Holli Sargeant @hollisargeant.bsky.social Research Fellow in Law & AI, St John's College, University of Cambridge
Focusing on legal frameworks for algorithmic decision-making & role of AI in justice systems.
hollisargeant.github.io
Matthew Fright @matthewfright.bsky.social Associate director - devolution @instituteforgovernment.org.uk formerly @nao.org.uk analyst. PhD on history of national income accounts. Views are my own.
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Zoey @zoeydeer.bsky.social MSc in Digital Sociology | University of Edinburgh
Neil @youtubeneil.bsky.social GMB Union workplace rep who advocates for a safer workplace and worker rights.
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Mike D @mduncan821.bsky.social
Charles Stevenson @stevenson29.bsky.social "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn
Creatrix Cymraes @creatrixcymraes.bsky.social Artist, maker and mother (Creatrix) from Caerdydd, Cymru (Cymraes) ✨
Queer, disabled, siaradwyr 🏴♿️🏳️🌈
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Feral Ephemeral @marcmancuso.bsky.social Emits information at regular intervals over a range of frequencies. Has both curl and divergence. Treats ceramics education as asylum, empowerment, hospitality, and tourism. Goes by "Marc." Nom de fume: Bjorn Maäd.
Ray Griffin @raygriffin.bsky.social Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
New Genetics and Society @newgensoc.bsky.social A journal for leading-edge social science research on the new genetics & related biosciences. Publishes research on social aspects of new genetics like gene editing, genomics and proteomics and biosciences like stem cell research and neuroscience
International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) @ijpds.bsky.social 'The Science of Data About People'
Open access - Peer Reviewed - Large Scale Population Data
Publishing research, development and evaluation connected with data about people and populations.
Access for Free Here: www.ijpds.org
Heather Buckingham @heather-buckingham.bsky.social Interested in everyone having enough and working out what it takes to bring that about – politically, in communities and through business. Social Change Advisor at Trussell. Visiting lecturer at the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School.
Levana Magnus @levanamagnus.bsky.social Research associate at University of Bristol. Researching un/under/employment, social in/security, and the value of care
Welsh Country @welshcountry.bsky.social Your online countryside magazine for Wales www.welshcountry.co.uk
Dr Uisce Jordan @uiscejordan.bsky.social Research Associate working on @safety-nets.bsky.social & @changingrealities.bsky.social at University of Glasgow 🌞 (she/her)
Dr Millie Light @milliemaglet.bsky.social Academic researcher on Changing Realities, University of Glasgow and Centre for Arts and Health, Falmouth University. Interested in precarity, critical wellbeing and intersections of social and ecological (in)justice
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
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 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
People, Place and Policy (PPP) Journal @ppp-journal.bsky.social An independent open access journal for academic debate on the challenges faced by contemporary society. We launched in 2007 and are based at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University - https://ppp-online.org
Jeremiah Brown @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social Some guy with lots of bad opinions about freedom, public policy and sports.
Eliana Munoz @givehope.bsky.social Time to be brave. Nature is our lifeline🐝. We must protect it.
We will all win if we all speak out, not with anger or with fear, but with conviction.
We are fighting for the good in all of us. We are fighting the heart of our nation 🇺🇸 🗽⚖️.
Lee Waters @waterslee.bsky.social
Paul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
Masashi Yamabe 山邊 聖士 @mymb.bsky.social Social policy, policy implementation, frontline work and organizations. Lecturer at University of Nagasaki, Japan. https://researchmap.jp/masashy
Nancy Evans @nancycevans.bsky.social Sociologist. Senior lecturer & course leader at Uni of Chester. Part of @socjustice-uoc.bsky.social. Qualitative & participatory research. Poverty, social (in)security, stigma, & social harm. Navigating academia & life with ADHD.
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Gabriele Mari @gmari.bsky.social Sociologist @Erasmus University Rotterdam
Social security, families, income/wealth
https://sites.google.com/view/marigabriele/home
Jodi @jcfineartphoto.bsky.social Searching for beauty, goodness and truth. I am a non-apologetic liberal. Don't bother trying to DM. Also, for fuck's sake, spare me the porn. I love art, photography, poetry.
Policy Sciences Journal @policysciences.bsky.social With an interdisciplinary and international focus, Policy Sciences encourages a diversity of perspectives. The editors especially welcome conceptual and empirical innovation, together with the potential richness and insight of comparative orientation.
Carlos Cabanita @ccabanita.bsky.social Portuguese retired graphic designer
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IndigoSkyRyder @indigoryder2125.bsky.social
J. Randy Taraborrelli @jrandyt.bsky.social Presidential historian - latest New York Times bestseller, "JFK - Public, Private, Secret" on sale now. TV writer, too. But more importantly - Dad to a very entitled dog named Axel.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jfk+taraborrelli
David Young @davidhjyoung.bsky.social British Academy Postdoc Fellow - social policy, social security/insecurity, income volatility, Universal Credit, care. Previous researcher: distantwelfare.co.uk, Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers, changingrealities.org, safetynets.study
Professor Lisa Scullion @lisa-scullion.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy
Academic Lead (Interim) Social Innovation Institute
University of Salford, UK
FAcSS
Fiona McHardy @fionamchardy.bsky.social Research Fellow - Scottish Health Equity Research Unit .
Board of Parenting Across Scotland.
All views my own . Reposts indicate interest and not endorsement.
UK's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoycouk.bsky.social DISCOVER JOY in UK (England, NI, Scotland, Wales) events, biz, health, music, tourism, on linktr.ee/HowToEnjoyCoUk. Unleash fun nationally, from villages to cities and tourist hotspots. Embrace togetherness through the four home nations | HowToEnjoy.co.uk
Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social I'm just here to burn Nazi's and chew bubble gum...
and I'm all outta gum.
Peter @peter19a.bsky.social Always in search of feel-good images.
Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey @drlizbailey.bsky.social Lecturer in public policy and management at the University of York. Specialist in education, public services, social policy history, and the voluntary sector. Currently mapping the VCSE workforce in North Yorkshire and the Humber. All views my own
EASP SPA 2025 Conference Official Account @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network – Joint Annual Conference 2025: Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities
@jaywiggan.bsky.social @jaywiggan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in social policy. All things employment and social security policy.
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-of-unemployment-policy-in-britain
Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social Qualitative social researcher since 2002 | Mental health, employment, welfare reform | Learning the ropes as a lecturer since 2024…
SPA Employment policy group @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social We're the Social Policy Association's employment policy group. Account managed by Hayley Bennett. Group convened by Sioned Pearce, Ceri Hughes, and Levana Magnus
WISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social Sefydliad Ymchwil Cymdeithasol ac Economaidd a Data Cymru I Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data I wiserd.ac.uk
Ceri Hughes @ceridwenhughes.bsky.social British Academy Fellow researching insecure work, activation & work-related conditionality
Based at Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester. Visiting Fellow, CASE, LSE
Enrico Reuter @enricoreuter.bsky.social Co-Head of Social Policy, School for Business and Society, Uni York @uoysbs.bsky.social | Work on self-employment, labour market policy | Editor of Social Policy & Society | Opinions my own
Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
Cara Leavey @caraleavey.bsky.social Public health PhD at Newcastle Uni // Interested in young people, work and health inequalities
Tom Montgomery @tom-montgomery.bsky.social Lecturer in Work and Organisations at University of Stirling. Research on labour markets, policy, politics, and what to have for lunch...
@gmlivingwage.bsky.social @gmlivingwage.bsky.social
Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) @cresr-shu.bsky.social The latest news, research, engagement and updates from CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University.
https://www.shu.ac.uk/centre-regional-economic-social-research
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Ethiopia Beyond @talksmart.bsky.social Exploring the untold beauty, culture, history, innovation, and spirit of Ethiopia.
Sharing authentic stories, breathtaking places, people, traditions, and the new face of Africa’s rising destination.
From ancient civilizations to modern transformation — E
Sarah Batty @sarah-batty.bsky.social Welfare Rights & Benefits Expert adviser/trainer. Team Leader in local govt. Also BenefitsTraining Co. Interested in social security policy, anti-poverty.
Teessider, socialist, clarinet player.
Jenny Kitzinger @jennykitzinger.bsky.social Law, medicine, ethics, journalism.
Improving care & decision-making Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness - Co-director cdoc.org.uk Research centre, Cardiff University
Andrew Brook @anbrook.bsky.social Senior programme manager at Power2 @power2org.bsky.social.
Doctoral researcher @mmudecentwork.bsky.social, interested in the relationship between housing and job quality.
Ex-teacher and current special school governor.
Views mine alone.
Sirin Sung @sirinsung.bsky.social Queen's University Belfast, Senior Lecturer, gender and family policy, critical social policy, international and comparative social policy
Anastasia Llewellyn @anastasiallewellyn.bsky.social PhD candidate in political science & public policy, University of Ottawa. Studying the intersection of language and housing activism in Wales. Sometimes lecture in translation, Concordia University. Usually somewhere between Odawa, Tiohtià:ke & Caerdydd. 🏴
Scot Hunter @scothunter.bsky.social Analyst @ Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Sociology PhD Univ. Stirling (2019-2024). Interested in communities and place, health inequalities and ethnic labour market penalties.
George Williams @gdwilliams9.bsky.social Research and Policy Analyst at the Work Foundation. Former parliamentary staffer. Views my own.
PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/local-politics-and-governance
Sharon Wright @profsharonwright.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Welfare conditionality, gender, women, Universal Credit, social security, disability benefits, devolution, migrant essential workers, labour migration
She/her
Adam Hedgecoe @adamhedgecoe.bsky.social Director, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD). Ethnographer, historian(ish). STS, Genomics, research regulation (RECs/IRBs)
Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social Campaigner🍃Trade Unionist 🍃Political🍃 Socialist 🍃 🇧🇩 Proud 🇬🇧 🍃
https://buymeacoffee.com/alihaydor
Founder of - MORE BLACKS, MORE MUSLIMS, MORE IRISH - @morebmi.bsky.social
Share/Like not necessarily endorsements
Views are my own
No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social Say - No To Racism 📣
❤️ Opposing hate, inequality, and discrimination
❤️ Justice, dignity, and equality for all
❤️ Be Kind
❤️ Stronger Together
❤️ Anti-War
❤️ F*uk ICE
❤️ F*uk Trump
🚫fascists🚫bigots🚫racists🚫evil🚫maga
Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social Welsh; trade union gobshite; #Spycops; interested in journalism; #bi 🩷💜💙+ #pan 🩷💛💙; #BWithTheT; Cardiff UCU media team; resistance is fertile 🌱✊
Kirsty Newsome @kirstynewsome.bsky.social Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Decent Work, University of Sheffield
Jack @jfarnhillbain.bsky.social Youth Employment Policy, Charity Trustee - likes hiking & Charlton Athletic.
Views are my own, likes and reposts are not endorsements.
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Local Government Studies @lgstudies.bsky.social First established in 1975, Local Government Studies is the leading journal for the study of local politics, policy, public administration and management and governance https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/flgs20
Aled Blake @aledblake.bsky.social ⚽️ Cardiff City. ⚽️ Wales. 🔴 Lefty.
Recovering journalist, ex-policy officer, now PhD student.
Bridges 5.0 EU Project @bridges5-0.bsky.social Exploring workforce skills for Industry 5.0. We are a #HorizonEU initiative funded by EU HaDEA
https://bridges5-0.eu/
Jim McKirdle @jmckirdle.bsky.social Housing Policy Officer at WLGA, but this is my personal account
Dion Curry @dsdcurry.bsky.social Ornery Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy- E Ed Ferrari @edferrari.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. (All views my own.)
Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social Associate Prof, UoN. Chair @Academics_Stand Founding member of @QPaPNetwork parkrun Event Ambassador and ED. New allotment holder.
North Paddington Foodbank @npfoodbank.bsky.social 💷Westminster’s largest food aid charity and UK’s first #CashFirst food bank
Fighting food insecurity through aid, advocacy & community
👇Support us
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Tom Stephens @tcstephens.bsky.social Senior Fellow @neweconomics.bsky.social | Fellow @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social | PhD from @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social | Fmr Jobs/Ed Lead @ Brent Council | Worked on infected blood campaign & abortion decriminalisation w/ @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
TonyDobbins @tdobbo.bsky.social Interested in work and employment relations, and other things in life outside the world of work: hiking, footy (YNWA), cycling, nature, music. Plebeian origins. Greatest achievements: seeing a stoat in winter ermine, a badger 🦡and rescuing a hedgehog 🦔
Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Cambridge based.
Rod Hick @rodhick.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy at Cardiff University. Poverty | social security | work | housing www.rodhick.com
Tony Dundon @tonydundon.bsky.social Professor, Work&Employment @ul. Fellow @AcadSocSciences @WorkEqualities Dad, Everton Fan, Humanist. Own views (obviously). Re-tweets not an endorsement.
Dr Emily Cooper @criminographer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancashire. Geographer. Mum of four (two live in my heart). Tweets child loss, SUDC, PPA2 deficiency, sex work, sextortion/FMSE, fraud, policing, VAWG. #WIASN
Rose Watson @esor.bsky.social Current PhD student at Uni of Strathclyde Business School. Research interests include: poverty, employability, inequalities. All posts my own. Love cats, Discworld and Green Day.
Matt Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social Political economy of the welfare state. Politics of social citizenship. Dynamics of resilience and cohesion. European society and politics. Ideas and discourse.
Ireland, UK & Europe
Assistant Professor of Social Policy, UCD
Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ucl.ac.uk
Econ & social policy:
labor, (un)employment, inequality
http://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk
https://lukaslehner.github.io/
Davide Vampa @davidevampa.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh
Co-director of @ccc-research.bsky.social
Lead editor of @regfedst.bsky.social
Chair of @ecprfederalism.bsky.social
Views are my own.
Dr Katy Jones @katyjones.bsky.social Reader (Associate Prof) in Employment, Head of the Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre at Manchester Met University