State of the Future @sotf.org.uk A new think tank for public servants & others who believe data, digital, openness and innovation can deliver better policy, better services & better outcomes for people. Established by @gavinfreeguard.com. Associate: @aliceolilly.bsky.social
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Dan Lockton @danlockton.com Utrecht, NL + Norwich, UK
Prof of Design & Imagination, Norwich University of the Arts ⦿ Director, Institute for Sustainable Worlds https://sustainableworlds.org.uk ⦿ Design⸻imagination⸻climate⸻futures ⦿ http://imaginari.es ⦿ he/him ⦿ Not employer's views
Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer 🏳️⚧️, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
I really dislike unsolicited advice.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Anna Aberg @eamaberg.bsky.social Research Fellow at Chatham House, focusing on international climate politics, the UN climate negotiations and climate finance. Co-host of the Climate Briefing podcast
Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social
Chatham House Middle East and North Africa @chmenap.bsky.social The Middle East and North Africa Programme @chathamhouse.bsky.social | A world-leading centre for analysis, policy research and debate on the MENA region.
🔗 kalam.chathamhouse.org
Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social The Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.
Policy research and discussion on Russia, the Eastern Partnership states and Central Asia.
Website: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/russia-and-eurasia-programme
Chatham House Global Economy and Finance Programme @chgef.bsky.social
Lisa Musumba @lisamusumba.bsky.social Communications Coordinator @africaprog.bsky.social • Host of the #AfricaAware podcast • views are my own
Nilza Amaral @nilzaamaral.bsky.social Head of Research Operations, Global Governance and Security Centre, Chatham House (@chathamhouse.bsky.social). Down is the new up. Views my own.
Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
Benet Northcote @benetnorthcote.bsky.social Partner, Four32
Chair, Dialogue Earth
Chair, Conservative Environment Network
Trustee, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Speaker
Catherine Owen @catherinepowen.bsky.social she/her. blonde going back to romford. the p stands for Pam. views my very own. canadian(ish)
Michael Walsh @greatermiddleeast.bsky.social Sr. National Security and Foreign Policy Columnist / Lead Researcher on US national strategic plans / Occasional Lecturer at Foreign Service Institute / Former Sr Comm Mgr at Microsoft/ Affiliate at Georgetown SFS / Views own.
Dutch Government News @dutchgovnews.com The English version of openrijk.nl/en offers essential government reads for all non-Dutch speakers.
This is not an official government account!
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Dr. Paulette Steeves @indigarc.bsky.social Canadian, Cree-Metis, Archaeologist, Canada Research Chair Tier II. Pyroepistemology, Author of the Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere. Gardening, food security, Terra Preta soils. Democracy
Wilfred Mijnhardt @wmijnhardt.bsky.social Wilfred (Willem) Mijnhardt, Policy Director General Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) & Honorary professor at Edinburgh BSchool (EBS-HWU). Passionate for Universities, Business Schools, #excellence #impact #research #RRI #RRBM #PRME
Transforming Evidence @transformevidence.bsky.social Global collaboration improving research about evidence production, mobilisation and use, and sharing lessons about what we already know
JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social Communications | Geopolitics | Humor
Huge fan of democracy.
Least favorite pastime: Watching things happen after being told they can’t possibly happen
Header photo: Olivier Matthys AP
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Early Modern History @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, political cultures, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Annika Bergman Rosamond @a-bergman-rosamond.bsky.social Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in IR and Gender, University of Edinburgh. Director of Students, School of Social & Political Science. Co-convenor Gender and Politics Research Group, UoE. Former Chair of FTGS & Co-convenor GIRWG;FFP; autism advocate
Political Research Exchange @prxjournal.bsky.social Gold Open Access journal from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/prxx20/current
Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social Family man | Professor @Syracuse | Sr. Fellow @Atlantic Council | Fmr. China Fellow @TheWilsonCenter | Geoeconomics, Finance, & Cleveland sports | www.danielmcdowell.org
Cristina Maza @cmaza.bsky.social Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defence. Editing @ Euractiv.
www.cristinamaza.com
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charles-spillane.bsky.social @charles-spillane.bsky.social Chief Scientist of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social MetaROR is a community initiative led jointly by RoRI and AIMOS. It provides a platform that leverages the publish–review-curate model to improve the dissemination and evaluation of metaresearch.
