Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Journalist, writer, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at NYU (jayvanbavel.com) | Author of The Power of Us Book (powerofus.online) | Director of NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation | trying to write a new book about collective decisions
Niall Couper @niallcouper.bsky.social Changemaker, former Head of Media for Amnesty UK, former CEO Fair Game, author of three books, Wimbledon fan and lover of 90s indie music
Football Action Network @footballactionnetwork.com The backbone of the beautiful game. Central hub for football-for-good organisations, providing the strategic muscle for the legends on the front lines.
Norwich City Football Club @canaries.co.uk 
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Gillian Sandstrom @gilliansocial.bsky.social Psychologist studying kindness and #Talking2Strangers. Classical music lover. Outdoor enthusiast. Author of #OnceUponAStranger
linktr.ee/drgilliansandstrom
Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social Data Editor, @thetimes.com
🇬🇧 How is Britain doing? 👉 thetimes.com/data
🔗 https://www.thetimes.com/profile/tom-calver
📧 thomas.calver@the-times.co.uk
William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social Head of Communications at @theelders.bsky.social. Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
Roman Krznaric @romankrznaric.bsky.social Social philosopher, founder @empathymuseum New book HISTORY FOR TOMORROW https://romankrznaric.com TED talk on THE GOOD ANCESTOR http://tinyurl.com/y6779czd 
UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com Editor of FT Alphaville, co-host of The Story of Money and author of Trillions and A Fabulous Debt. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
Dr. Adrian Kerrison @adokerrison.bsky.social Conversation analyst studying all the different ways crowds of strangers manage to say the same thing, in the same way, at the same time. He/him
Dan Hancox @danhancox.bsky.social Journalist and author from south London. Latest book: MULTITUDES: How Crowds Made the Modern World (Verso 2024).
https://cursedobjects.podbean.com/
https://danhancox.substack.com/
Sam Hampton @samhampton.bsky.social Climate social scientist at Oxford and Bath universities 
Katrina Billings @saltykat.bsky.social Hispanophile, Spanish speaker. Passionate mum/grandma, lover of the environment. Enjoy photographing nature and inspirational architecture. Prone to random jottings when moved. Still young at heart.
NB I will not answer any DMs due to Bluesky's ID policy.
Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social Queer vegan of colour academic. Committed to decolonial inquiry. Postcolonial, Queer Studies. Université Paris Cité. He, they.
https://echelles.u-pariscite.fr/membre/bakshi-sandeep-fr/
http://decolonizingsexualities.org
https://instagram.com/sandeep.bak/
Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu Social data scientist with too many questions | Assistant Professor at Leiden University | PhD from @EUI
https://laurenleek.eu/
https://laurenleek.substack.com
Association of Camerados @camerados-org.bsky.social The folk in a shed supporting the Camerados movement to create #PublicLivingRooms no agenda spaces in all sorts of places
#WeAreCamerados
Email : cuppa@camerados.org
Links : https://linktr.ee/camerados
Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social Faculty Research Centre @universityofbristol 📚 New thinking on people, movement and social justice 🚀 Blogs, podcasts, conversations. Visit us at https://migration.bristol.ac.uk/
Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social Director of Research at ThinkLabour. Interested in politics and data. Interested in how people think about politics and data.
Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social Expert citizen, diverse workhorse, viva Wessex - health & justice - she/her
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social People-powered campaigning for a fairer, more sustainable UK 🧡
Start your petition 👉 http://38d.gs/oOo
Media enquiries 📧 press@38degrees.org.uk
John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social Social psychologist @Sussex.ac.uk. Collective behaviour, crowds, emergencies, Covid http://tinyurl.com/anw6sxrs Member behavioural sub-group @independentsage.bsky.social Views my own.
