Policy Evaluation & Research Unit @mmuperu.bsky.social Research & evaluation on criminal justice, social innovation, education, youth wellbeing, poverty, work, housing & homelessness. Working in UK & EU. #MMUPERU
mmuperu.co.uk
Located at Manchester Metropolitan University
Christabel Pankhurst Institute @uompankhurst.bsky.social UoM's Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation.
🌐Website - https://www.pankhurst.manchester.ac.uk/
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Methodological Innovations Journal @methodinnovations.bsky.social Methodological Innovations is an international #OpenAccess journal for social science research methods https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MIO
Editors: @ruthboyask.bsky.social, @roxanneconnelly.bsky.social & Eric Harrison Publisher: @sagepub.com
Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com The leading peer-reviewed journal for the analysis of race, #racism, ethnicity and #migration worldwide.
https://www.tandfonline.com/ERS
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968
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Christie Library & Knowledge Services @christielibrary.bsky.social Specialist NHS Library & Knowledge service for all staff and students based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. We also maintain the Christie Research Repository: https://christie.openrepository.com/ #christieresearchers
BSA Race & Ethnicity @bsarace.bsky.social BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group - providing a network and forum for those working in the area of sociology of race and ethnicity.
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bsa-race-ethnicity-study-group/
BSA Families & Relationships Study Group @bsa-families.bsky.social A space for sharing resources and updates on our upcoming online reading groups and events exploring the experiences of contemporary families and how all families and relationships are impacted by patriarchal, colonial and cis-heteronormative ideals.
Families, Relationships and Societies @frsbup.bsky.social 
Mike Savage @mikesavagelse.bsky.social Sociologist of inequality.
LSE Geography & Environment @lsegeography.bsky.social A centre of international academic excellence in economic and urban geography, urban planning, environmental social science and climate change.
Ranked 2nd globally in the QS World Subject Rankings 2026 🏆
Currently celebrating our 130th birthday! 🎉
Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester | author: http://bit.ly/3HKURWE | memory, nationalism, post/decoloniality | she/her
Patty Doran @pattydoran.bsky.social Social Gerontologist and Research Fellow at the University of Manchester @uomsociology.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social
Dr Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves @drrshargreaves.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester. Trustee for the UK Literacy Association. Poetry lover, children's literature obsessive. Child voice, picturebooks and human rights, social justice research. Land of the Peak. Views are my own.
Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social Hallsworth fellow at University of Manchester & research fellow at Common Wealth. Ajax fan. She/her.
Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com FT columnist, writing about work, technology & economics.
Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social Since the launch of DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH in 1999, our journal has been emphasizing diversity and openness, encouraging submissions that employ a variety of methods and approaches. 
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Maisie Tomlinson @maisie-tom.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Human-Animal Relations, Environment and Society, Sustainable Consumption
Briony Hannell @briony.bsky.social Feminist academic and ECR. Lecturer in Sociology @ University of Manchester, UK. Author of Feminist Fandom (2024). Interested in youth, gender, digital/pop culture, platforms + anti/feminisms. She/her. https://linktr.ee/brionyhannell
@ardwickclimate.bsky.social @ardwickclimate.bsky.social 
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 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social We provide outstanding education in the changing social world, and state-of-the-art, public-facing research on social issues ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology
Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social The UK's leading feminist economics think tank. We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
Press queries: press@wbg.org.uk
wbg.org.uk
ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) is a research centre hosted at King's College London and supported by the ONS.
We provide research on economic statistics for the modern economy. 📈
James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
Heejung Chung @heejungchung.bsky.social Professor of Work&Employment &Director of the King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership at KCL, views my own
Interests Flexible Working, digitalisation/future of work, labour market (gender/race) inequalities, welfare state/gender role attitudes 한국인
James Pattison @jamespattison.bsky.social Prof. of Politics, Uni. of Manchester. Interested in ethical questions around global security, including R2P, war, & changing global order. And Leyton Orient.
Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk An independent charity that seeks to fund blue skies research and scholarship. Follow this channel for details on upcoming grant deadlines, published research, scheme opening dates, grant announcements, events, and more. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/
Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social Political scientist. Interim Professor @leuphana.bsky.social. Researching #parties, #democracy & the #farright in #Germany & #Europe.
