Carol Ronken @carolronken.bsky.social (she/her) (on Kombumerri land)
Director of Research at Bravehearts, an Australian charity working to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. Views, my own.
#kindnessmatters #bekind
Melissa Prendergast @melissapren.bsky.social DHT Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre ➡️ building 🧠 Strategic lead @elresearchsch.bsky.social & @abrighterstart.bsky.social ➡️ supporting evidence into action. Mum to a few impressive adults & a cockerpoo. New foster mum. NPQH spring 25 cohort.
Dr Gillian Kane @gillkane.bsky.social Lecturer in Law, Ulster University School of Law | Trustee, Chab Dai UK | Researching international (migration) law. Posting in personal capacity
Dr Tahaney Alghrani @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social Lecturer #Criminology ⚖
Author-Wayward Girls (2024) 📕YouthJustice|CrimeHistory|Pathways|SocialJustice *views my own
#Liverpool #YNWA 🇵🇸🇾🇪
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wayward-girls-in-victorian-and-edwardian-england-9781350407114/
Patricia Maguire @patriciamaguire.bsky.social #ParticipatoryActionResearch & #Feminisms - podcaster, activist, gender justice, feminist, repurposed professor emeritus - WNMU. Returned to beloved #NewMexico. Doing Democracy. Tiny little worker bee in asylum & refugee dignity space.
Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social HSCWRU, at King's College London, conducts research into the workforce. Follow for news of our findings and upcoming free events. Director: @annetteboaz.bsky.social Visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru
Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social Retired Professor Child Mental Health: Uni of York & HYMS Med School, NHS Deaf Child service, NHS CAMHS, COMIC child oriented innovative research. Interested in developing child friendly interventions. Husband, dad, grandad. Enthusiast for kindness & fun.
Lynne O’Brien @lynneobrien.bsky.social Chief Officer for Children and Families at Aberlour Child Care Trust https://Www.aberlour.org.uk.
Personal views
ARK @ark-ni.bsky.social ARK is Northern Ireland’s Social Policy Hub. ARK aims to make information accessible, support civic society and challenge policies. Find out more: https://www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/
RC34 Youth @rc34youth.bsky.social We are the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 34 on the sociology of youth, known as RC34.
Deniz Arzuk @denizarzuk.bsky.social Lecturer/Researcher of #Childhood at UCL Social Research Institute, Co-PL MA SCCR, ActEarly RF - formerly based at Tema Barn and Ataturk Institute. Researching #childhoodstudies #histchild #sociology https://changingchildhoods.com/ (she/her)
Emma Sparrow @emma-sparrow.bsky.social Head of Children, Young People & Engagement at the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health. Views all mine & RTs are not endorsements.
Kerrie Lee @kerrieleedavies.bsky.social Lecturer in Early Years, passionate about Sustainability, Creativity, my home town, rugby league and of course my children!
William Brooks @wbrooks.bsky.social Trade Unionist with NIPSA.
Member of Solidarity - The Socialist Alternative
Bindmans @bindmans.com Top ranked London law firm. Human rights and civil liberties, family and children law, immigration law, criminal litigation, public law, housing law, medical negligence, media and information law, international law and more.
www.bindmans.com
Aileen O'Dwyer @aileenod.bsky.social PhD Researcher at Ulster University School of Psychology.
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer.
Rachel Bassett-Dubsky @rcbdu.bsky.social Dr of Education (UK). University Senior lecturer. Social Justice; Diversity; Inclusion; Feminism… Pottery, dogs, tennis, motorbikes, literature and beaches. 🏳️🌈
Our Hearings Our Voice @ohov.bsky.social An independent children and young people’s board for the Children’s Hearings System.
Lena Carter @lenabellina.bsky.social Educator. Wife. Mummy to 2 grown ups. Writer of poems. Singer. Dancer when no-one is watching. Living with ADHD.
