Steve Metcalfe
Interested in global development, inequality, the climate crisis. And cycling. Head of communications at the Institute of Development Studies @ids.ac.uk / www.ids.ac.uk
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Institute of Development Studies
Meet the people working with the Institute of Development Studies (@ids.ac.uk) to further the use of research and evidence for social justice and equality. I've also included some of our initiatives which are posting on Bluesky.
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people. Join us: https://linktr.ee/moreperfectunion
@neelima.bsky.social
Covering climate crisis in the Himalaya & South Asia. Journalist / Photographer / Documentary Filmmaker 📍Nepal/India Words/images/film in Guardian, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP etc. Portfolio at https://neelima.contently.com
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation A global coalition of 60+ climate and anti-disinformation organisations. https://caad.info/
@michelforst.bsky.social
UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention
@gamblingondev.bsky.social
@keetieroelen.bsky.social
📝 poverty and social protection researcher 📚 author of The Empathy Fix 🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast 🌎 Co-Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
@voxdev.bsky.social
Where research meets practice; a platform for development enthusiasts to discuss key policy issues. Powered by CEPR, IGC & PEDL.
@drjmiddleton.bsky.social
At @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social I'm improving scabies outbreak control in Britain & Ethiopia, + integrating medicine & conservation in Papua New Guinea. I also Chair @wildhealthcic.bsky.social . Views own. https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjmiddleton
@jonathan-watts.bsky.social
Author of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, founder of Sumaúma.com and the Rainforest Journalism Fund. Guardian environment writer.
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia
@dougparr.bsky.social
@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social chief scientist, policy director View are all my own, except those I've borrowed
@roapejournal.bsky.social
Since 1974 the Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change. Check out our longer bio at https://roape.net/about-roape/
@scpartners.bsky.social
Who owns the economy matters. We champion ideas that create pathways to wealth for working people. #econsky #canadasky #cdnpoli #alwayscanada #never51 www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
@badvertising.bsky.social
Stop adverts fuelling the climate emergency. Find out more & take action: http://badverts.org
@yassmin.bsky.social
Writer of books, articles, television. Social advocate. Former engineer. Interested in society, politics, culture, technology, how to live meaningful lives and build just societies. Weekly newsletter yassmin.substack.com. @yassmin_a on most other socials
@thenewarab.bsky.social
Unfiltered journalism from the Middle East and North Africa, and beyond. Pitch to submissions@newarab.com / investigative leads to thenewarab@tutanota.com https://www.newarab.com/
@dailymaverick.co.za
@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality #scicomm. https://www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excellence-in-communication
@africasacountry.bsky.social
Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com Open Society Foundation and 11th Hour Project funded.
@frediotto.bsky.social
🇬🇧 🇪🇺 physicist, philosopher, lead https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/, author of Climate InJustice https://greystonebooks.com/collections/current-affairs-politics/products/climate-injustice, she/her
@globalwitness.org
We expose how the industries fuelling the climate crisis profit from destruction, and stand with the people fighting back.
@xunlingau.bsky.social
UK based, mixed diaspora lad, Partly forged by the #MilkTeaAlliance, still believes in building solidarity between people, movements & struggles. Creates some feeds... Red Pandas, Protests & more. My feeds >> Me
@tomfletcherun.bsky.social
United Nations Humanitarian Chief. Ex Principal, Hertford College, Oxford; Ambassador, No 10, NYU Prof. Diplomat, writer, educator, humanitarian.
@wck.org
WCK immediately prepares & serves fresh, nourishing meals to communities impacted by natural disasters and during humanitarian crises. #ChefsForTheWorld Learn more: linktr.ee/wckitchen
@justiceformyanmar.org
Covert group of activists working to dismantle the military cartel and improve the lives of all the people of Myanmar. Join us and help bring #JusticeForMyanmar 🔗 justiceformyanmar.org
@nickhedley.bsky.social
Editor of The Progress Playbook: https://theprogressplaybook.com We focus on proven climate and sustainable development solutions. Email me for collaboration opportunities: nick.hedley@theprogressplaybook.com
@responsiblesci.bsky.social
UK membership organisation researching and campaigning on climate change and sustainability, military emissions, nuclear disarmament, AI and robotics, and more. https://www.sgr.org.uk/
@jksteinberger.bsky.social
Ecosocialist bluestocking. Immigrant & settler 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇺🇸🇬🇧. Social ecology & ecological economics at Uni Lausanne in 🇨🇭. Bad at email. She/her
@royalsociety.org
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Wildlife TV Presenter & Conservationist. Stop the greenwashing – sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads govpetition.uk/700024
@sciencecampaign.bsky.social
Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) is the leading independent voice for UK R&D. www.sciencecampaign.org.uk
@ahcdemocracy.bsky.social
The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @gvagrad.bsky.social explores the plurality of experiences with democracies in a global & comparative perspective| RT ≠ endorsement
@oceanauk.bsky.social
Ocean conservation charity fighting for UK seas to get the protection they deserve. ✊️ 🌊 linktr.ee/oceana_uk 🪸
@ippr.bsky.social
IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
@dbaptistar.bsky.social
Data journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation https://www.context.news/ Covering tech, inclusive economies, climate change | Mexicana 🇲🇽
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313 Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District Website: billmcguire.co.uk
@futureoffood.bsky.social
A strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform global food systems.
@justfairuk.bsky.social
We bring together social justice and human rights in the UK by campaigning for economic, social & cultural rights. Image via Rozalina Burkova. https://justfair.org.uk/
@janineshawuk.bsky.social
@shilpisri.bsky.social
Researcher @IDS UK| working on #water politics #climate extremes # uncertainty #climate justice✊🏽| Associate Editor @ Climate and Development| dabbles in Hindi poetry| #alopecia warrior | ** views my own**
@worldresources.bsky.social
WRI is a global research organization working to improve people’s lives, protect #nature, and halt #climatechange. 🌍📊 👉 Learn more: https://go.wri.org/mmTUco
@premnsikka.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords. If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
@dalevince.com
Green Industrialist | Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, Green Britain Foundation. Chairman of Forest Green Rovers. Media enquiries: press.office@ecotricity.co.uk
@doctorvive.bsky.social
Founding Director, End Climate Silence Author, *The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It* genevieveguenther.com
@efesce.bsky.social
Bennett Chair University of Sussex and PIK Potsdam. Climate change mitigation, especially cities, transport, and role of AI. Believes in human cooperation, urban planning, economics, and technologies. Make climate policy as if children matter.
@racheltolhurst.bsky.social
Professor in global health equity, urban health, social justice, participatory & qualitative research climate crisis, intersectional feminist & anti-racist, disabled. She/her. All opinions my own and reposts do not constitute endorsement.
@sussex.ac.uk
Welcome to our official account 👋 Nestled in the South Downs, we're a UK university located just 10 mins from beachy Brighton and an hour from London.
@rishpardikar.bsky.social
Environment and climate reporter covering science, law & policy | Drilled, Article-14, African Arguments, AGU's Eos, Dialogue Earth 📍India
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink