Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
placememory.net
Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social Author, Editor @ The Economist, Chair @ The Degrees Initiative. Climate change, planetarity, critical zones, tv, burdens of life, etc. Reposts are not endorsements
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Chris Stokes @nisaccom.bsky.social
Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social Scientist writing about humans, water, wildfire, climate, and disaster in Arizona and California | views=mine
Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Energy Policy at the University of Exeter, UK. Researching change, inertia and public engagement in energy transitions.
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/19656-iain-soutar
@sophiacollins.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social Swearing, feminism, lefty, eco, argumentativeness, home education, science, public engagement with science. Occasional pedantry.
And maybe some menopause jokes.
I failed to copy over my contacts from the other place. I’ve not ditched you on purpose.
Gail Davies @gailfdavies.bsky.social Prof in Human Geography at University of Exeter researching spaces of science & technology, human & animal health, research involvement & responsibility. Currently works on animal research & its replacements. Unexpected interest in chronic pain & FND.
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Ali King @aliking.bsky.social Data botherer & code tinkerer in Edinburgh. Queer Code Scotland organiser, support diversity in tech as I live here. Opinions model's own. They/them
Mastodon: ali_king@blahaj.social
Twitter (deleted): @ali_king
Bartosz Slosarski @slosarski.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology, University of Warsaw • Critical Data Studies | Environmental & Climate Sociology | Contentious Politics • He/him/his
John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Alfred Freeborn @alfredfreeborn.bsky.social Historian of Science and Medicine living in Berlin writing on Biomedicine and Psychosis. Lecturer at Bielefeld University, previously MPIWG, Humboldt, Cambridge.
Kate Nave @kathrynnave.eurosky.social ° Leverhulme Trust research fellow at EdinburghUni
° Book: A Drive to Survive http://bit.ly/3CQP9EZ
° Purposiveness, autonomy, agency
° CogSci, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology
° Former science & technology journalist
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.
University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social The official bluesky account of The School of Social and Political Science - University of Edinburgh. This account is monitored Mon-Fri during office hours.
https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk
@matthewkearnes.bsky.social @matthewkearnes.bsky.social
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social Cultural historian. Associate Professor, School of History & Geography, University of Limerick. Current book project -the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Philosophy of Technology Maastricht University, fascinated by #synbio, #experimentation, #historicalepistemology, #HOPOS, #HOPOT, #sciencefiction and #conspiracytheory - he/him
Steve Sturdy @stevesturdy.bsky.social History of biomedicine. Genes and genomes. Value in/of healthcare.
Harriet Barratt @harrietbarratt.bsky.social Researcher of objects & spaces of healthcare (the psychosocial, material culture, co-production; PhD on Winnicott). Postdoc at the Visual and Material Lab at @durhamimh.bsky.social 2025-29, researching materialities of donor conception treatment in the UK.
@patriciajvs.bsky.social @patriciajvs.bsky.social
UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social The union for academic and academic-related staff at the University of Edinburgh
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Sotiria Grek @sotiriagrek.bsky.social Professor in Science, Knowledge and Public Policy
University of Glasgow
The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social The Ramsey philosophy of biology lab at KU Leuven, Belgium.
https://www.theramseylab.org • #HPbio #philsci #philsky #evosky #paleosky #cogsci #AI
Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a moonshot for biology, aims to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth's eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of ten years.
🌲Keep up with all EBP updates: https://linktr.ee/earthbiogenomeproject
Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities @uio-oceh.bsky.social OCEH 🌿
A space for thinking with the Earth - through art, stories and the humanities. Based at the University of Oslo.
hf.uio.no/oceh
Alfred Anwander @alfredanwander.bsky.social Neuroscientist and connectome researcher. Human & chimpanzee brain connectivity / microstructure using diffusion MRI. Learning & brain plasticity @ MPI CBS, Leipzig
adam searle @admsrl.bsky.social cultural and historical geographer
interested in ecology, technology, and health
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
Member and co-founder, @digicologies.bsky.social
Tess Osborne @tessosborne.bsky.social Digital health geographer
Chair of the DGRG & Co-Editor-in-Chief of Digital Geography & Society
An undisciplined geographer interested in the digital, embodiment, methods and health & wellbeing.