Carrie Yavuz @carrieyavuz.bsky.social She/Her. Educational Psychologist in Scotland: Social Justice. Inclusive education 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Refugees welcome. Trans ally. Anti Racist. Children’s Rights. Mostly sharing other people’s good stuff! GS 🟡🔴 RFC 🔴⚪️🔵
@drlukeroberts.bsky.social @drlukeroberts.bsky.social
lucindasoon @lucindasoon.bsky.social Lawyer, psychologist, socio-legal academic. Amateur photographer the rest of the time. All photos I post are my own. London based.
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #Architecture #Scape
Kirsty Richards @82ladyk.bsky.social Mum of Girls | Legal Aid Lawyer | Probono Recognition List 2024/25/26 | Legal Hero Shortlisted Nominee 2024 | Past President of Hertfordshire Law Society | Lotus Horizon owner and founder 2026
Youth Resilience Unit @qmulresilience.bsky.social Launched on March 1, 2021. Our team researches how young people use resources to prevent and overcome mental distress. Please see more at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-psychiatry-and-mental-health/youth-resilience-unit/
Kathleen Ruff @kathleenruff.bsky.social 🤓 Kindergarten Consultant & French Immersion Teacher in Edmonton
🌈 Passionate about learning through play in ECE
🩵🩵Boy mom
☕️ Coffee creamer lover
🍝 Carbohydrate fan
👩🍳 Baker
Marie Louise Seeberg @mlsee.bsky.social Research Professor, Family and Child Welfare research, NOVA, OsloMet.
migration researcher, anthropologist, book addict, foodie & forager
Colm Ó Cuanacháin @colmocuan.bsky.social Bringing human rights and creativity together. An donas amach is an sonas isteach. 🐝 🚲 ⛵ 🇮🇪
Orlaith Darling @darlingorlaith.bsky.social Research Ireland postdoc @ UCD in contemporary literature, affect, and late capitalism | Previously postdoc @ JLU Giessen | PhD @ Trinity College Dublin | Tuirseach, traochta agus cáite amach | Free Palestine
Work @ https://orlaithdarling.com
Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social Speech and Language Therapist, North West of Ireland. Trainer and Registered Intermediary (Criminal Justice). Passionate about Justice, Human rights, Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. Neuroaffirmative and always curious. She/her
Harry Shier @harryshier.bsky.social Writer, researcher, facilitator, commentator on child rights, participation and play. Associate of CESESMA in Nicaragua. Based in Ireland. Retired/freelance
Carmel Ward @carmelward.bsky.social Children’s Human Rights + Early Childhood Advocate, Researcher, Educator and Trainer
Doctor of Philosophy
@drlindamkelly.bsky.social @drlindamkelly.bsky.social Researcher for Early Childhood Ireland. PhD with the Infant and Child Research Lab, TCD.
she/her.
You'll find all my vegan/activism content over at @veghuns on Instagram.
Sónia Rodrigues @soniarodrigues6.bsky.social PhD, Research and advocacy on children rights and child protection; Mother of two fantastic young girls; Traveling; Reading and writing; Associação AjudAjudar; Rotary Club of Viana do Castelo
Claire Farrington-Douglas @clairefdslt.bsky.social Director of services (Clinical lead) Headway East London, speech and language therapist, supervisor and trainer.
Interested in aphasia, ICAPs, CCD, PPA, communication partner training and group interventions.
http://clairefarringtondouglas.co.uk
Lou Kinnear @loukinnear.bsky.social Military Liaison Group (Education) Lead - Armed Forces Families at The Highland Council. My Rights to Wellbeing Trainer. All views are my own.
https://armedforcesfamilieshighland.wordpress.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lou-kinnear-478a17364
New York City Bar Association @nycbarassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1870 and working to support its members, achieve legal and policy reform, and increase access to justice for all.
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Jonathan Herring @jonathanherring.bsky.social Academic Lawyer. Eater of beetroot and rhubarb
Association of British Paediatric Nurses @abpn-childnurse.bsky.social The ABPN is a UK-based network of children's nurses with a wide membership of experts in clinical practice, education, leadership and research.