James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social Pollster. Chief Research Officer of @focaldata.bsky.social and Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow.bsky.social
Belonging Forum @belongingforum.bsky.social linktr.ee/belongingforum | Working together to overcome isolation and build belonging. Founded by Kim Samuel, home to #TheBelongingBarometer, #TheBelongingResearchLab
Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
heather.stewart@theguardian.com
Jeder Institute @jederinstitute.bsky.social The Jeder Institute creates positive change for individuals and communities, around the world, by building on existing strengths through Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), NIDS and Unconferences.
Georgia Banjo @georgiabanjo.bsky.social Writing mostly about health, innovation and people. Britain correspondent at The Economist.
Nick Brody @nbrody.bsky.social Comm Prof at The University of Puget Sound studying technology and relationships.
www.pugetsound.edu/directory/nicholas-brody
Polly Curtis @pollycurtis.bsky.social Chief executive, Demos; journalist; non exec director, PHSO
Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social Social scientist. Co-Director Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy & Management, University of Leicester School of Business. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Health Services Research & Policy https://journals.sagepub.com/home/HSR
Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social Care, Tech, Culture, Inequality. Check out The Last Human Job re the "scaling up" of humane work @PrincetonUPress. Johns Hopkins sociologist 
Garrett Bucks @garrettbucks.bsky.social Writer/Organizer/Hopemonger. Read The White Pages (please) (https://thewhitepages.net). From Montana/now in Milwaukee.
"We put on ZZ Top and turned it up, real loud"
Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social Co-Director @roundourwayUK.bsky.social // ex @ippr.org @neweconomics.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social // @PersuasionUK.bsky.social & @lcefuk.bsky.social advisory boards // nerd's nerd // wheaton's law // blobby correspondent // eat pizza.have guts🍕🎉
Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social Hallsworth fellow at University of Manchester & research fellow at Common Wealth. Ajax fan. She/her.
Andrea Tilstra @andreatilstra.bsky.social Demographer & Sociologist | Social Inequalities in Population Health | Senior Researcher at Oxford 🇬🇧, PhD from Boulder ⛰️ | she/her
Sunil @sdvr.bsky.social Erstwhile researcher in human computer interaction/tech, accessible environments, sociology, politics, transport/urbanism and rare diseases: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oSEzsOoAAAAJ&hl=en
Chris Kelly @westdigitaled.online BBC West of England Digital Editor. Many stories auto-posted here. Also have side hustle making apps.
Merideth Gattis @meridethgattis.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science / Teaching research methods / Researching how environments influence cognition communication & parenting
Anthea Simmons @apricotfox.bsky.social Children's author, activist, citizen journalist and horse/cat lover! I am EIC of www.westcountryvoices.co.uk, a progressive online 'paper' covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and a co-founder of the South Devon Primary/Political Primary. 
Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social Co-Director @climatemajority.bsky.social | Emeritus Prof of Philosophy | Author, WHY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN MATTERS and TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION | Home-grown dissident | Free thinker | Earthling.
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CommonGroundOrgUK @commongroundorguk.bsky.social The billionaires and their media are using hate and fear to divide communities and win power. We believe there’s more that unites than divides us and we’re having the conversations that prove it. www.commongroundorg.co.uk
Immigration Bot @immigrationbot.bsky.social Automated updates about UK immigration and asylum stuff from select sources, curated by @colinyeo.bsky.social. Includes AI generated summaries for some sources.
Anna McShane @annacmcshane.bsky.social Director www.newbritain.org.uk
Juggling mum of 4, former teacher, former Deputy Director, Public First.
MBA candidate, Bayes Business School
London via Wrexham
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Ruth Ben-Tovim @ruthben-tovim.bsky.social Socially and ecologically engaged artist, community facilitator, imagination process designer, Palestine activist
#townanywhere www.walkingforest.co.uk #theartofinvitation #hospicingmodernity
Tea & Tolerance @teaandtolerance.bsky.social A roaming tea trolley encouraging conversation and connection #BeingHumanConversation available to buy. Book for events, community sessions and workplace cohesion.
teaandtolerance.com
Professor Ted Cantle @tedcantle.bsky.social Founder of community cohesion, advocate of interculturalism. Advisor to BelongNetwork UK. Roles include Exec, non-executive, academic and advisory. www.tedcantle.co.uk
Bristol Rail Campaign @bristolrail.bsky.social Bristol Rail Campaign - Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways. We want better trains to more places more often for Bristol, Bath and the West of England.
