Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social Science fiction writer
Andrew McGettigan @amcgettigan.bsky.social Author The Great University Gamble.
University funding & financing.
But also chess, shogi and tai chi.
andrewjmcgettigan AT gmail
Dr Emily Elizabeth Hoyle @emilyehoyle.substack.com Researcher and writer
Specialised in Gender Studies and Tech Bros
Interests: cultural imaginaries, transhumanism, feminist technoscience, longevity, sociology of futures 🌌
Caddie Alford @caddiealford.bsky.social Associate Prof of Rhetoric at VCU // critical AI, platform and media studies + rhetorical theory + writing pedagogies // Co-Lead of AI Futures Hub // 📕 = Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality // 1st Gen // #TeamRhetoric
https://caddiealford.com
Ian Christie @ianpchristie.bsky.social Emeritus Assoc.Prof, Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey. Environment, policy, ethics. Anglican. 25% Scot. Germanophile. ACCESS, CUSP, CECAN research networks; & Perspectiva, GreenAlliance, Theos, WWF. Views here personal
Sal Hagen @hetsalwel.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @ UvA | @d-eepculture.bsky.social | @digitalmethods.net | @oilab.bsky.social
Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Alan Keenan @ajcpkeenan.bsky.social A while back I wrote a book called "Democracy in Question: Democratic Openness in a Time of Political Closure". Little did I know... So much still to learn.
Bad Gays @badgayspod.bsky.social a podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. in our eighth season.
listen at badgayspod.com or wherever you find podcasts
subscribe to our monthly chat and advice show at patreon.com/badgayspod
Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times Politics Book of 2022)
GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - New Yorker)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035903857
POWER FAILURE (Future Governance Forum)
Last on Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002styf
Catherine Owen @catherineowen.bsky.social Associate Prof of International Relations, Uni of Exeter. EUCU Vice President and Penryn campus rep. Researches participation, governance, knowledge production, Eurasia. Cyclist. Junglist. Tea obsessive. Constantly restless. Green 🌱
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development.
I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
Terry Watkins @gerrygow.bsky.social He not busy being born is busy dying.
Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa, Saoirse and Raven. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber in November. Pre-order at: https://linktr.ee/abolishwestminster. Also at: www.abolishwestminster.substack.com
Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
Unlock Democracy @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social We campaign for a vibrant, inclusive democracy that puts power in the hands of the people. Reposts do not imply endorsement.
European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social ECPR is an independent, scholarly association with a mission to advance political science ▪ https://ecpr.eu/ ▪ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecpr/ ▪ @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social New leadership for Wales 🏴
Arwain Cymru o'r newydd ✊
Hyrwyddwyd gan/Promoted by Plaid Cymru, Tŷ Gwynfor, Caerdydd, CF10 4AL.
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights.
Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot
James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social Research Fellow at the British Election Study, Wrexham and Wales fan
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy (SKAPE) @skape-ed.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Edinburgh that explores the relationship / intersection between different types of science and knowledge on policy
Currently directed by Markus Ketola and Rob Ralston
https://www.skape.ed.ac.uk/
PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social We're the TIP Group at the Political Studies Association
Creating dialogue on the impact of technology & tech policy.
Follow for news, events, and more.
https://psatip.uk
Aidan Walker @aidanwalker.bsky.social internet meme researcher and historian, sometimes reporter
https://linktr.ee/aidanwalker1
Substack: How To Do Things With Memes, @aidanetcetera TikTok, Insta, YouTubey
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
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paul johnson @rhetoricpj.bsky.social I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right.
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
David Mair @davidmair4.bsky.social Science & knowledge for policy, democracy, public governance and public administration at European Commission’s Joint Research Centre but personal views only.
https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/evidence-informed-policy-making_en
Chris Meckstroth @chrismeckstroth.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of History, University of Cambridge. Writer on the history of democracy. Hailing from Normal, Illinois
Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social 🌹 Economist MP who loves the pub
Department for Business and Trade PPS
jeevunsandher.substack.com
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Richard Douglas @maitrereynard.bsky.social Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey. Wombles. Yes, and armchair Spurs. Go Thorns. Commanders. Trying to see the positives. https://cusp.ac.uk/about/fellowship/r_douglas/
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Robin @robinbunce.bsky.social Some New Romantic searching for the TV sound.
