CourtWatch @courtwatchproject.bsky.social Shaping the future of justice in England & Wales ⚖️
Our volunteers observe magistrates courts, gather data, and take action. Join the next round of CourtWatch - sign up today!
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Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social 25 years lawyering, in Government Departments & independent public bodies in the UK. Statutory interpretation, constitutional, regulatory & criminal law.
Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk Barrister & mediator.
Things I like: legal history & legal oddities; music & musical instruments; Mesopotamian history; & Portuguese wine and Port.
My professional website is: http://www.giffordhead.co.uk
Please email rather than DM!
Forgive typos.
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
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
Hadassa Noorda @hadassanoorda.bsky.social Philosopher of (Criminal) Law, University of Amsterdam
Katja Kircher @katjakircher.bsky.social Research Leader at VTI, Sweden. Sustainable transport, active travel. Cycling long and short distances.
eng/swe/ger
Tony Brett @tonybrett.org.uk Loves cycling, active travel, safe roads, choral singing, wild swimming. LGBT+ role model. Deputy Lord Mayor of Oxford 2013-14. Work in Information Security/Cyber. Secondary School Governor. Opinions mine only. 
Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social Charity lawyer; charity trustee; transport campaigner.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
House of Commons Committees @hoccommittees.parliament.uk Where MPs consider policy issues and check the Government’s work.
Human Factors and Safety Behavior Group (HFSBG) @hfsbg.bsky.social Timo Lajunen and Igor Radun’s research group at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi. Igor takes responsibility for the content.
Oli Hutt @olihutt.bsky.social Lover of board games and tea. Working in policing and criminal justice research/consultancy. Favourite book title is definitely "My numbers my friends." From the UK now living in Leipzig, Germany.
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
Kevin Hickman @kevin-hickman.bsky.social Trustee of Wheels for Wellbeing. Director of Windrush Bike Project.
Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social Professor in Psychology of Learning, University of Leeds, UK. Imminently PVC learning and teaching, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA. Welsh learner, #psychology #HE #assessment. She/her/hi. SFHEA. NTF. Opinions my own, reposts are not endorsements
Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social Geographer - Professor - Mum - Playing - #playstreets - Cycling - #kidicalmass - #WarOnCars - Walking - Noticing - Green - North Tyneside - North Shields - UK
Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social Emeritus Prof ex Chair South B’ham PCT and Cycling UK. Chair Push Bikes. Dirty air damages heart and lungs ❤️ NHS saved my life twice. #WalkCyclePlay you know you want to
Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social London Assembly Member since 2016, Green Group Leader and Chair Transport Committee. Highbury Cllr 2014-26. Green Party
https://cityhallgreens.com/
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of Caroline Russell, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Drystone Chambers @drystonechambers.bsky.social Drystone Chambers is a London based set of barristers chambers' specialising in criminal, regulatory & disciplinary law. Ranked in Legal500 and Chambers and Partners.
Terry Cook @tgcook.bsky.social There’s a lot I don’t know, and that’s a good thing. 🎙️🌱🐕🏰
Secret Squirrel @secretsquidgle.bsky.social Cyclist, data bloke, Dad to ADHD & ND kids.
(he/him)
Fairly Wokeist coz it’s better than the alternative.
George B. Radics @georgeradics.bsky.social Sociologist/Law&Society Scholar. Interested in criminalization at the margins, focusing on race and sexuality. georgebradics.com
Law Paw Calendar (Billable Hour) @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social Charity calendar with law pets, raising money for @SaveChildrenUK. Orders for 2026 now closed
David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social Professor of UK Human Rights Law, UEA: public order/protest/policing/free speech/human rights
Poor but inveterate punster.Converse collector. Law, politics, Derby County, & music
Man of Sussex in exile…still fighting the forced East/West partition of ‘72
Yorkshire Criminal Law Forum @yclf.bsky.social A collaborative research initiative by the Universities of York, Leeds, and Sheffield. We aim to foster scholarly exchange in the field of criminal law and justice.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/yclf/
Jim Fraser @jimf555.bsky.social 🧬Professor of forensic science ✍️ Writer
🔬 Expert witness/case reviewer
🎥 Broadcaster ⚖️ Formerly; Magistrate, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commision
👮A/Dir Scottish Institute for Policing Research.
https://shorturl.at/gliiw | https://tinyurl.com/29x3r43c
Alex Sutherland @criminologist.bsky.social Criminology, public policy, research and experiments
https://sites.google.com/researchdesign.uk/alexsutherland
Newest paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-025-09726-0
Dr Gemma Hamilton @drgemmahamilton.bsky.social ARC DECRA and Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice Studies RMIT | Associate Editor: Legal & Criminological Psychology| Researching sexual violence, family violence, police responses, investigative interviewing, victim-survivor perspectives
@themphcollective.bsky.social @themphcollective.bsky.social 
CyclingMikey @cyclingmikey.bsky.social Teaching the unwilling - reported 2,075 drivers since 2019. 2,460 penalty points, £150,537 in fines (not all results). YouTube: http://youtube.com/@CyclingMikey
profserious @profserious.bsky.social Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.uk
Robin Lovelace @robinlovelace.bsky.social Professor of Transport Data Science
Jackson Allen @jallen7.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at University of Sheffield | criminal law, evidence, and legal philosophy | 🇺🇸/🇬🇧
Laura Hoyano 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @lhoyano.bsky.social Emeritus Law Prof, Oxford Uni, Wadham College. Barrister Red Lion Chambers. Interests incl child protection, vulnerable witnesses, human rights. Cats, narrowboats & figure skating. Proud Canadian, Brit & European. Convenor @coeusjustice@bsky.social
Michelle Madden Dempsey @m2dempsey.bsky.social Law Professor Villanova University; Co-Editor-in-Chief Criminal Law & Philosophy @CLPHjournal; @UniversityofOxford DPhil/CUF
Virtual Criminal Law Group @vclg.bsky.social The Virtual Criminal Law Group is an online academic discussion group for criminal law broadly construed, founded in April 2020 and co-organised by Scotland-based criminal law scholars. Write to vclgscotland@gmail.com to join our mailing list!
Commuter cyclist @smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social Cycles for commuting. Active travel enthusiast. Bad driving/bad infrastructure unenthusiast.
Erin Eese @erineese.bsky.social Driving is a privilege, not a right. Life is a right.
Drivers who kill or seriously injure should be given lifetime driving bans. 
Emily Brannen @ebrannen.bsky.social Criminology PhD candidate researching the role of education in criminal justice responses. Areas of focus include road safety, public health, CPD, and evidence-informed policy and practice. Committed to applied research and policy engagement.
Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social Managing Director, Bridges for Communities, supporting people to live well together
📍Bristol 🇬🇧
Posts on: Bristol, community cohesion & social inclusion, climate & nature, deliberative democracy, public engagement and positive news.
Views my own.
Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, Fellow of the Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies and SFHEA. Interests: ASB, victims, policy, methods. ‘Mixed Methods in Criminology’: https://bit.ly/2Fbw5St
Prof Mark Walters (FAcSS) @markawalters.bsky.social Prof of Criminal Law & Criminology I Expert on hate crime I Author of Criminalising Hate: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08125-5 I Chair, International Network for Hate Studies.
Dog daddy to Ozzie
LGB with the T
Neurodiverse
He/him
Sorcha Mc Cormack @sorchamcc.bsky.social Senior lecturer in law at Leeds Beckett. PhD from Durham University on Vulnerability & Sexual Offences. Proud Irish feminist, Mama to Croía & Bowie. 
Women in Road Safety @womenroadsafety.bsky.social 🚦 Showcasing women driving innovative research & impactful leadership in road safety
ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu The European Transport Safety Council is the independent voice for road safety in Europe.
www.etsc.eu
Jennie Martin @jmpublictransport.bsky.social Public transport, transport safety, transport equity, ITS
Meera Naran @meeranaran.bsky.social Independent Road Safety Campaigner| In memory of Dev Naran
PACTS @pactsuk.bsky.social Leading transport safety charity advising Parliamentarians on multi modal transport safety issues. Secretariat to Transport Safety APPG.
melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social US carceral and urban history, jail and policing, historiography. AAUP, abolition, working mom in CT, personal account. newsletter publisher, plz subscribe: https://carceral-history.ghost.io/
Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social Designer of chips, programmer of chips
University of Leicester | Leicester Law School @leicesterlawschool.bsky.social Official account for University of Leicester | Leicester Law School 📚⚖️
https://le.ac.uk/law
Tim Nutbeam @timnutbeam.bsky.social PHEM / EM based in the UK. Director of IMPACT-Transforming post-collision care through research, innovation & collaboration | Advocate for evidence-based road safety & equitable healthcare |Post-collision and extrication research - www.post-collision.com
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social Chair of Road Danger Reduction Forum www.rdrf.org.uk
Posts on RDR, transport, #ClimateCatastrophe. Some other serious matters e.g. #Ukraine, some fun stuff e.g. cycle sport.
Mark Hodson @mrmarkhodson.bsky.social That now retired traffic cop that did all that stuff that annoys the endangering problem group 😉 Member of the TheMPHCollective Transport and Policing Thinktank & butler to 2 very demanding retired greyhounds.
Imogen Jones @drimogenjones.bsky.social Legal academic, sugar addict, committed grump. Views are my own. RT's do not indicate endorsement.
https://deadbodiesandthelaw.wordpress.com/ 
Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social Journalist, author of Potholes and Pavements, cohost of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social
https://lauralaker.substack.com
Muted live on Julia Hartley-Brewer's Talk show
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies - University of Leeds @ccjsleeds.bsky.social The Centre for Criminal Justice Studies advances independent, theoretically informed and methodologically rigorous research on key issues in crime and criminal justice.
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law-research-centre-criminal-justice-studies
Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, University of Sheffield. Trustee at Criminal Justice Alliance. Volunteer for Sheffield Jazz. Peak District walker. Drug policy geek.
dr ian greenwood @ianmgreenwood.bsky.social Campaigner to #StopRoadDeath. In memory of my daughter, Alice, killed in an avoidable road traffic collision: forever 12 years old.
I post on road death, road danger and policymaking. Speaker. Writer. Activist.
Ashleigh Filtness @ajfiltness.bsky.social Professor of Transport Human Factors & Sleep Science at Loughborough University #SleepAndSafety #DriverFatigue #DriverSleepiness #RoadSafety *views are my own*
The Road Safety Trust @therstrust.bsky.social Independent charitable grant-giving trust, supporting research & interventions intended to save lives & reduce injuries on UK roads.
Dr Elizabeth Box @elizabethbox.bsky.social PhD FCIHT | Transportation researcher & commissioner | Expertise in road safety | NGO, public & private sector experience | Research Director at the RAC Foundation
Account for the Roads Policing Academic Network @therpan.bsky.social 
Criminal Justice Theory Blog @theoryjustice.bsky.social Criminal Justice Theory Blog, eds. Dr Liat Levanon (KCL) &
@markedsouza1.bsky.social (UCL). We welcome pitches for blogposts on any aspect of crim justice theory.
criminaljusticetheoryblog.wordpress.com
Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social Associate Professor of Astropolitics | Space warfare | Own views
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Laura Bee @laura-bee3.bsky.social Associate Professor and Director of Legal Advice Clinic at University of Leicester. SFHEA. Inclusion. Dispute resolution. Gardening. Cakes.
Policing Insight @policinginsight.bsky.social Policing Insight is the leading platform to keep up with the latest in progressive policing. It is where the global police and criminal justice community both consume and share knowledge, opinion and analysis. 
Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
Rick Muir @rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social Policing Advisor at the UK Home Office. Previously Director of the Police Foundation and Associate Director at IPPR. Dad. From Teesside #UTB.
JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn88.bsky.social Solicitor Advocate. I specialise in criminal law. Also player of games and baker of goods, when time allows.
Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social I am UK/Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. Police, prisons, law, crime and terrorism. Before that Moscow Correspondent so still post about Russia/Ukraine.
Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
Michael Law-Smith @michaellaw-smith.bsky.social JD/PhD Philosophy Candidate | University of Toronto
The Cat From Greece @acatfromgreece.bsky.social …joined the police. Pig in a wig: full time criminal barrister, part time response cop. Once described as 'quite personable'.
Bernard Richmond KC @phatsilkkc.bsky.social Criminal Defence & Inquests barrister at Lamb Building, London & Central Chambers, Manchester. Dedicated to advocacy, Middle Temple, Legal Education (Hon. Prof at Univ of Kent) & access to justice. 6th Dan Judo (BJC & proud) Rufus & Christa keep me sane.
Dr Felicity Gerry KC @felicitygerry.bsky.social International Defence Counsel specialising in terrorism, war crimes, modern slavery & white collar : https://felicitygerry.com/links/
Prof Gemma Briggs @gemmabriggs.bsky.social Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology at the OU researching dual tasking whilst driving and visual perception for complex scenes. Views are my own.
drivingchange.webflow.io 
Andrew Thompson @agtlaw.bsky.social Barrister and “hyper expert on road traffic law.” http://www.counsel.co.uk
Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
Helen Wells @roadspolicingwells.bsky.social Criminologist and researcher of all things roads policing.
Shares are not endorsements.
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social Law Prof. GWU, Tech & Justice. Author: “Your Data Will Be Used Against You,” “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Adriano Martufi @adrianomartufi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Criminal Law (University of Pavia) - Research Fellow (Leiden Law School) - interested in European criminal law and penology. Born in Venice, straddling IT and the NL
Dr Sharron FitzGerald @sharronfitz.bsky.social Academic: VAW, trafficking, gender, law
Director LEX network
lexnetwork.org
Bluesky: lexnetwork.bsky.social
Co-E-in-C Gender & Justice
https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gj/gj-overview.xml
genderandjustice.bsky.social
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies @crimeandjustice.bsky.social A fair, effective and accountable justice system, in a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment
Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: catherinebaksi@hotmail.com.
Sokah2Soca @sokah2soca.bsky.social Soca, Calypso, Steelband, Caribbean Culture
Vishal Misra | विशाल मिश्रा @viziervish.bsky.social Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
Tony Dowson @tonydowson5.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, British and short.
James Alan Anslow @journodoc.bsky.social Writer: linktr.ee/jamesalananslow
Philipp-Alexander Hirsch @phirsch.bsky.social Research Group Leader @MPICSL: https://csl.mpg.de/de/philipp-alexander-hirsch.html
Criminal Law Theory | Legal Philosophy
Strafrecht | Strafprozessrecht | Rechtsphilosophie
Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader) in Law and Philosophy at The University of Surrey.
Editor of Legal-Phi (blog)
AoI: Legal & Pol Phil., Crim. Law Theory.
www.lmiotto.wordpress.com