Mags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social Exec Director Public Policy and Communication, Arts Council England. Also part time doctoral student at Bath IPR. Mostly interested in psychology here. More of it should underpin public policy. All views my own. 
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Tom Wells @tomwells.bsky.social Work for UK govt chief science adviser on tech and foresight. Former green chemist, science & media advisor, and science diplomat. All views personal.
Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com A markets and finance blog that's outside the FT paywall. All we ask is that you register to read: https://www.ft.com/content/b6cdf8d1-7435-460b-9a68-df456a143ce5
Dr Tarryn Godfrey @tarryngodfrey.bsky.social Lecturer in Sport for Development at Brunel University of London • Third sector/sports policy interests • Proudly South African
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/tarryn-godfrey
Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the Humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Immigrant. Urban cyclist (& motorist). Owned by dog. More lucky than smart. 0 attention span. Here privately. He/him.
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social Illuminating math and science. Supported by the Simons Foundation. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. www.quantamagazine.org
Dr Moira Nicolson @moiranics.bsky.social #SocialScientist and Public #Climate Comms and Engagement
Honorary Research Fellow @UCL
*Sharing research and views in a personal capacity*
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Martin Chorley @mjc.martinjc.com Dean of Education, College of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Cardiff University. Education, Data, Computational Journalism. Runner, Gardener, Geek. Organiser of low-stakes conspiracies
Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu Social data scientist with too many questions | PhD from @EUI
https://laurenleek.eu/
https://laurenleek.substack.com
Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing. 
Sheila Bair @sheilabair.bsky.social Former FDIC chair and other great jobs. I opine on financial issues, with an occasional dog post. Also a NYT best selling author. Don’t miss my next book, How Not to Lose a Million Dollars.
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Kerry L @kerrymlove.bsky.social Can't be held responsible for terrible spelling or grammar in posts
I work in widening participation at a university.
Dr of political material culture in Britain 1780-1832
Interested in citizenship and radicalism
Tinfoil Matt @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social The brain worm infestation caused by living next to Telegraph opinions every day
Liz Clements @lizclemo.bsky.social Cymraes & Singaporean 🏴🇸🇬 BBC Wales Today Journalist & presenter currently on mat leave.
School of Education, University of Bristol @soebristol.bsky.social This is the official account for the School of Education at the University of Bristol.
We are a world-class school for education, research and teaching.
#education #mysoebristol
University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social Top 10 UK Uni 📚 Leading research 🔬 World-class teaching 👩🎓 Vibrant city 🙌 Ranked 51st in the 🌍 (World University Rankings 2026) #WeAreBristolUni
bristol.ac.uk
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
PolicyBristol @policybristol.bsky.social PolicyBristol aims to enhance the influence and impact of research from across the University of Bristol on policy and practice at the local, national and international level. 
Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social Assoc Prof @CSUSM | 🦠⇄🦠 MGEs & coastal metagenomes | #BlueSoup 🥣🧬 🧫 | R1→Biotech→PUI | Protective mama bear of students | She/Her
Esko Reinikainen @reinikainen.eurosky.social Systems Change Sherpa
Helping people understand and access generative AI tools
Creative Industries (again)
Supporting Ukraine defend against the genocidal invasion by our barbaric neighbour
Tango dancing
Sauna enthusiast
Study level flight simulators
Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University
Studying Middle Eastern and North African identity in the US
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
UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social CLS is home to a unique series of UK national cohort studies. We conduct research and produce policy evidence to improve lives.
We are based at UCL Institute of Education. We are funded by the ESRC.
https://cls.ucl.ac.uk
Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, working on programming languages and software engineering. Coauthor, Programming Language Pragmatics (videos: https://tinyurl.com/PLP5vids). CTO of noteful.net ACM Publications Board member. He/him.
Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & humanities, theories of mind. Assistant Professor @umichlaw.bsky.social. 💙💛 she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
EXPeditions @expeditions.bsky.social Welcome to EXPeditions: where research meets the public. We publish open-access content by scholars from top universities—bridging the gap between academia and everyday life. Explore ideas that matter.
https://linktr.ee/joinexpeditionslinks
Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk An independent charity that seeks to fund blue skies research and scholarship. Follow this channel for details on upcoming grant deadlines, published research, scheme opening dates, grant announcements, events, and more. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/
Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social Labour MP for Warrington North 🌹
Jewish, book worm, happiest outdoors
Email: charlotte.nichols.mp@parliament.uk
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
ACM Special Interest Group on AI @acmsigai.bsky.social Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence: https://sigai.acm.org/main/
Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social #1 New York Times Audio Bestseller. Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Superman, Batman (BBC Radio); Alien, The Sandman (Audible) and many other audio productions. Writes. Directs. Plays Drums.
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
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
@acad-euro.bsky.social @acad-euro.bsky.social Academia Europaea, founded in 1988, is a European Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences with more than 5,700 members including 90 Nobel laureates.
Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social everybody deserves good security.
https://alecmuffett.com/about
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Nadira Faber @nadirafaber.bsky.social Experimental psychologist. Full professor for Social & Economic Psychology at Uni Bremen (Germany), researcher in Philosophy at Uni Oxford (UK). Research: morality, prosociality, group dynamics. https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/social-psychology
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation, critical data studies. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
Scientific Advice Mechanism @euscienceadvice.bsky.social We provide independent scientific evidence and policy recommendations to the European institutions.
#scienceadvice #scienceforpolicy
Sarah-Jane Potts @drsjpotts.bsky.social Lecturer for Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University| Sustainable Energy Solutions |STEM Outreach enthusiast 👩🔬 | Project Reimagine Energy🛝⚙️⚡ | Member of UK Young Academy |Views my own
Valerie O'Neill @minabird.bsky.social Thinking of upgrading to a CMP that respects citizen choices?
Get in touch at baycloud.com !
Independent European, security & privacy-first CMP
integrated cookie-free alternative to GA
co- founder with @mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
Mancunian, mum of 3
Demos @demosorg.bsky.social Dēmos is a non-profit public policy organization working to build a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy and economy.
demos.org
Keri Facer @kerifacer.bsky.social Futures, Time, Sustainability, Stories, Transitions
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
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.
Blavatnik School of Government @blavatnikschool.bsky.social Inspiring and supporting better public policy and government around the world through independent teaching and research at the University of Oxford.
Dr Clementine Collett @clemicollett.bsky.social Writer and researcher. BRAID UK fellow Cambridge University researching the impact of GenAI on the novel. PhD at Oxford University on AI and gender. 
dai lingual @dailingual.bsky.social edits, broadcasts, translates...yn golygu darlledu a chyfieithu
dailingual.cymru
Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social FT investigations. Previously defence & security editor, political and home affairs correspondent. Get in touch: helen.warrell@ft.com
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
DCMS Answers @dcms-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Department for Culture, Media and Sport answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library 
Natalie Downe @natbat.bsky.social Enthusiastic adventurer, artist, potter, conservation technologist, tidepool guide, California naturalist, community organizer & frontend web developer. WU3M 🦇🦭🦀(🐺🐓🐇) #scicomm
Mastodon @natbat@wandering.shop
Twitter @natbat
Instagram @natbat & @natbat.art
Jonny Mood - National Audit Office @jonnymood.bsky.social Director at National Audit Office (https://bsky.app/profile/nao.org.uk)
- value for money and improving public services. Transport, knowledge sharing and strategy
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
Sarah Murphy MS @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social Member of the Senedd for Bridgend | Minister for Mental Health & Wellbeing
James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
Ava Santina @avasantina.bsky.social Editor and superloop fan @politicsjoe.bsky.social
Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent.
Find me in The i Paper, The New World, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods
https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
Dr Hannah Slack @hannahslack.bsky.social Research and Involvement Manager @ The McPin Foundation | FHEA | Interests: students' and young people's mental wellbeing, social connection & belonging | #firstgen | she/her
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social Director General Reform and Efficiency, UK Cabinet Office
Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast.
Here to learn and make things work better.
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Kieron Flanagan @kieronflanagan.bsky.social Prof of Science & Tech Policy @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social. Views own, RTs not. 🐝🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
National Audit Office @nao.org.uk We're the NAO, the UK's independent public spending watchdog. We help Parliament hold government to account.
Stay updated with our latest work here.
https://linktr.ee/nationalauditoffice
Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social I am a Research Fellow, quantifying natural and human drivers of ecological organisation, across tropical reefs to temperate fisheries science. Views are my own.
HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social An EU-funded project bringing AI to the CCIs. Through HAMLET's Hub, artists, creative directors, writers, game developers, and AI experts co-create with tools for adaptive storytelling, dance analysis, 3D assets and more. https://hamlet-project.eu/
Katie Preece @katiepreece.bsky.social Volcanologist 🌋 Senior Lecturer at Swansea University
Claire Hazelgrove MP @chazelgrovemp.bsky.social Labour MP for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency. PPS to Darren Jones. For casework/other enquiries, please email: claire.hazelgrove.mp@parliament.uk
Ashley Frawley @ashleyafrawley.bsky.social Senior Editor, Compact Magazine • Senior Research Fellow, MCC Brussels • Sociologist, Uni Kent • Author, most recently, of Significant Emotions (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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
Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social Reader 📚 University of York. Home cultures and domestic economies.‘The Return of the Housewife: why women are still cleaning up’ out now! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170972/
Dr Emily Lowthian @dremilylowthian.bsky.social Lecturer at Swansea University. Interested in determinants of child wellbeing. Views own - She/Her - First Gen - Dysgu Cymraeg
Frances Jones @francesjones.bsky.social Senior Reporter @resprofnews.bsky.social. Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year 2025 @absw.bsky.social.
Email: frances.jones@clarivate.com; Signal: fj0101.04
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Columnist and writer at the Financial Times.
👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
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.
Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social Interested in all things parliament, government, and constitution at the Institute for Government. PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social journalist 💌 @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social british journalism award winner 2025, @wijuk.bsky.social rising star and paul foot shortlist 2026
Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social Award-winning science communicator, bestselling author, TV personality & co-founder of Scientists for XR - making STEM fun, fighting misinformation & advocating for diversity.
AuDHD, she/her
2x TEDx speaker, 4x cat lover
www.emilygrossman.co.uk
ADR Wales | YDG Cymru @adrwales.bsky.social Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales, part of the ESRC funded ADR UK partnership transforming the wealth of public sector data into research assets and policy-relevant insights.
Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social 🌹 Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, covering Shinfield & Whitley
📈 Member of the Treasury Select Committee
✉️ Please email if you'd like a reply: yuan.yang.mp@parliament.uk
Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social Head of Policy, Progs and Media at AdviceUK. Former Dep Director at Women’s Budget Group. Former CEO Equality Trust, interim CEO & Dep Director of The Runnymede Trust. Worked across Government and on national Commissions. Views my own.
Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
Melissa Hogenboom @melissa-hogenboom.bsky.social BBC filmmaker/science reporter/author. The Motherhood Complex out now. Next book - Breadwinners coming summer 2025. https://melissahogenboom.substack.
Dr Keri Wong @drkeriwong.bsky.social Psychologist Criminologist @UCL | CoDirector @EduCrimJustice | PI @keriwonglab | @UKRI Policy Fellow | Expert Fellow @DSIT | @UKYA | #crime #paranoia #YouthMH | Ex Penn Cambridge 🇭🇰🇳🇿🇬🇧
Luxmy Gopal @luxmy.bsky.social Journalist, Reporter, Presenter
BBC News, BBC Breakfast, BBC London || Ex BBC Look North, BBC Jersey
Tom Symons @tomsymons.bsky.social Head of Policy Insights at @thefea.bsky.social
Education, innovation, government, tech, policy and the unrelenting woes of Southampton Football Club. May contain cats. All views my own.
Owen Gower @owengower.bsky.social Director, UK Council for Graduate Education