It is the oldest children's nursing association in the world.
Özlem Lakatos @ozlemlakatos.bsky.social Visiting Fellow, University of Montréal
PhD Researcher, University of Geneva
📚 #ChildrenRights #WomenRights #UN
💼 Fmr. Youth Councillor @HautsdeFrance
Ex. @coe.int, @OIFrancophonie, @dgris.bsky.social
Based in Montréal. Often in Geneva & Basel.
Nino Scuderi (he/they) @ninoscuderi.bsky.social Berlin via Yorkshire and Sicily
Early Years Education nerd and basket case ✊🏼💜
Dr Richard Gater @richgater.bsky.social Researcher at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research, Cardiff University. Interested in Gender, Health and Well-Being, Social Class and Masculinities. Views are my own
Eden Hoffer @edenhoffer.bsky.social PhD(c) at Western University.
Intimate partner violence, motherhood + IPV, the criminalization of victims, women’s health, legal system entanglement, femicide, law + policy.
📚☕️🚲🐱⚖️
CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ)
Collaborating for rights-respecting justice for all children and young people in Scotland.
Explore our new eLearning modules at our website
cycj.org.uk | cycj@strath.ac.uk
Dr Amanda Cahill-Ripley @cahillrip.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law; International Human Rights Law; Economic, Social, Cultural Rights, Conflict and Peace, Social Justice. Personal account - All views my own. Reposts not endorsements.
Richard Wallis @richardwallis.bsky.social Teach and research at The Media School, Bournemouth University in the UK.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-wallis-8161976/
Academic profile: https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/rwallis
Politics and Rights Review @polrightsrev.bsky.social A trilingual, open-access journal making recent research in human and social sciences accessible to a global audience. Visit us at: https://politicsrights.com
Bridget Stirling @bridgetstirling.bsky.social UAlberta PhD candidate exploring the politics of childhood and education and the temporality of childhood.
Lover of travel, books, cats, music, coffee, and plants. Keeper of too many shoes.
Not here to cheerlead for your political party.
She/her.
CEMP - Centre for Excellence in Media Practice @cemp.bsky.social Now in its 20th year, the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) is a research centre based in the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University.
https://www.cemp.ac.uk
Karen Garland @garlandland.bsky.social (Non-practising) lawyer, research & policy officer, former international safeguarding practitioner. I care about keeping children & young people safe from all forms of abuse, inc Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse.
I love law, research & writing.
Centre for Research in Inclusion @cri-uos.bsky.social Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI) at the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Co-directors @vstrogilos.bsky.social & @achalagupta.bsky.social
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-research-in-inclusion
Lucy Morton @lucymm.bsky.social Social worker , human. Proud resident of the beautiful Cowal peninsula . Scotland lead for Parent Infant Foundation. Love babies , art , music , dance and bird photos
Mark Jayes PhD, FRCSLT @markjayes.bsky.social Research Fellow in Communication Disability & Speech and Language Therapist, Manchester Metropolitan University. Interested in supporting people with communication disabilities to exercise their decision-making rights https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjayes/
Lisa Everton @lisa-everton.bsky.social Clinical Specialist Speech & Language Therapist and Clinical Academic SLT. PhD. FEES. VFS. Post-StrokeDysphagia.
AHPResearch. Rehab. SCPRA cohort 3.
Starter pack #Swallowing-dysphagia for clinicians and researchers.
Also cats, music, reading.
Hendrik Simon @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social politics, history, law @fgz-risc.bsky.social assoc. @prif.org @trace-center.de | (theory and history of) int'l relations and int'l law | (transnat'l) labour studies | editor @voelkerrechtsblog.org
Natalie Corbett - NI Youth Forum @natalie-niyf.bsky.social Assistant Director @ Northern Ireland Youth Forum
Sian Reece @sianreece.bsky.social Public Health Doctor & Researcher | PhD | BMJ Leader Editorial Fellow | Mother | Surviving stillbirth
Interests in inequalities in maternal and child health | Global health | Leadership | Kindness and human connection | Creative and participatory methods
Mehmet Mart @mehmetmart.bsky.social 💼 @NEUniversitesi (Doç. Dr./Assoc. Prof.)
🧳 Affiliated member of @HHCP_UCL
📚 Alumnus of @PlymUni (PhD) and @UniofReading (MA)
Amanda Robb @amandarobb.bsky.social Educational Psychologist working with the team at Dundee Educational Psychology Service #edpsych passionate about educational opportunity and inclusion
Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service @renfrewshireeps.bsky.social Applying Psychology to Nurture Relationships, Learning, Mental Health, and Wellbeing.
Dr Sharron FitzGerald @sharronfitz.bsky.social Academic: VAW, trafficking, gender, law
Director LEX network
lexnetwork.org
Bluesky: lexnetwork.bsky.social
Co-E-in-C Gender & Justice
https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gj/gj-overview.xml
genderandjustice.bsky.social
Lizzie Thomson @weelizziet.bsky.social Social work education, children & young people, human rights, social policy, being a maw. Just keep swimming 🐠
Fiona O'Neill @ficontextual.bsky.social Always learning at Cork Educate Together Secondary School
Book and Social Media Editor at Child Language Teaching and Therapy
Language and Communication Difference in Children and Young People #DisabilityMatters #DevLangDis #Neurodiversity
Anna Beck @annadbeck.bsky.social Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Education, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow | Education Policy | Education Reform | Policy Networks |
University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social The School of Law @universityofleeds.bsky.social is one of the leading law schools in the UK and has been providing instruction in law since its inception in 1899.
Save the Children NI @savethechildrenni.bsky.social We work and advocate with children, families & community partners to reduce childhood poverty and tackle its devastating impact so that the full potential of all young lives can be realised!
Sheena McMullen @sheenamcmullen.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor in NI for Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Josie @josebmcg.bsky.social Supporter of arts, humanities and social sciences with a hefty sprinkle of data. Particularly interested in creative health and health inequalities.
Big fan of horror and corvids.
Enjoyer of beaches and woodlands.
Intersectional feminist. She/her.
🏴
Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
Dr Shelley Turner @turner-research.bsky.social ED #ForensicMentalHealth Adjunct Senior Lecturer & Senior Research Fellow #ForensicSocialWork #Criminology #YouthJustice #Children #YoungPeople #LivedExperience #SocialWork #OpenWaterSwimming
Own views. She/her
EECERA @eecera.bsky.social EECERA is an independent, self-governing, international association which promotes and disseminates multi-disciplinary research on early childhood and its applications to policy and practice. 2025 Conference - BRATISLAVA.
Sarah McDermott @sarah-r-mcdermott.bsky.social Development Manager, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
All views my own.
Jane Basham @janebasham.bsky.social Where to start. Retired from a fab career in the voluntary sector. Survivor. Feminist. Activist. Social justice. Anti-racist. Mother. Grandmother. Vegetarian. Pro-migration. Volunteer with Roots; Care4Calais; Ipswich FIND
Samantha West @samwesstt.bsky.social Psychologist in Clinical Training.
My doctorate research explores the experience of perimenopause for women living in Ireland and Healthcare Professionals experiences of menopause in practice 💭👥
MHM Wales @mhmwales.bsky.social Mental Health Matters Wales supports mental wellbeing through advocacy, counselling & community services. Donate at www.mhmwales.org.uk
Connect with us https://linktr.ee/mhmwales
Arthur Isaac @arthurisaac04.bsky.social Advocate for children’s rights · Researcher · Public Speaker · Author of Pause, Play, Fast-Forward: The Journey of Children in Wales · Youth Participation Consultant · Article 12 all the way · Views my own
Dr Rhian Croke @drrhiancroke.bsky.social Child Rights Strategic Litigation & Policy Advocacy Lead, Children's Legal Centre Wales, hosted by Observatory on Human Rights & Social Justice and Swansea University School of Law.