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tYW_mxYAAAAJ
David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology at @criminologyuom.bsky.social and Director @crimrxiv.com. All crime data are wrong, but some are useful
Criminology University of Manchester @criminologyuom.bsky.social 
UK Data Service Census @ukds-census.bsky.social Home for census data from all parts of the UK from 1961 through to 2021. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. ukdataservice.ac.uk
Pierre Walthéry @pw-ukds.bsky.social Training and User Support
UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester.
Views my own.
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
IPBES @ipbes.net Intergovernmental Platform on #Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services. Denialism/trolling/profanity may result in banning. Re-skoots ≠ endorsements.
www.ipbes.net
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
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Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social Editor of PoliticsHome. Sometimes heard on our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: adam.payne@politicshome.com & DMs.
Jamie Furlong @jwfurlong.bsky.social Research Fellow: University of Westminster
Green Party councillor, Todmorden West
Author: The Changing Electoral Map of England & Wales
Urbanism, geography, politics
Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social I've already been sent to The Hague. Tell me things: mollyquell@proton.me
Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
heather.stewart@theguardian.com
Rebecca Willis @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social Climate & energy governance; citizen engagement. Prof at Lancaster Uni; expert adviser to the Climate Change Committee. Mostly climate stuff, occasional forays into runs, swims, mountains, dogs. Book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/too-hot-to-handle
Francesco Rampazzo @francescorampazzo.com Lecturer in Social Statistics & Demography, University of Manchester. Also affiliated with Oxford (Sociology & Nuffield), the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, and the Centre for Population Change.
Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social Climate politics; political economy. University of Manchester Professor. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=im2kgFUAAAAJ&hl=en. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/matthew.paterson.
Niamh Nelson-Owens @niamhnelson-owens.bsky.social PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester interested in veganism, affect, the ordinary, and post-foundational political geography 🌱 Weekend fell wanderer and book lover with too many books and not enough shelves 📚
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Clare Rishbeth @clarerishbeth.bsky.social Landscape architect academic at University of Sheffield. Inclusive urban design, nature connections, migration & place. Chair of Cycling Without Age Sheffield.
The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social ✦ Enabling connected communities through research and evidence.
✦ Funded by UKRI ESRC
✦ https://linktr.ee/c4.research
ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy at the OII (University of Oxford) | Author of "The Ecologies of Algorithmic Machines" (2027) | Associate Editor at Big Data & Society | Investigating algorithmic and environmental accountability of LLMs
UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social World-leading @ucl.ac.uk research and teaching in education, culture, psychology and social science, right here in the heart of London and beyond.
ucl.ac.uk/ioe
#WeAreIOE
Kate Stewart @katestew.art Professor of Sociology at the University of East Anglia.
Vegan. Feminist. Jocund old sarcasmatron.
https://linktr.ee/katestewart
If you add me to a Starter Pack, I’ll probably block you immediately.
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social Environmental historian. Professor Univ of Stavanger. Co-director Greenhouse Center for #envhum. Extinction; animal history.
Books: The Medieval Pig (2024) & Ghosts Behind Glass (2025)
https://dolly.jorgensenweb.net/
catherine oliver @katiecmoliver.bsky.social geographer. lecturer.
research urban chickens in London, the (disappearing) birds of Morecambe Bay, and the geographies of veganism (not at the same time)
https://catherinecmoliver.com/
Nicole C. Nelson @nicolecnelson.bsky.social Science & Technology Studies | History of Sci/Tech/Med | Qualitative Metascience | Medical Humanities.
Associate Prof at UW Madison.
🇨🇦 living in the 🇺🇸 married to a 🇩🇪.
Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social Academic, soc. studies Sheffield. Animal studies/STS/soc media/activism. Books: What Comes After Entanglement? (Duke UP) & Veganism (Bloomsbury). Ed. Cultural Politics.
Women’s Aid @womensaid.bsky.social National charity working to end domestic abuse against women & children.
The Survivors Trust @thesurvivorstrust.bsky.social Largest UK membership organisation supporting specialist rape & sexual abuse services
☎️Call our helpline: 0808 801 0818
📅Check opening hours & more:
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SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Valentina Consiglio @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social PhD @ Uni Zurich & Uni Konstanz. Working on the politics of labour market inequality. Previously @ Bertelsmann Stiftung. 
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
LSE Department of Statistics @lsedepofstatistics.bsky.social LSE Department of Statistics. Promoting excellence in research and education in statistics and data science.
