Sampath Rajapakse
Aberrant musings of other people's tweets and the occasional cynical observations of what goes on in my life. 🇬🇧
@justinesimons.bsky.social
London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries
@tomcopley.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial
@sebdance.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Transport and Deputy Chair, TfL | Former MEP for London, Vice-Chair EP Environment Committee (ENVI) and Deputy Leader European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP)
@metecoban92.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy. Founder My Life My Say. Board London Marathon. Former Hackney Councillor 2014 - 2024. Obama Leader.
@ldncdo.bsky.social
Chief Digital Officer for London, working for Mayor of London and all Londoners. Using #data to support a fairer, safer and greener city for everyone #cities #innovation #smartcities https://medium.com/@chiefdigitalofficer4london
@willnorman.co.uk
London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner Working with the Mayor, TfL & boroughs to build a safer, greener & healthier city. Posts, errors & typos all mine.
@libpeck.bsky.social
Director of the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. Former leader of Lambeth Council and former deputy chair of London Councils and LGA Labour.
@debbieweekesb.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Communities & Social Justice, Chair of Praxis, formerly at JRF and Runnymede Trust - racial justice, anti-poverty, gender, equity. She/her. Views my own
@martinrsmith.bsky.social
Head of Policy Lab, Wellcome. Science policy things, puns, cats
@jameswilsdon.bsky.social
undisciplined metascientist | director, Research on Research Institute (RoRI) @RoRInstitute.bsky.social | professor of research policy, UCL
@georgedibb.bsky.social
Assoc Director & Head of Centre for Economic Justice IPPR. Previously IIPP at UCL. Innovation is political. All things policy, politics & running. Views own. 🌈
@pslewis.bsky.social
Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords.
@richardaljones.bsky.social
Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics. www.softmachines.org
@wonkhe.bsky.social
Home of the higher education debate www.wonkhe.com Editor in Chief @markleach.bsky.social
@harryanderson.bsky.social
Deputy Director (Policy & Global Engagement) at Universities UK International. Ex-CBI & Liverpool Guild of Students. Barnsley FC fan & lapsed Catholic.
@drrathbone.bsky.social
Deputy Executive Director at CaSE @sciencecampaign.bsky.social
@owenjackson.bsky.social
Policy 📑 | Science 💉 | Sport 🏈🏏🏉 Director of Policy, Cancer Research UK Trustee, 93% Club Reposts ≠ endorsements, views my own
@sciencecampaign.bsky.social
Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) is the leading independent voice for UK R&D. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk
@nickhuwjones.bsky.social
Research policy @ Cancer Research UK. Trying to unlock the potential of science and data to transform cancer outcomes.
@itswiggins.bsky.social
International Affairs for The Royal Society. Science Diplomacy via a bit of both science and diplomacy at the Foreign Office and then Uni of York. Also Chair of Trustees for Excel Learning Trust. (He/Him)
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy Chair, Our World in Data Board, National Audit Office Visiting Professor, Kings College London Fellow, Birkbeck College Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab My own views
@johnwhitfield.bsky.social
(Science) journalist and author. Opinion editor, Research Professional News. Books: Lost Animals; People Will Talk ; In the Beat of a Heart. www.johnwhitfield.co.uk
@robinbisson.bsky.social
UK News Editor, @resprofnews.bsky.social. Mostly #researchpolicy, #researchfunding, #highered. British Journalism Awards finalist. Once likened to Tintin. Also into rivers. Tip? [email protected]
@sanjushdalmia.bsky.social
Science, Innovation and Technology Policy @ Centre for British Progress | Exec @ Scientists for Labour Prev: Science Policy Advisor to Labour, Science Policy Lead at UK Day One, MRes in Medicine Manchester / Leeds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social
Science journo at @science.org, writing about science & society, research integrity, and other places where the scientific rubber hits the road. 🇿🇦🏴🇷🇸 Tip? DMs open, or find me on Signal at cathleen_ogrady.14
@williamcb.bsky.social
Technology and politics. Newsletter https://bit.ly/3AELZDu Foundations of AI https://bit.ly/3WiYJab Law https://bit.ly/40YL1fU Research Fortnight https://bit.ly/4i0 https://signal.me/#eu/xNzjw2P7XIGjBfdQicHbMp0V5SuVpgCQOeUZNpDRqH-mkt2Tan9G6Y0ZitEKsVkN
@drejhopkins.bsky.social
Deputy Head of Policy (Research) at The British Academy. Interested in all things research, development and innovation. C19th infrastructures nerd (former and forever). She/her. All views my own.
@chrisjparr.bsky.social
Award-winning education journalist. Senior editor, Research Professional News. Formerly Times Higher Education. Non-award-winning musician.
@jonlambert.bsky.social
Science journalist at NPR covering global health. Used to work at Grid and Science News. [email protected]. On signal @jonlambert.12 https://jonathanmlambert.com/
@jjaron.bsky.social
News editor at New Scientist. I read a lot of books, and recommend the best ones to you
@christophersmith.bsky.social
University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation All views my own, but none of the poetry.
@whippletom.bsky.social
Science at The Times My book, about the radio war: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787634132?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_NPXKFD6KQ3B2P603N1ZN
@awmackenzie.bsky.social
Associate Director of Strategy & External Relations, The Physiological Society (@physoc.bsky.social). Trustee of Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine. Council Member of Parliamentary & Scientific Committee. Own views.
@ersatzben.bsky.social
Professor of practice in research and innovation policy. Former UK govt adviser on science and tech policy. LFC. Max/MSP. Personal views.
@resprofnews.bsky.social
Global research policy, funding & HE news from Research Professional News, including Research Fortnight, Research Europe and Research Africa. Part of Clarivate.
@rorinstitute.bsky.social
RoRI’s mission is to accelerate transformational research on research systems, cultures & decision-making.
@drbeththompson.bsky.social
Turning science into real world impact. Chief Strategy Officer, WellcomeTrust. Board of HubbubUK and Protas. Sometimes soprano. She/her
@frusuk5.bsky.social
Associate director Systems Engagement at Stroke Association. AMS FLIER. Health and research policy geek. Mother of three. 2x Immigrant (France>US>UK). Once upon a time equine internist. Happiest climbing a mountain, preferably with family and our pup.
@lhenryli.bsky.social
Plumber. TBI. Trying to bring folks together to get stuff done. Vaguely dabbling in health, life sci & whatever else.
@davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social
Shooting for UK growth & progress with ukdayone.org @ukdayone.bsky.social Previously: Chatham House research fellow and Labour parliamentary candidate. Britain could have the highest living standards in the world!
@auonsson.bsky.social
Pseudonymous osint. Enjoy data, ships, planes, maps, simplicity, connectedness. Also, Baltics. Judge me by my tweets. http://mastodon.world/@auonsson backup 🇸🇪
@fulelo.bsky.social
BBC cog; Russia, FSU, E.Europe, Syria opp watcher. Views own, some humour 🤨 migrant, chatty. Oversharing news. Masto: @[email protected] prior X @fulelo Work: #TheGlobalJigsaw http://tinyurl.com/4t2vh3e2 BBCNews starter pack https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
@katharinehorgan.bsky.social
LSE Human Rights Grad 🎓. Philanthropy Manager, JUSTICE. Founder, Young Orphans. Mentor, LSE. (She/Her)
@lighthousereports.com
Radically collaborative journalism. Working with the world’s leading media on deeply reported, public interest investigations. http://bit.ly/LHR-newsletter
@maudjullien.bsky.social
Investigations Editor @lhreports.bsky.social Works on borders & migration and some Sudan. Formerly BBC, TV5 Monde, @artefr.bsky.social Documentary filmmaker
@katerinastv.bsky.social
HR and Operations @ Lighthouse Reports (@lhreports.bsky.social) | previously @ UNHCR Greece | cat lover, book hoarder, info junkie, antifa | 🦋 in 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇫🇷🇪🇸 | views, obviously, my own | 🍉
@gabrielgeiger.bsky.social
Investigative journalist at Lighthouse Reports. Algorithms & surveillance. https://www.lighthousereports.com/team/gabriel-geiger/
@thinink.bsky.social
Food Systems nut who also happens to be a foodie. Writes Thin Ink, Lead Reporter for Lighthouse Reports, co-founder of Kite Tales Myanmar, founder of Myanmar Now, & former correspondent with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.