Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
dleechan@bluesky.social @dleechan.bsky.social Trustee of the Social Research Association, Certified member of the Market Research Society, Public Servant, school governor and mum.
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
Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social Head of Policy, Progs and Media at AdviceUK. Former Dep Director at Women’s Budget Group, interim CEO and Dep Director of The Runnymede Trust & CEO of Equality Trust. Worked across Government and on national Commissions. Views my own.
Kitty Stewart @kittyjstewart.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy, LSE. Associate Director, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Max Mosley @maxmosley.bsky.social Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation and Labour Councillor for Brentford East
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing. 
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.
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Carri Swann @carriswann.bsky.social Welfare rights/social security at @cpaguk.bsky.social. Posting in a personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement
📍Nottingham
Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.
Rebecca Florisson @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social Principal Analyst at the Work Foundation and part- time PhD at Queen Mary Uni of London. Insecure work, labour markets, data. Opinions my own.
Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute.
Ex HMT, SMF and London government.
Learning, skills, labour markets & public policy.
Views my own.
Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance & equality. Usual disclaimer. Cheap foreign labour 🇮🇪. Profile pic is Takashi Shimura with Toshiro Mifune in Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949).
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
Rachelle Earwaker @rachelleearwaker.bsky.social Economist and Kiwi in London.
Likely yapping about housing and the absolute state of things. 
Alex Clegg @alexclegg.bsky.social Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, focusing on social security, poverty and living standards
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
Joseph Elliott @jelliott94.bsky.social Lead analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Posting about politics, poverty, housing, benefits and work.
Northern Irish, views my own.
Chris Birt @cdbirt.bsky.social Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Kate Summers @katesummers.bsky.social Researcher working on social security policy and economic inequality. British Academy postdoc @ London School of Economics Methodology.
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Peter Matejic @statspeter.bsky.social Chief Analyst, Insights and Analysis, at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation working to solve UK Poverty
Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.
Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Lalitha Try @lalithatry.bsky.social Economist at the Resolution Foundation working on improving living standards
Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social Director of Insight & Policy at JRF | previously NEF & IPPR | "all models are wrong, but some are useful" (G Box)
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Caroline Miller @carolinemm2000.bsky.social clinical psychology doctoral student at Ohio University | UChicago ‘22 | interested in eating disorders, impulsivity, and neurocognitive mechanisms of psychopathology
Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social News from the Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Liverpool. Monitored 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/
Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social University of Cambridge, ThinkLab Director @thinklab.bsky.social. Research: digital distractions, social media, digital wellbeing, digital productivity, reading habits, future of work. Formerly Google, Oxford, Stanford, UCBerkeley
Patrick Sturgis @patricksturg.bsky.social social science methodology, sport etc. 
Chiara Cavaglieri @chiaracav.bsky.social Lead on banking and fraud at Which? and Which? Money. https://www.which.co.uk/news/author/chiara-cavaglieri
@womeninresearch.bsky.social @womeninresearch.bsky.social 
Johann Koehler @jkoehler.bsky.social Assistant Professor @LSESocialPolicy. He/him.
Sophie Wilson @sophiewilson73.bsky.social Director of Research at Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, and doctoral student with the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton
Florie Schmits @florieschmits.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher on sibling placement in care @UoBrisSPS funded by @ESRC. Children's social care, mixed methods, admin data. Lives in Exeter, mum of two.
Dalila Ribaudo @dalilariba.bsky.social Associate Professor at @AstonBusiness. Interested in FDIs, Environmental innovation and Economic Geography. #Green. 🌲☘️
Views are my own #EconSky
web:https://sites.google.com/view/dalilaribaudo/bio
Claudia Deane @cdeane.bsky.social EVP @ Pew Research Center. Believer in data. Interested in what comes next for social science research.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Jessie Cunnett @jessiecunnett.bsky.social Leadership | Social Innovation | Strategy | Engagement | People | Health & Care - always hopeful! Independent support, advice and practice. Assistant Professor at Sussex Uni #healthcare #leadership Trustee National Voices. Mentor Fabian Women's Network.
