Public policy
People studying or writing about public policy and implementation, mostly safety net policy
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@donmoyn.bsky.social
@jessicavanmeir.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. Socialist feminist. Studying sex work, informal labor, Latin America. ☂️ Cofounder of @mintstars.bsky.social & @bostonswac.bsky.social This is my unprofessional account, profs please ignore lowercase shitposts
@estebanjq.bsky.social
Development economist, demographer & social scientist. Currently - Senior Evaluator @3ie [previously - Mathematica, UW-Madison, IFPRI, FAO, AU, AmeriCorps NCCC & Tufts]. Anti-fascist + anti-racist in Chicagoland, 🇺🇸🇪🇨 & he/el. http://www.ejquinones.com/
@katerinaglyniadaki.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Administration, @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Interested in migration policy and its implementation.
@mnadon.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work. Mixed methods researcher focused on how poverty, place, & race shape child welfare and social policy implementation and experiences. Lover of nature, gardening, cats, & crochet.
@bradfowd1.bsky.social
Health economist. Editor-in-Chief at Health Economics. Professor at the University of Georgia - which really wants me to clarify these are my opinions and not those of UGA. https://spia.uga.edu/faculty-member/w-david-bradford
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
@tylerreny.bsky.social
Asst poli sci prof @ CGU. PhD UCLA. Comp soc sci, political psychology, REP, data viz. Mainer. #rstats #firstgen tylerreny.github.io
@joshmccrain.bsky.social
Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
@cynthiaccox.bsky.social
Vice President @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org
@andrew.heiss.phd
Assistant professor at Georgia State University, formerly at BYU. 6 kids. Study NGOs, human rights, #PublicPolicy, #Nonprofits, #Dataviz, #CausalInference. #rstats forever. andrewheiss.com Signal: andrewheiss.01
@giannella.bsky.social
Associate Research Professor at Georgetown Better Government Lab: 1) Evidence-based implementation for safety net programs 2) Open source tools for data sharing in public services. Founded and led Data Science team at Code for America.
@jaeyeonkim.bsky.social
incoming asst prof of public policy @UNC Chapel Hill | ex-data science @codeforamerica | Data for Good Roundtables co-founder | runner https://jaeyk.github.io
@jbarofsky.bsky.social
Associate Research Professor, Better Government Lab, Georgetown University, Interested in the economics of health and poverty; formerly @ideas42 @Brookings and @USCPrice Schaeffer Center, alum of @HarvardChanSPH & @BU
@sebjilke.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at Georgetown McCourt & Co-director Better Government Lab \\ Evidence-based Policy Implementation, Behavioral Public Administration \\ Otherwise mediocre whitewater gnar 🌊🛶 http://www.sebastianjilke.net https://www.bettergovernmentlab.org
@sebastiantt.bsky.social
De 🇵🇪 para el 🌎 Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics @UVAbatten 🎙Podcast: The Hidden Curriculum https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hidden-curriculum Crezcamos juntos🤝🏾 @econthaki.bsky.social sebastiantellotrillo.com
@smconstantino.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, Visiting Scholar Princeton SPIA. Sustainable dev’t, climate, energy, collective action, crises, behavior, decision making. 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇨🇦
@sydneyg.bsky.social
Econ PhD candidate at UC Irvine, public & political economy, social security, and (studying) financial crimes Cat lady, Clemson tiger, Costco lover Weird and anti-social in that cool, aloof way Website: www.sydneyagordon.com
@stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social
Dean of Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Obsessed with baseball, basketball, regulation, TV
@paul-bruno.com
Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Former middle school science teacher in Oakland and Los Angeles. https://www.paul-bruno.com/
@josephenderson.bsky.social
I study climate change and environmental education: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_Fm_bMEAAAAJ&hl=en
@jenmosley.bsky.social
Faculty @UChicagoCrown Ranting about inequality, social policy, & cycling Research: safety net, governance, philanthropy, nonprofits, & social change Editor @socservreview.bsky.social https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/directory/jennifer-e-mosley
@jeremylevine.bsky.social
Sociologist. Writing second book on crime victim policy in the U.S.; first book was an ethnography of urban development in Boston. Professor at Michigan. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jeremylevine/
@jessicacalarco.bsky.social
Sociologist studying families, schools, privilege, power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, Atlantic. Author of HOLDING IT TOGETHER | QUALITATIVE LITERACY | FIELD GUIDE TO GRAD SCHOOL "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women" www.jessicacalarco.com
@mattunrath.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at USC Price School of Public Policy. Former US Census Bureau economist. www.mattunrath.com
@dmaanderson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Health Services, Policy & Management @ University of South Carolina. I study health insurance with a specific focus on the ACA individual market. Was @bjdickmayhew on Twitter All opinions are only mine
@davidslusky.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Population Health at the University of Kansas || Executive Director of the American Society of Health Economists || JPAM Co-Editor || NBER Research Associate || IZA Research Fellow
@tessneal.bsky.social
Dean's Associate Prof. Scholar of Expertise. #OpenScience. Editor-in-Chief @Psychology, Public Policy & Law. #Fulbright. Views mine. https://psych-law.lab.asu.edu/
@seema.bsky.social
Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries. seemajayachandran.com
@socio-steve.bsky.social
Director, Stratification Economics at The Roosevelt Institute/Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltinstitute.org Sociologist, Dad, Autistic person, Bathos-Enjoyer Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Opinions are my own
@louiseseamster.bsky.social
debt, development, infrastructure, the economics of racial inequality, and the myth of racial progress
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
@johnpfaff.bsky.social
Professor at Fordham Law. Prisons and criminal justice quant. I'm not contrarian, the data are. Author of Locked In. New stuff at johnfpfaff.com.