Tom Pottrill @tompottrill.bsky.social Policy & Research @resolvepoverty. Formerly @uclspp. Usual disclaimers apply.
🔗 https://www.resolvepoverty.org/
Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social The voice of UK universities
Jack Newman @jacknewman.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics & Public Admin, Uni of Liverpool • UK Politics • English devo • spatial inequality • place-based policy • healthy urban development • critical realism
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/jack-newman
Duncan Ivison @duncanivison.bsky.social President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Professor of Political Philosophy. Lapsed Sydneysider. Montréalais. Habs fan. Mancunion.
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, 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. www.benwansell.com
Nature @nature.com Research, news, and commentary from Nature, the international science journal. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://go.nature.com/get-Nature-Briefing
Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
Michelle Welsh MP @michellewelshmp.bsky.social Your Labour Member of Parliament for Sherwood Forest 🌹 casework/enquires: michelle.welsh.mp@parliament.uk 📧
Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social We are the UK's national academy of academics, learned societies & practitioners in social science & the founder of the Campaign for Social Science. We exist to promote social sciences in the UK for public benefit: www.acss.org.uk
Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & Ukrainian Pols UoM
Democracy in Wartime/GeoPol/EU/DisInfo/Elections/Protest/Identity/Surveys 🇺🇦🇵🇱🇦🇷🇪🇺
📚Zelensky Effect
📚Mapping Mass Mobilization
VProf College D’Europe
Prev @ox.ac.uk Nuffield/StAntonys @harvard.edu @uoft.bsky.social
Niamh Cashell @niamhcashell.bsky.social Politics PhD student researching the use of visuals in election campaigns
Clara Sandelind @sandelind.bsky.social Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Manchester. Nationalism, migration, liberalism, feminism.
En god flyktingpolitik, Daidalos 2022 https://www.adlibris.com/sv-FI/bok/en-god-flyktingpolitik-9789171736512
Podcast: Talking Migration
Joe Blakey @joeblakey.bsky.social Lecturer, Geography UoM. Political Geographer interested in environmental knowledge politics, post-foundational political theories and aesthetics. Runner.
Website: https://joeblakey.com
Research: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/joe.blakey
Amy Barron @amycbarron.bsky.social Cultural and Social Geographer, UoM. Interested in the lived experience of urban difference, inequalities, and social categories through the lenses of age, ageing, and the life course.
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social Annoying journalist, bestselling author, sweary podcaster and so forth. New Book: 31 Inventions That Built Our World (UK, out now) / A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions (US, 13 October).
Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social Political Scientist at JGU Mainz, Germany.
Research on public opinion, elections, parties, and democracy (more at: https://www.nilssteiner.com/).
Co-Chair of the AK Wahlen (@dvpw.bsky.social).
Associate editor at @pvs-journal.bsky.social.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Parth Patel @parth0.bsky.social Associate director for democracy and politics at IPPR. "Charming but bonkers" - Farage. Doctor swimming upstream
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/
Jamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social Feminist lesbian asking queer questions about peace & security | Lecturer at Uni. of Manchester | Jamiejhagen.com | picturesofbirds.tumblr.com/
Queering Women, Peace and Security out now with Oxford University Press http://bit.ly/45NJMBJ
Politics @ UoM @uompols.bsky.social Politics Department at the School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social, at the University of Manchester @uomsoss.bsky.social
One of the largest and strongest politics groupings in the UK with a long and distinguished history as a centre of research.
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.
The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social Geography in the Public Interest: The GJ publishes original research in human and physical geography which engages with public issues and policy-relevant agendas.
Edited by Peter Hopkins, Paul Milbourne, Rebecca Collins & Trivik Verma
Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I have friends everywhere | And I do enjoy my work |
linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social Radio astronomy observatory, research centre, UNESCO World Heritage site, beautiful visitor galleries, free parking, and great coffee 😀📡🌟
🔗 https://www.jodrellbank.net/
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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Associate Director T&L & Student Success at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY.
Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social Sociologist at @ucl.ac.uk
Cancelled Futures (PUP): https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691276700/cancelled-futures
Pubs for the People (MUP): https://www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-for-the-people/sivamohan-valluvan/amit-singh/9781526194541
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Welcome! Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two, BBC News, iPlayer with Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell & Matt Chorley - plus Katie Razzall, Nicholas Watt and Faisal Islam
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Rachel Burden @rachelburden.bsky.social BBC5live and a bit of Radio 4
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow