Public Sector Digital Culture People
A nice collection of people working across the public, digital and cultural sectors posting good things
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@cawston.bsky.social
@joostvervoort.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination, Utrecht University. Connecting serious action with deep playfulness. Futures, politics, video games, art, activism. Working on ALL WILL RISE. Singer in Terzij de Horde. Insta: @joost.vervoort_artwork
@oonaghtweets.bsky.social
Work at the intersection of AI and Culture - BRAID Responsible AI Fellow at Arts Council England. Turing Fellow. Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society at Goldsmiths. www.oonaghmurphy.com
@thewhynotlab.com
Advocate for reshaping the digitalisation of work & workers | Founder of The Why Not Lab Ethics of AI, workplace data & AI governance, data rights. FRSA, member of OECD & UNESCO expert groups on A.I. Trade unionist. Live in 🇩🇰, work 🌏 www.thewhynotlab.com
@infovore.bsky.social
standing at the intersection of the liberal arts and technology, spinning a GOLF SALE sign
@elinorcarmi.bsky.social
🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City, University of London, UK. She/her. https://elinorcarmi.com/ Working on data politics/feminist data/data literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
@drkatedevlin.bsky.social
Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Come for the sex robots; stay for the eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
@abpowell.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at LSE | Teaches MSc in Data & Society | Feminist research praxis | AI policy making | Undoing Optimization: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300223804/ Current work on health, care and environment from NHS tech to Rewilding the Night
@yasminibison.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities, place + technology she/her Views my own.
@ndkane.bsky.social
Curator of Digital Design at V&A. Trustee - The National Videogame Museum. Advisory board, Society for Computers and Law. Curator - Design and Disability, opening June 2025. she/they ndkane.com IM SORRY ILL FIX IT
@orbenamy.bsky.social
tech + teens + better science @ http://digitalmentalhealth.group // Group Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge // Fellow + Director of Studies, St. John's College // 📸 marcus ginns
@gaiamarcus.bsky.social
- Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society - Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG - Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
@crystaljjlee.com
Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. 🇹🇼 crystaljjlee.com
@nathwself.bsky.social
Works @Promocymru Development, Digital, Design. Writes a fair bit. Moving through dog walking, climbing, BJJ.
@jessbutler.bsky.social
Lead Data Scientist, NHS Grampian + Senior Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen Trying to do useful things with big, messy, high-security data. Huge nerd for open science and public health https://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/people/profiles/jessicabutler
@alywebb.bsky.social
Digital and content strategy and research for cultural organisations.
@dzorich.bsky.social
Lapsed anthropologist. All things cultural heritage + digital. Thoughts expressed are my own. (Not the Connecticut-based realtor who shares my name, and sadly, my features.)
@annkempster.com
Public sector agitator for good. Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds. Digital. 🏴 She/her.
@smernit.bsky.social
Tech OG, #AI coach, non-profit development consultant. Proud board member Hack the Hood and A New Social. Avid reader, hiker, power-lifter, cook. Queer as F. #Resist. Newsletter: susanmernit.substack.com Blog: susanmernit.com/blog
@dominiccampbell.bsky.social
Partner at Impossible Ideas | previously @Georgetown Fellow | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat in Washington DC | #utb
@sonialivingstone.bsky.social
LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
@katybeale.bsky.social
Cycling, running, raving. Ceramics. Local gov, tech for good & public purpose. Design and digital. 🏳️🌈 Currently: CDEO, Westminster City Council Previously: Hackney Council, DHSC, Equal Experts, Yodomo, Caper.
@benholliday.com
Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District | He/him
@wearenewlocal.bsky.social
We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. Find out more 🔗 https://www.newlocal.org.uk/
@adrianhon.bsky.social
Founder and former CEO of Six to Start, made Zombies, Run!, wrote "You've Been Played" and "A History of the Future in 100 Objects". Currently Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art. Blog: mssv.net
@danhon.com
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc me: https://about.danhon.com i make: https://donotreply.cards work: https://verylittlegravitas.com/ my hallway track: https://verylittlegravitas.com/hallway-track DM or Signal danhon.1701
@chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Director Heritage Minds Lab. Philip Leverhulme Prize 2022. Researching the intersections between Heritage, Data, and the Politics of the Past
@chrisbush.bsky.social
Head of Design Group @ Nexer Bit of a geek. Loves all things inclusion. Very anti-racist.
@qmins.bsky.social
Managing Director at Cogapp @cogapp.bsky.social Agency for digital projects, building a better online world. https://www.cogapp.com President @ Museum Computer Network Board member @ Phoenix Art Space 📍Brighton, UK
@noramcgregorbl.bsky.social
Digital Curator, Digital Research Team at the British Library specifically and information enthusiast generally.
@sophiaaknight.bsky.social
Research Lead, Civic & Democratic Participation Online at the Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D Background in Digital sociology / Computational social science Former tech policy wonk Hot takes my own!
@jonassmith.dk
Let’s think about cultural heritage and how to do digital in museums. Head of Digital at SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark). #openglam Personal web: https://jonassmith.dk
@cathydutton.co.uk
Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan. www.cathydutton.co.uk
@sarahtgold.bsky.social
CEO @projectsbyif.bsky.social founder, designer, advisor, Mum, “rebel with the right cause”, expecting more from computers… https://projectsbyif.com https://sarah.gold
@wrdodger.bsky.social
Giant, history geek, Dad. JHU Museum Studies grad. Associate Director for Digital Strategy and Engagement @smithsonian’s NMAI
@mkeating121.bsky.social
AD, Digital Experience at Art Fund. Trying this out for content, social, design and digital stuff in charity, arts and museums
@thoughtben.bsky.social
Playful design for positive change :: Writer, facilitator and creative director :: Founder of design studio Thought Den & Critical Action Lab :: News juice! thoughtben.substack.com
@drchristhorpe.bsky.social
Immunology/bioinformatics. Working towards higher fidelity models of MHC:peptide complexes/tools for immunologists/equity in data EMBL / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ARISE fellow. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-0320 https://www.histo.fyi/
@ames.world
I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way. Anagram of Amnesia.
@terrymakewell.com
Director of Digital, Data & Tech @RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) | Evelyn Glennie Foundation Trustee | Prev Gov CTO, CDO & NHS | Accessibility | Ménière's disease Exeter, Devon
@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com
Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/ and blogs at digitalpolicy.substack.com Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
@lindsey.franklygreenwebb.com
Strategist and researcher for digital in museums, galleries and historic sites. Founder of Frankly, Green + Webb and Trustee at Sheffield Museums. Sometimes cats, gardens and bread.
@frankieroberto.com
Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England. https://www.frankieroberto.com
@richardedwards.me
Co-director at @outlandish.com, designing + building socially positive tech. Also UX at https://openux.design
@tomski.com
Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
@ellayanor.bsky.social
Exeter | Director - Public Sector Practice @ Torchbox Often to be found looking for a snack and/or saying pspsps to the nearest available cat. Always have too many tabs open.
@jamesgreen.bsky.social
Content Designer in local government. Interested in digital accessibility. Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans. he / him
@hadro.bsky.social
Librarian and digital scholarship/data person working in cultural heritage. Also a former journalist and current local journalism booster in #Brooklyn / #NYC I work for the largest library in the world but all skeets and thoughts here are my own
@lisajeffery.bsky.social
Hello. I'm a public sector connector and digital human. Always learning. I'm interested in design, culture and change 🌱
@sharonodea.com
Consulting, writing and speaking on comms, collaboration & future of work. Cofounder Lithos Partners, DWXS and 300 Seconds. Gym bore. Takes too many photos of Amsterdam.
@kwastell.bsky.social
Helping organisations create better customer and colleague experiences through service design and digital transformation. Senior Design Director at public.digital. Ex Co-op Digital, BBC. katherinewastell.com
@simonwhatley.bsky.social
I'm a service designer, creative technologist, coach, thinker, tinkerer, observer of people, maker of things. → https://simonwhatley.co.uk/ → https://linkedin.com/in/simonwhatley/
@ewebber.bsky.social
People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion. Londoner in Merseyside. Blog at emilywebber.co.uk Biz at hellotacit.com Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
@kateldn.bsky.social
Supporting orgs to be more service-oriented through advisory, training and coaching. Author of The Service Organization book and running The Service Org Group. Also trail running. Sheffield.
@emmaparnell.bsky.social
Taking a relational approach to co-designing the services that impact people's lives. Service design consultant, writer, mentor, public speaker. Designing over at Design for Joy: designforjoy.co.uk she/her
@mustbemistry.bsky.social
A curious mind and a dose of skepticism | digital technologies & innovation @ The King's Fund I Innovation Catalyst | #healthcare #healthtech blogger (views own)
@amyhupe.bsky.social
She/her Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter. amyhupe.co.uk wearefrankly.co #DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
@loudowne.bsky.social
Founder of @theschoolofgood Chief bean-wrangler @brodbox Trustee @stonewalluk Ex-Design Director of the UK Gov. Proudly dyslexic & non-binary 🌈 they/he
@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
@suchprettyeyes.bsky.social
Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics, Programme Manager for Creative Informatics, Board of The Space, Humanities & Data Science group of The Turing Institute, CODI regular. Interested in all things creative and data. Views my own.
