Louise Crow @itscrowbot.bsky.social Chief Exec for @mysociety.org. We run TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow, FixMyStreet and a host of other projects reimagining people power.
Toby Phillips @tobyphillips.bsky.social Economic Director at the Centre for Policy Development in Australia. Spends a lot of time in the mountains.
Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social Economist. Ex Prof / central banker. Macro, politics, money, central banks, finance, Brexit, covid, AI, climbing, MUFC, Blueskyism, 'Contractor'.
Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com Pre-order: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (6/30 HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488
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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Bec Riley @rileyresearch.bsky.social #Impact #place #policy #data #innovation #research & #relationships. Professor/DPVC West Midlands @City-REDI.bsky.social @lpiphub.bsky.social @uob views my own, sharing not endorsement - sometimes Birmingham and sometimes Manchester (UK) hate the M6.
Linda Yueh @lindayueh.bsky.social Economist at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford & London Business School
Author of The #GreatCrashes & #GreatEconomists
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/024198808X/
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social Professor of Strategy at SPRU - the Science Policy Research Unit
Teaches SPRU 1.01
Research Policy.
HSP.
Views mine, not my employer.
Politics unfashionable since 1654
Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org Science, tech, and innovation politics/policy incl patents. Author: next book on politics of inclusive innovation in India. #STS. Prof & Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, U of Michigan. Expert Voices columnist, Science. shobitap.org
Richard Blundell @richardblundell.bsky.social Ricardo Professor of Political Economy, @EconUCL https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctp39a/
Co-Director ESRC Research Centre, @TheIFS http://ifs.org.uk/inequality/
George Dibb @georgedibb.bsky.social Assoc Director & Head of Centre for Economic Justice IPPR. Previously IIPP at UCL. Innovation is political. All things policy, politics & running. Views own. ๐
Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Director, Retirement Security Project @Brookings. Previously: Research Associate @NBER, Senior Fellow @SIEPR, Biden-Harris Council of Economic Advisers. Passionate about connecting research to policy.
https://www.gopishahgoda.org
Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on employment, young people and health | views my own
Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
Carolina Alves @cacrisalves.bsky.social Associate Professor in Economics, IIPP-UCL. ๐ต๐ธ ๐
Book: Labour, Value and Capitalism: A study of the Poverty of Philosophy (1847) by Karl Marx, 2024. Editora Dialรฉtica
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social Director of Pangloss Consulting for all your AI and GDPR needs! Emerita Prof Newcastle Law School: Hon Prof, @CREATe Glasgow Uni. Formerly @ATI, @SCRIPT: Trying not to be a grey skies thinker & use this place more , lilian@lilianedwards.co.uk
Henry G Overman @henryoverman.bsky.social Economics, Cities, Policy.
Professor, London School of Economics. Research Director Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social. Director @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social. President @urbaneconomics.bsky.social
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
Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social Chief Economist, Institute for Government
Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social Demographer, former tweeting statistician and female data lad. Attempting to make a difference in public health analysis at DHSC. I ran the UK's covid dashboard. Now seen running parkruns. DMs not available. She/her ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, Kingโs College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University
Writing "The Great Gender Divergence"
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats
Posts not for everyone ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social FT Alphaville reporter. Ex-โveteranโ fund manager. Resolution Foundation Assoc. Baring Foundation Trustee.
Zoe Kleinman @zsk.bsky.social BBC Technology Editor ๐ค
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social Former politico, comment writer, spread betting dealer, editor, now think tanker, consultant, former baker of overly dense loaves.
Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Our World in Data
Senior Researcher, University of Oxford
Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social Economist: Labo(u)r, Macro, Inequality || Ass't Prof @MITSloan @MIT_IWER || Nonres fellow @piie
Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social Professor @Harvard, Director @HarvardBizGov, Senior Fellow @PIIE, teaches Ec10, words @nytopinion, was Chair of President Obama's CEA. Some posts may be educational.
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev Co-founder & editor, Works in Progress. Writer, Scientific Discovery. Podcaster, Hard Drugs. Advisor, Coefficient Giving.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European ๐ช๐บ Fellow at Stanford ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป column in FT ๐๏ธMember of European Parliament 2009-2019 ๐Author: The Tech Coup
Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries.
seemajayachandran.com
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Swansea West
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
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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/
Anna Valero @asvalero.bsky.social Professor in Practice and Growth Programme Director, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com Economics Commentator, Financial Times; Honorary Professor of Practice, UCL Policy Lab
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social โ Founder of Our World in Data
โ Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
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- J Jack O'Sullivan @jackosullivan.bsky.social
Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social Always searching for good coffee.
Benjamin Klement @innogeo.bsky.social Ph.D, Fraunhofer IMW, Leader of the Research Group "Innovative Regions" |
Regional Transformation, Music, Evolutionary economic geography, Innovation systems. westdeutsch in Leipzig. Personal views only. He/him
Jonathan Flowers @jonathanflowers.bsky.social Chair/NED/Adviser #localgov, "digital", governance, strategy, democracy, data, operational research. Militant optimism. Slightly retired so also: travel, theatre, WRU :-( , F1, politics-watcher, Wingnut and CFA superfan. Harpenden. #dysgwyr
Anna Trethewey @annatreth.bsky.social Perennial edu nerd. Now exec director at AQA, previously a mixed bag of assorted items: policy wonk, strategy head, teacher. 
Joe Mitchell @joe-mitchell.com Another day, another microblog! Mainly worrying about democracy. Work on regenerating local news at @publicinterestnews.org.uk. Also @j0e_m@mastodon.social for when the sky inevitably clouds over.
