Grumpy Philosopher
Grumpy. Associate Professor of Political Philosophy. Animal rights, ethics of activism, political philosophy.
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Animal Studies/Animal Ethics
Philosophers, social scientists, and other academics working on animal ethics and related subjects.
@floriangkern.bsky.social
Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Government, Univ of Essex, comparative politics in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; Batigols founding member; ESRC-fund. MCCRA https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
@profriggsy.bsky.social
Experimental psychologist at the Uni of Hull studying Theory of mind and knowledge processing. Also physics, philosophy, beer and drums. A bit deaf.
@ouphilosophy.bsky.social
News from the Philosophy discipline at the Open University, UK
@uniessexgov.bsky.social
Ranked 2nd in the UK for Research Outputs (REF 2021), 12th for International Relations, and 21st for Politics (Guardian University Guide 2025).
@signemezinska.bsky.social
Bioethics, medical ethics and research ethics/integrity. Associate professor at the University of Latvia.
@murphyslaw1987.bsky.social
Philosopher w/ focus on disease causation (esp. clusters). I completed Mark Purdey’s research project by identifying the true environmental causes (oil pollution, pesticides, mercury, & mycotoxins) of “Huntington’s Disease” at Lake Maracaibo.
@miguelborrajo.bsky.social
PhD assistant and lecturer at UAM. Member of METIS group (UNED). Researching animal cognition, AI, and embodied models of the mind. Focused on the intersection of technologies and cognitive processes. Music enthusiast and creative sound designer.
@jasonmiklian.com
Sr Researcher, University of Oslo. Business & Peace | ESG | Climate & Conflict Book: The Vortex amzn.to/40lzIeW
@schuylerlaparle.bsky.social
Lecturer in Communication and Cognition | Researching metaphor and gesture | Caring about prefigurative politics and emancipatory education | Wanting secretly to be a woodworker
@idea-leeds.bsky.social
A specialist unit within @leedsprhs.bsky.social at University of Leeds where we blend theoretical enquiry & real-world experience to address complex ethical issues facing the world today via teaching, research & consultancy & training in applied ethics.
@philpsy.bsky.social
Postdoc in Philosophy | Clinical Psychologist & Psychotherapist i.t..| Mental Health Policy | Author of „How Does The Psychiatrist Know?“ (Transcript 2024) 🔓| More: https://philpeople.org/profiles/adrian-kind
@tarahawes.bsky.social
Kiwi DJ & edtech leader living in MK/UK with my cat Rosa. Head of Digital Platform Delivery @CUOL. SFHEA. DJing for fun as FlibbertiGibbet & half of Amaluna. Free-Spirit Records resident DJ. Strategy Advisor @Psy-Sisters: psysisters.com
@lauracforster.bsky.social
Historian @york.ac.uk | Editorial collective @historywo.bsky.social | 'The Paris Commune in Britain', coming May 2025 https://shorturl.at/662e4 | 'Friends in Common', coming June 2025 https://shorturl.at/f2nRs
@friendsincommon.bsky.social
𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯: 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 & 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 by @lauracforster.bsky.social & @joeljoel.bsky.social out June 2025 https://linktr.ee/friendsincommon
@isanchezmoreno.bsky.social
🕵🏽♂️FPI Predoctoral fellow at the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED). 🦧Philosophy of Animal Mind(s) and Ethics.
@jdelston.bsky.social
Assistant professor of philosophy @UMSL: ethics, applied ethics, social and political philosophy, feminism. Author of Medical Sexism. https://sites.google.com/view/jdelston/
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)
@rjjoconnell.bsky.social
Professor of Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Posts on human rights, equality & constitutional law. Posting in personal capacity.
@eltorosolo.bsky.social
Read Philosophy, write Philosophy, swear. (senior lecturer at u of exeter; phil. of medicine, politics, ethics & metaethics, philosophical methodology. Irish, sports bore, hobbyist guitar pedal-builder)
@dmoralesp.bsky.social
PhD researcher in the Philosophy & Ethics Group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), working at the interface of Philosophy, Comparative Cognition, and AI. 🌐: www.dmoralesp.com
@mauricestierl.bsky.social
Researcher at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University. Still convinced his football career is around the corner.