@adrianna.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics. I study strategies to improve health insurance coverage and the politics of health reform. she/her/Michigander https://scholar.harvard.edu/mcintyre
@davidmcutler.bsky.social
Economist, health policy researcher, occasional troublemaker. All postings my own.
@danimmergluck.bsky.social
Principal, Applied & Policy Research Advisement (APRA) Professor Emeritus, Public Policy & Urban Studies, Georgia State Affordable & Fair Housing, Cities, Community Development CHI-->ATL-->CHI Opinions my own More info at: https://tinyurl.com/3n9py4us
@pengzell.bsky.social
I research nepo babies. Sociology Prof at UCL, ERC Starting Grantee 2025-2030, Programme Lead MSc Sociology, Associate Editor RSSM & ESR. Also at Swedish Institute for Social Research & Nuffield College. http://perengzell.com
@sarahgollust.bsky.social
Prof @ U Minnesota School of Public Health; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health & Social Policy (@commhsp.bsky.social). Wesleyan & UMich alum.
@arielkalil.bsky.social
Daniel Levin Professor @HarrisPolicy @UChicago & @NHHnor. Co-director @HarrisBIPLab. Applying behavioral insights to understand parental decision-making & child development. https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/ariel-kalil
@asacarny.bsky.social
Associate Professor @columbiahpm.bsky.social. Also @nber.org & @j-pal.bsky.social. Economics & health policy. #econsky #healthpolicy #medsky 📈🚞🐈🗽🏳️🌈 http://sacarny.com Posts represent my views, not my employer's
@mpbitler.bsky.social
bi+, she/her/hers. Prof @ UC Davis. My personal opinions. I study the safety net, health, education, & econ. demography. @J_HumanResource, @nberpubs, @IZA_Bonn.
@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social
I'm Policy Director at @progressivereform.bsky.social where I specialize in federal regulatory policy. When not analyzing federal regulatory policy, I enjoy silent film, soccer, and running.
@rmcarpiano.medsky.social
Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Faculty Director, Science2Policy (S2P). Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling topics. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
@edwincpark.bsky.social
Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. ccf.georgetown.edu
@arrianna-planey.bsky.social
Medical Geographer & Health Services Researcher \ Wife & Mother \ Avid Reader, Foodie, & Gardener \ Cal, UChicago, & UIUC alumna \ Personal account
@askellyphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Public Health at CSU East Bay. Political Scientist studying and teaching health policy. Editorial Board Member/Book Review Editor at the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Go O’s.
@econanne.bsky.social
Economist with USDA-ERS | Food banks, food markets, and food security | PhD from Cornell, MS from Colorado State | Ithaca-based | Opinions are my own | Econanne.com
@povertyscholar.bsky.social
Prof @Cornell studying: power, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing) |Author: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism & Unequal Politics |Builder|Believer
@kelleyfong.bsky.social
Assistant professor of sociology at UC Irvine | book INVESTIGATING FAMILIES on Child Protective Services out now: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691235714/investigating-families
@evarosen.bsky.social
Sociologist, urbanist, ethnographer, prof of public policy at Georgetown, author of The Voucher Promise https://bit.ly/2Bz1EoA
@simonfhaeder.bsky.social
Academic Dad | Packers Owner | Professor of Public Health | @TAMU @TAMU_SPH | Past @penn_state @WestVirginiaU & Fellow @RWJF @IRLeaders | disclaimer
@ritahamad.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health • Social policy + health equity • Director https://hsph.me/sphere • Mama, immigrant • Opinions mine
@cjheinrich.bsky.social
Native Wisconsinite (I eat my cheese curds squeaky!), diehard Badger fan, mom and grandma, professor
@marcyc.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Graduate Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Views my own.
@leahstokes.bsky.social
Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
@romich.bsky.social
Social welfare scholar, recovering neoliberalist, mom, enthusiastic punctuator!!!! 👎🏻: poverty, late-stage racial capitalism 👍🏻: admin data, social workers in policy, work-life balance UW SSW but sky-eets R mine Pic1: ww on zoom Pic2: the mess offscreen
@jrothst.bsky.social
Economist, public policy wonk, professor at UC Berkeley, faculty director of California Policy Lab & Center for Studies in Higher Education
@jenniferdoleac.bsky.social
Economist. Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures. Host of the Probable Causation podcast. Author of The Science of Second Chances, to be published by Holt in 2026. I study crime & discrimination. https://jenniferdoleac.com
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
@irpwisc.bsky.social
IRP is a national center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. We are part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
@philipncohen.com
Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; director of SocArXiv. New book out! Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418 philipncohen.com
@alasdairroberts.bsky.social
Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Latest book: "The Adaptable Country." Details at www.alasdairroberts.ca.