Tim Rumley @timyouthworker.bsky.social Youth Worker - Salford Youth Service - views are my own
Kerry Albright @kerryalbright.bsky.social Bluesky newbie! @ADB.org evaluation. Former Deputy Director-Evaluation @UNICEF.org. Proud evidence champion and knowledge broker for children, science and international development.- L @lawteacher.bsky.social @lawteacher.bsky.social
Dr Mary Anne Ryan @maryanneryan.bsky.social PhD, MSc, BSc NICU nurse.
Research interests include sleep, neuro protection, neuromonitoring (EEG enthusiast), AI in the NICU and neurodevelopment @infantcentre.ie UCC.
Advocate for PPI.
Sue McKellar @suemckellar.bsky.social Feminist in third sector. Interested mostly in videos of cute dogs.
The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education @theltjournal.bsky.social The Law Teacher is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research addressing legal education and the teaching of law at all academic levels and in all jurisdictions | Published by @tandfresearch.bsky.social and the journal of @altlaw.bsky.social
Michael Brey @mikebrey.bsky.social Dad | Husband | Erstwhile litigator, now in-house
Paul O'Kane @explorepolitics.bsky.social Looking to understand more about politics and law.
Amanda Millmore @lawprofamanda.bsky.social Barrister turned Law Professor at University of Reading.
Family law, Criminal law, legal education.
National Teaching Fellow.
Used to run CPD for the legal profession @LegalTrainingUK
https://www.reading.ac.uk/law/our-staff/amanda-millmore
Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social Law academic living in the west of Ireland. Interested in law, politics, history, theatre, music, books, art, people and dogs…not in that order.
Nick McLean @nicholasmclean.bsky.social Assistant professor of law @ William S. Richardson School of Law | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Judith Vickress @judev.bsky.social Specialist domestic abuse & VAWG consultant & trainer. Creative Initiatives to Tackle Abuse. Churchill Fellow 2023.
25 years in this sector & passionate about driving change. J.vickress@creativeinitiativesta.com
Eoin O’Dell @cearta.bsky.social Inefficient academic lawyer @tcddublin.bsky.social
Trying to write about Free Speech.
Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law.
Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey
http://www.cearta.ie
Jakki @barefootjakki.bsky.social Human rights, books and parenting/caring in a goldfish bowl. Freegan-ish.
Aaron L Miller, PhD, ACC, CPCC @amiller333.bsky.social ICF Certified Coach📈 Passionate educator 🔥 Podcaster 🫛 Guitarist 🎸 Unrealistic optimist 🔮Author ✍️of Buying In | Discourses of Discipline | Basketball in Japan | Beyond the Black Clubs. Work with me: https://amplifycoachingandconsulting.com
profhuq.bsky.social @profhuq.bsky.social Musings of a law professor #WorkersRights #LegalEd #CRT #BizHumanRights #Bangladesh #Harlem #MovementLawyering http://linktr.ee/profhuq https://substack.com/@huqit
Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social Legal historian @vubcore.bsky.social
Law, politics, diplomatic history. RT ≠ endorse.
https://vubcore.blogspot.com/p/frederik-dhondt.html
Tim Moore @timbomoore.bsky.social Assocoate Dean, Faculty of Education and Arts @acu and Child & yth researcher @ACU_ICPS interested in all things child protection, youth participation, caring families and intern'l cuisine 🏳️🌈. Co-editor @childrenaustralia. views are my own
Brian Johnston @bjjohnston.bsky.social Director of ITE at University of Stirling. Interests: education, literature, music, Philosophy with Children & the outdoors.
Sean Delaney @sean-delaney.bsky.social Various things related to Early Years, education, family, rugby, Birmingham, football.Views my own.
Jen @jennyflower.bsky.social Dr Jennifer Young,
TV Flannelist specialising in humour & the law.
If you won't buy my book on that subject👆, you could download it for free 👇
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/law-society-and-politics-of-entertainment-in-britain-9781509988662/
UK 🇬🇧 D 🇩🇪 ES 🇪🇸
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 💛💚