The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
Martha Ford @martha-ford.bsky.social Research assistant, public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Harry QP @harryqp.bsky.social Director of IPPR. Progressive policy and politics. Non-Exec Director at West London NHS Trust.
Casey Smith @caseysmithippr.bsky.social Researcher IPPR Scotland
Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social Guardian First Edition writer
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
linktr.ee/common.wealth
Paddy McAlary @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social Historian of medieval Ireland and Britain @cam.ac.uk
Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk
Researcher on parliament and government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Teodor Grama @teodorgrama.bsky.social learning & development @instituteforgovernment.org.uk & @ifgacademy.bsky.social, he/him
Anna Whitehead @annawhitehead.bsky.social Exec Programmes & Fellowships @blavatnikschool.bsky.social | Oxford
Institute for the Future of Work @ifow.org An independent research and development institute exploring how new technologies are transforming work and working lives. http://www.ifow.org
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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- J Jess Sargeant @jesssargeant.bsky.social
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Also check out: https://substack.com/@carsjung
Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at @uisweden.bsky.social | Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.org | @cepa.org Fellow | Council Member @ecfr.eu 📸 Stas Kartashov
🎙️ co-host Mildly Alarmed
✍️ Northern Flank Notes: https://open.substack.com/pub/minnalander
Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social Editor of PoliticsHome. Sometimes heard on our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: adam.payne@politicshome.com & DMs.
Steffan Powell @steffanpowell.bsky.social Presenter + Journalist | Doctor Who Unleashed BBC Three | Press X to Continue podcast | 5Live | S4C | ex BBC Gaming + Culture Correspondent | R1 Newsbeat | Cymro 🏴
Tom Rees @tomreesjournalist.bsky.social Bloomberg UK economy reporter. Want to get in touch? trees20@bloomberg.net. Views my own.
Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social Harvard professor, realist, FP columnist. Tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, proud dad, & grateful husband. Troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions. For speaking engagements contact John Bute at john@chartwellspeakers.com
Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social CEO Scottish Care - homecare & care homes. Hon.Prof, University of the West of Scotland; Chair, National Bereavement Charter Group; Chair, NDTi; Director, Global Ageing Network; Board Member, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. #candleforcare.
Fiona King @feeking.bsky.social Policy & Public Affairs Manager @savechildrensco.bsky.social - views my own, of course. Some politics, some food, some sea #LFC
Policy Commons @policycommons.bsky.social The world's largest fully searchable collection of reports, papers, blogs and podcasts posted by ,000s of universities, IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, cities & governments from across the globe. If you were not indexing your organization’s content, let us know.
Centre for Global Law and Governance @cglgsta.bsky.social The CGLG is the home of outstanding research and practice in international law, institutions, and governance at the University of St Andrews 🏴
👉 https://cglg.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ 👈
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Sean Kippin @sekip.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Stirling. Assistant Editor (Communications) of Regional & Federal Studies.
Davide Vampa @davidevampa.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh
Co-director of @ccc-research.bsky.social
Lead editor of @regfedst.bsky.social
Chair of @ecprfederalism.bsky.social
Views are my own.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Bruce Robertson @brucenextlevel.bsky.social Next Level Educational CEO: Powering up professional development for teachers and leaders | Author of The Teaching Delusion trilogy and Power Up series | TEACHING POWERUPS
NextLevelEducational.com
TeachingPowerUps.com
Donald Anderson @da-anderson.bsky.social The Walking Dad. Husband, father and dog owner. Heaven is other people, wildlife and fishing. In communication and used to run the best city in the world. Every dog walk is a litter pick. Supports #pawsonplastic.
The Union Survey @theunionsurvey.bsky.social The Union Survey is a long-running, 360° survey of constitutional attitudes in each of the UK’s four component parts.
Led by Profs Ailsa Henderson (@ailsahenderson.bsky.social) and Richard Wyn Jones (@richardwynjones.bsky.social).
Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’ 
Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin.
Heinz Brandenburg @heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social Political scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Marta Miori @martamiori.bsky.social UK Politics Impact Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford
Voting, public opinion, longitudinal methods, nice graphs
Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
Scottish Journal of Political Economy @scot-j-pol-econ.bsky.social General economics journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Scottish Economic Society.
David A. Jaeger (@davidajaeger.bsky.social), Editor
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679485
Juliet Kaarbo @jkaarbo.bsky.social Professor of Foreign Policy, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews; Founding Co-Director Scottish Council on Global Affairs
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/jbk1/
Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social Co-Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs.
Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow.
International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.
Sophie Daud @sophiedaud.bsky.social 
Annabel Smith @annabel-smith.bsky.social Director, Growth and Reform Network. Working with places across UK for a more inclusive economy. New to Bluesky.
Philip Nye @philipnye.bsky.social Senior data scientist @instituteforgovernment.org.uk • Words and numbers on what the govt is up to, edu policy, doing data at a thinktank • Bilingual: 🐍/SQL • Sign up to the IfG newsletter: http://bit.ly/3xDINTz
Shaina Sangha @shaina-sangha.bsky.social Researcher in public services team and formerly public finances @instituteforgovernment.org.uk.
Interested in immigration and asylum policy, and policymaking for groups historically underserved by the state.
Former parliamentary staffer.
Dan Haile @danhaile.bsky.social Economist @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social Senior research fellow, Centre for European Reform. Likes good coffee, long runs, and the Paris Review.
David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social Trade wonk, Brexit bore, globalisation defender, music lover, cricketer, gardener, supporter of mediocre football teams, who knows where the time goes?
