Jessica Norris @jesscnorris.bsky.social PhD candidate in comparative politics @georgetown | Chinese political economy & renewable energy
Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
Muireann O'Dwyer @mergito.bsky.social Feminist Political Economy, EU studies, teaching at St Andrews. What if all the measurements are wrong?
Robert Palmer @robertnpalmer.bsky.social Deputy Director, Uplift. Campaigning for a rapid & fair transition away from oil & gas production in the UK.
Ex-Tax Justice UK & Global Witness. He/him 🏳️🌈. All views are my own.
Rachel Kenyon @rach-elk.bsky.social Business Engagement Manager at University of Manchester, supporting collaboration and knowledge exchange between academic researchers and non-academic partners. Coop National Member Council member. Pro-manchester board director. Running nerd and coach.
Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social Lecturer in Language and Communicative Development at the University of Manchester. Usually mountains and running in my free time but currently down with Long Covid (again? Still?).
Michael Wilson @michaelwilson57.bsky.social
LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social 🔓 Social sciences publisher. Equitable open access. Based at @lselibrary.bsky.social | press.lse.ac.uk
Ranjani Srinivasan @rrr3006.bsky.social 🇵🇸 ✊🏾 @ColumbiaGSAPP @HarvardGSD
They/Them
ஜெய் பீம்
@al-marshall.bsky.social @al-marshall.bsky.social
Mary Noon @marynoonwrites.bsky.social Jane Austen is my patronus. I write about women dealing with shit and they all love to laugh. She/her.
https://marynoonwrites.com/
joe gerlach @joegerlach.bsky.social // geographer
// associate professor in cultural geography
// editorial board - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Alfredo Hernandez Sanchez @alfredohs.com Computational social scientist studying narratives in politics and finance.
Quantitative Text Analysis | Data Visualization | Open-Source Tools in R
www.alfredohs.com
Imogen Tyler @imogentyler.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
social justice; historical sociology; political economy; anti-poverty; anti-racism; colonial histories & legacies; class struggle; stigma; environmental justice. 🌳 🌊 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧ 🍉
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imogen-Tyler
Christine Eriksen @drceriksen.bsky.social Geographer, ETH Zürich.
Focus on social dimensions of disasters, particularly wildfires.
www.christineeriksen.com
Adam Badger @adambadger.bsky.social Hey! I'm new here!!
Currently a lecturer in Economic Geography at Newcastle University
At work I'm interested in (among other things) questions around technology and the future of work
Outside of work, music and making some below average art is my jam!
City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social City & Community aims to advances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy. An @asanews.bsky.social journal.
Maddie Joyce @maddiejoyce.bsky.social phding @ Royal Holloway | feminist geopolitics | Interests in volumes, weathers, multispecies, borders | researching the Korean DMZ | she/her
neilgray00.bsky.social @neilgray00.bsky.social Writer and researcher based in Glasgow. Urban theory and politics, housing, miscellania. 'Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy' (forthcoming, 2026). https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/take-over-the-city
SPA Housing Policy Group @spahousingpolicy.bsky.social This is the Bluesky account for the Social Policy Association Housing Policy Group. We will post updates on our activities, events, and publications. Please tag along. The account is managed by @profcolinclark.bsky.social on behalf of the group.
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
Stephen Vincent @chelseaman.bsky.social Literature and Philosophy, and in the real world a Bakunin style anarchist
Married to @pkalways.sheshed.rocks 💝
Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social Political economy, urban politics, APD, neoliberalism @ualbany. Editor @UrbanAffairsRev. Also, rugby, whiskey, whisky. Author of Blazing the Neoliberal Trail & Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City
tprweaver.com
Ophélie Véron @drophelieveron.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at TU Berlin. Geographer working on socio-ecological transformation, care and social reproduction, multispecies justice, food politics, and grassroots activism. (she/they)
https://ophelieveron.com/
@isameier.bsky.social @isameier.bsky.social
Lucy Grimshaw @lucygrimshaw.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Researching inequalities in HE, schools and communities | Researching everyday heritage | Poet | Cyclist |
https://teachingmininghistory.wordpress.com/
Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social Historian of disability, gender and sexuality in modern Britain | UKRI Research Fellow @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social | Editor @historyworkshop.org.uk | erstwhile Warwick and IHR
Tom Disney @tdisney85.bsky.social Associate Professor and Social Geographer at Northumbria University. My research applies geographical theory and spatial methods to social work and child welfare.
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/tom-disney/
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group @gfgrg.bsky.social Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society with IBG - Encouraging geographical research on gender through feminist perspectives.
Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social 🎙️ News, updates, and all the great things happening in the Department of Geography and Environment at Loughborough University.
🏅 5th in the UK for Geography
👩🏽💻 Website: https://bit.ly/lborogeog
Jeremy C. Wells, Ph.D. @magic-old-places.bsky.social Author and expert in human-centered public historic preservation policy, the psychological value of place, and collaborative governance.
Jenifa Zahan @jenifazahan.bsky.social Urban studies scholar theorising global south cities, with care, compassion and intention to change, one step at a time!
urs_balderson @ursabalderson.bsky.social research on nature markets & retrofit @envleeds.bsky.social | also on future-of-work in the context of climate change: just transition/WTRs/work+degrowth/industrial policy etc | climber | environmentalist
Hampus Hallingfors @hhallingfors.bsky.social Researching (human) geography education
Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social The UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.
For now, you'll find our news posted on LinkedIn and in our monthly newsletter.
David Collett @colldash.bsky.social Lecturer in Adult Nursing #UoM 🐝 💜 Playful Learning Enthusiast 🎲
Ex Labour Councillor #Blackpool 🌹
Oncology & SACT ACP 💊
Passionate about all things nursing, politics education and design 🎲⚽️👾🕹️
Economic Geography Journal @econgeog-journal.bsky.social Premier journal publishing leading-edge research to deepen our understanding of the geographical drivers of economic processes.
Internationally peer-reviewed, owned by Clark University since 1925.
Geoffrey DeVerteuil @urbanicity.bsky.social Professor of Social and Urban Geography, Cardiff University
Todd Sears @todd-sears.bsky.social Real estate, investments, economics, and public policy.
Rachel Bayer @rachelbayer.bsky.social Human Geographer & Asexualities Researcher exploring asexual geographies in Ireland (she/her) 💜🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
University College Dublin School of Geography 🌍
Former Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar
https://www.rachel-bayer.com/
Cristian Croitoru @cristiana2.bsky.social PhD Geography student, hist-pol geographer, Carnegie’s public libraries, philanthropy, internationalism 📚💰🇬🇧🇺🇸
University of Nottingham
@baichuanliu.bsky.social @baichuanliu.bsky.social
@jimobriend6w.bsky.social @jimobriend6w.bsky.social - Z Zuhri James @zuhrijames.bsky.social PhD student from Hackney
blog: https://zuhrijames.wordpress.com
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre |
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Soledad Castro @soledadcastro.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Zürich. Costa Rican interdisciplinary researcher on plantations, pesticides and waterscapes merging aproaches from environmental sciences, political ecology and critical agrarian studies.
Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social Human geographer & historian. Research on solidarity, labour, social movements etc.
Dr Shona Loong @shonaloong.bsky.social Conflict, aid politics, #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar | SNSF Ambizione Fellow @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social | Prev University of Zurich and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
https://www.shonaloong.com
Nicky Cullum @nickycullum.bsky.social I spend my days doing health research at The University of Manchester and the rest of my time cooking, watching, listening, walking and reading.
Ian Bruff @ianbruff.bsky.social Critical political economist, University of Manchester.
Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social A space for the creative research methods community
Edited by @sumingkhoo.bsky.social, Harriet Shortt & @sophierwoodward.bsky.social, with Consulting Editor @drhelenkara.bsky.social
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/jcrm
Serhat Ay @drserhatay.bsky.social Geographer | Digital geographies | Assistant Editor, Space and Culture (SAGE Journal)
https://avesis.bilecik.edu.tr/serhat.ay
Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester.
https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
Dawn Lyon @dawnlyon.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of Kent. Researching sociology of time, rhythm, work and everyday life https://research.kent.ac.uk/daat-coronavirus/
DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era) @dawnfeminist.bsky.social #DAWNfeminist is an organisation of feminist researchers & activists from the #GlobalSouth working for gender and economic justice, human rights & sustainable development
@shashwatvikram.bsky.social @shashwatvikram.bsky.social PhD, Urbanism,Uneven Development,Tourism
Public Management & Governance @pubgovman.bsky.social Institute for Public Management & Governance,
at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Caroline Karlsson @carolinekarlsson.bsky.social Doktor och forskare i statsvetenskap. Researcher, PhD, in political science focusing on political theory, sexualities, feminist theory, queer theory.
Dr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social #Sustainability scholar @northumbriauni.bsky.social #EnvironmentalEducation #SustainableBusiness #Biodiversity #Animals #Climate Wary of polarization, viral slogans & echo chambers https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=pE0rWdgAAAAJ&hl=nl
Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org theoryculturesociety.org
Information on the academic, peer-reviewed journals 'Theory, Culture & Society' and 'Body & Society', as well as the TCS Book Series.
Dr Kate Goldie @kategoldie.bsky.social more-than-human geographer
Glenn Bach @atlascorpus.bsky.social (Retired) sound artist. Long poem Atlas in progress since 2003: EVAD out now from above/ground press. Micro-chap excerpts in 2024 from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social and @stonecorpse.com. https://glennbach.com/
Kelee Siat @keleesiat.bsky.social Egyptology PhD Candidate, University of Manchester
Social Network Analysis & Female Entities in the Amarna Letters - Late Bronze Age diplomatic correspondence https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/kelee.siat
Nelly-Helen J @nellyjoe.bsky.social PhD Researcher, Africa Space Programme. 🚀
I love Science/ Faith discourses and the space industry.
Big C.S Lewis fan and plays the guitar.
Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social Welfare policy research at Citizens Advice
she/her
views my own ✨
Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social Prof of Psychology, Security and Trust in @criminologyuom.bsky.social University of Manchester UK. Research on tech and crime, also human performance in extreme environments. Posting occasionally about either or both.
@helenapw.bsky.social @helenapw.bsky.social
Suzanne Beech @suzannebeech.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Ulster University and Geography Course Director.
Researching young people's identities, bordered lives, and transnational mobilities.
Mum of three, usually exhausted.
Dr Kate Haddow @khaddow93.bsky.social Failed academic. Radge researcher, proud northerner. Likes talking about food aid all the time! Personal profile views expressed have nowt to do with my employer.
Andreas Schulze Baing @baeing.bsky.social Raumplaner, Lecturer in Urban Development, Uni Manchester, likes mapping, exploring, planning spaces & places, fan of Westfälischer Pumpernickel
Nik Heynen @nik-heynen.bsky.social Geographer, University of Georgia | Spelman College | UGA's Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land, Sea and Agriculture | Shell to Shore | Birkley Heynen Environmental Foundation
https://linktr.ee/cornbreadheynen
Speculative Machines and Us @speculativemach.bsky.social Welcome to the British Academy-funded project 'Speculative Machines and Us: Intuition, AI, and the Making of Computational Cultures' https://speculativemachines.co.uk PI Carolyn Pedwell https://tinyurl.com/4z6m62wz AI/digital/history/affect/politics/ethics
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
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
Thomas Paster @thomas77.bsky.social Associate Professor in Business and Public Policy at Roskilde University
https://thomaspaster.wordpress.com/
Peter Nedergaard @peternedergaard.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab @uomspal.bsky.social Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab | Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | University of @Manchester.ac.uk
https://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/planning/research/groups/spatial-policy-and-analysis-laboratory/
UoM Research IT @uomresearchit.bsky.social Research IT provide specialised research services and expertise for the research community at the University of Manchester. This includes research compute platforms, research software engineering and much more.
https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/
Luciana @lucilang.bsky.social Anthropologist of green and blue spaces. Interested in commons; making; age-friendly cities; social natures; and muddy stuff.
John Mollenkopf @jomoko.bsky.social CUNY Graduate Center political science, sociology, Center for Urban Research. Race, ethnicity, immigration, urban politics, political geography and demography, New York in comparative perspective. Bicyclist, cook, sailor, explorer. Brooklynite.
The Consensus Project @consensusproject.bsky.social The Consensus Project bridges research and practice to help teams, organizations, and networks—across sectors—navigate the complexity of collaboration.
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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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social Professor of British History, University of Manchester. Social historian of northern England. Currently partial to a bit of material culture, religion, digital community history, popular culture and boxing. 🗃️
Jenny Kherlakian Constantine @jenkconstantine.bsky.social Newbie here! Research & policy engagement nerd working on food rights, public health, and Brazil-UK policy learning. Co-I for @UKRI DISHED project on public restaurants + dietary inequalities @IDS.ac.uk Also @ESRC PhD @KingsIntDev @KingsBrazil @lissdtp
Working Class Movement Library @wcmlibrary.bsky.social Putting class back on the agenda.
Ben Mulvey @benmulvey.bsky.social Lecturer (Asst. Prof.) @UofGlasgow, researching and posting about China, higher education, Sino-African engagement, academic freedom.
Suzanne Hamilton @suzannehamilton.bsky.social Research Associate | University of Manchester | Social and emotional learning | young people’s mental health and wellbeing | intervention and prevention.- P Peter Gatrell @pwgatrell.bsky.social Historian - mainly researching refugee history in the 20c. … but it’s not just about refugees… oh, and still learning about what’s at stake then and now. Funded generously in the past by AHRC and Leverhulme Trust and enabled by UNHCR Records and Archives
S. Alvanides @s-alvanides.bsky.social TU Dortmund, Spatial Planning, Urban/Social Geographer; Co-editor "E&P B: Urban Analytics and City Science" https://journals.sagepub.com/editorial-board/EPB
Bowen Zhang 张博文 @peppermintbz.bsky.social Lecturer in Education @KeeleUniversity | interested in internationalisation of higher education, experiences, pedagogy | she/her.
Tim Sykes @riversandpeople.bsky.social How do #chalkstream headwaters #winterbournes & chalk #aquifers make you feel - experiences, perceptions and relational values? PhD candidate #envpsych #culturalecosystemservices #wellbeing #dryrivers #temporarystreams #QualMethods #participatorymethods
Vilja @viljam.bsky.social Doctoral researcher at Tampere Peace Research Institute.
Space and Polity @spaceandpolity.bsky.social a peer-reviewed international journal featuring critical work on politics and space: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cspp20
Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social Schrijver | Lezer | Essayist | Redacteur | Podcastmaker | Collectiespecialist |
Aan het lezen...
"Zal ik een wereld projecteren?"
Josephine Harmon @josephineharmon.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science • Previously Fellow, Queen Mary Uni of London, Visiting Lecturer @British Library @Eccles Institute, Fellow, Yale University 2018 • Prev work in Parliament, Remain, Lab • Commentary Bloomberg, BBC News • FRSA