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BRAID UK team
The researchers and academics that make up the BRAID UK team.
@arasat.bsky.social
@araukie.bsky.social's Section for Archives and Technology. Providing an informal network for those interested in digital curation, digital preservation, metadata or any other aspect of the intersection between archives and technology.
@sj-bennett.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ Critical Data Studies & data justice @Algorithmic Societies, Durham Uni - founder + co-organiser of AI Ethics & Society @ai-ethics.org - affiliate @Centre for Technomoral Futures
@benedetta.bsky.social
British Academy Postdoc @STIS University of Edinburgh | Researching knowledge, power & tech | co-run ai-ethics.org
@uoe-gail.bsky.social
@edinnovations.bsky.social
We are @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 's commercialisation service. We benefit society and the economy by helping researchers, students and industry drive innovation. Discover more ➡️ https://linktr.ee/edinburghinnovations_
@imogen-parker.bsky.social
Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute. Mainly posting about AI, society and social policy. Previously IPPR, Citizens Advice, 5Rights, Fabian Society. image cred: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / Better Images of AI / Talking to AI 2.0 / CC-BY
@laihp.bsky.social
The LAIHP brings together interdisciplinary researchers from academia and industry to investigate human interaction with AI. https://www.ai-humanity-london.com/
@hannahredlerhawes.bsky.social
Independent Curator / Museum bod. Own views. Specialising in Contemporary and Interdisciplinary Arts (Digital / Media Art; Art + Science, Data, AI) Director, Data as Culture at Open Data Institute (Associate) Curator Oxford Cultural Programme (External)
@sahavoice.bsky.social
The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 14 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland. 🌐 Visit our website saha.scot 🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
@esarahcook.bsky.social
Curator professor media art AI art science art museums curators clocks calendars cats cakes etc.
@cfaa.bsky.social
Advancing safety assurance of autonomous systems, AI, and robotics across the globe. A partnership between Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the University of York. Contact us for research projects, training and workshops, or consultancy on safety assurance.
@vdignum.bsky.social
🇵🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 Prof #A.I @umeauniversity; member @UN Advisory Group on AI; @wasp_hs; author; speaker; #responsibleAI https://bit.ly/2WxEkQU
@digitcentre.bsky.social
The ESRC-funded Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work.
@kevinguyan.bsky.social
RAINBOW TRAP AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW 🌈 Author of Queer Data 📊 Researching LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh 🌍 he/him/his linktr.ee/kevinguyan
@uoelawschool.bsky.social
Official feed of Edinburgh Law School, based at the University of Edinburgh. Follow us for news and updates on study and research at the School. Visit the website: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/
@clemicollett.bsky.social
Writer and researcher. BRAID UK fellow Cambridge University researching the impact of GenAI on the novel. PhD at Oxford University on AI and gender.
@annarezk.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Design Informatics at University of Edinburgh with BBC R&D | User-centred design for public service personalisation
@bheravi.bsky.social
Prof of AI & Media at Institute for People-Centred AI, University of Surrey. @braiduk.bsky.social Fellow with BBC R&D. https://about.me/bheravi
@clcpaterson.bsky.social
Associate Professor/Research Leader at Institute for Social Innovation and Impact. Research in #AI #Youth #Criminology #SocialJustice #Ethics. Chair of University of Northampton Ethics Committee and Member of West Midlands Police Data Ethics Committee.
@marcowenjones.bsky.social
Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
@noupside.bsky.social
✍🏼Studies influence, propaganda, adversarial abuse @Georgetown. Writes @Lawfare, The Atlantic. 📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality — on influencers, online crowds, &bespoke realities (invisiblerulers.com) 🦹🏻♀️ Twitter Files supervillain
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@jsrailton.bsky.social
Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
@3r1ng.bsky.social
Social media network analysis. Digital ethnography. Formerly: Technology & Social Change Project: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ she/her
@jillian.bsky.social
Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
@dfrlab.bsky.social
The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. Cultivating a global network of digital forensic analysts (#DigitalSherlocks) to combat disinformation.
@acarv.in
Former managing editor and director of research, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, occasional conlanger, #ActuallyADHD, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
@bostonjoan.bsky.social
I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University www.criticalinternet.org
@davidcarroll.org
Is it still a free country? admin of federate.social faculty of parsons.edu subject of https://netflix.com/title/80117542 secure comms https://signal.me/#eu/P4v1lX3Oqmdp0mH_VXLsUO-S773AYm6Z0Rh-FIL7tD7ZOpmNWmpKvYnlKOxWFluX
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@jannisgrimm.bsky.social
Repression/resistance/(non)violence • Director of Research Unit Radical Spaces @interactfu.bsky.social • pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will • https://www.jannisgrimm.com/
@marwasf.bsky.social
Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
@snurb.info
Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media. He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺 🕸️ snurb.info 🐘 @snurb@aoir.social ⛔ @snurb_dot_info
@ejbeals.bsky.social
Constructive disrupter. Working on: the crisis in peace/conflict, disrupting aid, democracy/human rights, systems change and the mess we’re in. Former: Syria. Do: research, analysis, policy, piloting. Affiliations: EIP, MEI. Opinions my own. EmmaBeals.com
@kdenkwrites.com
UK-based Investigative Journalist & OSINT bod. Bylines everywhere. Email: katherinedenkinson@protonmail.com Website: www.KDenkWrites.com
@sohandsouza.info
🥼 @MPIB-Berlin.bsky.social; 📚 computational social science, disinformation/polarization, crowdsourcing, OSINT; 🎓 @MITOfficial.bsky.social @MediaLab.bsky.social, @DFRLab.bsky.social #DigitalSherlocks; 📍 London, England; https://www.sohandsouza.info
@noura.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
@awildknight.bsky.social
Researching disinformation for DFRLab | She/her | DMs usually open | tessaknight132@protonmail.com
@disinfo.eu
Independent EU-focused NGO whose mission is to raise awareness on #disinformation & contribute to a better information landscape.
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social
Founder & chair, Kawaakibi Foundation. Obsessed with the future of liberty in the MENA & the world. Studying dictators at the Jamal Khashoggi Disinfo Monitor. Book: "The Middle East Crisis Factory" (Hurst, 2021) 🇵🇸🇳🇴 (Account managed by @kawaakibi.org)
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & surveillance; open source, human rights, privacy & pro-democracy tech. lead: @thraets.org advisor: digitaldemocracyinitiative.net
@matthewdeverna.com
PhD candidate at Indiana University working with the Observatory on Social Media. Incoming postdoc (Sep. 2025) at the Stanford Social Media Lab. Computational social science, human-AI interaction, social media, trust and safety, etc. 🛜 matthewdeverna.com
@andrewchadwick.com
Prof Political Communication, Loughborough University. Ed. Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Been referred to as “that hybrid media guy.” Here after a four-year break from social media. Occasional posts on music. First-gen undergrad. andrewchadwick.com
@draamattheis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.