Alison Stenning
Geographer - Professor - Mum - Playing - #playstreets - Cycling - #kidicalmass - #WarOnCars - Walking - Noticing - Green - North Tyneside - North Shields - UK
Starter Packs
Created by Alison Stenning (2)
North Tyneside!
A feed of folk and/organisations based in North Tyneside who spend at least a bit of their Bluesky time posting about the borough.
Play (and space/place/the city/urban/public space)
A starter pack of those engaging with issues of play, especially in the context of space, place, the city, the urban, public space, geography, etc. Please let me know who I’ve missed!
@sidegallery.bsky.social
Est. in 1977 on Newcastle’s Quayside: Side is home to Side Gallery, Side Cinema and the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond. Sidegallery.co.uk
@fulllanefemme.bsky.social
Tired They/Them Chicago bike dyke. Lover of people-centered urbanism. Radical daydreaming about public housing, cats, and universal basic income.
@watbike-cycling.bsky.social
Cycling charity based in the North East. We have a workshop outside Newcastle, where we carry out bike servicing & repairs, as well as selling bikes. We specialise in taking in donations and refurbishing them to sell or gift to people in need.
@danielpssantos.bsky.social
@jaytoddgla.bsky.social
Academic in trans geographies & histories, Glasgow Uni. Non-binary. Leverhulme Fellow exploring trans strategies & spaces for navigating life in the UK, present & historical. they/them translivesintheuk.wordpress.com https://linktr.ee/jaytoddgla
@peckersley.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Public Policy & Management, Nottingham Trent University. Managing Editor, Local Government Studies. Own views on climate change, local governance and public policy in the UK & Germany. Plus, occasionally, cricket
@ceried.bsky.social
Researcher of environmental education, place and politics. Special interests: deliberative democracy, youth agency, literacy & literature. Trustee of Another Way. Love Europe ❤️
@nclgreenparty.bsky.social
@unhappinesspod.bsky.social
a podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now | hosted by @counterfactual.bsky.social and @patblanchfield.bsky.social free episodes every other saturday; even more for subscribers at https://bit.ly/OrdinaryUnhappiness
@lauralundy.bsky.social
Queen’s University Belfast and University College Cork working on Children’s Rights, Child Participation (The Lundy Model) and Education.
@sutr-northtyneside.bsky.social
The official account of Stand Up To Racism in North Tyneside Promoted by Stand Up To Racism, PO Box 79407, London N17 1HP
@reformpoliticalads.bsky.social
Politically neutral campaign for regulation of electoral advertising. Labour, Lib Dem, Green and 3 other 2024 London mayor candidates signed our ad code.
@brucebennett.bsky.social
Prof in Film Studies, Lancaster University. Personal a/c.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@carsten-diekmann.bsky.social
Bridging sustainable mobility and retail, driving the transition to cycling-friendly urban spaces for vibrant, accessible shopping destinations. Speaker & consultant. more.than.bended.steel the art of bike parking Kassel🇩🇪 morethanbendedsteel.de
@reidallen.bsky.social
PhD student @ City University of London researching unauthorised 'wild' swimming in London. Interests in space & place, (polluted) leisure and ethnography.
@soc-researcher.bsky.social
Sociologist and researcher based at the University of Sheffield
@thatpipguy.bsky.social
From Newcastle, UK. Rides bikes, has been referred to as "one of those woke liberal types"
@fannespieter.bsky.social
@nthtynecyclesoc.bsky.social
A social cycle ride along the Sunrise Cycleway, 6:30pm start, finish with a beverage, (usually) the last Friday of the month. This is an unmarshalled/turn-up-and-ride event.
@profkarenoreilly.bsky.social
New book: Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone, Policy Press. March 25. Professor of sociology- emeritus. Ethnography, migration, social theory, qualitative research training… silversmith!
@benlockwood.bsky.social
Postdoc @ ecosystems.psu.edu | #forests, #carbon, #ecosystemservices, #dendrochronology, #geography, #socialnature | Photographer | Part-time fiction & nonfiction writer | Centre Co. DSA co-chair Author of Brief Ecology (Substack.com/@briefecology)
@kirsty-finn-mcr.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Education (Sociology) at MIE UoM. My views not my employers, obviously. Part of the ESRC Transforming Working Lives ‘L-earning’ project, researching education, work, gender, social class.
@lbilli91.bsky.social
Youth worker & academic reseacher. Primary focus in both roles is to address the structural harms affecting young people. https://www.open.ac.uk/people/lb28572
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
@bettertransport.bsky.social
We are the national charity that champions greener, fairer transport. Find out more at: bettertransport.org.uk
@ategov.bsky.social
Ensuring everyone in England has the choice to get around actively 👩🦽🚶🌳🛴🚲
@profroseg.bsky.social
Professor of Ageing, Planning and Policy at Newcastle Uni in UK. Working to develop a non agesit society with good choices available to all.
@susannaheckersley.bsky.social
Prof of Critical Heritage & Memory Cultures, Newcastle University, UK Director, AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium AHRC-DFG Project Cultural Dynamics: Museums & Democracy in Motion HERA Project en/counter/points Horizon 2020 Project CoHERE
@singleaspect.bsky.social
Alvar Aalto fan. Former ships' radio officer - ETO > IT > housing blogger > retired. Democratic socialist Scotland admirer Pacifist Housing & housing standards, architecture, further education, Cambridge, the sea, historic buildings, 8-bit, & railways. UK
@onetwotony.bsky.social
Moustachioed Brompton rider, amongst others. Coffee, cake and beer enthusiast, Super Randonneur.
@leisurestudies.bsky.social
Leisure Studies is a leading international journal that publishes innovative leisure research in the social sciences.
@roadcc.bsky.social
road.cc is the website for people who like to ride bikes, giving you all the latest cycling news, reviews and buying advice.
@nickstenning.bsky.social
Infrastructure, humans, production operations, security. Oh, and dogs.
@foodandsolidarity.bsky.social
A democratic, non-profit, and member-led organisation for low/no to moderate income people – fighting for our members utilising direct action! Tel: 07393 101018 www.foodandsolidarity.org/join
@transition-network.bsky.social
Uniting communities for thriving futures. #JustTransition Starter pack: go.bsky.app/S6zSYGk #ClimateJustice #Climate Site: https://transitionnetwork.org/ More: https://linktr.ee/transitionnetwork
@cafeamsterdamwb.bsky.social
Dutch craft beer cafe-bar/bottleshop/home delivery/private hire/pop-ups. NE26 2QN. Open 1-10 Tue/Wed, 4-8 Thu, 4-10 Fri, 2-10 Sat, 12-6 Sun 🇳🇱 https://cafeamsterdamwb.square.site/
@cwmaddix.bsky.social
I like complicated conversations about rewilding, housing, localism and sustainable transport. Fuelled by rage about the nature crisis. Sustained by all the people doing something about it.