@ilirisufi.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student at the University of Cincinnati, Assistant Director of the PSA & Amateur bird-photographer 🐦⬛ Phil Mind, Anthropology, Embodied Cognitive Science & Phil of Psychiatry. From the most beautiful city in Germany (Giessen).
@iainsmcl.bsky.social
Musician, railwayman, academic (polisci, social choice, Enlightenment)
@averilcam.bsky.social
Keble College Oxford, KIngs College London, posting on late antiquity and Byzantium and opinions, mum and granny, from Leek. Memoir: Transitions. A Historian’s Memoir (Brepols, 2024)
@liamaspinage.bsky.social
Writer, former philosophy student, former archaeology educator and former police clerk. I live next to a graveyard on top of a hill overlooking the sea, which should be quite enough adventure for anyone.
@joaesth-phenom.bsky.social
Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology aims to encourage and promote research in aesthetics that draws inspiration from the phenomenological tradition as broadly understood https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfap20/
@phoebebarnard.bsky.social
The world doesn't have to be this way. Biodiversity, climate risk, resilience, societal/planetary futures. Prof environmental futures, conservation biology, Univ Washington; research assoc African Climate & Development Initiative/ Fitztitute, UnivCapeTown
@clodaghtait.bsky.social
Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore. Joint editor IHS. https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
@kasparrosager.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Medical Law, Durham University. DK lawyer (EU Law/CPS/AI/MD/Safety). Formerly postdoc, Edinburgh University/Newcastle University. PhD (CS), Cybersecurity/Law, CIS, University of Strathclyde. Gourmand. ORCID: 0000-0001-7243-254
@timhowles.bsky.social
Research Fellow, University of Oxford Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities Associate Director @LSRIOxford Anglican Priest https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
@polstudies.bsky.social
Flagship journal of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/home/psx
@liorerez.bsky.social
Alfred Landecker Postdoctoral Fellow, @blavatnikschool.bsky.social | Reviews and Commentaries Editor, European Journal of Political Theory | liorerez.wordpress.com
@johannesbrinz.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Osnabrück 📚 Working on the philosophy of (Neuromoprhic) AI, computation, and science.
@northamptonian.bsky.social
More a jazz and easy listening Liberal than a classical Liberal. Cricket (Northants fan), literature, economics, politics & anything that takes my fancy.
@synapticdecay.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. I also dabble in electronic music, drawing/painting, some stuff with moss and upcycled circuitboards.....
@oliversingleton.bsky.social
PhD Student in Cog Neuro🧠 at Katlab - UCL Studying the human sense of object reality and unreality using VR and VR haptics Views my own if you agree with them
@iai.tv
Changing how the world thinks. Home to the big ideas and leading thinkers of our time. Subscribe here: https://iai.tv/subscribe Host of HowTheLightGetsIn Festival 💡
@cbarth.me
Post-doc researcher in Philosophy of Cognition and AI. Dev and Software Libre (FOSS) enthusiast (specially infosec). (EN/PT)
@akellyucc.bsky.social
Personal ramblings about the world we live in and life in general, especially science and culture. Frequent puns and dogs. Professor and food scientist at @ucc.bsky.social
@katiechamberlin.bsky.social
grad student in environmental justice + southeast asian studies @ umich // political ecology. cambodia. a bit of art. legume enjoyer. frequent dark-circle-haver.
@drswitty.bsky.social
Artist, art historian, philosophy blob; definitely a human. (Queen of Swords/Hanged Man) Organizer of Project 25:365 sarawitty.com/project25365 Maker of Many Arts Sarawitty.com Writer of Things in Blog Form Documentblog.com
@chriskirkland.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Politics. Interests in British Political History, Elections and Voters, Crises. Books: The Political Economy of Britain in Crisis (2017), Classifying Elections in Britain (2020), Labours Economic Ideology (2022).
@uolhumanities.bsky.social
@stevenklein.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Theory, King's College London. Writing a global history and philosophy of unions (Allen Lane/Oxford) and PI for DERISK https://www.derisk.org.uk/
@weanimals.bsky.social
We advocate for animals through photojournalism. We expose. We educate. We empower.