@weedenkim.bsky.social
Inequality, higher education, gender, work and organizations, open science, Alaska
@chrisuggen.bsky.social
Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@kathleenromig.bsky.social
📊 Director of Social Security and Disability Policy at @centeronbudget 🏛️ Proud former fed: SSA, CRS, OMB, SSAB
@besttrousers.bsky.social
@matthewborus.bsky.social
Sociologist, social work faculty Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
@bachynski.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
@econroy.bsky.social
“There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for” Higher Ed policy @educationwork.newamerica.org, Forbes Education Contributor: www.forbes.com/sites/edwardconroy Plus food and cocktails
@burgards.bsky.social
Director of @UM_PSC - faculty @UMSociology @umichsph @fordschool @umisr - I study links between social inequality & health inequality, mostly with surveys.
@djvanness.bsky.social
Economist; professor; health evaluation and decision science. Advocate for high quality, affordable higher education as a public good. Personal views. #AcademicSky #EconSky #Bayesian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
@alisongemmill.bsky.social
Demographer/Epidemiologist. Associate Professor @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate Director @HopkinsPopCntr. Repro/perinatal/population health, fertility, life course, health equity.
@jnobles.bsky.social
Migration, fertility, fecundity, population health. UC-Berkeley Demography. Personal account.
@drjenndowd.bsky.social
Prof of Demography & Population Health @oxforddemsci.bsky.social | Mortality, Epidemiology, Infections/Immunity, Biosocial science, COVID-19. | Founding member of @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social #scicomm 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. Substack: https://jenndowd.substack.com
@carajackson.bsky.social
Devoted to development & use of evidence to improve educational policy, practice, & outcomes. Evidence Use in Education, LLC. Past president https://aefpweb.org/. Co-editor: http://rb.gy/ipo4d5 & https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED603550 researchpractice.org
@profcew.bsky.social
Economist at UMass Boston and Center for American Progress; focus on racial wealth inequality, retirement savings and economic policy. Center on data driven policy development. Skeets are all my own opinions.
@paulcairney.bsky.social
Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date. https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/
@meganranney.bsky.social
Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
@costasamaras.com
Climate, energy, emerging tech, resilience, & policy professor. Carnegie Mellon Univ. Institute for Energy Innovation Director. Former Biden-Harris White House OSTP Chief Advisor for the Clean Energy Transition. Personal account. He/Him. costasamaras.com
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Pittsburgh. Cal bear & Columbia PhD. Bylines at NYT, WaPo & The Guardian. Writing on health insurance woes & administrative burden. Coverage Denied (CUP 2026).
@niskanencenter.bsky.social
A nonpartisan think tank that promotes an open society and changes public policy via direct engagement in the policymaking process.
@frankalready.bsky.social
I study social control, racism, and the welfare state. Member of Rutgers AAUP-AFT. https://f-edwards.github.io
@davebrady72.bsky.social
Public policy professor, Price School USC @priceschool.usc.edu, father, poverty/social policy/racial inequality/immigration/policymakers, posts do not speak for employer, https://bradydave.wordpress.com
@mcbridetd.bsky.social
Professor, Washington University in St. Louis Co-Director Center for Advancing Health Services Policy and Economics Research. https://source.washu.edu/experts/timothy-mcbride/ Substack: @timothymcbride Views my own.
@bakerdphd.bsky.social
Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv She/Her https://www.dominiquebaker.com/ (I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
@cohodes.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint www.sarahcohodes.com
@imbernomics.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Education at Michigan State University.
@wrigleyfield.bsky.social
Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Toddler parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
@alixabeth.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
@elizabethlinos.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Director, The People Lab ElizabethLinos.com peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
@chloeneast.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics at University of Colorado. I study immigration policy, the safety net, and inequality Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA & United Campus Workers Union https://www.chloeneast.com Texas forever
@appam.bsky.social
APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.
@lizananat.bsky.social
Mallya Professor of Women & Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Co-convener for Policies & Inequalities, Columbia Population Center. Obama CEA alum. Views=own. She/her.
@jlynch13.bsky.social
🌻Poli sci, inequality, health/social policy, methods, Europe. Teaching & learning, dogs, mezzo-alto, ME/CFS. New book out May 27: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
@dynarski.bsky.social
Economist & Prof at Harvard | First-gen college grad | Education, economics, inequality | Shitposts are in a Boston accent | former union organizer NYT Columns https://bit.ly/3TbaxXV https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski www.susandynarski.com
@pamherd.bsky.social
Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com