Conor Bollins @conorbollins.bsky.social 🎓Lecturer in Early Modern History, UEA.
📚 Historian of #18thC Political Thought.
☮ Peace Activist, CND. 🦊Brother, uncle, etc.
Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social Vice Dean Education in UCL Social and Historical Sciences Faculty. SFHEA. Regular contributor to ALPS blog. Co-Director UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics. Politics of pedagogy and nature.
Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social Green MP for Bristol Central.
Former Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
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📧 carla.denyer.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/carladenyer
UCD Centre for Digital Policy @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social An academic research centre on all aspects of tech and digital policy. Part of UCD School of Information and Communication Studies. Dublin, Ireland. https://digitalpolicy.ie/
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social Since 1967, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has provided social science methods training for hundreds of participants each year. Offering over 40 Courses in 2025, online and in-person
Learn more at: https://essexsummerschool.com/
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation. Chaired the Curriculum and Assessment Review (2024-2025) but now back at the EEF
BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social 🖋️British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
📍A Political Studies Association journal edited by a team at POLIS, University of Leeds.
Follow us to find out about latest publications and submitting to the journal.
PSA Ethnopolitics Specialist Group @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social We are the Ethnopolitics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Convenors: @giudifontana.bsky.social and @lpcooley.bsky.social
Web: https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/ethnopolitics
Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social teaching fellow, ucd ics | phd, lse media & comms | reactionary political influencers and their social media audiences | views my own
Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social Thinking through infrastructure – energy, transport, water, waste, housing, health – with methods from the arts, humanities, & social sciences. https://researchcentres.citystgeorges.ac.uk/thinking-through-infrastructure-network
Lord Norton of Louth @lordnortonlouth.bsky.social Professor of Government, University of Hull. Devoted to the study of the Constitution, Parliament, and the Conservative Party.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Stuffed Crust Punk @piss-missile.bsky.social ♫⃠in grind we crust ♫⃠
Political Studies Review @psrjournal.bsky.social A flagship journal of @PolStudiesAssoc.bsky.social
Find us on https://journals.sagepub.com/home/psw
Jana Goyvaerts @janagoyvaerts.bsky.social Guest professor in communication sciences @ research group ECHO, VUB 🎓
Gemeenteraadslid voor Groen in Brussel Stad 🌱
🇵🇸🚲🪩☀️🍉🌈🎭
@niallodoc.bsky.social @niallodoc.bsky.social 
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists.
Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by AU. “Flippers Up”
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Rob Gallagher @gealga.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, King's College London. Co-director MA Digital Futures. Author of Videogames, Identity & Digital Subjectivity (Routledge 2017) and Artgames after Gamergate (Palgrave 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/9783032044341
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Politics & Public Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science.
Interests - digital era governance, democratic audit & renewal, theories of the state, elections & party competition.
And in open social science, universities.
@nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social Historian of gender and feminism in modern Britain; Associate Prof at the University of Reading
Lise Butler @lisebutler.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Modern History at City, University of London. Interested in the history of the British left and futures past. Co-editor, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy
McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social We bring the best of Canadian scholarship to the world and the best of international scholarship to Canada.
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/
Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk Editor of Politics.co.uk ✍️
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Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social Building @axiom.org
Ask me about service design, public benefits, product, digital identity, Rules as Code, and civic tech / gov tech.
📍NYC
Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social Prof. Economic Geography, Durham, UK.
Managing Editor @econsocjournal.bsky.social
Finance, money, FinTech, and more.
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/paul-langley/
Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov.bsky.social Hater of solutionism. Books: The Net Delusion; To Save Everything Click Here. Podcasts: The Santiago Boys. A Sense of Rebellion. Founder: The Syllabus. 
Economy & Society @econsocjournal.bsky.social Est. 1972. Social science journal: economic and cultural relations, states and governance, & much more.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/reso20
Niki Seth-Smith @nikisethsmith.bsky.social Editor of @newhumanist.bsky.social, journalist and fiction writer 🍐
Garbage Day @garbageday.email I'm a newsletter (and sometimes other stuff) about the internet (and sometimes other stuff)
Aeron Davis @aerond.bsky.social Prof of Political Communication at THW-VUW in Wellington. Also, research on Media/Journalism, Elites, Economic Sociology and Policy/Financialization, currently looking at the Housing Crisis in Aotearoa-New Zealand. 