Jonathan Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
Steve Skelton @steve1skelton.bsky.social Practitioner policy wonk | Founder www.questionfactory.co.uk | Trustee @mysociety | Ex- Demos, LGA, Stockport Council, GMCA, Govt of Jersey, LCRCA
Manpreet Singh @manpreet1.bsky.social Work on global health and development strategy @gatesfoundation. Escaped doctor from the UK with a public health background. Dad to two kids. Opinions are mine (he/him)
Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives.
Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
Chris Anderson @chrisa.bsky.social Occupy the skies
@chr1sa on the other blue app
Fiona Millar @fionamillar.bsky.social Journalist, education campaigner, school governor, feminist, passionate open air swimmer. Sorry that sounds a bit worthy!! Also mother of comedian Grace Campbell, who really is a laugh ๐
Solomon King @solomon.bsky.social Founder of www.fundibots.org | nerd | writer | artist | poster of random things.
Stephen S. Musoke - Homo sapiens aedifex Xennial @ssmusoke.bsky.social 5x Father, bad poet, Digital Payments, eHealth, #opensource, #agribusiness, #PHP lover who believes family makes him & culture holds all together
๐บ๐ฌ TMS RUGE ๐บ๐ฆ @tmsruge.bsky.social Founder/CEO: @RT_farms; Creator: @qwezibeauty; Cofounder: @hivecolab; Educated (sometimes) Angry African ๐- K Alan Kasujja @kasujja.bsky.social Journalism. Africa. Strategy. Risk etc..
Kagumire @rosebellk.bsky.social Pan-African feminist writer. media specialist.
Editor @afrifeminists.bsky.social
Cofounder @afipcollective.bsky.social
Columnist @newint.bsky.social
Albert Mucunguzi @albertmuc.bsky.social Techie, Marketer, Communicator
PC Tech Magazine @pctechmagazine.bsky.social Uganda-based digital media covering tech news. Join our Telegram broadcast: http://t.me/pctechmagazine and for inquiry send us an email at editor@pctechmagazine.com.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Stephen Fry @stephenfry.bsky.social Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
Shawn Smith @twoess80.bsky.social Sports fan. Work too much. Don't sleep enough. Amateur chef. 
Fiona Graham @fionagraham.bsky.social Ex BBC. Content, social, AI, tech and editorial. Love AI, fear the singularity. Fan of plants, crochet, diving, vintage costume jewellery, K-drama, xianxia.
Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
Moses Rudende @rudende.bsky.social I get along with the voices inside of my head. 
Eusebius @eusebius.bsky.social Research engineer. Amateur pianist and composer.
YT : http://youtube.com/@eusebiuslesage
Mastodon : @Eusebius@mamot.fr
David Zell @deezed.bsky.social Post-Doc Research Fellow @Bham.ac.uk
East German history
Lefty centrist & anti-populist.
Passionate EU rejoiner #FBPE
Life-writing newbie.
(Grand)-dad jokes - QPR
Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social Tax academic, writer and editor, grandmother of 5.
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government- A Alex Shapland-Howes @alexsh.bsky.social
Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social Edu-policy specialist. Chief Research Officer @centreedusyst.bsky.social
Teacher, teacher trainer & youth-worker first
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Sarah Green @thelitcoachuk.bsky.social Director of Literacy @ProspereTrust | Former Literacy Specialist @EducEndowFoundn | ELE @ManComRS | Trustee @gmacademies | Governor | Education Consultant | Author
Edapt @edaptuk.bsky.social Safeguarding teachers and their teaching careers | Independent and non-campaigning alternative to teaching union membership | Expert legal advice, guidance and 24/7 mental health support | www.edapt.org.uk
John Roberts @johnrobeds.bsky.social โข Cofounder and CEO at Oak National Academy
โข Founder/Chair Edapt
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News, events & trivia for Bankside, Borough, Bermondsey, Elephant & Castle, South Bank and Waterloo since 1998.
Covering the northernmost bits of Southwark and Lambeth.
Neelika Jayawardane @sugarintheplum.bsky.social Writer | Literature professor
Images, photographs, visual culture
Writing on Afrapix, a South African photographers' collective
Website: https://neelikajayawardane.com/
Emil Wallner @emil.bsky.social founder of palette.fm (ai colorization). former resident at google. into AI art, indie hacking, internet education, indie research, and traveling.
@TomKelly @phatzpantz.bsky.social Twitter refugee post the Dark Ones takeover ๐
Benjamin Southworth @peaceandlove.bsky.social Startup idiot, dog walker, narrowboat owner, geek for hire.
Oi/you/dude.
www.peaceandlove.io
Jack Graham @jackdgraham.bsky.social Founder + Non-Exec Director @yearhere.bsky.social
Writer lifeonsaturn.substack.com
Consultant jackdgraham.com
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Michael Slavinsky @michaelslav.bsky.social Trying to grow the number of students studying Modern Languages in UK state schools and universities. Formerly at The Brilliant Club and a secondary school French teacher. My new project is @LangForAll.bsky.social - get in touch!
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Robert Kabushenga @rkabushenga.bsky.social Ugandan. Farmer-Coffee & Plantain. Administrator-Rugyeyo Farm
Lisa Raftery @lisa-raftery.bsky.social Head of Grants @TheSocialInvest, Trustee @RosaForWomen, ex @HomelessLink, Exec Committee member of @fabianwomen & Founder of @traumainfogrant All views my own!
Nick Temple @nicktemple.bsky.social CEO @thesocialinvest.bsky.social; social enterprise, social investment, coffee, NFL.. #socent #socinv #impinv #charity