson College (Canada).
Imrul @glumphish.bsky.social Policy & Advocacy, Syria INGO Regional Forum in Amman. Former NRC in 🇧🇩 and 🇮🇶. Vassar and Georgetown alum.
Jessica Rennoldson @jrennoldson.bsky.social Publications, design and general comms at the Humanitarian Policy Group. All views my own.
Humanitarian Policy Group @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate. HPG is part of @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank.
Website: www.odi.org/hpg
SPARC @sparc-ideas.bsky.social A research-to-action programme supporting pastoralism and agriculture in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. #SPARCideas
Website: https://www.sparc-knowledge.org/
The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln 🏴☠️ | Home of #TheBreakdown and LP Podcast
Natalie Roberts @docnat.bsky.social Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders/MSF UK. Emergency doctor. Once part-owned Wrexham AFC 🏴
Refugees International @refugeesinternational.org Advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people.
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/
Donate: https://give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rights-and-refuge-worldwide-2
Refugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social The Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, is a global leader in multidisciplinary research on forced migration.
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
Connect with us: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/forms/general/connect
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org We protect the rights of refugees, stateless people and all who are forced to flee.
unhcr.org
Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social Prof Emerita | History female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | #HistoryofExperience | Fellow @royalhistsoc.org | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism | Visiting Full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social & Visiting Researcher @utu.fi
George Gosling @gcgosling.bsky.social Historian of charity, community and campaigning. First book on pre-NHS hospitals, next one on charity shops.
(Gosling-Page non-professionally)
Retail & Community https://tinyurl.com/ykh32nff
Payment & Philanthropy https://tinyurl.com/4h5h5w5k
Thomas Davies @daviesthomasr.bsky.social London-based academic. Author of "NGOs: A New History of Transnational Civil Society"; editor of "Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations". Interested in all things transnational.
https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/thomas-davies
Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social Historian of modern Spain in Lancaster. Interests: gender, sexual violence, #dishist, mental health, medical humanities. Currently working on the history of thalidomide in Spain.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to five ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
Abby Stoddard @abbystoddard.bsky.social Humanitarian Outcomes
humanitarianoutcomes.org
Aid Worker Security Database
aidworkersecurity.org
Better Shelter @bettershelter.bsky.social We are a nonprofit foundation that develops temporary shelters to provide safety and dignity for displaced people on their journey towards peace in a permanent home. https://t.co/iGDUiIwbzN
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca 🚑 Providing medical care where & when it’s needed.
🥼 Fournir des soins médicaux humanitaires là où les besoins sont les plus grands.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial. | Indépendant. Neutre. Impartial.
doctorswithoutborders.ca | medecinssansfrontieres.ca
LSE Department of International Development @lseid.bsky.social LSE International Development promotes interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research.
Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social Historian of women, welfare and activism. Currently researching working class women’s welfare campaign’s in twentieth century Britain. IHR Fellow 2024/25
Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social Covering humanitarian crises and emergency response in @UNICEF.org global press office in New York City | https://jenglishcommunications.com/expert-commentary.html
Paul Harvey @prhho.bsky.social Partner at Humanitarian Outcomes https://humanitarianoutcomes.org
Co-Director BASIC research https://www.ids.ac.uk/programme-and-centre/basic-research/
Cordelia Lonsdale @claudiel.bsky.social Senior Research Impact Advisor, Elrha. Always learning how I can help humanitarian health researchers better connect their evidence with decision makers. Exploring Bluesky and the world.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
QMCBS @qmcbs.bsky.social Queen Mary Centre for British Studies
Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
Sarah Njeri @sndeall.bsky.social Lecturer Humanitarianism & Development @SOAS Development Studies. Humanitarian Disarmament especially Mine Action; Explosive Remnants of War; Environmental Peacebuilding, Communities; Knowledge production. https://linktr.ee/sndeall
Alexandra Blackwell @ahblackwell.bsky.social Feminist. Living in Copenhagen. Researching violence prevention & mental health promotion at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. PhD from University of Oxford.
Voluntary Action History Society @vahs.bsky.social VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
Emma Gogerty (née Lovell) @emmagogerty.bsky.social Research Fellow in the Global Risks and Resilience Programme at ODI Global, working on inclusive risk management and leading the knowledge management of the SPARC Programme.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker @j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social Head Migration and Displacement Hub @odi.global. Migration and social protection. Baking when not working.
Joe Brulle 👊🏽🇺🇸🔋 @jcbrul.bsky.social Into climate risk mitigation and adaptation strategies. IT and data nerd. Web3 for climate. Energy Web Worker Node operator. I like maps. Cities are cool. Dogs. DMV sports. Tarheel basketball.
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social Historian of medicine (ish). Parent of small monsters. Enthusiastic Yorkshirewoman in Sheffield. Early Career Fellow on Covid Commemoration oral history at the British Library.
Just Giulio @giuliowolfe.bsky.social Humanitarian tech and stuff @Access Now. Also, random shitpoasting
Karen Hargrave @karenlhargrave.bsky.social Co-founder ThereForME | www.thereforme.uk
Independent researcher & policy analyst | Migration & displacement | Projects with @odi-global.bsky.social | www.linkedin.com/in/karen-hargrave
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Ben Parker @benparker140.eurosky.social Online news and social media with Newsmast. Humanitarian policy and practice, news and tech. Previous: CEO at The New Humanitarian, CoS at the Black Sea Grain Initiative, UN in Syria, Somalia, Sudans. Article 109 and ODI. Fedi: @benparker@newsmast.social
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social Not a WH Staffer | Politics, NatSec, and Snark - Your Mileage May Vary | Subscribe to my Patreon newsletter for free: https://www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog |
Jocelyn Perry @jocelyngperry.bsky.social Climate adaptation, mobility, displacement, participatory policymaking & community building
Currently: @refugeesinternational.org & @blavatnikschool.bsky.social | Previously: Too many places | Always: Philly nationalist | Opinions mine
www.jocelynperry.com
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Mukesh Kapila @mukeshkapila.bsky.social Author and writer: Humanitarian, Human Rights, Development, War and Peace. Ex UN, WHO, Red Cross Red Crescent, UK Government. Professor Emeritus Univ of Manchester
Maria Carmen (Ica) Fernandez @icafernandez.bsky.social Pseudoacademic, int’l devt/gov escapee. Works on what hurts: governance, peace processes, displacement, land rights, memory and contestation. Pilipinas/SEA. PhD University of Cambridge.
Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development
https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
Sara Pantuliano @sara-pantuliano.bsky.social Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater- M @merriamwebster.bsky.social @merriamwebster.bsky.social
KamalaHQ (automated mirror) @kamalahqrepeater.bsky.social Providing context.
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Richard Baxell @richardbaxell.bsky.social British historian writing about the International Brigades.
Author of Unlikely Warriors, the British in the Spanish Civil War. Recent collection of biographies, Forged in Spain, published by theclaptonpress.bsky.social.
richardbaxell.info for more.
ODI Global @odi.global Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future.
Website: www.odi.org
Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.
Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social Lib Dem based in Oxfordshire
County Cllr for Kidlington North & Otmoor; Cabinet Member for Economy and Environment
Elected Member of Federal Policy Committee
Promoted by Oxon Lib Dems at Unit C5 Grange Court Business Park, OX14 3NB
Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social Women’s cricket historian & journalist. Sports Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth University & writer for Guardian Sport. Vice Chair of The Cricket Society.
Lamis Abdelaaty @labdelaaty.bsky.social Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds, The Rangers), former CNN & BBC analyst, retired journalism prof.
👤: sethabramson.net/bio
⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com
🕹: retrostack.substack.com
🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
V M Moncrieff @vmmoncrieff.bsky.social Humanitarian worker, Ukraine response. Tea drinker and Gooner girl.
Benjamin Thomas White @btwhite.bsky.social Researching and teaching refugee history.
No DMs, I'm afraid, please email me (easy to find).
Marie-Rose Romain Murphy @romainmurphy.bsky.social "Do not pay attention to me. I'm from another planet. I see horizons where you draw boundaries."- Frida Kahlo
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
meowtree @meowtree.bsky.social Responsible data, digital ethics, safeguarding, trust + safety, privacy. Human rights, global dev, humanitarian work. MERL Tech, NLP-CoP, NYC Tech Salon. CIPP-E/CIPM certified. Brooklyn, cats, gardening, biking. She/her. 
Emily Baughan @emilybaughan.bsky.social historian, writing about childcare, work, and love (sometimes here https://emilybaughan.substack.com/) 
John Bryant @j0hnbryant.bsky.social Researching humanitarian action and crises - learning about sector reform, its alternatives, aid narratives, digital, inclusion and more
Megan Daigle @megandaigle.bsky.social 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧 (she/her) From Cuba with Love https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520282988/from-cuba-with-love
Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social SOAS DVC Research & Knowledge Exchange. Migration, refugees, diaspora, food security, conflict, Ethiopia Somalia, whippets
Oliver Lough @olough.bsky.social Humanitarian research and M&E; Kyiv, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Erbil, SOAS, Kabul, Beijing; feminist; Londoner. Everything is on fire or worse. All opinions my own. He/him