@jenitennison.com
Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI. Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets. www.jenitennison.com
@neillyneil.bsky.social
Digital and tech exec at the BFI. Previously GOV.UK, and a tough but edifying stint in local gov. Alcohol free. Fun facts: I can't form mental images and have no inner monologue (aphantasia) nor remember my own life (SDAM). https://neilojwilliams.net
@johnfitzg.bsky.social
digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
@marthasadie.bsky.social
Digital producer/consultant/product manager/mentor/user researcher/game mechanic. Eclectic. Nature nerd. Proto yoga studies scholar. Isle of Wight. Old Internet Person (the title of my newsletter) www.marthahenson.com
@richardpope.org
I wrote a book on public services: https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/ It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
@adamkoszary.bsky.social
Talking about museums and galleries and archives and museums and culture and my dog Keith and sometimes other stuff. Did absolute unit sheep. Accept money for labour etc. https://www.adamkoszary.co.uk/
@billt.bsky.social
Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
@davidmcneill.bsky.social
Director at SCVO. Trustee at Digital Xtra Fund and Recharge Tranent. Talking tech and public policy. Photos may contain traces of dogs.
@tomscott.name
Chief Digital Officer @PLOS.org. Previously responsible for Wellcome Collection’s digital transformation, Director of Product at Springer Nature, BBC /nature, /programmes /music &c. Oenophile and Type 1 Diabetic. https://tomscott.name
@jenr.bsky.social
Digital Education, Education Futures, Digital Cultural Heritage & Research Cultures. Professor at the University of Edinburgh. https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/people/professor-jen-ross
@masudk.com
Higher Education, Libraries, IT, Leadership, Digital, and Diversity. University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at @universityofleeds.bsky.social. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masudkhokhar/ All views are mine. Love Cats & Coffee!
@jilld17.bsky.social
📚Head of Reader Services at @natlibscot.bsky.social 📖Co-Editor of Library & Information History Journal🧾Hon. Treasurer of CILIP Rare Books & Special Collections Group📓Books, libraries, singing, theatre & food.
@culturedoug.bsky.social
Belongs in a museum, preferably one with a cat. Talks about #Museums #Libraries #Archives #Copyright #OpenGLAM #DigitalStrategy #Storytelling Articles, projects > douglasmccarthy.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5254-2640
@coulson.bsky.social
Mountains, sea, and #nufc. Product and user centred design at Research Data Scotland. Fundraising for Worldwide Cancer Research. #Weeknotes at https://medium.com/@adam.coulson
@theschoolofgood.bsky.social
We help organisations get better at designing and delivering services that work for their users Run by Sarah Drummond and Lou Downe good.services
@localgov.digital
@louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social
CEO @cilip.bsky.social the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals https://www.cilip.org.uk/
@lapope.bsky.social
Content strategy and content design for charities and arts orgs. Also: Brighton, photography, sea swimming, nature, my dog, typos. She/her. RSA Fellow.
@tumshie.me
Tech / gov / design / occasional snark. Usually found queuing for coffee ☕️ Digital for public good ✊ CIO @rds-scotland.bsky.social Chair @cfgsocial.bsky.social ✍️ Sign up to my newsletter: https://tumshie.ghost.io
@deanvipond.bsky.social
Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
@shaungomm.bsky.social
Commercial Director at Nexer Digital. Human-centred design. Accessibility. Host and organiser of #CampDigital #NUFC fan
@semames.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship Librarian, National Library of Scotland Here for the digital humanities, open research and the long nineteenth century
@dannybirchall.bsky.social
I was brought up to the sound of the synthesiser, I learned to dance to the beat of electronic drums
@publicdigital.bsky.social
We're a specialist digital transformation consultancy. We help governments, businesses and companies change their ways of working and thrive in the digital era. https://public.digital/
@thirdsectorlab.co.uk
Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland. Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️ https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/ 36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
@rufflemuffin.bsky.social
Filmmaker / Directing #section28film Founder: anthrobricolage.com Director: @theschoolofgood DR of Design, once ran @wearesnook Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack GOOD Magazine #100 Board member at @lomondtrossachs She/they
@annadent.bsky.social
Research and policy adviser - www.abdconsultancy.co.uk Futures of work & employment support, digital welfare state, ethical tech and AI etc. Fellow https://connectedbydata.org/, associate https://rocketsciencelab.co.uk/