Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
Jonathan Simons @jonathansimons.bsky.social Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
Michael Kane @michaelkane1878.bsky.social Education and Social Policy at Public First..and new to bluesky
Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social "Former energy czar" - the Guardian. "Energy big brain" - Politico.
Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk Public policy research, teaching and engagement, enabling the right kind of growth, fairly shared. bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
Martin Smith @martinrsmith.bsky.social Head of Policy Lab, Wellcome. Science policy things, puns, cats
Neil Ross @neil1310r.bsky.social Associate director working at techUK on public policy. Tweets about tech, politics & everything in between. All tweets my own views, He/him.
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Jeegar Kakkad @jeegarkakkad.bsky.social Economics, politics, boxing. Tech @ TBI. "optimistic & ambitious for British tech". ex-ADS, JLR, MakeUK, SMF, Brookings. Views my own.
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Careful Trouble @carefultrouble.bsky.social We are Careful Trouble. We are a research studio and a social enterprise, helping make technologies work better for more people, more of the time.
🌍 carefultrouble.net
Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute 
James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk @Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: yimbypod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
Antony Walker @antonywalker.bsky.social Deputy CEO at techUK. 
William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social Trustee at Indigo Trust. Formerly CarnegieUK, Good Things Foundation, TPW, UK Civil Service (No10, Cabinet Office, DtI, DCMS). Defence, tech, online safety, rural, tractors, cats etc.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Maeve Walsh @maevewalsh.bsky.social Policy & Govt Relations consultant | Director, #OnlineSafetyAct Network | Trustee | Ex-Civil Servant | #FRSA | London-Irish
Sasjkia Otto @sasjkia.bsky.social Lead on work and tech at Fabian Society. Prev data, digital, tech in what's now DSIT. Civic tech founder. 2024 Parliamentary candidate.
"That's a powerful and forward-thinking proposal"
"You are showing strength and softness in the same breath"
- ChatGPT
Nathan Yeowell @yeowell.bsky.social Exec Director of futuregovernanceforum.co.uk
Welsh Labour cllr for Panteg, torfaen.gov.uk
Chair of gwentpensionfund.co.uk
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social Associate director for economic policy & AI @IPPR. Former Bank of England economist and IMF fellow.
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social - Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
Chris Yiu @yiu.co.uk Technology and public policy · https://yiu.co.uk
Philip Salter @philipsalter.bsky.social Founder of The Entrepreneurs Network
Vincent Manancourt @vmanancourt.bsky.social Senior tech reporter at @politico.eu in London. vmanancourt@politico.eu. DM for phone number
Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social Director of Strategy @re-state.bsky.social, Founder http://greaterlondon.co, Columnist in CityAM. ex Treasury. Views my own
Kir Nuthi @kirtinuthi.bsky.social A London-based policy wonk who loves to chat about AI + encryption. Currently technology trade association-ing. Bookbinder and yogi often found in wild near dogs, yoga mats, and/or art supplies. Smartphone-free.
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
Pritesh Mistry @priteshifg.bsky.social Head of Partnerships - @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Interested in finding out more and working with us? Message me. He/Him. #Banners. Sign up to all the IfG news: http://bit.ly/3C56M0Q
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
Tim Davies @timdavies.org.uk Director of Research & Practice at @ConnectedByData.org working on participatory and open governance of tech. Adoptive parent. 
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
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Jen Persson @TheABB @jenpersson.com Defend Digital Me | Consultant to AI & Ed working group Council of Europe | part-time MSc Global Public Policy | human rights and digital in education | privacy and data laws | public sector and EdTech | #UNCRC | #research | bees & baking
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social Director, AI & Geopolitics, Uni of Cambridge | Founder, Formation Advisory | TIME100 AI | Former DeepMind, Google, UK govt | King’s Trust | Author of “AI Needs You: how we can change AI’s future and save our own” https://tinyurl.com/y4v26spa
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org The Centre for British Progress is a non-partisan think tank on a mission to accelerate and shape an era of British growth and progress; evolved from @ukdayone.bsky.social.
Website: https://britishprogress.org/
David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social Shooting for UK growth & progress with @britishprogress.org
Previously: Chatham House research fellow and Labour parliamentary candidate.
Britain could have the highest living standards in the world!
Julia Willemyns @jujulemons.bsky.social Founder @ukdayone.bsky.social, working to put the UK at frontier of progress + achieve the highest living standards in the world
Joseph Bambridge @jbambridge.bsky.social U.K. Tech and Trade @ POLITICO
Leah Friedlander @lfriedlander.bsky.social Head of Engagement @ Startup Coalition
Just trying to figure out how this app works 🤷♀️
Tom Westgarth @tomwestgarth.bsky.social Head of Growth at AI hardware startup @Fractile-ai.bsky.social. Ex policy in Sovereign AI Unit and TBI. Bridging tech and policy worlds at TxP.
Camilla de Coverly Veale @decoverlyveale.bsky.social Head of AI Policy at Mozilla Foundation, former Policy Director at Startup Coalition. Bear with me while I learn a new platform... 
Imogen Parker @imogen-parker.bsky.social Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy.
Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society.
image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY 
Andrew Strait @agstrait.bsky.social UK AI Security Institute
Former Ada Lovelace Institute, Google, DeepMind, OII
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social Head of transport policy at Stonehaven consulting. Ex-civil servant who used to play with roads, trains, e-scooters, parking apps and a lot of government plumbing. May have made your driving test harder, and threw some cones in your way at least once
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Joe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social General Secretary of The Fabian Society. Formerly IPPR, Learning & Work Institute and Central London Forward. Recovering Cllr. Passionate about good work, inclusive growth & tackling inequality.
Abby Gilbert @agkg1.bsky.social Political economy. AI.
Director, IFOW
Research associate, Digit
Renate Samson @renatesamson.bsky.social Longtime policy wonk, consultant, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI.
immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education. Previously biometrics, online harms, digital ID, online privacy
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Casey Calista @caseycalista.bsky.social Progressive tech policy is my jam
Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
Jess Lister @jesslister.bsky.social Higher ed policy wonk @ Public First 
Dan Mead @danmead.bsky.social Economist at ThinkLabour
@harrylunduk.bsky.social @harrylunduk.bsky.social 
Laurel Boxall @laurelboxall.bsky.social Tech Policy @ Public First, prev Labour Together
Dig Hum @ Cambridge
English Lit @ Oxford
She/her