European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social The professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), publishing contributions written by and for the political science community.
Tech @ Public First @publicfirsttech.bsky.social The Tech, Media & Telecomms team @ Public First.
Combining opinion research, policy and economic insight to explore how tech shapes public life. For TMT research hot off the press check out https://substack.com/@publicfirsttech
Martin Schwarz @blackmaddin.bsky.social Researching entrepreneurship & innovation @ Uni Stuttgart. Building bridges between AI, venture creation, and social impact. Cyclist, engaged in Malawi NGO work, Ansbach based.
Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, Univ of Cambridge
Founder & Chair, Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Research: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
Aleks Turobov, PhD @alturobov.bsky.social Political Scientist with a love for technology. Assistant Professor. Research lead AI & Geopolitics Project @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk.
AI | Security | Digital Sovereignty
Tom Joseph @tomjchicago.bsky.social Technology, Geopolitics, Science, History, Exposing Propaganda
Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social Prof in Law & Emerging Technologies. Interactions between law, geopolitics and technology governance. Currently writing about EU Digital Sovereignty. Probably just here to post synthwave and talk about microchips.
Joanna Chiu @joannachiu.bsky.social Managing Partner at Nüora Global Advisors — a strategic intelligence and advisory firm focused on technology, geopolitics, and business in Asia. Powered by a global network of investigative specialists and analysts. https://www.nuoraglobal.com/
Anka Reuel ➡️ NeurIPS @ankareuel.bsky.social Computer Science PhD Student @ Stanford | Geopolitics & Technology Fellow @ Harvard Kennedy School/Belfer | Vice Chair EU AI Code of Practice | Views are my own
Devon Swezey @devonswezey.bsky.social Leading global clean energy advocacy at Google. Interested in decarbonization, technology, geopolitics. Boulder → San Francisco → Paris. Views my own.
Benjamin Thomas @benjthomas.bsky.social Political Ideologies, 20th Century Centre-Right, Neoliberalisms, Thought in Political Parties of UK & DE, Transnational discourses and the conjuncture
benjaminjthomas.net
Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social History prof @ Yale, writing book on history of offshore capitalism and tax havens. Also feminism, climate emergency, LGBTQ+. Obsessed road and gravel cyclist 🏳️🌈
Richard Toye @richardtoye.bsky.social Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain. Co-host of Churchill: The Finest Half Hour (on Spotify, Apple, & YouTube).
Simon Peplow @simpep.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, focusing on race, ethnicity, and migration histories. University of Warwick. Education Officer for History UK. I don't actually wear glasses anymore and look much more tired since having kids, I need a new photo. (he/him)
Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social Professor of British History & Culture @NTNU, Trondheim. Researching history of British Conservatism & centre-right internationalism; writing politics in modern Britain; & women in British politics
Erik Linstrum @eriklinstrum.bsky.social Historian of Britain, empire, and decolonization at the University of Virginia. Author of AGE OF EMERGENCY and RULING MINDS. 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. Working on fascism and empire. Writing in Literary Review, Jacobin, New Republic, History Today, etc.
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Henrice Altink @henricealtink.bsky.social Professor of Caribbean history at the University of York. I work on the intersection between social inequalities and environmental /climate change in Jamaica post-1945.
Katherine Weikert @kateweikert.bsky.social Medievalist 900-1200ish England and Normandy most of the time. Immigrant and misplaced Hoosier in the south of England when not in Wales. Usually tired. Trustee @castlestudies.bsky.social. She/her.
Insta @katherineweikert
Dr Rachel Delman @racheldelman.bsky.social Heritage type and historian. Writes about medieval and Tudor women and their buildings. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social Historian of 18th/19th c. Family, lifecycle, gender, emotion esp. anxiety, distant comms and politics. Bath Spa Senior Lecturer. PhD: PM George Canning and family’s letters/anxiety https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/rachel-bynoth/
Sarah Murden @sarahmurden.bsky.social 18th century historian, FRHistS, genealogist and author for Pen & Sword books.
Host of the website: All Things Georgian. https://georgianera.wordpress.com/
Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social Researching immigration control in 17C England, and what it tells us about citizenship now and then. Co-convenor @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar
kabcommons [at] gmail [dot] com
Juan Acosta @jacosta.bsky.social Historian of economics. Interested in macro and monetary economics, the role of economics as expert knowledge in central banks, and the history of economics in Colombia.
https://jcaacostamacia.github.io/Website/index.html
Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.
Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024.
www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html
orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-2227
Born at 331 ppm CO2
Eric Schatzberg @ericschatzberg.bsky.social Eric Schatzberg is professor in the School of History and Sociology (HSOC) at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where he focuses on the history of technology.
Jillian Foley @jillianefoley.com historian of cryptography, computers, and information; doing mom stuff and writing in chicago
occasional newsletter @ jillianefoley.com
Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social PhD researcher focusing on hydropolitics 💧 unpacking expert discourses, colonialities, and agency in West African water governance 🌍 while grappling with ethics, positionality, and reflexivity quandaries 💭 (views my own)
Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social Lecturer in Government Studies at the Strand Group, King’s College London. Interested in the history of the British state, ideas about politics & strategy, geopolitics, Turkey, and all things defence & security.
Hannah Keenan @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Associate Director at Institute for Government, and former civil servant (cabinet office, dfid).
Eliel Cohen @elielcohen.bsky.social Researcher at The Policy Institute at King's College London. Sociology. Higher education and research policy.
Johnny Runge @johnnyrunge.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at The Policy Institute at King's College London. Research Associate at Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence. Interested in economic & financial literacy, education, pay & jobs. I specialise in evaluation & qualitative research.
Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social Lecturer at SOAS. Studying identity, foreign policy, grand strategy, authoritarianism, resistance. Often through a media lens. Often in/on Turkey.
Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
Devrim Yavuz @devrimyavuz.bsky.social Sociologist @CUNY @
Lehman College, author of Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey, currently spending savings from quitting smoking on records, films and olive oil
Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social writer/prof📍🇫🇷🇿🇦
Gouvernance résiduelle. Histoire sud-africaine du monde à venir• https://sl1nk.com/vw4jv4w
•Gobernanza residual• https://bit.ly/488OkV7
•Residual Governance• http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
proud parent🏳️⚧️♾️🧠
Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. Historian of 20thC France/Europe, incl. politics, ideas, (im)migration, empire. Editor, Contemporary European History. "Age of Hobsbawm" out 18 Aug: https://tinyurl.com/mwvt75fs
Tom Kelsey @tomkelsey.bsky.social Lecturer in Defence Studies at the UK Defence Academy, King’s College, London. Writes on industrial strategy, British politics, and the history of technology.
Sebastian Lundsteen @sebmergence.bsky.social Postdoc @ Uni Copenhagen, Centre for Sustainable Futures | Former PhD @The Greenhouse | Prev. Chemical Pollution & Environmental Justice | now Prometheanism, climate politics and technology.
www.sebastianlundsteen.com
Sebastian Berg @sberg.bsky.social politics & technology I intellectual history I digitalization I democracy I ☕ I science (&) fiction
@digipolicy.bsky.social
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Kathryn Cramer Brownell @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social Professor & Director of the Center for American Political History & Technology at Purdue University; Author of 24/7 Politics & Showbiz Politics; Senior Editor of Made By History
Jan Zilinsky @janzilinsky.bsky.social I study the role of technology and conspiracy theories in democratic politics. NYU PhD.
https://www.janzilinsky.com
Mike L. Miller, PhD @justdoeat.bsky.social Managing Director @ The Moynihan Center, CCNY moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu
Prev: Director @ SSRC, just-tech.ssrc.org | mediawell.ssrc.org
#media #technology #politics #propaganda #disinformation #censorship #surveillance #publicservice
Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social usually thinking about news, politics, technology, and other things i don’t want to talk to you about on an airplane.
Rachel Larris @rachellarris.bsky.social I'm about studying & explaining all things Communications, Culture & Technology because that was my graduate degree. A media expert/disinformation type who will always rant about Aaron Sorkin’s impact on American politics. More Ohioan than JD. she/her.
The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social Philosopher by training; cranky by nature. Professional in science and technology policy. Also photography, combatting antisemitism, politics, and ethics.
Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social Melbourne, Australia
Advocate for bottom-up democracy beyond the two-party system
Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy Technologist, writer, who is fascinated by how new politics impacts technology and vice versa. #fedi22 #indieweb #fediverse
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://indieweb.social/@tchambers, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST)
Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics
Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, in Copenhagen. Working on ethics, politics, technology, Just War, drones, and autonomous weapons.
Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social Technology reporter at the Guardian, in Melbourne, Australia. Tech, infosec, FOI, politics, media 🌈 (he/him) https://linktr.ee/joshtayl0r
Shannon Bond @byshannonbond.com 🎙️NPR correspondent covering how technology, power, politics & influence intersect. send tips on Signal to shannonbond.01
https://www.npr.org/people/763523701/shannon-bond
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
The Verge @theverge.com Covering life in the future
Subscribe here: https://www.theverge.com/subscribe
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
lawrencedunhill.bsky.social @lawrencedunhill.bsky.social Health Journalist & Policy Analyst.
Previously Bureau Chief at the Health Service Journal & Public Policy Fellow at Princeton University. Winner of British Journalism, BSME & MJA awards
Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com #TeamFT, Unhedged pod, E17, gardening, plazzy Scouser.
I never give investment advice. Beware scammers impersonating me to sell crypto etc.
FT "Free to read" = 300 free clicks.
*Stop the pervert glasses*
Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social husband, dad, focused on elevating American entrepreneurs and innovators to achieve energy abundance by deploying at scale. It's simple, not easy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jigarshahdc/
Trade Talks Podcast @trade--talks.bsky.social A podcast about the economics of international trade and policy since 2017. Hosted by @ChadPBown.com. Two underscores don't exist on Bluesky so those are hyphens.
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you get yours
Web: www.tradetalkspodcast.com
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk Ex Merchant Navy officer and now Merchant Navy teacher and creator of online training courses.
Author of the Series "The Hormuz Crisis" - Volume 1 The Illusion of Open Seas e-book on Amazon now.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-oro
https://ashoro.co.uk/
Harriet Swain @harrietswain.bsky.social Journalist writing about higher education
Jenny Sinclair @jsresearchpro.bsky.social Australia-New Zealand Correspondent for Research Professional News, www.researchprofessionalnews.com
Stefan Eich @stefeich.bsky.social Political theorist of 💵 ⌛️ ⚖️ 🌱 at Georgetown; Author of THE CURRENCY OF POLITICS (PUP 2022) / DIE WÄHRUNG DER POLITIK (Hamburger Edition, Herbst 2023)
https://stefaneich.com/
scott b. weingart @scottbot.net past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; grantmaker; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account.
https://scottbot.github.io
Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian. I edit Progressive Review, IPPR's journal of politics, ideas and public policy.
Nikhil Kalyanpur @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social Assistant Professor at LSE. I research when money means power. Part-time screenwriter, full-time listener of sad girl indie pop.
https://thepriceofpower.substack.com/
https://nikhilk.bearblog.dev/
Haeyoon Kim 김혜윤 @haeyoonkim.bsky.social Korea Tech & Trade Watch: https://koreattw.substack.com/
Cogs of War @cogs0fwar.bsky.social https://warontherocks.com/category/blogs/cogs-of-war/
Amber Dellar @amberdellar.bsky.social Researcher, public services @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Focusing on schools and local government, particularly children's social care and homelessness. She/her
William Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social Policy, Public Affairs and Electoral Analysis (and occasionally Photography)
'Political Analyst' - Aaron H. Ellis
Views my own
Writes at https://thepartyanimal.substack.com/
ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki