John Verdi @johnverdi.bsky.social SVP of Policy, Future of Privacy Forum
Also https://mastodon.social/@johnverdi and https://twitter.com/johnverdi
Cobun Zweifel-Keegan @cobun.bsky.social Privacy, data protection, AI governance. Translating policy to practice. Some friction is good friction. D.C. policy lawyer by day, Colorado forest creature by night. (he / him)
Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna @gzf.bsky.social Data Protection Geek. Co-author of the big GDPR OUP Commentary🇷🇴🇪🇺🇺🇸 US-based, former Brussels bubbler. Writes about data protection law and policy, AI governance through a Global lens (& sometimes democracy) Strictly personal views.
www.pdpecho.com.
Rob van Eijk @rvaneijk.bsky.social Data & AI | Technologist, PhD (Law) | NYT, Bloomberg, MLEX, POLITICO
Jordan @jordanwrigley.bsky.social Feral tech policy worker, life sci researcher. I like to be fed. Intellectual trash panda. Data-driven garden hermit. My ops are my ops, fr.
Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst at @futureofprivacy, PhD student researching school shootings. www.sheaswauger.com
Future of Privacy Forum @futureofprivacy.bsky.social FPF is a global non-profit organization that advances principled and pragmatic data protection, AI and digital governance practices. Get updates: fpf.org/subscribe
Ontario Chamber of Commerce @ontariocofc.bsky.social The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is the indispensable partner of business, representing over 60,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors from across the province.
Environics Institute for Survey Research @environicsinst.bsky.social We conduct public opinion and social research on the issues shaping Canada’s future so Canadians can better understand themselves and their changing society.
Blair Huddy @blairhuddy.bsky.social Strategic PR, Communications & Marketing for B2B companies that help people and the planet | LinkedIn Top Voice | AI Marketing Expert | Author | Founder of Hudson Davis, the agency for change.
Parry Headrick @pheadrick.bsky.social Tech PR agency founder.
I talk about public relations and will not obey in advance ✊
The Atmospheric Fund @atmosphericfund.bsky.social Investing in climate solutions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Sign up for updates: http://taf.ca/signup/
The Transition Accelerator @transitionaccelerator.ca Putting Canada on a path to a strong, competitive economy in a world driving to reduce emissions to carbon neutrality.
Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social PhD candidate in Sociology @University of Cambridge | researching infidelity & intimacy | https://simone-schneider.github.io
Quint Development @quintsaskatoon.bsky.social An upstream-oriented nonprofit serving the residents of Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods. We operate affordable housing, social enterprises, employment support, and provide other community services.
📍Treaty 6 Territory & Homeland of the Métis.
Guardian US @us.theguardian.com With 200 years of history and staff across America and the world, we offer a global perspective on US news.
We keep our fact-based news paywall-free.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social BC public sector pension members seeking more ethical investments.🌱🌎 Led successful fight to divest $450M from Russia in 2022. Now calling for exit from fossil fuels, tobacco and Putin enablers. https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/chair_test/
William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social Community housing leader & city builder.
A Moveable Feed @amoveablefeed.bsky.social Blunt, funny takes on today’s biggest stories from a recovering DC insider. One sharp email a day so you actually understand the news. Subscribe ↓ https://buttondown.com/amoveablefeed
@keaninloomis.bsky.social @keaninloomis.bsky.social
Abraracourcix @abraracourcix.bsky.social
Rebecca Gao @rebeccaga0.bsky.social writer and editor everywhere | food, culture, health, local politics, science
obsessed with you probably | she/her
https://rebeccagao.ca/
@jbensimon.bsky.social @jbensimon.bsky.social
Kate Lunau @katelunau.bsky.social Journalist and author in Toronto. I write about science and tech and how they impact our lives. https://www.katelunau.com/
Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social Reporting on the thinkers, builders and problem-solvers shaping Canada's future. Non-profit. Non-partisan. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: begiant.ca/newsletter
@policyanddemocracy.bsky.social @policyanddemocracy.bsky.social
Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social Senior Economic Justice Researcher @Human Rights Watch | Author of Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America @Routledge
Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbnews.bsky.social Bringing you news and stories from our campaigns and emergency responses around the world. Contact us on 07748 761999 or media.unit@oxfam.org.uk
Lars Koch @larskoch.bsky.social Oxfam Denmark CEO; climate change; finance for development; aid; humanitarian; inequality; human rights
Oxfam Sverige @oxfam.se Oxfam är en global organisation som varje dag kämpar för en värld utan orättvisa och fattigdom - för en jämlik framtid 💚
https://linktr.ee/oxfamse
Jordi Schröder Bosch @jordischroeder.bsky.social PhD Candidate at FU Berlin, EQUALFIN doctoral program “Finance and Inequality in Times of Polycrisis”
IMFS | Central Banking | Political Economy
Roger Middleton @rogermid.bsky.social Founder The PhotoBridge Project www.thephotobridgeproject.org
Also Horn of Africa research. MD Sabi Insight Ltd and Rift Valley Inst Fellow. Ex CDI, Oxfam & Chatham House.
Spencer Watson @handle.invalid they/them | Executive Director, @economics.lgbt | Chief Site Administrator, @lgbtq-wiki.org | Principal, https://watson-labs.com | Opinions are my own, but you can share them if you like
Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social Consultant to nonprofits. Writer, speaker, kvetcher. Critic of Wall Street's takeover of the charitable world. Misses Mookie.
Chelsea Sedani @chelsea-marie.bsky.social Advocacy Director at MassBudget. Social worker. Mama. Yogi. Writer. Lover of rides, games & Italy. BCSSW & UofMaryland alum. *views my own* (she/her)
Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere @spje.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/stopprivatejetexpansion
Community Catalyst @communitycatalyst.org https://communitycatalyst.org/
René 🟥🚩 @rcmoya.bsky.social Ah, dejame entrar, dejame ver algún día como ven tus ojos / Organiser, Debt Collective + L.A. Tenants Union / rent control & social housing campaigner / Personal account
onpolitics.news @onpolitics.news Dive Deep into Democracy. https://onpolitics.news is a political news and media aggregator with the latest articles, videos, podcasts and social posts. Top new articles posted here every hour.
Support the journalists and their publishers.
Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social Pissing off billionaires one small action at a time. Get involved ⬇️
https://bio.link/everyonehateselon
Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social Journalist covering B.C. environment and resource politics.
Valérie Gaudreau @vgaudreau.bsky.social Chroniqueuse politique au Soleil.
Collaboratrice Radio-Canada + Noovo Info + CKIA
Politique / journalisme / littérature / culture pop
Dal Gazette @dalgazette.bsky.social North America's oldest campus newspaper
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd
Lizzie.oleary@slate.com
Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
David Aviles @davidaviles.bsky.social PhD in Political Economy from USyd. Economic Geography Postdoc at SMI-UQ. Lecturer at UTFSM, Valparaíso.
Researching Critical Minerals, Energy Transition, Commodity Frontiers, State Theory, 🇨🇱+🇦🇺
Lauren McCarthy @gendercsr.bsky.social Feminist takes on business in society.
Director of ETHOS The Centre for Responsible Enterprise & Reader in CSR at Bayes Business School, City St. George's, University of London.
Views my own.
She/her.
Karen P.Y. Lai @karenpylai.bsky.social professor of economic geography | deputy editor-in-chief @financeandspace.bsky.social | editor of economic geography | money & finance | fintech | data centres | financial centres | Asia
Sarah Bowen @sarahkbowen.bsky.social Sociologist at NC State who studies food and food systems. I wrote a book about tequila, and another one about cooking. Now writing a book about food insecurity.
Matt Hoffmann @matthoffmann.bsky.social Professor of political science at the University of of Toronto, been studying global climate change politics for 30 years--focused on decarbonization, just transition, and storytelling.
Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org Associate Prof at EGB Copenhagen Business School & Anti-Corruption Data Collective. Duke PhD. Interested in $$ in politics, state capacity, taxation, stats. Exil-Herthaner
James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor in Political Economy @campolis.bsky.social | Staff Fellow in Politics @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social | Associate Editor @cjres.bsky.social | Researching innovation policy, housing, & the construction of political crises |
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social Political scientist at University of Oxford • Leverhulme Trust awardee • cross-national policy, political economy, politics of climate and crises • mom of 2 • she/her
https://www.federica-genovese.com/
Kate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social Money, markets, politics & culture; industrial policy; EU stuff. Prof at Georgetown University. Writings @kathleenrmcnamara.wordpress.com
Mikko Kuisma @drmkuisma.bsky.social Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Media Editor, SPA journals.
Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics
Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, uni Oslo. Relational sociology, class analysis, urban inequality, elite studies, 🍉
Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar • Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health • Political economy of development • FirstGen • former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology • gaborscheiring.com
Tom O'Grady @drtomdog.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, UCL. Studying political economy, welfare reforms, public opinion, European and British politics. He/him 🏳️🌈
Ben Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions.
Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social Political Economist at Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University | Sustainable Finance | Financialization | Politics of Investment | Pensions | http://nataschavanderzwan.com
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social Political economist at University of Sydney. Most recent book The Bailout State: Why Governments Rescue Banks, Not People (Polity, 2025). Now working on property and democracy.
Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social Assistant Professor Leiden University & Visiting Fellow LSE European Institute. Political Economy, Crises, Central Banks & the Green and Digital Transitions.
Clem Fon @clemfon.bsky.social Professor of Political Economy at UcLouvain
Central banking & infrastructural finance geek. Also EU & French politics, political economy & social sciences at large.
Dr Miette bonus: #recordoftheweek & #tuneoftheweek
Muireann O'Dwyer @mergito.bsky.social Feminist Political Economy, EU studies, teaching at St Andrews. What if all the measurements are wrong?
Tiago Moreira Ramalho @tiagomramalho.bsky.social Researcher in political science at Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium | EU economic governance, political economy & green transition
Author of 'Legitimating Austerity' (Bloomsbury, 2025): https://tinyurl.com/ycy6jwyn
Emilija Tudzarovska @tudzarovska.bsky.social Assistant Professor in European Politics, Charles Uni| Research Fellow, Academy of Science, CZ| Form.Vis.Fellow, Cambridge Uni, CRASSH|MSCA Fellow, EU Democratic Legitimacy| ARENA🇳🇴
Previously: FCO, 🇬🇧Embassy MKD
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Anna Zech @asezech.bsky.social PhD researcher @mpilhlt Frankfurt.
MSCA PhD @sorbonneparis1 & @ulbruxelles with @gemdiamondphd. Central bank nerd, interested in (networks of) macroeconomic expertise. Views own.
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social Professor of Political Economy, UCL. She/her. Here to lurk.
Fabian Schmidt @fabschmidt.bsky.social Political economist // Industrial policy for future // Brussels // Rail ultra
Ben Clift @benclift.bsky.social Political economist at Warwick University
Politics of economic ideas; IMF; climate politics; comparative capitalisms; politics of economic expertise
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5n4wvocAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social Reader in Political Economy, King’s College London
www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-scott-james
Geoeconomics of finance, monetary politics, City of London
BANK POLITICS (OUP, 2023)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bank-politics-9780192898609?cc=gb&lang=en&
Charlotte Rommerskirchen @crommers.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy @ University of Edinburgh | still writing a book about public debt management
@hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social @hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social Prof of Economic Development Univ. of Hertfordshire. Editor-in-Chief of Competition & Change.
@CompChange
https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/persons/hulya-dagdeviren
Rodrigo Fernandez @fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social Political Economy | Senior researcher | working on Financialization, Monopoly Capitalism & Decarbonization
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vuagMCAAAAAJ&hl=nl
Eleni Tsingou @etsingou.bsky.social Prof. International Political Economy and Transnational Governance, Copenhagen Business School
Working on financial governance, AML/CFT, investment in women’s health
Daniel Kinderman @danielk24.bsky.social prof interested in political economy, business and politics, democracy, populism, capitalism, Corporate Social Responsibility (+ irresponsibility).
Adrian Blau @adrianblau.bsky.social Professor of Politics at King's College London. I work on politics, philosophy & history. My surname rhymes with "flaw". BlauBlog: http://adrianblau.wordpress.com (He/him)
John Meadowcroft @johnmeadowcroft.bsky.social Reader in Public Policy at King's College London
John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social Economic geographer 🗺 💰 Central banking, risk management & climate finance. Co-author (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations
Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social Geographer at UBC; https://blogs.ubc.ca/peck/
Karsten Kohler @karstenkohler.bsky.social Associate Professor in Economics @ University of Leeds. Macroeconomics & finance. Capital flows, exchange rates, financial cycles, financialisation, income distribution.
https://karstenkohler.com
https://macrosimulation.org
Christina Wolf @christina-wolf.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Univerity of Hertfordshire, heterodox economist with focus on industrial policy. Bereaved parent.
Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social Academic @IRSussex | Author 'Marxism and the Marginalized: struggles for Indigenous sovereignty in Latin America’ | Historical Materialism | Mexico | Bolivia | Indigenous resistance
Dr Alina Utrata @alinau27.bsky.social Tech & Politics. Career Development Research Fellow at St Johns College, Oxford. PhD from Uni of Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast & Stanford. Host of Anti-Dystopians. she/her
Agent, @agentbal.bsky.social
www.alinautrata.com
Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine — economic sociology, culture, emotions, work & organizations, comparative political economy — new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Parening" (Princeton University Press, 2026)
Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social Reader in Political Economy, University of Warwick. Politics of money/finance, fintech (and the like), governance/everyday of finance, ethics and IPE. Decolonial and socio-technical imaginaries, fintech in India, and financial memes currently on the desk
Annina Kaltenbrunner @anninak.bsky.social Professor of Global Economics (University of Leeds, UK)
macro-finance in the Global South, central banking, exchange rates, and anything development finance; mixed-methods
Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social Political Ecologist/Economist at SOAS
@jmontgomerie @jmontgomerie.bsky.social Professor & Educator, feminist political economist, and full-time servant for 3 kids & 2 dogs. Researching money, debt & inequality (aka why we're all broke) and reforming how we money is taught (so we’re less broke). Neurodivergent thrifting queen
Dóra Piroska @piroskadora.bsky.social International Political Economy, banking and finance, Eastern Europe, Vienna
Zsofi Barta @bartazsofi.bsky.social Political Economist; Sciences Po; previously UAlbany; Author of "In the Red: The Politics of Public Debt" (Michigan 2018) and "Rating Politics" (OUP 2023)
Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy
🇨🇦🇴🇲🇳🇱
https://www.crystalennis.com/
Nina Obermeier @ninaobermeier.com Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics at King's College London. International political economy, European politics, globalization, immigration, populism, and Eurovision (which combines all of the above). www.ninaobermeier.com
Henrik Plaschke @henrikplaschke.bsky.social Former associate professor of political economy & European Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. Posts in a variety of areas, incl. political economy, international relations, current affairs & politics, jazz & other musics etc. Reposting ≠ endorsement.
Jostein Hauge @haugejostein.bsky.social Political economist • Assistant Professor at Cambridge • Book: The Future of the Factory • Newsletter: http://theglobalcurrents.com • Email: jlh202@cam.ac.uk