Stian Westlake
Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council. Metascience, evidence, data infrastructures, economic growth.
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@davidedgerton.bsky.social
Historian, currently at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. https://www.davidedgerton.org/
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social
Chichele Professor of Economic History, All Souls College, Oxford https://sheilaghogilvie.com/
@mazer.us
Pathologist and writer. http://www.mazer.us https://www.theatlantic.com/author/benjamin-mazer/
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own. New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
@hildabast.bsky.social
Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. Blogging & Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/ Mastodon enthusiast: @hildabast@mastodon.online
@annemscheel.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Utrecht University, trying to make science as reproducible as non-scientists think it is. Blogs at @the100ci.
@watlingsamuel.bsky.social
West Brit (literal) at @tcddublin. Political Science and Formal Theory focusing on the politics of housing in post-war Britain and Ireland. Georgism free zone.
@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/
@scp-hughes.bsky.social
Head of Housing at the Centre for Policy Studies. Fellow of Create Streets. Interested in architecture, urbanism, history, philosophy, policy.
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social
Malcolm Sparrow in the streets, Stafford Beer in the sheets. Once I wrote about fraud and its detection; currently writing about the industrialisation of decision making in general
@hannahritchie.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, Our World in Data Senior Researcher, University of Oxford Climate, energy, environment, all things data.
@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
@clarkeem.bsky.social
Deputy Director Strategy & Partnerships, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC-UKRI) Here for the research, HE policy, engagement and impact chat, and more besides
@duncanweldon.bsky.social
Economics writer. Author. Expect history, finance, economics and other stuff. Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out in June 2025.
@beckyfrancis.bsky.social
Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education. Currently stepped away from leadership of the EEF to lead the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review
@davidwlkr0.bsky.social
Author (The Only Way is Up, with Polly Toynbee), non-executive, former Audit Commission director and journalist
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@proftommyandersson.bsky.social
Professor in Economics at Lund University. Theoretical economist, market designer, policy advisor, author. Webb: https://sites.google.com/site/tommyanderssonlunduniversity/home
@paulnightingale.bsky.social
Professor of Strategy at SPRU, Associate Dean of Research, University of Sussex Business School. Views mine, not my employer. Politics unfashionable since 1654
@mprinparr.bsky.social
Kardashev City-State Builder • Founder @RomullusCompute @ReindustrialUK • Author • ran £165m RE dev pfolio • designd T3 compute•alum: Futureal @Gensler @UniofNottingham
@kaythaney.bsky.social
executive director, Invest in Open. cares a lot about governance + infrastructure. makes things out of clay.
@oliver-kathryn.bsky.social
Evidence, policy, systems Prof at LSHTM Director of Transforming Evidence
@nickworsley.bsky.social
Head of Policy at Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). Previously worked at the Department for Education, PEAS and as a teacher. Secondary school governor.
@paullewis.bsky.social
History of economic thought; social ontology; philosophy and methodology of economics; political economy of vocational education and training. Professor of Political Economy at King’s College London.
@pallabg.bsky.social
I am a science correspondent for BBC News. I post mostly about science, sometimes science journalism and very occasionally, Spurs. Please share any hot stories, ideas and opinions on all three and anything else currently inspiring you.
@jmateosgarcia.bsky.social
Impact data analyst at Google DeepMind. Interested in AI, economics, complexity, metascience, research methods, science-fiction.
@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.
@harrylaw.bsky.social
Thinking about thinking machines | University of Cambridge, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence | Previously Google DeepMind
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Write Bagehot column for the Economist. Comment writer of the year at British Journalism Awards 2024
@hcrushworth.bsky.social
Tech, transport, politics, and planning | Lover of cartography and trains | Own views
@jonathansimons.bsky.social
Partner, Public First and Head of Education Practice. Education strategy + policy advisory. Former civil servant + think tanker. Occasional loud LFC. Centrist Dad, so naturally I also have a Substack.
@andrewharrop.bsky.social
Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care. https://cradle2grave.substack.com
@iosad.fyi
Director of government innovation policy @ the Tony Blair Institute. Views own, &c. AI, a lot; also public policy, education, technology, history of science (DPhil). Citizen of nowhere. Fan of universities, progress, 🏏. School governor. Diasporan ✡️.
@rcolvile.bsky.social
Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.
@richardaljones.bsky.social
Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy, University of Manchester. Science & innovation policy, regional economic growth, polymer physics. www.softmachines.org
@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
@maxwellmarlow.bsky.social
Director of Public Affairs at the Adam Smith Institute • 🏗️ Advisor to PricedOut • views are mine • sapere aide
@paulswinney.bsky.social
Director of Policy and Research at think tank Centre for Cities. Posting about all things urban.
@iampaulgraham.bsky.social
@asvalero.bsky.social
Member of Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury (on leave from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE)
@williamcb.bsky.social
Journalist, newspaper magnate, student of classification. Curiously optimistic. DMs open "Technology & Democracy" newsletter https://bit.ly/3AELZDu Foundations of AI https://bit.ly/3WiYJab Law https://bit.ly/40YL1fU "Research Fortnight" https://bit.ly/4i0