ThinkLabour @thinklabour.bsky.social ThinkLabour is a new strategic force generating bold ideas for Britain | Media enquiries: press@thinklabour.co.uk
Teresa Hummler @hummlerteresa.bsky.social Political Scientist @Emp_Politikwiss
@unidue
PhD Candidate | Research on migration and integration | Empirical methods
Kerri @kerriprince.bsky.social Public affairs lead for a social work organisation. Arthur's mum. Labour busybody. Servant to cats. Silent coeliac. Teessider. This is Taylor Swift's world and I'm happy to be living in it.
@sampallis.bsky.social @sampallis.bsky.social
Jason McLellan @jasonmclellan.bsky.social Councillor Prestatyn North. Labour Group Leader Denbighshire County Council
Matt Yeo @mattjyeo.bsky.social Labour Cllr, Reading Borough Council. Lead Cllr for Housing Used to be an Elections manager. PhD in Sports Economics from Univ of Reading.
Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social Climate politics; political economy. University of Manchester Professor. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=im2kgFUAAAAJ&hl=en. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/matthew.paterson.
Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social Anarchism. A Very Short Introduction (https://tinyurl.com/54r98nv6), Constitutionalising Anarchy with Ruth Kinna (https://tinyurl.com/4y9pn3v4 coming soon). Uni Exeter, UCU, HEC Rep. UCU Commons. DM me re anything UCU UK-wide HE. I’m your rep. #ynwa
Samir Jeraj @sajeraj.bsky.social Reporter and author. Writing on policy for The New Statesman. Commissioning editor for Hyphen. Senior Fellow John Schofield Trust. Swimmer with locs
Lucinda Preston @lucindapreston.bsky.social Mum; works in HR; former teacher who is still interested in education. I love literature, history, art and music. Passionate about preserving beautiful architecture. I write The Reading Window. Views own. substack.com/@lucindapreston
Flora Williamson 🌹 @florawilliamson.bsky.social Former Islington Labour councillor for Tollington ward. Executive Cllr for Finance & Performance. Former lead Cllr for Social Care & health. Posts about tollington, Islington, and local government.
Oona @oonam.bsky.social Social researcher focused on education, previously worked in higher education charities | Glaswegian in London | Lapsed violinist
Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social Postdoc at Caltech Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy | partisan polarization + identity + experiments + surveys | motherly figure to 1 angry cat | she/her | racenteno.github.io
Dr Penny Goodman @pjgoodman.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Roman history. Appreciator of the Gothic. Lib Dem. She / her.
Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social Economist working in capital markets ▪ Big on placemaking, housing, regeneration, land policy ▪ Inspired by systems thinking and servant leadership ▪ FRSA
❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
Dominic Campbell @dominiccampbell.bsky.social Partner at Impossible Ideas | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat | #utb
Conrad @conradaml.bsky.social PhD candidate @ University of Reading: Electoral System effects on Political Polarisation | New Zealand stuff for @oceaniaelects.bsky.social | Currently interning at Opinium | he/they 🏳️🌈
Neema Begum @neemabegum.bsky.social Assistant Professor in British Politics @ University of Nottingham | Researching Race, Ethnicity and Political Attitudes
https://www.neema-begum.co.uk/
Roa Powell @roapowell.bsky.social senior research fellow at IPPR working on AI.
Beth Kuhnel Mann @bkmann1.bsky.social Senior Analytics Executive in the Social and Political team at YouGov😊
Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social Labour & Co-op Councillor for Addiscombe West. Croydon.
@CroydonSean on twitter
The Constitution Society @consoc.bsky.social The Constitution Society is a charity which promotes public understanding of the UK constitution. Founded 2009. www.consoc.org.uk
Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social Frequently wrong. Please correct (effort involved appreciated).
Experiments with Data Visualisation:
https://github.com/MariosRichards/BES_analysis_code
https://medium.com/@mariosrichards
https://mariosrichards.substack.com/
Tom Brufatto @tom-brufatto.bsky.social Policy & Research @bestforbritain.org and @uktradebusiness.bsky.social. Personal account.
Umang Dhingra @umangdhingra.bsky.social Incoming M.Phil. candidate in Sociology and Demography @ University of Oxford | Duke University ‘26 | Interested in families and welfare states
Matt Wells @mattwells.bsky.social News, trains and choral music. Vice President of News for EMEA, CNN
Theresa @theresabis.bsky.social Political Analyst
✍&🎙about uk politics & the economy
Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu Associate Professor, SWPS University. Welsh by birth. English by upbringing. Irish by design. Polish by choice. I am a lineman for the county.
