Swee Leng Harris @sweeleng.bsky.social Law, policy & tech expert. Melbourne born, London based
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writer about law and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
About lore and culture at The Busy Town.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
(Account sometimes deactivated when not in use.)
Blavatnik School of Government @blavatnikschool.bsky.social Inspiring and supporting better public policy and government around the world through independent teaching and research at the University of Oxford.
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Alex @blangry.bsky.social Final year DPhil anthropology of civic tech. Principal consultant. Norwich with a cargo bike. Greyhound pictures extra.
Dr David Corney @dcorney.com Data scientist specialising in #NLProc and #ML. Currently building tools to support fact checkers at Full Fact and globally. He/him. Londoner. Parent. More at dcorney.com
I left Twitter a few years back for Mastodon and now poking around here.- K Kayte Lawton @kaytelawton.bsky.social Child poverty, strategy, improvement etc. at Save The Children UK
Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social Gay husband. Small businessman. Scottish Labour. #LGBWithTheT and women's rights. Pro-EU & pro-UK. Labourhame.com editor. Our Scottish Future board member.
No, I would not like an AI summary.
Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services 
Hilary Hall @hilaryhall.bsky.social Creativity and operations ✨working at DCMS on creative industries policy 🪇 Ex / always digital 💿
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
James Cronin @cronin.xxx Internet, charities, chocolate & dogs.
Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain 🏳️🌈
Brigid Fowler @brigidfowler.bsky.social Policy Analyst, House of Lords European Affairs Committee - so, here mainly to post on the Committee's work @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk & see what others are doing/saying/publishing, re: mainly UK, EU, UK-EU politics, economics, policy, IR, nat sec
Zoe Philpott @zoephilpott.bsky.social Director, Philpott Design | Co-creator of the FAIR Process Framework | Creator Ada.Ada.Ada | Human-Centred Design Architect | Public Speaker | Mentor | Innovation & Engagement Expert | Storyteller | #DE&I #WomenInTech
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society.
Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Policy Camp @policycamp.bsky.social An open space for people across government and beyond to shape better policy together.
@transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social 
The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social Transforming the state to renew the nation.
To stay updated, join our mailing list: https://futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/contact/
Apolitical @apolitical.bsky.social Making governments smarter, to deliver for people and the planet | Join 500,000+ public servants & policymakers today: http://apolitical.co/signup
Derek Alton @derekalton.bsky.social Community Insights Lead for Apolitical by day, Civic Punk by night. Passionate about helping make government work better. Obsessed with all things digital/open government and Public Sector Reform. Community Insights Lead for Apolitical 
dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
TPXimpact | B Corp™ @tpximpact.com Supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. 
Public Digital @publicdigital.bsky.social We're a specialist digital transformation consultancy. We help governments, businesses and companies change their ways of working and thrive in the digital era.
https://public.digital/
Jeni Tennison @jenitennison.com Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Connected by Data @connectedbydata.org The campaign for communities to have a powerful say on data and AI, to help create an equitable and sustainable world.
connectedbydata.org
Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://demos.co.uk/support/
divijualsuspect @divijualsuspect.bsky.social "wow...everything is computer"
tech and political economy researcher. lawyer. tired.
//
divij.me
Tristan Ferne @tristanfe.bsky.social Foresight, futuring and researching the internet at BBC R&D. Taking pictures of trees and clouds in England. Also found on Mastodon at https://assemblag.es/@tristanf
Eoin McFadden @eoinmcfadden.bsky.social Husband, dad and best bud of Trent the Lurcher. R&D Policy, @matrixni.bsky.social, Innovation (especially public sector), open data, History, Archaeology, and food. https://wordpress.com/post/eoinmcfaddenwordpress.wordpress.com/4
Transform Wales @transform.wales Trawsnewid gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ar gyfer Cymru fodern. Cynllun ar gyfer cyflawni cyn #Senedd2026.
Transforming public services for a modern Wales. A blueprint for delivery ahead of #Senedd2026.
https://transform.wales
Tan G. @tangandhara.bsky.social Data analyst and data viz geek- A Alan Dawson @alandawson.bsky.social NHS director of strategy and planning. Mountain biking and bikepacking.
Stef Grs @stefgrs.bsky.social Interested in data for good: the technical, the political and the "good for whom?". Views my own. They/them.
David Heath @davidheath.org Trying to make things work better
nabiha syed @nabiha.bsky.social Executive Director @ Mozilla Foundation
Mama to Musa and Ibi
Definitely have cookies in my purse 
Jack Hardinges @jackhardinges.bsky.social Data optimist.
Interested in: data infrastructures, governance, platforms, AI, the commons, etc.
Working with: Foresight (1m eye scans), Icebreaker One (data for net zero), Creative Commons (preference signals) + OpenMined (federated data networks).
Paddy McAlary @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social Historian of medieval Ireland and Britain @cam.ac.uk
Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk
Researcher on parliament and government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social A mix of stuff: mainly #opendata, #FOI, #dataprotection, #geospatial, #openweb, #genAI, #techpolicy. Half-formed thoughts posted for my own amusement. Still on X/Twitter at @owenboswarva. Sites www.owenboswarva.com (with blog) + www.datadaptive.com. He/him
Si Manby @cthimon.bsky.social Product person at Justice Digital UK
Rob Whelan 🌱 @robw.bsky.social Turns out I can skip posts not intended for me. AI/ML @ Grafana; everything is UX; let's make it better; he/him
Dafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Mark Picken @picken.bsky.social Founder at Proven Studio. Humanity. Equality. Possibility.
CEDA trustee,
Dad to 2 girls,
Runner: 7 x marathon; 4 x ultra,
WBA.
Live in Cornwall, work globally.
Anna Ralph @annaralphy.bsky.social Community, Social, Sharing and Circular Economy.
Relentless optimism.
Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social Liberal sort. Rambler. Singer. Gamer. Occasional writer. Recovering politico. Former lots of things (inc. Lib Dem Leader's Chief of Staff, Cabinet Office SpAd, Head of Whips' Office). Yorkshire via Essex. Posting in a strictly personal capacity.
Ken Roy @kenroystats.bsky.social Occasionally contemplating and scribbling on the topic of Official Statistics
Zarino Zappia @zarino.co.uk Designer, coder, bell ringer, lego geek 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈 🏴☠️
Product chap at @mysociety.org. Formerly of ScraperWiki, @oii.ox.ac.uk, and @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social.
☠️ twitter.com/zarino
👔 linkedin.com/in/zarino
🌐 zarino.co.uk
Ben Proctor @benproctor.co.uk Some time folk singer. Freelance data consultant.
LibDem Herefordshire & Hereford City Councillor for College Ward (promoted by Sam Potts on behalf of the Liberal Democrats all at 54 St Owen St Hereford HR12PU) more at https://linktr.ee/ben4college
Natasha Wynne @natashawynne.bsky.social Urgent community care PhD researcher @chcr-uwe.bsky.social. Policy, regulation, ethics, nature, books, etc.
Cardiff (via Glos 🍒)- S Steve Heaney @steveheaney.bsky.social working in cybersecurity; hopeful for the potential of AI and Web 3.0; committed to environmental sustainability, addressing climate change and social equality.
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
Jack Sanders @jack-sanders.bsky.social Communications Assistant at Institute for Government • Former Programme Support Officer at Local Government Association •
Kinship Works @kinship.works We help organisations to be more human. Kinship Works is a network supporting more human ways of improving our lives together.
James Higgott @jiggott.bsky.social Head of Product for NHS App at NHS England. Expect digital health + culture + cricket + games + low-res puns. 
Emily Macaulay @emilyjmacaulay.bsky.social Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data. #RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal, Trustee: LGBT+ Consortium & Reading List Foundation. 🏳️🌈 She/Her.
https://linktr.ee/emilyjmacaulay
Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) U of Manchester ▪️PhD LSE public management▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
Drawnalism @drawnalism.com Graphic recording On the Air, At the Studio and In the Moment. For online and in person. Specialists in the exchange of knowledge. We operate as Drawnalism Ltd and Drawnalism Europe Ltd.
@drawnalism.com
https://drawnalism.com
Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social 📊 #DataViz specialist.
💻 #RStats | #Python | #D3.
🎨 Generative artist.
🏃♀️ Runner.
Website: https://nrennie.rbind.io/
She/her. Views my own.
Ben Paxton @drbenpaxton.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the @instituteforgov.bsky.social. Views my own.
Anya @anyaso.bsky.social A librarian. I work at / for the House of Commons Library.
Interested in how Parliament works and how Parliament makes its work available to you. Domain driven librarianship. Something along those lines.
Wary of pragmatists.
@wisht on instagram
Felix Ritchie @felixritchie.bsky.social Academic working primarily on data governance, government data, data sharing, data use, ... data stuff really. And other stuff.
Jack Allnutt @jack.allnutt.net He/him
Public-sector Software Engineer 👨💻
Lib Dem 🔶
Living in #Manchester 🐝 (well, technically #Salford)
Mastodon: @jack@allnutt.net (you can follow on bsky: @jack.mastodon.allnutt.net.ap.brid.gy)
Twitter: @allnutt_eu (disused since 2022)
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
🏳️🌈
Paul McNamee @paulmcnamee.bsky.social Director of @LCEFUK. Woolyback, baker, board game geek
Jane Tinkler @janetinkler.bsky.social Senior Prize Manager of the Nine Dots Prize + SGSSS funded PhD student University of Stirling looking at policy impact, REF and the impact agenda. Previously LSE and POST
Steve Parks @steveparks.me Geeking out about writing, entrepreneurship, journalism, food, tech — or ideally a combination.