Web: https://www.tess-osborne.co.uk
Scott P. Johnson, MLIS @scottpjohnson.com Sociotechnical systems analyst, research and data engineering, critical information and data studies
Karas Lab @karaslab.bsky.social Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Antifungal. Antimicrobials. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion. Western University, Canada.
gino battistello @gino-battistello.bsky.social PhD Student at the Paris Brain Institute | Creativity, Decision, Affects & Computational modelling
he/him
🔗 https://sites.google.com/view/frontlab-icm/people/phd-students/gino-battistello
Simon Meisch @simonmeisch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for Interdisciplinary Ethics @ International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities @ University of Tübingen
Amelia Carter @melia-arter.bsky.social 🌾 eco-anxious natural historiographer & queer beach professional • History & Sociology of Science @ **** • she//they
Peter Stegmaier 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇳♻️🌻🎷🥁 @pstegm.bsky.social Asst Prof f Governance, Knowledge & Innovation at UTwente, sociology, STS, STI, explorative research, discontinuation, energy, AI, e-mobility, sustainability & its rejection, music & theories of action, improvisation, organisation, sociol-legal studies
D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social philosopher turned data scientist turned philosopher. enviro policy, data science, phil sci/STS, lefty stuff. UC Merced. they/them. Signal: danhicks.50
Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode.
#academic
Giuli Cavaliere @giuli-phil.bsky.social Lecturing @ UCL Philosophy - posting on repro decisions, infertility and parenting (and Tequila, my cat)
https://www.giulicavalierephilosophy.com/
Alex Coad @coad.bsky.social An editor at Research Policy & Small Business Economics
Prof at Waseda Business School, Tokyo
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social Lecturer in Ethics, Society and Professionalism in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Proud associate of the Centre for Technomoral Futures.
Owen Green @weefuzzy.bsky.social Squiggly noises, ill disciplined research
Gina Helfrich @ginahelfrich.bsky.social Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.
Texan. Feminist.
I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
bitBiome @bitbiome.bsky.social A synbio company built on microbial single cell sequencing, offering the largest and most complete microbial genome database. We use our database to discover and develop novel proteins and enzymes for the bioeconomy. 🦠🧫🧬
www.bitbiome.bio
Prof. Felicity Jones @prof-felicity.bsky.social Felicity Jones is the pseudonym of a Con Law prof and attorney in the US. Every one of us must take calculated risks to further liberty and justice for all. Visit https://thefelicitypapers.substack.com/ and thefelicitypapers.etsy.com for more.
CL Stimmel, PhD @handle.invalid Author and researcher posting opinions on electrification, including #STS, #electrification, and #smartcity topics. I also write about the history of tech, mediated human connection, and kinship. Verified through @interswarm.com.
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social Author / illustrator
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute
I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.
Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b
LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com
Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk
he/him
Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
@ccpollon.bsky.social @ccpollon.bsky.social Lecturer Swansea University | Digital Sociology | STS | AI controversies | Citizenship and Surveillance + other Digital Stuff | schei e paura mai 'vui
Marianne Noël @mnoel75.bsky.social Sociologist (PhD) at UMR LISIS (CNRS-INRAE-Univ. Gustave EiffeI).
STS studies of markets, academic publishing & chemistry.
Team member ERC NanoBubbles
Marshall Abrams @marshall0i.bsky.social Philosopher of science, occasional scientist. Phil of:
ev biol, probability, modeling, stat inference. Book: Evolution and the Machinery of Chance. Activity here as private citizen, not as rep of nor supported by employer. https://marshallalmostsurely.com
Rachael Ballard @rachaelballard.bsky.social Editorial Director • Transdisciplinary Social Science books team • Springer Nature • Acquires books in Geography and STS • Trail runner • Slightly cat obsessed • Views my own
Sophia Nicolov @sophianicolov.bsky.social Environmental historian. Mainly whales, whaling, ocean and empire. Mostly 20th century and contemporary history.
AHRC ECR Fellow at the Natural History Museum, London. Leading the project ‘Cetacean (Re)Sources’
*Views my own.
DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social 🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social Historian of Antarctica
#Antarctica #STS #envhist #histsci #polar #maritime #oceanhist #exploration
opinions my own
Yoshinari Yoshida @yoshinariyoshida.bsky.social Marie Curie fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark | Philosophy of science, especially of developmental biology | Amateur artist (digital painting) https://yoshinariyoshida.com/
Cian O’Donovan @cianooo.bsky.social Director, UCL Centre for Responsible Innovation. ➕ at large @ UCL STS.
Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk Same as @thomasforth on X. Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.
Renato Galhardi @renatogalhardi.bsky.social Avid sci-fi enthusiast. A humanist and migration scholar. interested in transdisciplinary research. PhD in Social and Political Sciences. 😘
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/
MailMate @mailmate-app.com MailMate is an email client for macOS only.
Nicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @UBC in Patrick Keeling's Lab || PhD earned @ASU in Gillian Gile's Lab || Interested in photosymbiosis, marine microbial ecology, and all things protists 🦠
The Life of Retaria Seminar Series:
https://thelifeofretaria.github.io/
Marek Kwiek I Social Stratification in Science @marek-kwiek.bsky.social #Quantitative Science Studies / Social #Stratification in Science / Global #Academic #Profession / Full Professor / University of Poznan/ #UNESCO Chairholder / proud #Academia #Europaea member (MAE) / fundamentally open-minded, happy, sometimes lucky
Kaira Sekiguchi, PhD @kairasekiguchi.bsky.social Project Researcher at Univ. of Tokyo. Design methodology, Ethics, Data utilization, Co-creation, Visualization. Views are my own.
Rose Trappes @rosetrappes.bsky.social Postdoc in philosophy of science at @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social, University of Bergen, Norway.
philosophy of biology, sometimes feminist philosophy, mostly animals and stuff. she/her
Office of Lothian MSP Foysol Choudhury MBE @officeoffoysol.bsky.social Office of Foysol Choudhury MBE MSP l Member of the Scottish Parliament | 🌹Scottish Labour MSP for Lothian | Shadow Minister for Culture, Europe & International Development.
🌎 https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/foysol-choudhury
Jayne Butler @jayneyb.bsky.social I am a freelance consultant working with the charity sector.
Formerly Rape Crisis England & Wales and Law Centres. Toon fan. Mum. Feminist. 💚💜
Views my own.
Ed Pomfret @edpomfret.bsky.social #Justice, that's the thing.
No time for selfishness.
Ignorance isn't bliss.
I support social justice warriors to strengthen and build their impact-> http://PivotPoint.rocks
Plus: Fast growing #twin children...
#NUFC // #CrossFit.....
Too sardonic //
Sharon @s-haron.bsky.social Digital campaigns & strat comms @AmnestyUK | She/Hers | Views my own.🍃
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.
@aruk-chris.bsky.social @aruk-chris.bsky.social Online Fundraising Officer - Alzheimer's Research UK
Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust) @z2ktrust.bsky.social Anti-poverty charity working to end UK poverty together with people who experience it. Join us: https://bit.ly/Z2K-mailing-list
https://linktr.ee/z2k.trust
Adeela Warley @awarley.bsky.social CharityComms CEO and passionate about strategic communications.
The London Community Foundation @london-cf.bsky.social We work with donors to support London's small, local charities and community groups. Helping you make a difference to London. Where it matters most. £140 million in grants distributed since 2010 to local, London, community organisations.
Enthuse @enthuse.com Donations, fundraising and event reg tech, all under your cause’s own brand. Official online fundraising partner for London Marathon Events and Great Run.
Rach @rachaitch.bsky.social Influencer and videogame fundraising specialist for CoppaFeel!
Mental health advocate. Northerner. Cat lover. Cosy gamer. Crochet. Dancer. Reader. Geek. Feminist.
All views are my own.
James Barker @jamesabarker82.bsky.social Head of Marketing & Planning NSPCC. Coach, www.jamesbarkercoaching.com London Marathon runner @ciofundraising Convention Board member. Views my own 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Paul Vittles @paulvittles.bsky.social > Chief Facilitator: #ZeroSuicideSociety #JoinTheDots Programme
> Founder: #TowardsZeroSuicide CIC
> Co-Creator: Baton of Hope UK
> Trustee: Age UK York
Passionate about social & economic justice + involving people in decisions that affect their lives.
Trish Kiy @trishkiy.bsky.social Working in the voluntary sector in Reigate & Banstead, climate campaigner, filmmaker, photographer, gardener, cellist.
Views my own.
Phil Castang MBE @philcastang.bsky.social CEO at Music for Youth. Showcasing the brilliance of young musicians. MFY Proms|National Festival
WWW.MFY.ORG.UK
Guitarist made in Camden. Former sound engineer. Cultural manager.
Live music, vinyl, art, cooking and quantum mechanics. Writing a book 📖
David Stokes Halpern Foundation CEO @dstokes-halpernceo.bsky.social Chief Executive Officer of the Halpern Charitable Foundation and Nucleus Arts.
Trustee MVA
Trustee Medway Sculpture Trust
Director Medway Pride
Director Kent International Arts Conference
Director Creative Medway
www.nucleusarts.com
He/Him
@rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social We support LGBTQI+ people through the UK asylum and immigration system.
Aferdita Pacrami @aferdita.bsky.social Head of Comms Lloyds Bank Foundation, Vice Chair Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, feminist, social justice, cat & dog parent, fast cookie eater, slow cyclist. She/her
Geoff RJ @geoffrj.bsky.social Grant making charity case dedicating my career to the redistribution of wealth.
Proud European. COYS.
Small charities Grant making Movies Dogs and the Wonders of Space.
Aoise Keogan- Nooshabadi @aoisekn.bsky.social Co-founder of award-winning #socent Supply Change
Working on some interesting things with REALML, SOSAD & Digital Opportunity Trust
Thinking/reading/writing about the role of culture & religion in the experience of diasporic communities
Alex Sciarra @alexasciarra.bsky.social Head of Policy, Comms & Public affairs at @stvincentdepaul.bsky.social | Work on asylum policy, social security reform and anti-poverty| Outreach with @streetskitchen.bsky.social | Opinions and views personal
Julide Troedson @julidetroedson.bsky.social Philanthropy - Fundraising - Leadership - Arts - Heritage - Health - Wellbeing - People
Martin Drewry @martindrewry.bsky.social CEO of Health Poverty Action & campaigner. (Posting personal views.)
Poverty/health... drugs policy... electoral reform & Labour. (he/him)
healthpovertyaction.org
Health Poverty Action @healthpoverty.bsky.social We see health differently. We do what’s needed, not what’s easiest, to stop health being denied.
https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/
Games For Love @gamesforlove.bsky.social www.gamesforlove.org is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to easing suffering, saving lives, and creating sustainable futures for children. We have a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator.
WiardSterk @wiardsterk.bsky.social EU Citizen in Wales. Retired Art Historian and public art commissioner/curator; Sailor, sometime gardener and bicycle rider. Chair of Settled; Chair of Sinfonia Cymru; non-exec Director of Caredig. Will try and avoid rants. All opinions my own.
Karen @karenjac.bsky.social Charity bod, digital inclusion volunteer, mental health first aider and fan of all things creative! (she/her)
Cambridgeshire UK
Fred Grace @fredfatrat.bsky.social Documentary producer/director probably following you because you talk about football - but occasionally talking about #visualinvestigations and #documentaries.
fredgrace.com
Fat Rat Films | fatratfilms.co.uk
Laura Bennett @laurabwork.bsky.social Policy & Public Affairs for @rainbowtrust.org.uk and @lewybodysociety.bsky.social. Trustee @rightsofwomen.bsky.social. Sometimes a carer. Charity lifer. Londoner. Fond of a lipstick.
Katie Duckworth @katieduckworth.bsky.social Upbeat Leadership Coach | NonProfit & Social Purpose Business CEOs & Senior Leaders | Workshops | Speaker & Writer | Supporting you to lean in to joy and levity in your mission-driven leadership because we truly all need that right now 😄
Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social Health information specialist working for leading UK #dementia charity | Loves good science that changes lives | Interested in history, international relations and conflict (previous career).
Sorry, I only engage with real people and block uncivil replies.