Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social FT opiner. "Sinecured oaf", “mutton-headed fellow”-two satisfied readers. Globalisation/trade/econ/snark. Cestrian, Londoner, Brit, European. RT≠👍 Views own. alan.beattie@ft.com. Sign up to my FT Trade Secrets newsletter https://www.ft.com/trade-secrets.
Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social Prof at Notre Dame (alexanderkustov.org). Author of "In Our Interest" (amazon.com/dp/0231218117). Writing at "Popular by Design" (www.popularbydesign.org). Come join me on Substack or LinkedIn!
Chai Patel @chaipatel.net Migration, human rights, public law. He/him.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social
Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social Nationality, statelessness, identification, human rights; Africa & international. Affiliations: @globalcit.bsky.social @icws-sas.bsky.social @lseid.bsky.social
https://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bronwen-Manby/research
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Steve Fisher @stevefisher.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, Trinity College, University of Oxford. https://electionsetc.com
https://substack.com/@stevefisheroxford
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.
UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social Based at the University of Glasgow, we exist to help prepare the next generation of policymakers by sharing evidence, nurturing skills and creating spaces for fresh thinking.
Website 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/publicpolicy
Spotlight podcast 💡 www.uofgspotlight.com
Professor Alice Sullivan @profalices.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UCL.
http://profalices.co.uk/
Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social Journalist at the Economist, writing about life in Britain. Author of "Underdogs".
Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social Author of "Securing Borders, Securing Power" (Columbia UP, 2022) http://tinyurl.com/yeywvdaa Doing migration politics/policy research, currently @colmigproject.bsky.social. Political speechwriter of yore. Obscure academic in provincial England, AZ guy 🌵
Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social Director at National Audit Office (https://bsky.app/profile/nao.org.uk) leading value for money work in justice sector. Improving public services through insights into public spending, performance, delivery, with interests in strategy and knowledge sharing
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Views are my own. Cambridge based. https://housingforum.org.uk/
Kate Smart @katesmart321.bsky.social CEO @settled.bsky.social
Views here my own.
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.
Greta Morando @gretamorando.bsky.social Econ Assistant Prof at Sheffield | IZA Research Fellow | Visiting Fellow at LSE and UCL | Parenting, child development, gender, education, social mobility | From Genoa, living in London | First Gen in HE | Mum of 2 | https://gretamorando.weebly.com/
Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social Home of the higher education debate
www.wonkhe.com
Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social The voice of UK universities
Harry Anderson @harryanderson.bsky.social Deputy Director (Policy & Global Engagement) at Universities UK International @uukintl.bsky.social
Ex-CBI & Liverpool Guild of Students. Barnsley FC fan & lapsed Catholic.
Melanie Gower @hasmelanie.bsky.social Immigration and asylum specialist, House of Commons Library
Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social The UK's only think tank dedicated to higher education.
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social The University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS).
Based at the School of Anthropology.
Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social Legal academic at Durham University, researching labour law and human rights with a focus on domestic workers, other marginalised workers and issues of gender and migration. Trustee for migrant domestic worker NGO Kalayaan. She / her
Chris Forde @chrisforde.bsky.social Professor of Employment Studies, CERIC, University of Leeds. Researching work, employment, HRM, migration, the gig economy.- A Alan Manning @alanmanning4.bsky.social Labour market economist at CEP and LSE. Personal views only
Ezgi Kaya @kayaez.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Economics at Cardiff Business School | ADR UK Research Fellow | Fellow at GLO | PhD in Economics from UAB IDEA | #WomeninEconomics #LaborEconomics #EconSky
https://sites.google.com/site/kayaez/
Suzanne Hall @suzannehallatkings.bsky.social Director of Engagement, Policy Institute at King's College London | Deliberation, qualitative research, creative methods, public engagement
Romesh Vaitilingam @econromesh.bsky.social Economics writer on new findings, policy analysis & commentary from a wide range of researchers & institutions
Editor-in-chief of the Economics Observatory; Clark Center for Global Markets, Chicago; VoxEU; NIESR
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social Covering politics, elections and data at The Economist
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Tessa Hall @tessahall.bsky.social PhD economics student @ LSE. She/her.
Paul Yates @probonopaul.bsky.social Counsel & pro bono head @Freshfields, tweeting about access to justice, modern slavery & other human/fundamental rights. Chair @AIRECentre. Personal account.- J James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social
Oli Hawkins @olihawkins.com Editorial data scientist working on computational investigations for the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times.
🌐 olihawkins.com
Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social Immigration stuff mainly. Failed drummer. Apparently I can "f*** right off". Qué arte tienes.
Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him.
"Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
Jennifer Blair @squeakinglyjen.bsky.social Feminist lawyer, Classicist, barrister at No5 Chambers. She/her or They/them pronouns
Callum May @callummay.co.uk News person. The usual stuff.
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social
Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social I do refugee and asylum policy at the Refugee Council, so most likely a lot of the posts will be about that.
Tom Chivers @tomchivers.bsky.social "Far too nice to be a journalist," per Terry Pratchett. Lead writer on Semafor's Flagship newsletter. DMs open; chiversthomas(a)gmail.
Latest book, Everything is Predictable: geni.us/EIPBook
Podcast, The Studies Show: https://www.thestudiesshowpod.com
Alex Piletska @alexinlaw.bsky.social Senior associate at Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law. Contributing author to Free Movement and LexisNexis. Ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. All views are my own.
Alison Harvey @aliromah.bsky.social Barrister One Pump Court Chambers. Frome. London. Trustee of Kalayaan. Tweeting personal views on rule of law, nationality, immigration, asylum, Court of Protection, passion & whimsy. Views my own. Unafraid.