Noriko Manabe @nmanabe.bsky.social Professor, music theory, ethnomusicology, Japan studies. Research in music & social movements, popular music, music & language. Author, Protest Music after Fukushima; Editor, Oxford Handbook of Protest Music, 33-1/3 Japan. Views my own. linktr.ee/nmanabe
Andries du Toit - School of Government, UWC @andriesdutoit-uwc.bsky.social Postcolonial statecraft; contentious politics; political belonging, deliberative practice. All this, and the polycrisis. Views not my own.
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
UEA Politics & International Relations Department @politicsuea.bsky.social The official account of the Department of Politics & International Relations (PIR) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/subjects/politics-and-international-relations
Dr. Anuradha Sajjanhar @anuradhas.bsky.social Assistant Prof/Lecturer in Politics and Policy at University of East Anglia, UK. I study political elites, "expertise", AI
Author of "The New Experts", Cambridge Uni Press (2024)
anuradhasajjanhar.com
Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social We are the UK's national academy of academics, learned societies & practitioners in social science & the founder of the Campaign for Social Science. We exist to promote social sciences in the UK for public benefit: www.acss.org.uk
Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality, worried about the survival of democracy. Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
Roshi Naidoo @roshinaidoo.bsky.social https://www.roshinaidoo.com
Tom Mills @tommills.bsky.social Public sociologist & socialist. Interested in elites, knowledge & communication. Author of 'The BBC: Myth of a Public Service'.
Róisín Dubh ☘︎ @bohemiantoo.bsky.social 
Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social Internationally leading research in critical discourse studies, existential media & critical comms/media & journalism analysis. Sweden’s largest HE programme in Media & Comms. At UU School/Dept of Informatics & Media. Chair @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social
Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social Advancing knowledge in public and social policy and politics. Edited by @berglundoscar.bsky.social, Claire Dunlop, @eakoebele.bsky.social, Kristin Taylor, @cmweible.bsky.social w/ @allegrafullerton.bsky.social
https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/pp
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
Ellie @coachbensleg.bsky.social Londoner attempting to be a country girl. Largely (re)posting about politics, tech policy and films. 🍿
Steve Crabb @steve-crabb.bsky.social Doing my best to make the world a better place. Love history, travel and my family. Follower of Swansea City FC.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
Darren Lilleker @profdgl.bsky.social Academic, lecturer, writer, loud music lover, real ale fan, biker. 
WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social The freeform station of the nation! Independent, creative, rocking radio. Skeeter behind the curtain: @dmandl.bsky.social. Submit music via http://wfmu.org/sendmusic.html. Sorry, but we're too busy shopping for records to respond to DMs. Listen: wfmu.org
Neil Ward @profneilward.bsky.social Professor, UEA; rural economy; net-zero, food & farming; (+ New Order, The Fall, The Only Ones; Pembrokeshire, Northumberland, Forest of Dean)
Anthropology and Social Change @anthciis.bsky.social Ⓐctivist Ⓐnthropology MAs + PhDs
🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/
📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/
🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
Sheffield Political Theory Group @polshef.bsky.social Messages from the Political Theory Group at the University of Sheffield
Melanie Williams @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social Norwich-based film and media prof. Books on A Taste of Honey, 1960s, stardom, David Lean, Ealing, J. Lee Thompson, etc. Currently working on ace director Muriel Box. Opinions very much my own.
Karim Palant @karimpalant.bsky.social Founder of the ‘Globalisation in one country’ movement.
Economic policy and politics
Ex Facebook
Ex LinkedIn
Ex Labour Adviser
#efc… Posts are all my own views.
Matt Hardwick, Public Policy Wonk @matthardwick.bsky.social Salus populi lex suprema est. -- Cicero, De Legibus. #ActuallyAutistic All tweets not views of past or current employers. Concord & Union. he/him/el, cis
Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social Professor of British Politics and Society at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. I work on UK political parties, political participation and democracy. Also interested in everything North-East
http://www.univ-paris3.fr/avril-emmanuelle-29364.kjsp
Natasha Finlayson @natfin.bsky.social History/theatre/film/travel/whippets/wokery. Charity chief exec by day.
Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social A flagship @PolStudiesAssoc journal. Published by @SAGECQPolitics.
http://politicsblog.ac.uk. IF 2.492
Stan's Account @tristandross.bsky.social having a laugh correspondent @online