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social News and research from Bristol University Press Journals
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals
The Royal Society of Edinburgh @royalsoced.bsky.social Contributing to the social, cultural, and economic wellbeing of Scotland through the advancement of learning and useful knowledge. 💡
🔗 https://rse.org.uk/
Rachael Graham @fritillaria3.bsky.social Bioinformatician @ukhsa.bsky.social
Former PhD researcher @nhm-london.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Scientist 👩🏻🔬🧬 ~ Plant fanatic 🌺🌿 ~ Island enthusiast 🏝️🌋
Robert Cuffe @robertcuffe.bsky.social BBC News’s statistician. Number nerd 24-7-365.2425
Focus on Labour Exploitation @focusonlabour.bsky.social Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards an end to labour exploitation.
Izzy Lenga @izzylenga.bsky.social Camden Labour councillor | Jewish Labour Movement NEC | Member of London Labour REC | Former @NUSUK VP | Trade Unionist | Views all mine 🎗✨
Maddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social Welfare policy research at Citizens Advice
she/her
views my own ✨
The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social Working to change food policy and business practice to ensure everyone in the UK can afford and access healthy and sustainable food
🍏🗣️🫘📊📢🛒💚 - https://linktr.ee/FoodFoundation
Ben Page @benpageresearch.bsky.social Visiting Professor at Kings College London. Pollster, social researcher, trends and futures. Ex CEO of Ipsos globally and in UK (2009-2025) FMRS, FacSS etc
Urban Transport Group @utg-uk.bsky.social We are the UK’s network of transport authorities.
Kelly Beaver @kellyipsosuk.bsky.social Chief Executive @IpsosUK, Trustee @FoundationsWW Research Fellow @policyatkings, @NuffieldCollege, @AcadSocSc, N. Irish in London, doting mum to my real boss
DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social Professor, Researcher, Writer, Speaker, & Proud Mom & Wife with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Director
@ThinkEquitable Striving for change|Views are mine.
Federico M. Rossi | www.federicorossi.site @federicorossi.bsky.social Prof. studying pol econ of soc mov at UNED Spain|Books: The Poor's Struggle for Political Incorporation (Cambridge)|Reshaping the Political Arena (Pittsburgh)|The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements|Democracia y Movimientos Sociales (INE)
Eun-Kyeong Kim @geoai.bsky.social HPC Software Engineer @luxprovide.bsky.social; Lead Spatial Data Scientist with Mobility, Health, & Climate applications; AI/ML; worked at @liser.lu and #UZH; PhD at #GeoVISTA at #PennState / Twitter accounts: @ek_geog
https://sites.google.com/view/ekgeog
🖐️ DrAlanT 🎬 📚 📎 @dralant.bsky.social Great-grandpa Allan: 1835, Ireland. Me: since Balliol College, Oxford &
@education.ox.ac.uk
- chalkface teacher to professor: 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇿🇦 🇧🇬
☄️ 'We must be still and still moving.' T. S. Eliot.
@ Linktr.ee/dralant
Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social Head of Policy & Analysis at Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
Laeeth Isharc @laeeth.bsky.social Problem recognition & overcoming constraints. Intuition, unusual talent,process simplicity,contrarian thinking,mass psychology. Live player. fmr hf exec cttee
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social Generating insights and evidence and supporting new approaches to improve health and tackle inequality.
monthly e-update: gcph.co.uk/eupdate
Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley.bsky.social Pollster at Ipsos. Genuine poll Boffin. Expect Spurs polling and politics!!
Safaraz Ali @safarazali.bsky.social Birmingham UK based | Social Entrepreneur 2024 Award | Founder & CEO of Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skill brands | Always enjoy meeting people in Social Care, Skills & Employability, Tech, Events & Creative sector|web: safaraz.co.uk
Karl Wilding @karlwilding.bsky.social Trying to work out what’s going on in civil society & what to do next. At: @UniKentCfP @MyCakeFinance @1stCommunities @creatingtfuture. Ex-@ncvo. Volunteer.
Jane Green MBE FCCT @jgjanegreenmbe.bsky.social Founder @SEDSConnective Volunteer / Fellow exAHT MA Ed AHT neurodivergence Hypermobility
Disabled/ Parent / Carer
MBE for services to neurodivergent hypermobility folk 2023
Dr Franca Roeschert @froeschert.bsky.social Research Fellow @c4research | Communities, Migration, Sanctuary, Participation, Citizenship | Ex. @theyoungfdn & @youthendowmentfund
Dr Aida Suarez Gonzalez @aidasuarez.bsky.social Clinical Neuropsychologist • Principal Research Fellow at @UCLIoN
• Dementia • Funded by @NIHRresearch • https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/44615-aida-suarez-gonzalez 
Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medieval archaeologist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member Royal Irish Academy; Fellow Society of Antiquaries; Dad of boys; Dog Dad; Hurling/Camogie; IC Member; Own Opinions here
Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social An anti-poverty charity and community of food banks working to end hunger together 💚
Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Culture, politics, coffee.
Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social Gerontologist: ageing and the lifecourse, wellbeing in later life, social policy for an ageing society. Especially pensions, social care, financing later life.
Also ❤️ @UKDataService.
University of Manchester @OfficialUoM.
Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social Collecting and sharing data on community-level health and well-being. Personal account: Posts here do not represent the views of my employer. #NHV resident.
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk We are the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them.
powertochange.org.uk
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology @jssam.bsky.social The Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology publishes cutting-edge scholarly articles on statistical and methodological issues for sample surveys and related data systems. See more here: https://academic.oup.com/jssam
LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 💥A platform for those interested in increasing the impact of academic research. 📨 Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/subscribe-via-email/
UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org The UK’s largest public funder of research. Our mission is to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.
#FundedByYou
Also autoposting to @news.ukri.org, @funding.ukri.org, @blogs.ukri.org and @events.ukri.org. Topic specific feeds coming soon!
Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social Sociologist at Colorado State University | Parenting, Inequality, Stratification, Econ Soc, Family Demography, Quantitative Methods, Computational Social Science, whatever seems interesting right now…
https://ophastings.com
Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social Work on economic strategy in South Yorkshire | Associate @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk | Raising money for MS at
https://www.justgiving.com/page/not-being-funny
methods@manchester @methodsmcr.bsky.social methods@manchester is a Faculty of Humanities initiative promoting The University of Manchester's expertise in research methods and interdisciplinarity.
DOTE and DOTEbase @dote.bsky.social Making Qualitative Analysis Fun!
www.dote.aau.dk
Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social Associate Professor in Quantitative Social Science at University College London
brksnmz.github.io
Dr Laura @laurasocres.bsky.social Lecturer: Researcher
Sociology (education, community sports) & Social Policy.
Collaborative & Creative Research Methods.
Spurs Fan. Mum of 3. ND.
Anti-Racist & Intersectional Feminist
Views my own. like/share ≠ endorse. #CeaseFire
Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social Academic. Families. Research methods.
Take a look: academicswives.co.uk
Creator for Meta AI (they stole my work)
Na’amodnik
You can’t DM me here
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Andrew Phillips @andrewphillips.bsky.social Policy & Research Manager at the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement. Previously a researcher at Demos and the Institute for Government. Views my own.
https://www.standardlife.co.uk/centre-for-the-future-of-retirement
Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Halima Khan @halimakhan.bsky.social Public service innovation - independent adviser and consultant. Affiliated Researcher at Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge. Associate Fellow at IPPR. Senior Advisor at PPL.
Ian Mulheirn @ianmulheirn.bsky.social Economics and policy
Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy at University of Manchester. Soon to be Birmingham.