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social Immigration lawyer about town. Migrant. Queer. She/her. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/thoughtsonimmigration
Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social Solicitor. Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. All things U.K. immigration law / policy mainly. Yorkshireman in Bristol. Views my own.
Barry O'Leary @barryoleary.bsky.social Immigration & Nationality lawyer at Wesley Gryk Solicitors and Director of Micro Rainbow 🌈
Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
HO Answers @ho-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Home Office answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library
Jonathan Chaloff @jonathanchaloff.bsky.social International Migration Division OECD but personal account. 99% posts related to visa/permit policy, employment, integration, population, stats, evaluations.
Bernard Ryan @bernardryan.bsky.social Professor of migration law, based in Leicester. For social equality, multiculturalism and anti-colonialism. Now more than ever.
https://le.ac.uk/people/bernard-ryan
David Lidington @davidlidington.bsky.social Chair: RUSI, Conservative European Forum, Koenigswinter Conference & Aurora Forum. Trustee, Institute for Govt. History, singing & hill walking enthusiast. Ex-Minister & MP.
UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social The UK's leading research centre on constitutional change, covering parliament, government, democracy, elections and more.
Sign up to hear about our blog posts, events and publications 👉 https://mailchi.mp/ucl/constitution-unit.
Adrian Berry KC @berryadrianc.bsky.social Barrister, British nationality law, statelessness, free movement, EU mobility, asylum, immigration, social welfare, education, public law Nationality blog: https://tinyurl.com/mwyx28es Migration blog: https://tinyurl.com/4p3hjchy
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
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Alice Welsh @awelsh.bsky.social Lecturer in Law, University of York
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Electronic Immigration Network @ein-website.bsky.social Registered charity providing information on immigration, asylum and refugee law at https://www.ein.org.uk. Online since 1998.
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Fiona Costello @fionacostello.bsky.social ☘️ Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham.
Migration/ EU / Brexit researcher
Fellow @ St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Legal Cheek @legalcheek.bsky.social Legal news, commentary and market insight. Organiser of the UK's biggest and best virtual law fairs and student events
Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social Human rights charity on the frontline of immigration detention in the UK, providing direct support and campaigning for change.
detentionaction.org.uk
linkin.bio/detention_action
Bail for Immigration Detainees @biddetention.bsky.social A small charity providing free legal advice to people detained under immigration powers across the UK.
www.biduk.org
Robert Cuffe @robertcuffe.bsky.social BBC News’s statistician. Number nerd 24-7-365.2425
Ian Robinson @ianrobbo.bsky.social I will mostly post about economic and business migration and Liverpool FC
Matt Dathan @mattdathan.bsky.social Home Affairs Editor at The Times
Jed Pennington @jedcpennington.bsky.social Partner, joint head of public law & human rights, Wilson Solicitors London
https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/our-people/jed-pennington
Jacqui Broadhead @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social Director at the Global Exchange on Migration @ox.ac.uk Believes structural problems have structural solutions. Terrier.
Jonathan Thomas @jtmigratory.bsky.social Senior Fellow & the Migration Researcher at the Social Market Foundation.
Many Interests but only post about migration. You have to draw the line somewhere.
Brian @briandikoff.bsky.social Chair of trustees at HMSC and trustee at LAG. Views my own.
Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/
Virginie Guiraudon @virginieguiraudon.bsky.social CNRS Research professor Sciences Po Paris - Comparative Politics - EU scholar - mostly focuses on immigration, borders, ethnoracial discrimination, domestic work/home care.
Jenny Phillimore @profjennyp.bsky.social Professor of Migration and Superdiversity at University of Birmingham. Forced migration, SGBV, gender, asylum policy, civil society, emotions.
GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social The Global Citizenship Observatory globalcit.eu is based at eui.eu as part of the Global Governance Programme.
We provide independent research and data on citizenship. RTs ≠ endorsements
Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social Border Criminologies draws together researchers working in #criminology on #bordercontrol. Retweets/links to media or other websites do not imply endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/bordercrim
Migration Studies @migrationjrnl.bsky.social Migration Studies is a leading journal of the determinants, processes, and outcomes of human migration. Impact Factor: 2.7 (2024). https://academic.oup.com/migration
Scott Blinder @sblinder.bsky.social Poli Sci professor at UMass Amherst
Migration Policy Centre @mpc-eui.bsky.social Advanced #research and #training on the transnational governance of international #migration, #asylum and #mobility. We're part of the @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social.
APSA Mig & Citzp @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social This American Political Science Association section promotes and brings together migration and citizenship scholars. Follow for section news and announcements. https://connect.apsanet.org/s43/
Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | https://maartenpvink.substack.com/ | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️
Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com #Bordertech ethnographies | Author of The Walls Have Eyes | @refugeelab.ca + @migrationtechmonitor.com, York | Faculty Associate with Berkman Klein Center, Harvard | She/ هي 🇵🇸🍉| https://petramolnar.com/
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar.
TheImmigrationLab @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social Social science research collaborative on all things immigration. Directed by @drernestocast.bsky.social and based at American University, Washington, DC
www.immigrationlab.org
Juliette Dupont @juliettedupont.bsky.social Postdoc researcher in political science
Immigration & visa policies ; also EU politics
Based in Brussels at UC Louvain
David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social Sociology professor at University of California San Diego and (co)author of The Refugee System (2023); Refuge beyond Reach (2019); and Culling the Masses (2014). I research policies and experiences around migration and asylum.
https://tinyurl.com/4snsdvzf
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