Kieron Flanagan
Prof of Science & Tech Policy @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social. Views own, RTs not. 🐝🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Author of "Brexitland" and "The British General Election of 2019" My Substack, "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
@matthewcobb.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus (Manchester), writes on history of science & French Resistance. Finishing a biography of Francis Crick, out in October 2025. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@tim-burgess.bsky.social
Charlatan, solo artist, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter. Oh, and a podcaster too
@stephenemoss.bsky.social
Scientist and musician, professor emeritus (UCL, UK), living in Provence
@proftomcrick.com
Chief Scientific Adviser at DCMS and Professor at Swansea University; all views my own, etc. https://proftomcrick.com
@acjsissons.bsky.social
Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring. Personal account.
@jamierwilson.bsky.social
Interested in research driving the sustainable competitiveness & wellbeing of places. Research Director at Orkestra & faculty at Deusto Business School. Brit/SAfrican living in Donostia-San Sebastián. Cricket lover.
@simontbaker.bsky.social
Chief editor, Nature Index. Formerly Times Higher Ed and (a long time ago) PA News. Interested in data and what it can (and very often can't) tell you.
@commonslibrary.bsky.social
Unofficial bot account posting whenever the House of Commons Library publishes new research and analysis.
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@drdaveobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Manchester and host of New Books in Critical Theory. Currently on secondment to DCMS, also at Creative PEC and the Whats On Project too
@timvorley.bsky.social
@drkeithsmith.bsky.social
PhD, occasional astronomer, talking head, science geek, cynic. Senior Editor at @Science.org, responsible for research papers in astronomy and planetary science. Views own, duh. Bio: https://www.science.org/content/author/keith-t-smith
@kulinowski.bsky.social
Director of a nonpartisan policy shop. Science policy, emerging tech, disasters etc. Fellow of American Chemical Society. Frmr member Chemical Safety Board. #bikedc
@wonkhe.bsky.social
Home of the higher education debate www.wonkhe.com Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
@cash4questions.bsky.social
Strategic Research Development Manager (Research Growth) @ University of Nottingham. Occasional Research Professional columnist. Bureaucratic realist. Runner. Blog at socialscienceresearchfunding.co.uk
@hpsvanessa.bsky.social
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
@matt-kaiser.bsky.social
science geek / research funding bod @wellcometrust (own views an' all that), ex of @CR_UK / patient involvement @VersusArthritis
@gsvoss.bsky.social
Big machines. Politics/technology/art/writing. Author: SYSTEMS ULTRA: MAKING SENSE OF TECHNOLOGY IN A COMPLEX WORLD (Verso 2024). linktr.ee/gsvoss
@curtrice.bsky.social
@francescagains.bsky.social
Emerita Prof of Public Policy @uompol.bsky.social - still curious about the politics of policy making but happily distracted digging my allotment, being a Horsforth Town Councillor, campaigning to reopen Otley Lido and champions 🏆#LUFC 💙💛
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@tomlevenson.bsky.social
Writer. (So Very Small, out April 29, 2025, on germ theory, past present and future.) Quondam documentarian (credits at PBS, BBC, etc.) Professing science writing at MIT. Lucky spouse and father, servant to two tuxedo cats. He/him
@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
@mgmcquillan.bsky.social
Blue Sky’s first media baron | senior entertainment correspondent at Research Professional News | The Lonely Arts Club podcast | Director of the Institute for Creative Enterprise, Edge Hill University | Twenty-One Media
@renevs.bsky.social
Responsible Innovation, Open Science, Ethics of emerging Tech and Foresight. Senior Research Fellow, RWTH Aachen university, former European Commission Official. Chairman MLE Science4Policy 16 Eu Member States see: https://renevonschomberg.wordpress.com
@thegreenplace.bsky.social
Advisor on innovation systems 4 sustainable futures, father, runner, vegan. Belgian-Scot
@profthomasdixon.bsky.social
Year 6 and maths teacher. ECT. Historian of emotions. Honorary Professor at QMUL. Author. Broadcaster.
@profserious.bsky.social
Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.uk
@gailfdavies.bsky.social
Prof in Human Geography at University of Exeter researching spaces of science & technology, human & animal health, research involvement & responsibility. Currently works on animal research & its replacements. Unexpected interest in chronic pain & FND.
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@robertmassey.bsky.social
Dad, Deputy Director RAS and Honorary Visiting Professor Sussex University. All views my own. Makes 'good' trouble.
@helenwarrell.bsky.social
FT investigations. Previously defence & security editor, political and home affairs correspondent. Get in touch: helen.warrell@ft.com
@williamthomas.bsky.social
Director of Research in History, Policy, and Culture at the American Institute of Physics. Author of Rational Action: The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940-1960. Views expressed are my own.
@gemmaderrick.bsky.social
Professor (Research Policy and Culture) at University of Bristol. Meta- research, peer review, academic audit and knowledge systems. Epistemological boundary rider and curious pragmatist towards evidence for research culture change.
@uomif.bsky.social
🚀 Turning ideas into impact at The University of Manchester. We help brilliant research become real-world solutions. Spinouts, licensing, and innovation for a better future. 🌍 #TechTransfer #Innovation #Impact
@ntshmccrthy.bsky.social
Policy, philosophy, ethics in and for engineering, tech, science and AI. Assoc Director of the National Engineering Policy Centre. Hon Prof of Practice @ UCL Dept of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy.
@pennysarchet.bsky.social
New Scientist managing editor and The World, The Universe & Us podcast host. Plant genetics & evolution DPhil; birder.
@reggitsti.bsky.social
Curator of misc, historian of tech, author of Electronic Dreams (Bloomsbury2016), Welshman in Mancunia, listener to old scientists, 8-bit geek, views own
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me