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Joe Owen @jlowen.bsky.social director of policy & government partnerships @nestauk.bsky.social
senior fellow @instituteforgov.bsky.social
former civil servant
Ben Paxton @drbenpaxton.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the @instituteforgov.bsky.social. Views my own.
Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social Leader writer and columnist @thetimes.com
Previously seen at Onward and FT. Author of Broken Heartlands and The Fall of Boris Johnson.
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.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
DuckDB @duckdb.org DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system. "DuckDB" and the DuckDB logo are registered trademarks of the DuckDB Foundation.
@scottishfabians.bsky.social @scottishfabians.bsky.social 
Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social A network of leaders & practitioners across UK government, bridging the gap between national policy & local delivery. Partners
@MetroDynamics @FutureGovForum
Inclusive Growth Network @ignupdates.bsky.social The IGN is an initiative hosted by the @centrepropolicy.bsky.social, which supports places across the UK to translate inclusive growth from theory to practice.
Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms. 
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Joanne Hagerty @joannehagerty.bsky.social Building a better world with innovation. Training, facilitation and innovation support @ Firefly innovation. Tweeting about things that interest and amuse including business for good and Scottish Football. www.fireflyinnovates.com 
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
Tom Hamilton @tomhamilton.bsky.social Not all views my own. I disagree with lots of views.
Kirsten Urquhart @kirstenurquhart.bsky.social Chief Exec Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social |Mum💙|She/Her |BEM | #YoungPeople | Transport Scot NSTAB | Scottish AI Alliance Community Advisory Group | Consumer Scot Advisory Committee on Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances | Scotrail stakeholder panel
Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social We're Young Scot – Scotland's youth engagement platform. 
Louisemac.bsky.social @louisemac.bsky.social Former Director General at Scottish Govt; ex-IoD Scotland Nations Director; ex-CEO Young Scot; former Co-Chair NACWG | OBE | FRSE | She/Her
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
David McNeill @davidmcneill.bsky.social Director at SCVO. Trustee at Digital Xtra Fund and Recharge Tranent.
Talking tech and public policy. Photos may contain traces of dogs.
@mhairiduncan.bsky.social @mhairiduncan.bsky.social 
Raymond Buchanan @raymondbuchanan.bsky.social Trying to get good things built.
Stevo O'Connor @stevooconnor.bsky.social Digital and IT Manager who's a bit obsessed with Star Wars too!
Sarah Skerratt @sarahskerratt.bsky.social Chief Exec Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Prof Rural Society + Policy.
Passionate about evaluation, inclusion & evidence for public good.
She/her.
Posts and Reposts personal, with more detailed work posts on LinkedIn 💬
HITRANS Regional Transport Partnership @hitrans.bsky.social The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership is the statutory Regional Transport Partnership, working to improve transport services and infrastructure
www.hitrans.org.uk or email info@hitrans.org.uk
Fraser Grieve @frasergrieve.bsky.social Government & Business Relations | Public Affairs | Strategic Campaigns and Communications | Chart.PR. FCIPR | MCIM
Tom Gillingham @tomgillingham.bsky.social Partner at Charlotte Street Partners | Comms, public affairs, energy | Edinburgh.
Fiona Clandillon @plandillon.bsky.social Head of Development in Scotland’s Fastest Growing Local AuthorityTM. Affordable housing. Civic spaces. Sustainable, accessible places.
🇮🇪 in 🏴
🚴, 📖 and Point Break are some of my other interests. Views my own etc.
Scottish Business Insider @scotbizinsider.bsky.social Home of all the latest Scottish business news, analysis and comment. Contact editor@insider.co.uk with any tips or feedback.
Millie Mitchell @milliemitchell.bsky.social 
Sophie Metcalfe @sophiemetcalfe.bsky.social Senior researcher in policymaking at Institute for Government - especially all things housing, planning and early years
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social Chief Economist @instituteforgov.bsky.social
@akashpaun.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social 
Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social Economics Editor, The Observer
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Toby Lloyd @tobylloyd.bsky.social Policy wonk, spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
Prayer Collector
Dream Broker
📍Bohemia
Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics & Public Admin, Uni of Liverpool • UK Politics • English devo • spatial inequality • place-based policy • healthy urban development • critical realism
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/jack-newman
Ryan Swift @ryanswift93.bsky.social Research Fellow at IPPR North/IPPR - work on democracy, devolution, regional identity | PhD on the politics of Northernness
Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Giles @policygiles.bsky.social Attempting to facilitate dialogue between researchers and policymakers. Sometimes succeeding. Views not employers (obvs).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggilespps?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
Halima Khan @halimakhan.bsky.social CEO Paul Hamlyn Foundation
John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social Professor | Former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister | Director, Centre for English Identity and Politics | Writing about how ideas of nation and nationhood shape politics today at nationstateandpolitics.substack.com ✍️
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.
Andrew Phillips @andrewphillips.bsky.social Policy & Research Manager at the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement. Previously a researcher at Demos and the Institute for Government. Views my own.
https://www.standardlife.co.uk/centre-for-the-future-of-retirement
Nick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social Political economy & place‑based policy
Fellow of things at Teesside University
That's not Teesside in the banner photo
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/nicholas-gray
Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services 
Emily Andrews @emilyishness.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research @ Learning and Work. Previously @ Ageing Better, IfG. Very ex-teacher. PhD Victorian dementia. Views informed by my job, but my own.