Raechel Kelly @raechelkelly.bsky.social Climate action, regenerative thinking, doughnut economics, circular economy. Mum stuff & rollerskates. Liminality, Neighbourhood connection in St Paul’s & local project Planet Chelt and The Greenhouse with Vision 21.
General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social 📊 #DataViz specialist.
💻 #RStats | #Python | #D3.
🎨 Generative artist.
🏃♀️ Runner.
Website: https://nrennie.rbind.io/
She/her. Views my own.
Eamon Cassidy @eamonmcassidy.bsky.social Economic migrant. Development, economics, other stuff.
Alex Dean @alexdean94.bsky.social Writing and editing at The Economist Group. Formerly managing editor of Prospect magazine. Views own
Alex Bogdan @alexbgd.bsky.social Talks about polling, democracy, elections, politics and policy, survey methods. Openly obsessed with Hackney, gardening and Doctor Who. Photography: https://www.instagram.com/alexbogdan_alex/
Works at @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social, but views strictly my own.
Paul Cochrane @paulcochrane87.bsky.social Global Services Manager @ Hyland | Passionate about services, healthcare, digital health, AI & cloud | BSc, PRINCE2, MSP, L6σ Green Belt | Opinions are my own | https://linktr.ee/paulcochrane
Elizabeth Simon @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social Political socialisation, attitudinal formation & electoral behaviour.
Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter.
Francesca Vantaggiato @fpvantaggiato.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Prof) in Public Policy at the Department of Political Economy, King's College London.
Governance, policy, climate adaptation, networks, #rstats. https://francescavantaggiato.github.io/
Ian Maclay @ian-maclay.bsky.social Political Science major at Georgia State University | interested in China-Global South IPE, Development, Green Industrial Policy, State Capitalism, Regional Integration & BRI
Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Senior Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
Katherine Shuttleworth @kshuttleworth.bsky.social Politics PhD Student at The University of Manchester
Election polling, voting, quantitative methods & gender representation
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Emma Norris @emmanorris.bsky.social Deputy CEO @ippr.org. Chair of Young Women’s Trust. Former deputy and now senior fellow @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Think tanker. Westminster watcher. Progressive. Walthamstow resident. 🏳️🌈
James Hole @jameshole02.bsky.social Maths grad doing data science, analytics, and AI governance in aviation.
Interested in govt, public policy, polling, epidemiology, sport, music, and coffee!
Pritesh Mistry @priteshifg.bsky.social Head of Partnerships - @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Interested in finding out more and working with us? Message me. He/Him. #Banners. Sign up to all the IfG news: http://bit.ly/3C56M0Q
Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social CEO @bestforbritain.org
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
Signal - jessicaelgot.51
Always #lufc
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
Len Metson @lenmetson.com PhD candidate @LSEGovernment 📚 Interested in campaigns, applied data science and field experiments 💻 he/him
🌐 lenmetson.com
Joe Cable @joecable.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in PR, Media, and Communications. PhD from Cardiff Uni. Interested in protest, politics, and sport. Working at Swansea University.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonathan-cable
Robert Struthers @rstruthers.bsky.social Robert is Research Director and Head of Public Perceptions at BMG. Alongside leading their public-facing polling, he oversees high-profile projects that track what the public thinks, feels, and does for government, think tanks, and political parties.
María Ruiz @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social Dr(c) Political Science at UAB at @dec-gr.bsky.social research group.
Populism life transitions and emotions.
https://sites.google.com/view/mariaruizhernandez/main
Elise Frelin @elisefrelin.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science, Saarland University | Party competition, political communication, text analysis | 🇸🇪🏴
Michael Siebert @michaelsiebert.bsky.social Public opinion polling & Sonntagsfragen @YouGovDE
Lenka Dražanová @lenkadrazanova.bsky.social Research Fellow at @EUI | Political Scientist | public opinion, attitudes, political socialization, migration, quantitative methods | Author ‘Education and Tolerance’
www.lenkadrazanova.com
Nik Tzoumas @niktz.bsky.social Ophthalmologist & Welcome PhD Fellow ncl.ac.uk | Researching retinal disease with genetics & big data
Patrick Butchard @patrickbutchard.bsky.social International Law, House of Commons Library
Director, International Justice & Human Rights Centre, Edge Hill University
https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-butchard
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/patrick-butchard
Shaun Davies MP @shaundaviesmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Telford | Former LGA Chair & Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
Asya Gergel @herrhellana.bsky.social Behavioral Political Scientist & Data Scientist advancing progressive causes. @DatapraxisEU | MPhil from NYU Politics
Judith Fairbairn @judithfairbairn.eurosky.social Enjoy discussing public service, UBI, voting systems, governance, urban planning.
PhD in educational measurement at UCL IoE. Career in language testing.
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Peter Nedergaard @peternedergaard.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk not a professional account
YouGov Deutschland @yougovdeutschland.bsky.social
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
@chiararicchi.bsky.social @chiararicchi.bsky.social
National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.
European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social European Political Science Review (EPSR) is an #OpenAccess journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
Lisanne @lisanne.bsky.social Onderzoeksjournalist, post op persoonlijke titel | Groningse Amsterdammer of is het Amsterdamse Groninger
Campaign Lab @campaign-lab.bsky.social Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and activists who are working together to build new election tools and change the way we analyse and understand political election campaigning.
Christina Lattimer @christinalattimer.bsky.social Living From Your Higher Self - love sharing the collective wisdom we all know on a level https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com
Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. PhD.
Fe Balata @febalata.bsky.social Political economist and writer. https://fernandabalata.substack.com/ Associate Fellow (honorary) with @neweconomics.bsky.social but views here are my own. 🌎🌍🌏
Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.eurosky.social 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺 - transport - politics - flying
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Trevor MacFarlane @trevormacf.bsky.social Founder CEO of Culture Commons
Former Advisor to senior Labour politicians
Senior Researcher at Labour Together
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
IVLP Alumnus at US Department of State
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
Sivakani Jayaprakash @sivakani.bsky.social Managing Editor, Journal of Business Ethics | Member - Committee on Publication Ethics/International Society of Managing & Technical Editors/SSP Member
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
Matilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome and writing for The House magazine
🖊️ about education (and a few other things) | prev Reporter @ Tes
📧matilda.martin@politicshome.com
(she/her)
Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social Econ Postdoc @Bocconi.
PhD @imperial.
AI and measurement in economics.
prashantgarg.org
Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Oxford.
Interested in: Political Behavior, Quantitative Methods, Metascience.
https://www.jorisfrese.com/
Chitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Empirical Democratic Theory, University of Cologne. 🇮🇳 🇸🇬 🇬🇧
www.chitralekhabasu.com
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social Head of Policy, Progs and Media at AdviceUK. Former Dep Director at Women’s Budget Group, interim CEO and Dep Director of The Runnymede Trust & CEO of Equality Trust. Worked across Government and on national Commissions. Views my own.
@anouschka-r.bsky.social @anouschka-r.bsky.social Research & Analysis Manager @ More in Common
Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social Civil servant on DWP's Pensions Commission, from December 2025 until its final report in 2027. Tweets will be infrequent and objective.
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Sven Schreurs @svenschreurs.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at UvA-AIAS / EUI PhD / EU social policy and labour law / European politics and history
Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social political scientist • how people engage with info, and why this matters for attitudes and policy around the world • Deputy Editor @migrationjrnl.bsky.social • UK Young Academy • all the baking • www.wlallen.com
Daniel Kovarek @kovarek.bsky.social postdoc at EUI, PhD from CEU ■ representation, distributive politics, local ties, bureaucracy ■ usually on a bike, a night train, or al banco
Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social I do research somewhere between political communication, computational methods and culture and identity.
PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab & Department of Government
University of Vienna
www.marvinstecker.com
Niklas Donth @niklasdonth.bsky.social PhD Student in Political Science @University of Stuttgart.
Interested in Voting Behaviour, Attitude Formation and Party Competition.
Emma Morris @e-morris.bsky.social Public opinion researcher @ FGS Global. Dedicated to shaping policy debates through research. All opinions are my own.
Political Studies Review @psrjournal.bsky.social A flagship journal of @PolStudiesAssoc.bsky.social
Find us on https://journals.sagepub.com/home/psw
Alice Park @alicecpark.bsky.social Publisher @LSE Press. We publish open access books and journals in the social sciences.
Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social Former political researcher and professional elections nerd specialising in electoral and party systems. Current day market research analyst for museums, heritage, the arts and charities around the world. UK's number one Romania-phile. Still a nerd. He/him
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
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