The Urban Institute on Bluesky
The Urban Institute champions facts and evidence on policy topics ranging from housing and transportation to climate change, health and workforce development. This Starter Pack connects you with Urban experts, communicators, staff and leadership.
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@andrewrumbach.bsky.social
@ericahgreenberg.bsky.social
Early childhood policy research. Urban Institute Senior Fellow. Parent of young children and lover of blue skies.
@ninavrussell.bsky.social
Studying disability @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. Raised Silver Spring, living in DC!
@tinapstacy.bsky.social
Urban Economist, Housing, Transportation, Guaranteed Income
@housingmatters.bsky.social
The Urban Institute’s Housing Matters initiative provides data, research, and insights to advance solutions for affordable housing. https://housingmatters.urban.org/
@jesusg.bsky.social
Sonoma grown 🍇🏡 • Hecho en México 🇲🇽 • @UrbanInstitute 🛠 • @UrbanInst_Union ✊🏽 Interest in upward mobility, immigration, and labor • Alum @Policylink @GoldmanSchool @gratondaylabor #Dubs #NFFC #GoBears 📍Bay Area, California
@jorgegh8.bsky.social
City enthusiast and policy researcher. Studying real estate and community economic development.
@evemefferd.bsky.social
Policy Researcher. Urban Institute, Family and Financial Well-Being Division. She/Her. Committed to intersectional race, class, and labor justice. Posts represent my own opinions.
@davidpitts.bsky.social
VP Justice & Safety, Urban Institute. Research on prisons, jails, and systems change. Alum of Georgia, Indiana, and UC Irvine. Adjunct Faculty, CUNY. Alabama native. #criminaljustice #criminology #corrections #prisonreform #crimsky
@waltercamp.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate in the Justice & Safety Division at Urban Institute. Adjunct at Rutgers Camden. Community supervision, reentry, and anything improving the lives of those affected by legal system. https://www.urban.org/author/walter-campbell
@ellymiles.bsky.social
@aleszu.bsky.social
Director of Data Visualization, Urban Institute • Alum USA TODAY Investigations, Undark magazine, Esquire, Science Friday • Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT ‘14 • Taught @ Northeastern • Built Storybench.org • Peruano-gringo • Living in Cleveland OH
@amaliezinn.bsky.social
Housing finance + racial wealth equity research at the Urban Institute Views my own and do not represent my employer (including WBB takes 🏀)
@aravindb.bsky.social
I do research on taxes, budgets, fines and fees, and racial equity. Also like films/TV, cricket, reading, music, and food. Views my own.
@katie-dv.bsky.social
She/Her | Urban Institute, Housing Finance Policy Center | Ohio State University | views are my own
@amandahermans.bsky.social
she/her | MPP | community development and transportation @UrbanInstitute.bsky.social | The Lab @ DC alum | 🎓 American University SPA & @MedillSchool.bsky.social | views my own
@edunk.bsky.social
@maggiereeves1.bsky.social
K-12 ed lead at Urban Institute. Georgia Policy Labs founding senior director. RPPs, integrated data, veggie grower, and mama, too.
@jasonlevitis.bsky.social
Health and tax policy and law, private insurance, Marketplaces, 1332 waivers, admin burdens. Led ACA implementation at Treasury. Now Urban Institute, SHVS, and Yale Solomon Center.
@alexis-weaver.bsky.social
*Mom of 3 amazing kids & partner to a phenomenal spouse *Tucker City Council District 3 Post 1 *Policy Program Manager at Urban Institute focusing on upward mobility and disability equity **Opinions are my own**
@nikhitaairi.bsky.social
Tax and budget analysis, data viz, #Rstats at Tax Policy Center, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. Views my own. https://taxpolicycenter.org/author/nikhita-airi I love cities and graphs
@sjpopkin.bsky.social
Institute Fellow & Co-Director Disability Equity Policy Initiative @UrbanInstitute. Views my own.
@marapellittieri.bsky.social
Editor, garden obsessive, and queer about town. Director of writing at Urban Institute, formerly TalkPoverty and Center for American Progress.
@mitchellthorson.com
Lead data visualization engineer at the Urban Institute. Otherwise reading books, riding bikes, listening to music, or talking a walk. 💻 mitchellthorson.com 📍 Brooklyn, NY
@benjfalk.bsky.social
Disability+API+QT equity, foundation relations and DEI @UrbanInstitute. @UrbanInst_Union shill. BFA dramaturgy/directing @TheatreSchool. Views mine. FL+DC+CHI. they/them
@sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social
All things climate change, adaptation, and affordable housing. Social policy researcher and co-lead of the Climate and Communities Program at Urban Institute. 📍DC with past lives in SF Bay Area, Santiago and Austin.
@yonahfreemark.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
@andrewrumbach.bsky.social
Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com