Nicola Burns
Curious about lots of things. Research and teach about disability, migration, health and human rights. Enjoy a good natter, tai chi, gardening. ‘Heid full of magic’
@drbenwhitham.bsky.social
Senior Policy and Research Officer at Refugee Action | Research Associate at SOAS | Assistant Instructor at Tiger Crane Kung Fu, London | Trade unionist, martial artist, antifascist. Views my own. https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/ben-whitham
@southsouthmvmt.bsky.social
We're an autonomous transnational student-led collective claiming space for academics & activists from & for the global souths in social & political studies. https://www.southsouthmovement.org/
@mindyptolomey.bsky.social
girls, disability, neurodivergence, creative methods + zines | education | University of Glasgow | Gender + Education Association Exec | Dates-n-Mates Scotland trustee | books + weights 📚🏋️♀️
@harveyhumphrey.bsky.social
Academic. Poet. Creative sociologist. Queer non-binary trans man. Spoonie. Gentletran & a scholar. Also part of the Queer Disability Studies Network snails. 🐌🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@booksbeyondwords.bsky.social
Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins Charity no. 1183942 www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
@disrightsuk.bsky.social
We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all. https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
@johnpring.bsky.social
Editor/founder of Disability News Service; author of The Department, published by Pluto Books, August 2024; disabled journalist and author; autistic.
@rnib.bsky.social
We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People. Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
@annalandre.com
Part woman, part machine / Disability justice + more / #DisabilityPower100, Vogue #21Under21 💋🦾 Fmr Washington DC Commissioner, now in London📍 annalandre.com
@stephenunwin.bsky.social
Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner. Founded ETT. Opened the Rose. Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives. http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
@tomshakespeare.bsky.social
Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
@francesryan.bsky.social
Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? and Crippled. E: [email protected]
@georgejulian.bsky.social
I like people watching, good food and people who speak out about injustice. Crowdfunded #OpenJustice journalist, reporting mainly about #LearningDisability and #Autism. Also can be found with a needle, all things #sewing #quilting #knitting
@jrct.bsky.social
A Quaker grant-making organisation supporting those who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.
@rightfullives.bsky.social
A UK based creative campaign and community focussed on the Human Rights of Autistic people and people with Learning Disabilities. www.rightfullives.org.uk
@eilionoirflynn.bsky.social
Director, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway. Interested in disability, intersectionality, access to justice and legal capacity. She/her.
@globaldeafresearch.org
GDRI is a deaf-led research non-profit organization founded with the goal of bettering the lives of deaf people and their communities around the world through the collection, analysis and effective dissemination of robust data. (www.globaldeafresearch.org)
@sophphillips32.bsky.social
Post-doctoral research associate at University of Sheffield on the Wellcome funded anti-ableist research cultures project. New book : The Autistic Postgraduate Woman: Navigating the Neurotypical University, available from Pavilion Publishing.
@angharadbeckett.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology & Social Inclusion, University of Leeds (UK). Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (www.ijdsj.online). Human Rights | Open Science | Social Innovation | Kindness. Lover of cake. She/her.
@disabilityarts.bsky.social
Sharing Disability Arts and Culture with the world since 2004. Follow for our latest news, reviews, events and blogs.
@asadisability.bsky.social
This is the official Bluesky account for the ASA Section on Disability in Society
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
The School of Law @universityofleeds.bsky.social is one of the leading law schools in the UK and has been providing instruction in law since its inception in 1899.
@the-polyphony.bsky.social
To stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. Hosted by Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Supported by Wellcome. https://thepolyphony.org/
@dismatters.bsky.social
A six year international programme of disability, health and science. Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disability-matters
@kat-williams.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD | ESRC funded PhD student (social policy) Cardiff Uni (Role of communication in access to healthcare for autistic adults) | Voluntary non-exec Director Autistic UK | LiRF and Run buddy She Runs Cardiff| She/Her
@makingrightsreal.bsky.social
Making Rights Real is a grassroots human rights organisation for Scotland. 🧡 http://makingrightsreal.org.uk Scottish Charity No: SC050342
@gmthomas.bsky.social
Reader | Cardiff University Sociologist (Disability | Health and Illness | Reproduction | Stigma) Co-Editor in Chief of 'Sociology of Health and Illness' He | Him | His
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
@touretteshero.bsky.social
@disrepdiary.bsky.social
Interviews and other little snippets with disabled people about their favourite disabled character—and why it matters.
@uniofgalwaycdlp.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP) at @UniOfGalwayLaw.bsky.social @UniOfGalway.bsky.social On Facebook at https://tinyurl.com/mr3t76tn
@kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social
Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow researching breath, ventilation, disability and health. All views my own.
@judge.bsky.social
Politics and International Relations academic at a University with a social media policy. Energy | Climate | Security | Political Economy | Teaching
@dominicmhinde.bsky.social
Sociologist, writer, Northern Europe journalist. New books out 24/25.
@loucalvey.bsky.social
Asylum Rights Campaigning. Migrant & Human Rights advocacy. She/Her 🏳🌈 🧡
@ewangibbs.bsky.social
Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of Coal Country. Now writing the Unmaking of the British Working Class. Not getting that much more right wing as I get older.
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
We use the law to create a better, fairer and greener future. Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky Contact us securely: https://goodlaw.social/got-a-tip-off-bsky
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
@alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Immigration and asylum law. All views my own but reposts not endorsement. Refugees welcome🧡. Green Party member💚. Trans 🏳️⚧️ rights are human rights. He/him. "Lawyers have hitherto only interpreted the law. The point however is to change it."
@aoc.bsky.social
Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
@aaronwinter.bsky.social
Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
@aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Political sociologist @sussex.ac.uk, writing on #racialisation, political economy of race-making, east-west inequalities in Europe, #migration, political resistance: Reader in #Sociology & Director @sei-sussex.bsky.social
@manuelaboatca.bsky.social
Romanian/German sociologist, Head of School of the Global Studies Program @UniFreiburg, writes about global inequalities, empire, race, citizenship & forgotten Europes https://tinyurl.com/wbt9wyrm
@dremilinesmith.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at SCCJR @ Uni of Glasgow. https://tinyurl.com/EmilineSmith Research: cultural & natural resources • crime & harms • justice • oceans. ♡ Vegan ♡ tea ♡ scuba diving. www.stolenstatues.com www.oceanculturelife.com
@naomich.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Co-editor Brill Critical Emotion Studies. All things emotions. Preferably by the sea. Views my own. She/her