Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org The latest research in Language and Linguistics from @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/linguistics
Tom Stewart @morphologist.bsky.social Associate Prof. of #Linguistics at the University of Louisville
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9453-9098
#Morphology and its environs
#ScottishGaelic
Opinions are my own.
Charlotte Proudman @drproudman.bsky.social Woman of the Year 2025 | Family Law | Cambridge Academic | Founder @Right2Equality. Personal account; RT/likes not endorsements.
Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social Creative writer, content creator ,Linguist ,trainer, activist
Human Rights campaigner, Against all forms of violence against women & children
Interested in systems reform & healing from trauma & adversity in education & communities
Language Matters
Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social Early Modernist, Prof UEA; Historical Lead, Gloucester Project & Co-Director, Hakluyt Project; Chair of Society for Nautical Research; Director Shipwrecks & Maritime Heritage Research Centre
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst
Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only.
"The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/
https://www.robertford.net/
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
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social Recovering English teacher, headteacher, and union baron. Chiefly: food, books, Shakespeare, oracy, articles of interest … and gratuitous pics of border terrier Molly B.
https://linktr.ee/geoffbarton 
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Nic Perrins @nicperrins.bsky.social Writer, blogger and editorial consultant based in Liverpool. Music nerd, occasional radio presenter. New online magazine, A Sense of Scouse, launching soon. Subscribe free - https://asenseofscouse.substack.com/
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
Lolly True Crime @lollytruecrime.bsky.social Professional True Crime researcher & writer specialising in unsolved UK crime. Assisting a private investigation team on cases and blogging. No porn, No Crypto scams thanks. From England, Married. Escaped from X
Aston University Press Office @astonpress.bsky.social The latest news, research and expert comment from the Aston University press office. Need an expert for your story? Email pr@aston.ac.uk or DM us.
Eithne Quinn @eithnequinn.bsky.social Socio-legal/cultural studies; antiracism; environmental justice.
@ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social 
Handgun Yoga 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇺🇸 @handgunyoga.bsky.social Feminist, LGBTQ+ BLM Ally, someday Vegan. Father of 3 Amazing Daughters. Armed Pacifist, CCDW instructor for 17 years, meditator since age 17. Ex-NRA, ex-GOP, Adult Recovering Asshole™️
HeyGeorgie @heygeorgie.bsky.social Living on Dja Dja Warrung country, Australia; forensic linguist, cyclist, MainFM presenter, Castlemaine Theatre Company member, Professor in Criminology and Justice Studies at RMIT University.
IAFLL @iafll.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the International Association for Forensic & Legal Linguistics | https://iafll.org/
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Lucia Busso @lucia-busso.bsky.social Researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @AstonUniversity.
(cognitive) linguist, Italian, human (in random order). Views my own
Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.io Computational Social Scientist, Social/Personality Psychologist, and Generally Curious Person. University of Texas at Dallas. https://www.ryanboyd.io
Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social Metaphor hunter, linguist, social scientist, blogger
blog: https://makingsciencepublic.com/
also sorted into categories at https://wakelet.com/@bnerlich
https://bnerlich-lang.github.io/
ORCID: 0000-0001-6617-7827
Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social Linguistic anthropologist, Wayne State University. Numbers, cognition, writing and literacy, mathematics. Left, 🇨🇦, he/him. https://glossographia.com/ https://phrontistery.info
Sidney Wong @sidneygjwong.bsky.social 黃吉贊 (he/any) | Queer Cantonese 🏳️🌈 researcher working on responsible computational social science using language data. Te Pūnaha Matatini / Fulbright Scholar (US 24/25), Aotearoa NZ.
🌵 Elise Stickles 🍁 @elisestickles.bsky.social assistant professor of English Language
at the University of British Columbia. cognitive linguistics, metaphor theory, corpus linguistics, gesture studies. she/her, singular they is as old as Chaucer.
http://elisestickles.com
Montreal Benesch 🍉 @montreallx.bsky.social they/them 🏳️⚧️
linguist; educator; grad student in the Trans Research in Linguistics Lab at UCSB
http://montrealbenes.ch
Ty @tyanna.bsky.social linguistic anthropologist, she/her
Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social language & cognitive scientist at @mcgill.ca; co-founder of @wicscanada.bsky.social; she/her
Vera Tobin @vtobin.bsky.social Cognition, language, literature, occasional possums, potatoes. Being difficult. Elements of Surprise: Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot.
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social Linguist (University of Zurich). Lady (in the Old English sense of the word).
Cristina Dreifuss @cdreifuss.bsky.social Architecture, design, aesthetics, art, higher education. Researcher, writer and professor. Sometimes I'm not serious.
Tom Rank @tomrank.bsky.social Reflections on literature, education - and other ramblings. Was @literaryconnect in the other place 😀
http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/
crobi, frequent "shapes place" traveller @crobi.bsky.social she/they lesbian 30s
shark girl 🦈
queer as fuck, t4t
send me cute pics of sharks
minors DNI
I try to make games, music, and stories for fun.
views are my own, and this is not a place of honor.
I do 🤖 research.
Rugby Feral.
Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social Interested in Linguistic Landscape, Ethnography, Foriegn Language Teacher Identity, Academic Publishing, Walking as a Methodology, and lots more!
Vicki Trowler 🇿🇦 🇵🇸 🏴☠️ 🌍 @vicki-t.bsky.social Curiouser and curiouser.
Apparently "disgruntled hard leftist" and "fairly unpleasant hard-line Free Palestine activist".
Bastiaan Thijs @bthijs.bsky.social forensic linguistics student, interested in sociolinguistics / contentious online spaces / literary translation (ɴʟ/ᴇɴ) / crosswords
emma machado @emmachados.bsky.social (she/her) wannabe PhD wrangler | Sociothings and discourse analysis enthusiast | Exploring queer linguistic identity at the University of Salamanca | Fueled by cats and cinema | ES/EN
Mathew Gillings @mathewgillings.bsky.social Assistant Professor at WU Vienna. Research interests: corpus-assisted methods, business discourse, deception and (im)politeness.🗣️💻
IMB @imb-uofsc.bsky.social The Institute for Mind and Brain at the University of South Carolina works to understand the biological bases of the mind, brain, and cognition and intersections with health, aging, and neurodevelopment.
Felicity Deamer @felicitydeamer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
CJ @virmalised.us Assistant professor with too many opinions. Texpat, politics academia, gay stuff, anti-carbrain (bike lobby). Not an AI brain genius guy. "Train Linguist." Join a union. 🇵🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏳️⚧️
Between Erie and Ontario
BayesForDays@lingo.lol on Mastodon.
Rui Sousa-Silva @rsousasilva.bsky.social 
Helen Turner @helenturnermi.bsky.social Championing the research and innovation strengths of the Midlands as Director of Midlands Innovation - a collaboration between eight universities (Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Warwick).
Erika Darics @linguadigitalis.bsky.social Learn ∘ Unlearn ∘ Relearn
I am an advocate of transformative education. I think about language, leadership, human and systemic change - a lot. I work with lovely people @ Words&Actions, in the CLADES project @the University of Groningen and with the #IDGs.
Dr Elisabeth Carter @drliscarter.bsky.social Criminologist, forensic linguist. Specialising in the language of fraud/scams. 
Sharad Agarwal @shad1126.bsky.social Cybercrime Researcher | PhD Candidate @uclcs @ucl | Product Analyst @StopScamsUK | Created http://csphdfellowships.org | Prev @BristolCyberSec @CMSExperiment @CERN @CERNopenlab
🌐 sharad1126.github.io
Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social Criminologist interested mainly in punishment, rehabilitation and reintegration… increasingly explored via creative methods. Also a singer-songwriter, when I can find the time.
Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
Shanti Das @shantidas.bsky.social Senior investigations reporter, The Times. Previously: The Observer / The Sunday Times. Orwell prize for exposing Britain’s social evils 2023
📝 shanti.das@thetimes.co.uk / @shantidas.01 (Signal)
Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social Author of 'Restorative Practice at Work'. Co-presenter 'Relational Practice' podcasts. Interests: education; behaviour; relationships; patient safety; NHS People Promise; Quality Improvement; culture; psychology.
www.restorativethinking.co.uk
Kanupriya S. @kanupriya.bsky.social PhD scholar at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology studying women’s intimate relationships & re(marriages) in prisons in India| Incoming post-doctoral researcher at University of Nottingham working on ethnicity and desistance| Dog Mom in between 🐾
@tessawebb.bsky.social @tessawebb.bsky.social Recently retired HMI Probation, former CEO Hertfordshire Probation Trust. Trustee - Revolving Doors.
Abdul Iqbal KC @aiqbal.bsky.social King's Counsel. Serious crime and professional discipline. Park Square Barristers (Leeds), Lincoln House Chambers (Manchester) & Libertas Chambers (London).
@catemoore.bsky.social @catemoore.bsky.social Talking about CJS, Restorative Justice, a bit of Autism here & there, MH OCD in particular & life in general.
Mark Jones, Director, Higher Plain @higherplain.bsky.social Honorary / Visiting Professor in Criminology at Swansea University & USW, Desistance, Well-Being, Social Science, Policy, Anti-Racism, Research, Reflective Practice. SFHEA. All views my own.
higherplainresearchandeducation.co.uk
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Toufique Hossain @toufiquehossain.bsky.social Director of Duncan Lewis, Public Law
https://bsky.app/profile/dlpubliclaw.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/show/600daseJRW7AMQEaCNvX7W?si=0niEubN0SBaybjw75nu4fw
Jim Robottom @jimrobottom.bsky.social Rights, wrongs & Talking Heads songs. Barrister @matrixchambers, phd @KCL_Law Views mine, not a burning building’s.
Prof Andy Newton @profanewton.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Policing, Co-Director Safety & Sustainability @NTU | Academic Advisor to Notts Violence Reduction Partnership | Interests: crime, policing, transport, violence prevention, policy evaluation | data science | problem solving | EBP
Lost Mothers Project @lostmothers.bsky.social Exploring how women and professionals involved with the criminal justice system experience enforced separation of newborn babies 
Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social Professor of Maternal Health and
Criminal Justice. Midwife. Nurse. Mother. Researcher. Pregnancy & Motherhood in prison. ESRC Lead researcher on The Lost Mother’s Project www.lostmothers.org
orcid ID:
0000-0002-5778-7559
University of Hertfordshire.
Katrin Hohl OBE @katrinhohl.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at City St George‘s, University of London.
Independent advisor to the UK government.
Researches and writes about police & criminal justice responses to sexual violence and domestic abuse.
Vicki Cardwell @vickihcardwell.bsky.social CEO at Spark Inside.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Jon Collins @jonbcollins.bsky.social Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust (@prisonersed.bsky.social) and criminal justice nerd.
Katie Kempen @katiekempenvs.bsky.social Criminal justice, books, CEO of Victim Support.
Angela Cossins @angelacossins.bsky.social Personal account . Probation Director, HMPPS … & I love to cook
Lindsey Bampton @lindseybampton.bsky.social Safeguarding Adults Board & Safeguarding Children Partnership Manager. CofE National Safeguarding Panel member. Ex Probation Officer.
✅ Hiking, baking, afternoon naps, frozen margaritas, chess
❎ TV involving real life police or hospitals, liquorice
Richard Horton @iofiv.bsky.social TAFKA NightJack - Orwell Prize Winner - Library Volunteer - Labour Party & GMB member - Retired Agent of Karma - 33 Minute Podcaster - Snivelling Minion.
The Cat From Greece @acatfromgreece.bsky.social …joined the police. Pig in a wig: full time criminal barrister, part time response cop. Once described as 'quite personable'.
Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social Professor at UCL. Lead of Research Group on Human Trafficking,Smuggling & Exploitation. Researching precarious work & labour exploitation. New (free) book on anti-trafficking evaluation https://uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluating-anti-trafficking-interventions/
Laura Janes @laurajanes.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, lecturer etc: laurakjanes.co.uk
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
Rick Muir @rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social Policing Advisor at the UK Home Office. Previously Director of the Police Foundation and Associate Director at IPPR. Dad. From Teesside #UTB.
HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities.
Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
Bernard Richmond KC @phatsilkkc.bsky.social Criminal Defence & Inquests barrister at Lamb Building, London & Central Chambers, Manchester. Dedicated to advocacy, Middle Temple, Legal Education (Hon. Prof at Univ of Kent) & access to justice. 6th Dan Judo (BJC & proud) Rufus & Christa keep me sane.
Jane Ball @dialogjane.bsky.social Dialogue for systemic change, humanising and connecting. Social change - prison reform - dialogic education - climate 💚 🏳️🌈
dialogue-associates.com apfpd.org
#fbpe
Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social Co-Head of Department for Criminology, Sociology & Social Policy, Swansea University | Former Probation Officer | Convenor of Wales Probation Development Group at Wales Centre for Crime & Social Justice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-499X
Gus Silverman @gus-silverman.bsky.social Civil liberties solicitor. Heads the Bristol Actions Against Public Authorities team at @dpg_law. Views my own.
https://dpglaw.co.uk/lawyers/gus-silverman/
Andrew Sperling @sperls.bsky.social Public lawyer and parole specialist. Director of SL5 Legal.
https://www.SL5Legal.co.uk
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
Dr Caroline J Bald @carolinejbald.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Work. The Open University, UK. Research: #justice social work, braininjury, AI
education. RSW prev Probation.[BISWG.co.uk chair & BASW Criminal Justice Co-chair]. Founding Co-Chair ESWRA SW Crime & CJ SIG https://linktr.ee/CarolineJBald
Max Hardy @maxjlhardy.bsky.social Barrister | TV legal consultant (Mr Bates, Landscapers, Criminal UK, Defending the Guilty) | Legal blogger & media commentator |
Kalisher Trust Trustee
Blogs, lectures, podcasts, profiles here:
https://linktr.ee/MaxJLHardy
Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social National charity working to end the revolving door of crisis & crime. Posts from the team.
Website: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/
Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4fnnrcns
Work with us: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/work-with-us/
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social We are bold, ambitious feminists, working to end the cycle of harm so all women and girls can thrive.
Our mission is to change systems and services to better support women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity.
https://www.agendaalliance.org
Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers.
Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
Emma McClure @emma-mcclure.bsky.social Parole Solicitor @SL5
Criminal Justice & Critical Thinking
Association of Prison Lawyers Committee
Former YLAL Co-Chair
She/Her
UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
Jeff Swales @jeffs63.bsky.social Yorkshire based regulatory solicitor. Progessive. Likes dogs, real ale and rugby league (Hull FC). Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Personal account. Views are my own. No DMs please.
Dorothy Newbury-Birch @dottyb.bsky.social I am a mother, grandmother and wife. I am also Professor of social Justice and Public Policy at Teesside University. After 12 years on Twitter I am starting again here.
Dr Cody Porter @drcodyporter.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at UWE Bristol | Psychologist
Investigative interviewing & lie detection, mental health in the Criminal Justice System, employment and criminal records | Editor for II-RP
omemiserum2 @omemiserum2.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.social