Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing at EHU @artswellehu.bsky.social Impactful interdisciplinary research on the contribution of the arts towards the wellbeing of people across the lifespan. Led by Professor Vicky Karkou
https://linktr.ee/artswellehu
Clare Qualmann @cqualmann.bsky.social Artist, walker, lecturer, library-lover, urban forager, drawing every day. Co-editor Lines of Desire at Living Maps, co-founder walking artists network
Dr Hannah Timpson @hannahtimpson.bsky.social Reader in Socioeconomic Engagment in Health at LJMU.
LJMJ Lead: Researcher Development Concordat.
Applied health and wellbeing research: working with communities and whole-systems; co-developing initiatives to tackle inequalities.
Bowel cancer survivor
Jared Pappas-Kelley @pappas-kelley.bsky.social Artist, lecturer, author - @manchester_university_press and @delere_press #Canterbury
Looking to build more queer spaces haha and also gigs
www.pappaskelley.com/author
https://pupandtiger.co.uk/donate
Body Eyes and Movement (BEAM) Lab @beamlab.bsky.social Body Eyes And Movement - University of Manchester lab led by Ellen Poliakoff & Emma Gowen researching perception, action, autism & Parkinson's. Account managed by Ellen.
M-BRIGHT Study @m-bright-study.bsky.social Mental health capacity Building and strengthening In Global Health systems. Building capacity in mental health in Vietnam & Cambodia https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-public-health-and-policy/global-public-health-unit/m-bright/
Dr Liam Mcloughlin ☕ @leelum.bsky.social Snr Lecturer @ Edge Hill - Social Media, Pol Com, Content Moderation & Politics. 🗳️ Also Convenor @techpolicy.bsky.social
Spends more time posting GIFs than working.
https://www.Leelum.com
Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social Highly interdisciplinary University of Manchester network of over 2200+ researchers across 30 disciplines and the whole range of digital research.
linktr.ee/UoMDigitalFutures
Rebecka Fleetwood-Smith @rfleetwood-smith.bsky.social Creative researcher / textile artist
Arts, design & health
Brain and Mind Centre @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social We are at the forefront of #mentalhealth & #neuroscience #research. We collaborate across industries & disciplines to find answers to global #health challenges.
Sarah Dunn @sarahdunnmusic.bsky.social Post graduate researcher in Music, University of Leeds: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/music/pgr/6337/sarah-dunn
Chair/founder of Accessible Inclusive Music (AIM) www.accessibleinclusivemusic.org.uk
Stephen Hicks @stephenrhicks.bsky.social Social work academic at University of Manchester, Morgan Centre https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/ and Creativity, Health & Wellbeing Lead for Creative Manchester https://www.creative.manchester.ac.uk 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Alex Rodriguez @alexkrodriguez.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Public Health - SBS |UFPHHP, UFCAM, Arts for EveryBody, & @hprscholars.bsky.social | Passionate about #ArtsinPublicHealth & Arts and Health Policy | Boricua🇵🇷
Katey Warran @kateywarran.bsky.social Arts & Health Researcher and Social Scientist. Based at the University of Edinburgh and UCL. Head of @paths-research.bsky.social and Affiliate of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. More about me here: https://linktr.ee/kateyw
Julia Puebla Fortier @jpueblafortier.bsky.social Collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to support health and wellbeing. Arts for public health; culturally responsive healthcare. DrPH @LSHTM. linktr.ee/jpueblafortier
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.
Olivia Turner @olivia-turner.bsky.social Artist and researcher between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.
@emmabroome.bsky.social @emmabroome.bsky.social 
Creative Ageing; Development & Agency @cadaengland.bsky.social CADA - leading a fundamental rethink and reflection on ageing and creativity.
#creativeageing
linktr.ee/cada.creativeageing
Link Health @linkhealth.bsky.social We partner with clinics to connect patients to federal benefit programs that address social determinants of health and put money back into households.
https://linktr.ee/ahealthierdemocracy
Tricia King @triciakingphoto.bsky.social 
QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health, world leader in social, cultural & environmental aspects of mental health. Please read more at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-psychiatry-and-mental-health/
Youth Resilience Unit @qmulresilience.bsky.social Launched on March 1, 2021. Our team researches how young people use resources to prevent and overcome mental distress. Please see more at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres/centre-for-psychiatry-and-mental-health/youth-resilience-unit/ 
Becky Dowson @beckydowson.bsky.social 
Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social Coram is the UK’s first children’s charity, helping more than a million children, young people, families and professionals every year.
https://linktr.ee/wearecoram?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6315b901-f777-415b-9780-2d97a2f0d4bd
Sunny Bank Mills @sunnybankmills.bsky.social An inspirational commercial and cultural destination in the heart of the local community of Farsley, Leeds with an Art Gallery, 100 independent businesses and Museum & Archive. Website: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk; Facebook and Insta @SunnyBankMills.
Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social Imprint of @brisunipress.bsky.social. Independent, not-for-profit social science publisher. Celebrating 25 years of publishing with a purpose.
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
Unfolding Theatre @unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social Big-hearted theatre that brings people together.
Based in North East England.
unfoldingtheatre.co.uk
Artcast4D @artcast4d.bsky.social Artcast4D: Unleashing creativity! Aims to design, develop, and test immersive technologies to boost Cultural Creative Industries in Europe
Lena Hofbauer @lenahofbauer.bsky.social Researcher @dzne.bsky.social🧠 || Interested in social inequality in cognitive ageing & in music for people living with dementia || Views my own || 🏳️🌈She/her
Nicola Naismith @nicolanaismith1.bsky.social Visual Artist and Researcher. AHRC PhD student University of Manchester. HE Lecturer. Consultancy, mentoring and training focused on the support and improvement of working conditions for creative practitioners. HEA & Clore Fellow. www.nicolanaismith.co.uk 
Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social Dementia Community is a Charitable Community Benefit Society, a membership cooperative that provides learning and networking opportunities for the dementia care community. For more information please visit our website: journalofdementiacare.co.uk
Abi Mann-Daraz BSc MA @themusicalself.bsky.social Voice Psychologist & Holistic Singing Teacher 🎶 SEND Music Practitioner | Specialist in Voice Confidence Coaching & Neurodiverse Music Pedagogy |🎓BSc MA MISM GMBPsS 🎤 Soul Singer 🎹
www.themusicalself.com
Stephanie Craig @stephcraigrn.bsky.social Nurse 👩🏻⚕️ | Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast | FHEA | @thercn.bsky.social OPF Chair | @thercn.bsky.social NI Independent Sector Nurse Network Lead 💙
Jane Callaghan @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social Violence, gender, mental health, #domesticabuse #IPV #childhood. Psychologist. Associate Dean for Research #ADR. Dogs. Cats. Hiking. Crafts. Professor. Mother. Adoptive Scot (never leaving). Trustee FV Rape Crisis. Personal social media. Bi. She/they.
@ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social Expert on procrastination, perfectionism, overcommitment, distraction. All the stuff researchers are really good at!
Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwinacm.bsky.social Lecturer in arts management and Human Resources at University of Melbourne. Specialist in careers, employability, HR and organisational behaviour in the arts and cultural sector.
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country.
Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social Research Group & WHO Collaborating Centre based at the Department Behavioural Science & Health at UCL, led by Prof Daisy Fancourt, investigating how social factors affect health.
10GM @10gm.bsky.social A joint venture to support the local voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Greater Manchester.
10GM.org.uk
@gmcreativehealth.bsky.social @gmcreativehealth.bsky.social 
Re-Live @re-live.bsky.social Arts in Health charity based in Wales. Co-creating life story arts projects. Working alongside older people, people living with dementia, military veterans, perinatal women and people at the end of life www.re-live.org.uk https://linktr.ee/relive_arts
Julie McCarthy @artymccarthy.bsky.social Creative health professional working in strategy, programme management and research. Neurodivergent, queer and gluten free.
Paul D @initialspd.bsky.social Music | Culture | Writing
Fifth Drawer Down - https://reubenp77.substack.com/
Work in charity/voluntary sector - also charity Chair
Live near Stockport
Health Psychology @healthpsychology.bsky.social Exploring research, insights, and developments in Health Psychology. Dedicated to advancing understanding of the interplay between psychology and health. #healthpsychology
Activity Uplift @activityuplift.bsky.social Fun activities for Dementia & Alzheimer's Caregivers, Seniors, and Activity Professionals. https://activityuplift.com
Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social A University of Manchester research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices.
https://linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr
For general enquiries please email creative@manchester.ac.uk.
Open University Health and the Arts Research Group @ouhealtharts.bsky.social Academics from across the Open University and beyond. We research the intersections between health, wellbeing, the arts and creativity from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines.
The Care Lab - www.thecarelab.org.uk @careaesthetics.bsky.social For artful care and careful art….
Care Aesthetics research & practice hosted by the Care Lab, Manchester UK
James Thompson @jamthomp.bsky.social Writer/researcher/artist, Care Aesthetics, Dad, Granddad. Not necessarily in that order…
ASPbelong @aspbelong.bsky.social We design collaborative immersive experiences that bring young people together, boosting mental health and sense of belonging ✨
Funded by the EU and UKRI.
https://www.aspbelong.com/
Paediatric Mental Health Association @pmhauk.bsky.social Wide range of professionals working to provide holistic support for young people.
Bringing together both physical and mental health.
Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health @wolfsoncentre.bsky.social 🧠 We are a dedicated research centre for #mentalhealth focused on reducing anxiety and depression in young people. Based @cardiffuni and @swanseauni
Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/WolfsonCentre
Cody Varnish @codyvarnish.bsky.social Psychology PhD student at the University of Bath | Researching the mental health outcomes of care-experienced children and young people 
Fullscope Collaboration @fullscope-collab.bsky.social A consortium of leading organisations supporting the mental health and well-being of children and young people in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
We deliver projects, do research and work closely with other organisations to instigate system change.
Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social A Coalition of over 350 charities, organisations and individuals working to improve the mental health of babies, children & young people in Britain💜
https://cypmhc.org.uk/
Population Mental Health @popmhuk.bsky.social Creating new opportunities for population-based improvements in mental health across the UK, focusing on children and young people, suicide and self-harm prevention and multiple long-term conditions. www.phiuk.org/population-mental-health
Beki Langford @bekilangford.bsky.social Public health qualitative researcher. Interested in children and young people, mental health, obesity, weight stigma, inequalities, process evaluations and climate change.
Kapil Sayal @kapilsayal.bsky.social Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham | Clinical Academic | Children & Young People's Mental Health Services Research
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/people/kapil.sayal
Dr Emily Hards @emilyhards.bsky.social Lecturer & postdoctoral research fellow @UniofBath @ESRC. Researching mental health in young people.
Dave McPartlan @drdavemcp.bsky.social Post Doc.
Independent action researcher (YPAR) collaborating with young people. An advocate for young people as knowledge creators in schools! Mental health in schools.
Toon fan ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️ and outdoor enthusiast 😎
EDI with Léa Guzzo @ediwithlea.bsky.social ✨ Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant 💡
🔗 Specialist in #Intersectionality | Advocate for real change
🌈 Spreading positivity & creativity to enjoy the journey!
📢 Let’s create more equitable and inclusive spaces ✨
🏛️ Support the creative/cultural sector
C&T @candttheatre.bsky.social Theatre, learning, engagement and digital technology.
Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social Est. 1979 we champion UK & Irish performing arts collections & heritage. Charity (no. 1180988).
www.performingartscollections.org.uk
Irish Museums Association (IMA) @irishmuseums.bsky.social The main representative body for the museum community across the island of Ireland. Funded by the Dept TCAGSM and the Heritage Council.
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
Angie Lee-Foster @angiebpa.bsky.social Programme Manager for Creative Health at Britten Pears Arts. Posting about all things related to music and creative health. Professional account, but views my own. 
David Tennent @davidtennent.bsky.social Co-lead of BBC Neural Commons research Initiative | Delivering Outreach at BBC | Co-founder of BBC Enigma (ED&I) | Co-founder @tenkin-studios.bsky.social | Dyslexic Thinker.
Blue Fire Theatre Co @bluefiretheatre.bsky.social Independent theatre co producing small scale plays & a podcast telling untold (mainly true) stories.
https://linktr.ee/BlueFireTheatreCo
Marge Ainsley (she/her) @margeainsley.bsky.social Freelance cultural consultant since 2008 specialising in research, evaluation and communication. Mostly working with libraries, museums, galleries, archives and heritage sites. UK and beyond. margeainsley.co.uk
Dr Susan Jones @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
The Space @thespacearts.bsky.social Connecting artists and audiences online.
We help arts, cultural and heritage organisations reach audiences through digital technologies and platforms.
ClareRed @clarered.bsky.social CEO of Watershed, a home for culture, technology and society. Also Chair of Wise Children. 🏳️🌈 Queer, nature loving, values driven. Will block hate
Annie Rigby @annierigby.bsky.social Hope. Theatre. Darts. Music.
Artistic Director of Unfolding Theatre
Lives in the North East.
@unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social
Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social A pioneering non-profit mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. https://juliesbicycle.org #CreativeClimateAction
Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social Lecturer in Cultural Policy & Commons at PCI, University of Leeds. How to pronounce my surname:🐗-🔑. Views my own. She/her
Liz Richardson Productions @lrproductions.bsky.social Community-driven theatre making, collaborating with artists in the NW. Hailed from Cumbria. Truths mostly told. Past productions: Gutted, SWIM. Current: Local. lrproductions.co.uk
Pilot Theatre @pilottheatre.bsky.social National & international touring theatre company creating unforgettable theatre for younger audiences.
Susan Oman @suoman.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Data, AI, & Society.
AI & In/equality Lead for Centre for Machine Intelligence.
Social, cultural & digital policy.
Author of Understanding Well-being Data: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-72937-0
Mauricio Delfin @maudelfin.bsky.social Artist, researcher and Co-Director of Culture and Arts Policy Institute @cultureapolicy.bsky.social / UNESCO/EU Expert Facility Member / #opengov #culturalpolicy #openGLAM #OpenCulture
Ballet Queer @balletqueer.bsky.social The UK’s first LGBTQ+ ballet company founded by @jonathanwatkins.bsky.social in collaboration with Queer artists and allies #BalletQueer balletqueer@outlook.com www.balletqueer.com
Nerissa Cargill Thompson @nerissact.bsky.social Visual & community artist with a focus on sustainability, waste, reusing materials & where nature meets manmade. Also performance design, food and cats. For more work/art pics follow @nerissact on Instagram.
https://linktr.ee/nerissact
Greenhouse Theatre Project @greenhousetp.bsky.social Innovative Theatre in Unexpected Places.
Associate Artists for New Vic Theatre 2019.
www.greenhousetp.co.uk
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 📖
Steph Sirr @stephsirr.bsky.social CEO of fabulous Nottingham Playhouse, joint president of UK Theatre. Writer. Consultant. Feminist. Doodle owner. #theatre All views my own
Cultural Trends Journal @ctjournal.bsky.social Cultural Trends is a peer-reviewed journal analysing cultural policy and the arts sector, publishing rigorous research connecting scholars, practitioners and policymakers worldwide.
Stuart Taberner @stuarttaberner.bsky.social Director of the Horizons Institute—a cross-campus interdisciplinary research incubator at the University of Leeds. Also: Professor of German, publishing on Holocaust Literature, German literary, thought and culture.
Emma Bowen @resdevista.bsky.social Lover of people and bright ideas. Research Development practitioner in the North. 
Emma McDowell @emmamcdoofus.bsky.social Lecturer at School of Performance & Cultural Industries (Leeds Uni); adhd; she/they; interested in how we make sense of/through our cultural experiences (esp theatre); preferred mode of communication - gifs; also dogs
Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social 
Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social Researcher, Music Therapist, Educator
Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSF. Researching the intersections of music, culture, and health & well-being
Julian Céspedes-Guevara @juliancespg.bsky.social Music Psychology PhD.
Researching musical emotions, and music-evoked empathy.
#musicscience
Dr Joshua S. Bamford @js.bamford.id.au Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain @coe-mmbb.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social and Social Body Lab @ox.ac.uk
#musicscience
Website: https://joshua.bamford.id.au/
Caroline Curwen @curwen01.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Music Psychologist Durham University, PhD, Accountant - Researching musical imaginings and Synaesthesia
Robert Adlington @adlington.bsky.social Head of Research, Royal College of Music. Dad.
Leonardo Bonetti @leonardobonetti.bsky.social Associate Professor, Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford
Freya Bailes @freyabailes.bsky.social Associate Professor in Music Psychology. Programme leader of the MA/PGDip/PGCert in Music and Wellbeing, and MA Applied Psychology of Music at the University of Leeds.
Oboist.