Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social Companion blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press for the Social Policy Association.
🔗 www.socialpolicyblog.co.uk
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Tom Disney @tdisney85.bsky.social Associate Professor and Social Geographer at Northumbria University. My research applies geographical theory and spatial methods to social work and child welfare.
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/tom-disney/
DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social Biosecurity, outbreaks, apocalypses, language & conspiracy. Former Fed. Intellectual magpie. Dogs, SciFi, nerdery. Views my own.
Methodological Innovations Journal @methodinnovations.bsky.social Methodological Innovations is an international #OpenAccess journal for social science research methods https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Editors: @ruthboyask.bsky.social, @roxanneconnelly.bsky.social & Eric Harrison Publisher: @sagepub.com
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
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
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
ASA Family Section @asa-family.bsky.social Fostering sociological thinking about families. Bringing together those who want to learn & teach about families. www.asafamilysection.com 
Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social Sociologist at SOFI, interested in families, social policy, and poverty & inequality.
Joint coordinator of the rEUsilience project (www.reusilience.eu)
Dr Robin A Hadley @drrobinhadley1.bsky.social Social gerontologist, academic, consultant, researcher, writer.
Author, 'How is a man supposed to be a man? Male childlessness a Life Course Disrupted': https://bit.ly/3aa3TfO
Website: https://www.robinhadley.co.uk/
Links: http://linktr.ee/robinahadley
Professor Lisa Scullion @lisa-scullion.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy
Academic Lead (Interim) Social Innovation Institute
University of Salford, UK
FAcSS
Corinne Nativel @corinne075.bsky.social Maîtresse de conférences en études anglophones/sciences sociales, Université Paris-Est Créteil, directrice du Collège franco-britannique (CIUP)
Joeli Brearley @joelib.bsky.social Founder of Pregnant Then Screwed. Speaker. Author. Expert on the motherhood penalty.
@sharon-elley.bsky.social @sharon-elley.bsky.social 
Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social Podcaster for Bristol University Press & Policy Press. Writer. MA: UoG. Bylines: PopMatters & Bristol24/7. Posts about writing, music and pro wrestling. 🍉
✍🏻 & 🎧 https://muckrack.com/richardmskemp/portfolio
(he/him)
Dr. Ole Wintermann @olewin.bsky.social Born 322 ppm. Earthling of European origin. #ClimateChange #Nachhaltigkeit #KI #Cyclist #mdRzA #Science #GoingVegan. Personal views! instagram.com/olewintermann 🇩🇪🇸🇪🇬🇧🇳🇴
Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Sharon Wright @profsharonwright.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Welfare conditionality, gender, women, Universal Credit, social security, disability benefits, devolution, migrant essential workers, labour migration
She/her
Katherine Twamley @ktwamley.bsky.social Prof of Sociology
@UCL
Chair
@UCLSociology
Areas of expertise: Love, intimacy, gender, families, parental leave
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @maggieoneill.bsky.social 
Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social Historian at CCCU: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968
Councillor of the Royal Historical Society; SHS executive; EHS. Views own.
Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013",
Soon: 'The Wheel of Poverty'. He/him.
Alex Beer @amiddletonbeer.bsky.social 
Families Europe @cofaceeu.bsky.social We are the EU network of family organisations advocating for strong social policies for ALL #families. #disability #genderequality #saferinternet
https://youtube.com/shorts/YbmihnGVJ6w?feature=share
Contexts Magazine @contexts.org Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge sociology research accessible to general readers. Edited by David Grazian, with managing editor Elena van Stee.
contexts.org
Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social Reader | Cardiff University
Sociologist (Disability | Health and Illness | Reproduction | Stigma)
Co-Editor in Chief of 'Sociology of Health and Illness'
He | Him | His
Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social UK disability charity for all families caring for a disabled child ☎️ support, info & advice ❤️ bringing families together 📢 campaigning for change! Find out more: https://linktr.ee/contactfamilies
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs @scottishfamilies.bsky.social We are a national charity which supports anyone affected by someone else’s alcohol or drug use in Scotland, whether they are still actively using substances, are in recovery, or you are bereaved.
Helpline: 08080 10 10 11
www.sfad.org.uk
APPG on Kinship Care @appgkinshipcare.bsky.social All Party Parliamentary Group on Kinship Care.
Secretariat: @familyrightsgp.bsky.social. Contact: jhall@frg.org.uk.
Not an official feed of Parliament.
bit.ly/kinshipcareappg
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
Health and Social Care Committee @commonshealth.bsky.social We are a cross-party group of @houseofcommons.parliament.uk MPs. This account is not being monitored. Follow us at @hoccommittees.parliament.uk
Get involved 👉 https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/health-and-social-care-committee/
@proftinamiller.bsky.social @proftinamiller.bsky.social Professor of Sociology. Interests in motherhood, fatherhood, gender & parenthood. International advisor to NGOs, think tanks & political parties. Media friendly and views definitley my own!
mattpadley.bsky.social @mattpadley.bsky.social Co-Director and Professor at the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University. Research/think/write on poverty, living standards, income, retirement. Running may sneak in now & then.
Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social Assistant professor @demigkrems.bsky.social | formerly @giga-hamburg.de @aissr.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social | (im)mobility & displacement | diaspora | MENA & Europe
Truck Festival @truckfestival.bsky.social The UK's Most Warped Village Fete
https://truckfestival.com/
Journal of Family Studies @jfamstudies.bsky.social Journal of Family Studies is an international journal. It aims to develop understandings of families, households and relationships from a range of perspectives
Institute for Community Research and Development @icrdwlv.bsky.social Since 2017, ICRD has been working to improve the lives and life chances of people in the region through research driven policy development, promoting social mobility, and by delivering effective community-based transformational projects.
UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social TCRU researches children, families and social change. Our work focuses on inequality, migration, gender, parenting and diverse families, and on connecting research to policy, practice and public understanding.
Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social Head of the School of Law, Politics, & Society, University of Lincoln. Research on propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy & soft power. Lover of all things literary. Living with Crohn’s Disease. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Steven Bramwell @stevenbramwell.bsky.social NHS employee
Aviation geek
Vice chair of North East Young Dads and Lads
Love to travel
He/him/his
Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social Human Geographer at Loughborough University, UK | profsarahmills.com | researching childhood, youth, citizenship, volunteering, gambling, gaming, prediction markets
ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health @kingscsmh.bsky.social Launched in 2020, the ESRC Centre at King's College London aims to transform understanding of how social, economic and cultural changes affect mental health.
Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social Studying societies at Leeds since 1946. We are home to research specialisms including gender, disability studies, racism and ethnicity, family and life course, health technologies and social and political thought.
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology
Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Glasgow - Urban Studies and Social Policy. Research on the role of citizen voices in policy-making processes, public engagement and lived experience as a form evidence. 
Eileen Irvin @eileenirvin.bsky.social Co-Head of @IpsosUK Survey Research Methods Centre - my views are my own.
Fiona Collie 🏴🐕😊❤️🖖⚽️ @tartan1314.bsky.social Charity policy geek, councillor, board member with interest in unpaid carers, community, disability, women's health, anti poverty, health & social care, politics, equity & equality. ❤️ Star Trek, football, animals. ♿️🏳️🌈 Owned by Hamish the staffie. Views own.
Work and Equalities Institute @workequalities.bsky.social www.wei.manchester.ac.uk
Research institute at The University of Manchester. Research themes include: Work Futures, Fairness and Wellbeing in the Workplace, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Regulation and representation. 
dleechan@bluesky.social @dleechan.bsky.social Trustee of the Social Research Association, Certified member of the Market Research Society, Public Servant, school governor and mum.
Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social PhD student and research officer working across public health and psychology with a focus on food bank use. Trying to stay mentally well within academia https://charlottewalker.uk/ ORCID 0000-0003-2244-350X
John McNutt @johngmcnutt.bsky.social Recovering academic (Emeritus Full Professor--taught public policy and social work). I do research and work to make the world a better place. Data enthusiast. #Tech4Good #CivicTech #PublicinterestTechnology #Data4Good #AI4Good #Data
Sumei WU @s-wu.bsky.social Researcher @ social welfare, ageing, welfare mobility, gerontology, intergenerational support
Tim Shakespeare @tim-shakespeare.bsky.social Working on research and innovation to give children a fairer start and reduce inequalities. New dad, community volunteer and senior analyst @nestauk.bsky.social. My own views
Roxanne Connelly @roxanneconnelly.bsky.social Sociologist
University of Edinburgh
Research Impact Academy @researchimpactacademy.com Creating research impact for researchers by building skills of influence, collaboration and communication.
#researchimpact #impactacademy #KT
https://researchimpactacademy.com
Karen Barker @karenmbarker.bsky.social Policy & Research
Holly Prescott @holby83.bsky.social Researcher careers and development devotee. Helping PhD and postdoc researchers make career transitions, especially beyond academia. Trainer and PhD careers blogger at: https://phd-careers.co.uk Living with #AZOOR 👁
National Centre for Research Methods @ncrm.ac.uk The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) delivers training in #ResearchMethods. Visit: www.ncrm.ac.uk
NCRM is a partnership between the University of Southampton and The University of Manchester.
Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
Kat @katsimmo.bsky.social Sociologist interested in young people's experiences of education, work, and community in former mining communities. Social Haunting| Deindustrialisation| Marxism| Ethnography
Will also spam you with dog pictures 🐾
Gerry Nicolaas @gerrynicolaas.bsky.social Director of Methods at the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen.ac.uk). Posting about research methodology and related topics, in a personal capacity.
Virtual Support 4 Parents @onlinesupportstudy.bsky.social Nuffield Foundation funded study about universal online/digital resources and support 4 parents.
Line Nyhagen @linenyhagen.bsky.social Professor of Sociology @ Loughborough University, UK. Adjunct Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. Researching religion, gender, race & citizenship. She/her.
Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
Jaynie Rance @jaynierance.bsky.social Professor of Health Psychology at Swansea University
Deborah Bamber @debbamber.bsky.social Health services researcher, SAPPHIRE, University of Leicester | Currently researching in acute emergency care | Interested in optimising patient & parent experience, patient safety & AMR, maternal & infant healthcare, qualitative research methods, PPIE
Nerys Anthony @nerys-a.bsky.social Executive Director at The Children’s Society - all things young people & impact, creating waves of change.
Mum to 3 humans & a dog. Slow runner. Love to laugh … all my own words & pictures here
(she/her)
Emma Hyde @emmarhyde.bsky.social PhD Researcher in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds. Interested in: youth transitions, parental co-residence, families & inter-generational relationships, social inequalities, life course, qualitative methods.
The Social Research Association @the-sra.org.uk A membership body for social researchers. We aim to represent, support, connect and inform our members and the wider social research community.
https://the-sra.org.uk/
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization 
Dr Angela Marsh @angelamarshpsych.bsky.social Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonates. Interest in supporting compassionate care throughout the healthcare system. Also anything that calms, brings joy, and connection #neonatalpsychology
Marjie Knudsen @marjieknudsen.bsky.social I post about the wellbeing of Children & Adolescents. Author, Parent. Compassion, Respect, Kindness.
Beyond Baby Blues Podcast @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social A podcast for anyone with an interest in pregnancy, parenting, and maternal mental health. Hosted by perinatal psychiatrists @drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social & @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social
Website: https://tinyurl.com/vhv5ntr4
The Dad Shift @dadshiftuk.bsky.social We're a group of men, dads and co-parents campaigning for proper paternity leave in the UK. Add your name to back better paternity leave: dadshift.org.uk/sign-now
European Sociological Review @europeansocreview.bsky.social 
The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot The Promise Scotland supports those working in and around the 'care system' to create meaningful change, helping to ensure Scotland can #KeepThePromise by 2030.
Parenting Across Scotland @parentingscotland.bsky.social Parenting Across Scotland is a network of charities focussing on issues affecting parents in Scotland. By supporting families we support children.
https://linktr.ee/parentingacrossscotland
One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk Scotland’s national charity for single parent families. We support family wellbeing, empower parents with the right information and advice, enable access to work, training + education, and campaign against poverty. Free helpline: 0808 801 0323.
IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
Sarah Jewell @profsarahjewell.bsky.social Professor of Economics, University of Reading, Labour Economist. PI Nuffield Foundation study: infant feeding and return to work. Mum of 1. Cricket geek. Loves purple. Views are my own.
Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
Melanie Nind @melnind.bsky.social Professor of Education at the University of Southampton. Posting about inclusive pedagogy, inclusive (qual) research methods, and intellectual disability. Also following nice cats.
Martina Yopo Díaz @martinayopo.bsky.social PhD in Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK. Assistant Professor of Sociology at Universidad Católica, Chile. Gender | Reproduction | Time
Harvey Humphrey @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social Academic. Poet. Creative sociologist. Queer non-binary trans man. Spoonie. Gentletran & a scholar. Also part of the Queer Disability Studies Network snails. 🐌🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@jennyjones.bsky.social @jennyjones.bsky.social 🏴🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺Rejoin
Votes for 16yo
Save our publicly funded NHS& public orgs
Internatl legisltn to outlaw media misinfo
Transparency&accountability
Truth&justice
UK nds political&media reform& legislation
Music movement nature lit art & kindness- sanity essentials
Virginia E Rutter @virginiarutter.bsky.social Sociologist. Organize adjunct faculty. Wrote/edited Families as They Really Are, The Gender of Sexuality, The Love Test, others. Cook. Blend mini cocktails. Framingham State U emerita. Council on Contemporary Families Scholar. DC public library member+fan.
Erman Örsan Yetiş, PhD @ermanorsanyetis.bsky.social Marie Curie Fellow @ShefUniPolitics- #criminology and #sociology scholar- critical studies on men and masculinities, gendered violence, anti-gender movements, psychosocial studies, migration studies, LGBTQ studies, gender sensitive design and research
Prof. Michelle Lefevre @michellelefevre.bsky.social #socialwork academic researching #innovation, relationship-based practice, adolescent #safeguarding, #kindness, #socialcare. I lead @theinnovateproject.bsky.social -but gardening is my greatest love 🌈 https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p28733-michelle-lefevre
Steph Scott @stephscott.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK. Unapologetic sociologist. Justice-involved families. Health & Justice systems. Health inequalities. Longitudinal and creative qualitative methods. Trustee: NE Youth. Personal views. She/her
Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
#blue
UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social Supporting the impact of the UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Data Impact blog: http://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk
Other impact activities: https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/impact/
Email us at: ukdsimpact@jisc.ac.uk
Lydia Pell @creatingminds.bsky.social Higher Education consultant, Doctoral research (CreatingDads), Trustee:UMHAN, Senior Assessor for UMHC, Art Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor
Following Young Fathers Further @followingyff.bsky.social A UKRI QL study advancing the co-creation of father-inclusive support with young dads & professionals
@emiliewicks.bsky.social @emiliewicks.bsky.social 
Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social @SFSU Professor of Psychology (Developmental) | I study families with an emphasis on fathers, adolescence, transitions, and equity | PhD UT Austin | focused on preschool through college | public library fan | he/him
Mary Kelly Foy MP @marykfoymp.bsky.social Labour MP City of Durham. Trade Unionist. Socialist. Promoted by Kate Bolger, on behalf of Mary Kelly Foy, both at Labour North, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PA.
Dr Lee Sobo-Allen @soboallen.bsky.social Father, coal miner's son, beard lover, social work researcher and lecturer.
@dadmattersuk.bsky.social @dadmattersuk.bsky.social 
Nicki Pierce @nickipierce.bsky.social 
Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social Children thrive when Dads thrive.
Providing Dads and families with the tools they need to give their child the best possible start in life.
Founded in Edinburgh, working across the UK.
Registered charity: SC043877
🌐 www.dadsrock.org.uk
Mark Peters @markpe.bsky.social Interim Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer at Ofsted
Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh. Welfare state, social security, (un)employment, poverty, policy-making. Views own, RTs not endorsements. https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/hayley-bennett