European, living/writing in France & running a business in UK.
https://www.steveparks.me
Rafe Smyth @rafe-s.bsky.social Climate, infrastructure(s), nature, interdisciplinary, radical pragmatism, solutions
Based in London, UK. Don't see DMs.
Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk NHS Englander. Ex VCSE and BBC.
Mainly interested in volunteering, VCSE sector, public participation and engagement, so stuff around people, building communities, health, power, digital, media etc.
Husband | 🚸 Dad x2 | 💔 #ACHD
🌍 Warwickshire, UK
Sebastian Deterding @codingconduct.cc Deliberate designer & empirical philosopher of playful & engaging things. Professor, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College. Editor-in-Chief, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
Alex Beatty @alexbeatty.bsky.social Semi-retired comms professional. Interests: #History #Communications #Speechwriting #Strategy.
Brian Mcleish @bmcleish.bsky.social Public sector public affairs bod, charity trustee and minirugby coach. I post about economic development, social mobility, rugby, TTRPGs and anything else that comes to mind.
Seaghan MacConmidhe @seaghan.bsky.social Also known by my colonial name, 'Shane McNamee'. Interested in law, digital rights, sustainable policy-making, history, antifascism, arguing that the Celts weren't really a thing. Views expressed are mine alone - if even.
Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social 🚊 connecting disabled communities in the North (@transportforall.org.uk)
📚 writing about philosophy, knowledge, social media & social change (nataliealanaashton.notion.site)
views mine, not my employer's. she/her.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social 🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City st. George's, Uni of London, UK. She/her.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data&AI governance/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
Luke Raikes @lukeraikes.bsky.social Deputy General Secretary at the Fabian Society | regional economies, devolution, productivity, industrial strategy, employment rights, employment support, transport, politics | Views are my own | 🏴
https://fabians.org.uk/about-us/meet-our-experts/
Adam Locker @chairlord.bsky.social Cornishman, Data Nerd, always hungry.
Nick Halliday @hallidaynick.bsky.social 🏉 🏃♂️; ⛵ 🎹 🇫🇷 💪
Ex NAO, GDS, Defra, DWP, ECGD.
Ivo Wengraf, PhD FRGS FCIHT @wengraf.bsky.social Research & Data Manager at the RAC Foundation (www.racfoundation.org). Cars, transport, open data, maps, etc.
Suzi Wells @suziw.bsky.social Digital education among other things || was @suzicatherine on Twitter
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Tom Webster @mrtomwebster.bsky.social DHT e-Sgoil (Aberdeenshire Council secondment) MSc student @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social. Interested in curriculum, IDL, learning environments, critical futures and speculative/participatory design with C&YP. Blog: https://write.as/mrtomwebster
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
Jesmond Allen @jesmonda.bsky.social Human-Centred Designer. Mum. Sporadic knitter. Co-author 'Smashing UX Design' book. Not a suburb of Newcastle.- M Kev Mears @mearso.com I like to draw. and organise. and help
Records Manager at the moment
Andy Parker @theavangelist.bsky.social Service and organisation designer. Writing about complex systems, good services and changing things without waiting for permission.
Emily Graham @emilyagraham.bsky.social Migration and asylum policy. Plus often human rights & democratic participation. Trustee of Care Rights UK.
Nick Smith @skynick.bsky.social I'm not new here anymore. I do agile-ish things for government.
James Cox @ciaojames.sdg4.net Now: Founder of Public Goods, building SDG4.net & the Society for Hopeful Technologists.
Before: Head of Global Education Policy & Advocacy, Save the Children & Theirworld; advocacy at White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood.
Anil Madhavapeddy @anil.recoil.org Professor of Planetary Computing at the University of Cambridge @cst.cam.ac.uk, where I co-lead the @eeg.cl.cam.ac.uk and work on computing for global biodiversity and climate change with @conservation.cam.ac.uk.
Homepage at https://anil.recoil.org
Monika Swiatek @monikasw.bsky.social Driving open working and user‑centred change across Wales.
Service design | public sector | healthcare | UCD | surfing. She/her 🏴
Rebecca Bramall @rfbramall.bsky.social Tax, redistribution, welfare states, digitalisation, cultural studies. Prof of Culture & Economy, UAL. PI Redistributive Imaginaries https://redigim.arts.ac.uk/
Dep ed @newformations.bsky.social
https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/114-rebecca-bramall
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social Senior Director at @PublicDigitalHQ Formerly @DWPDigital. Expect a lot of digital transformation, politics and West Wing. She/her.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Alastair Somerville @acuity.design Clarity and kindness as foundations for work. Information perception in physical & digital places. Facilitation and workshop design for codesign and civic assemblies. Public prototyping on BlueSky. He/him
Indy @indy.bsky.social Coach. Strategy, AI-Human and more.
Politics Somewhat Meta
(if you know, you know)
Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
Chris Emmerson @cpemmerson.bsky.social Consultant in Public Health, tobacco, vapes, health inequalities, Wales
Posting personally
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