Festival of Nature @festofnature.bsky.social The UK's largest celebration of the natural world, in Bristol, Bath & online every June. Stay with us all year round to discover wildlife on your doorstep and take action for nature 🔎🦔🌱🐝
GW4 Alliance @gw4alliance.bsky.social An alliance of four of the most research-intensive and innovative universities in the UK: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do: gw4.ac.uk
Sign up to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4tbuar5f
Urban Good CIC @urbangood.bsky.social We make maps and try to improve cities. Have a look at www.urbangood.org
The Bristol Cable @thebristolcable.bsky.social Pioneering investigative local media co-op, owned by thousands of people in Bristol, UK 🗞️
Join and support us for as little as £1/mo: https://bit.ly/3Zzp5Xu
#KeepTheLightsOn 🔦
James Ward @jamesward81.bsky.social Campaigner at Adfree Cities // Host of the Better Without Billboards Podcast // Words in The Ecologist, Bristol Cable, Bristol 24/7 // Facilitator // Tall man. 
Serena Ralston @serenaralston.bsky.social Green Party Councillor for Clifton Down, Bristol. Comms specialist, writer, urban planning anorak. English cyclist envying the Dutch. Christian. Views own.
Ece Temelkuran @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social How To Lose A Country — Together — and coming soon Nation of Strangers https://www.canongate.co.uk/nationofstrangers ecetemelkuran.iletisim@gmail.com
Calum Green @calumdgreen.bsky.social Organising | Campaigns | Trying this place out...
Deputy CEO and Director of Organising & Campaigns, The Advocacy Academy
Previously Involve, London Community Land Trust & Citizens UK
Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com 
Compassion In Politics @compinpolitics.bsky.social Putting compassion, inclusion, and cooperation at the heart of politics. Support our Campaign: The Truth in Politics #StopTheLying
Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social Writer & editor, past lives in science policy, sci-comm etc. Retirement pastimes include managing climate anxieties. New writing at UKjazznews.com and @theartsdesk.bsky.social
jonturney.wordpress.com
See also https://bristoljazzlive.co.uk
Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at WashU • NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director • Explorers Club EC50 • eeps.washu.edu/people/paul-byrne • he/him
The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social We are running out of time. We are a community of runners making changes for a greener future.
https://thegreenrunners.com
David Minshall @dbminshall.bsky.social Nature and the outdoors - Bristol, UK
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbminshall
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natureandtheoutdoors/
@aquinn07.bsky.social @aquinn07.bsky.social Cat owner by accident, fully paid up member of the Liverpool diaspora
Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social Part-time bookseller, full-time reader.
Bristol, UK.
When I read a book, I post a little review here.
Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social Civil servant on DWP's Pensions Commission, from December 2025 until its final report in 2027. Tweets will be infrequent and objective.
Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social calmerfuture.org
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place
Dominika Noworolska @dominikanow.bsky.social Researcher, facilitator & cultural strategist passionate about social causes and meaningful change. I work across systemic boundaries whenever possible to build bridges, nurture relationships, and aim for better outcomes for people. Glasgow based
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration @icibi.bsky.social Official account of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, providing independent scrutiny to the UK's border and immigration functions.
Chris Annous @chrisannous.bsky.social Rugby Player | Stood for Parliament | Associate at More in Common
Conleth Burns @conlethburns.bsky.social Associate Director - More in Common
Dame Sara Khan DBE @sarakhandbe.bsky.social UK Counter-Extremism Commissioner 2018-2021
UK Gov Adviser on Social Cohesion & Resilience 2021-2024
The Khan Review (2024)
Global Board Member: More In Common
Senior Adviser: Crest Advisory
Trustee: Demos
Sophie Stowers @sophiestowers.bsky.social Scouser, reality TV obsessive and Research Manager at More in Common UK 📊👩🏼💻
📧sophie@moreincommon.com
Daniel Yudkin @dyudkin.bsky.social Director of the Beacon Project at More in Common using social psychology to build a more cohesive future; Visiting Scholar at the Wharton School
More in Common UK @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social I(i)mpact and engagement for my brilliant colleagues in politics, economics, social sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Often I dream of islands.
🚢 ships
🏺archaeology
🏰 medieval history
🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social 🌱 ESRC-funded research centre focused on sustainability transformations that are people-centred, ‘joined-up’ and socially just.
🌐 https://www.just.ac.uk/
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/just-research-centre/
Intergenerational Foundation www.if.org.uk @intergenerational.bsky.social We're a research charity fighting for a fairer deal for younger and future generations across all areas of policy. www.if.org.uk
#housing #taxation #spending #climate #pensions #students #governmentspending #intergenerationalfairness #children
Hana Sutch (she/her) @sutchfun.bsky.social Co-founder at Go Jauntly - a walking, wayfinding & nature connection app #ActiveTravel #ClimateAction #TechForGood #IntersectionalFeminist #WomenInTech @gojauntly.bsky.social
Grow Social Capital @growsocialcapital.bsky.social A social enterprise based in Cardiff, East London and Leicester working to unleash a social capital revolution
- Modern Cockney Festival
- A Very English Chat
- Tummler School
- Most Significant Change
www.growsocialcapital.org.uk
Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
Be part of what's next: togetheralliance.org.uk
Hilary Cottam @hilarycottam.bsky.social Author of Radical Help and The Work We Need (out May 2025), Hon Prof @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Trustee @jrf-uk.bsky.social. Doer. Free Radical www.hilarycottam.com
Madeleine Sumption @msumption.bsky.social Director of Migration Observatory @ University of Oxford. I research migration policy, mostly in the UK
Tariq Modood @tariqmodood.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol
Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism
RTs are not endorsements and may be sent while I print it to read later.
Migrant Help 🧡 @migranthelp.bsky.social Here at Migrant Help, we exist to protect people affected by displacement and exploitation, helping them thrive as individuals and recover from their trauma.
Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod
WEST @travelwest.bsky.social WEST is the transport information service of the West of England Combined Authority and North Somerset Council. Reposts for info.
Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social Walking artist-academic-activist The LRM (Loiterers Resistance Movement). #Psychogeography, Vegan, Crip, #OurIrwell. Maker of Creative Mischief. Lover of public space, sad songs, DIY maps + Doctor Who. She/they The Feminist Art of Walking 20/10/25 (Pluto)
Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Writer, historian, wants to make the world a better place
#TodayInQueerHistory
Hotties in Art out in Autumn
Co-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums
For events and books check out:
https://linktr.ee/jackshoulder
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social We are a migrant-led national organisation empowering migrants to speak out, challenge perceptions and change public debate, in the media and to policymakers. Offices in London, Glasgow and Birmingham.
Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social We support women seeking safety in the UK to rebuild their lives on their own terms.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
#WelcomeEveryWoman #SetHerFree #SistersNotStrangers
Refugees at Home @refugeesathome.bsky.social We connect people with a spare room in their home to refugees and people seeking asylum who are in need of somewhere to stay.
www.refugeesathome.org
Akeela Ahmed MBE @akeelaahmed.bsky.social Business woman, social entrepreneur, campaigner, Trustee and government advisor. 
City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social City by city, community by community, we're building a more welcoming UK for people seeking sanctuary. Wherever you live or work there are ways to get involved.
https://linktr.ee/cityofsanctuaryuk
Zehra Zaidi @zehrazaidi.bsky.social Lawyer/ Humanitarian-Climate Transition-Geopolitics-Gender &Equalities/ Campaigner - We Too Built Britain #JohnYstumllynRose / @A4Afghanistan