civic tech, data, and design starter pack

@lauraknelson.bsky.social

Associate Professor @ UBC computational sociology machine learning is feminist You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing. www.lauraknelson.com

@eszter.com

Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024) Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U eszter.com

@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/

@sherrirose.bsky.social

Stanford Professor | Computational Health Economics & Outcomes | Fair Machine Learning | Causality | Statistics | Health Policy | Health Equity drsherrirose.org Lab manual: stanfordhpds.github.io/lab_manual Personal account

@foucaultwelles.bsky.social

Professor of Communication, trying not to be evil Ass. Dean, #HashtagActivism co-author, mom to teenagers and cats. Appreciates novelty socks and cat memes.

@solmg.bsky.social

Social Scientist/Research Prof at NYU CSMaP, formerly Twitter. http://solomonmg.github.io

@elizabethlinos.bsky.social

Assoc Prof of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Director, The People Lab ElizabethLinos.com peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu

@lucy3.bsky.social

UCBerkeley PhD student. #NLProc, computational social science, cultural analytics, AI fairness. she/her. A free range chicken; previously at Ai2, MSR, Stanford. https://lucy3.github.io

@shelbygrossman.bsky.social

Research Scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory

@dhopkins1776.bsky.social

Political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof: http://goo.gl/qAOlH9 538: http://goo.gl/1iwZJs

@hspter.bsky.social

Data Science advising / consulting. Formerly startup CTO, Data Science Biden 2020, Stitch Fix, Etsy. PhD JHU Biostar. Co-host Not So Standard Deviations podcast. 🥳😴🧘🐈‍⬛

@robbwiller.bsky.social

Professor of Sociology, Psychology, & Org Behavior @ Stanford. Director of Polarization and Social Change Lab (@pascl-stanford.bsky.social), Co-Direct Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Obsessive basketball fan

@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.

@crystaljjlee.com

Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. 🇹🇼 crystaljjlee.com

@alondra.bsky.social

Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab

@owasow.bsky.social

Asst Prof, UC Berkeley, Political Science. Study protests, stats & race: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of

@zephoria.bsky.social

STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society. Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society Microsoft Research -> Cornell (2025) https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io

@5harad.com

Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, co-director of @comppolicylab.bsky.social, applying a computational approach to public policy, including to issues in education, healthcare, and criminal justice. https://5harad.com

@alexchohlaswood.com

Assistant professor at NYU interested in computational public policy and the criminal justice system. Co-direct @comppolicylab.bsky.social.📍NYC 🏳️‍🌈 alexchohlaswood.com

@justinhendrix.bsky.social

Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.

@ddt.bsky.social

Same ddt. Working in service design for govtech. Bikes, books, cats. But I get out. All content here is personal. If you know how it works, you are not the user. If your mother says she loves you, find a second source.

@jukes.ie

Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK https://digitalbydefault.com/hire-me/

@ethanz.bsky.social

UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab.

@smith.dev

Program the computers. Gov tech founder, dad, and O’s fan in the US Midwest. I enjoy weightlifting. I collect spores, molds, and fungus. Making my mind a sunless place Co-founder/Chief Technologist of Ad Hoc

@mattbernius.bsky.social

Qualitative Researcher at Code for America, former Measures For Justice. Accidental union organizer, trauma responsive thinker, participatory action research facilitator, civic design/tech, martial arts (BJJ, FMA, CMA), and more. He/they.

@angelquicksey.bsky.social

👾 Currently: Urban planner for the internet at New_ Public ⚡ Always: Civic designer and UX researcher

@civicwhitaker.com

Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago Really doesn’t like bullies Signal: civicwhitaker.53

@almsnatalie.bsky.social

journalist who covers how the government's tech affects you🫵 NC native, DC resident. Tips = nalms@govexec.com and Signal at nalms.41 https://www.nextgov.com/voices/natalie-alms/18881/?oref=ng-post-author?oref=rf-post-author

@chrisbail.bsky.social

Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.

@derekeder.com

Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner @ DataMade, President Emeritus @ Chi Hack Night. Democratizing power through technology. he/him

@natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy

Social & computer scientist who works alongside communities on science for a safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder, Citizens and Technology Lab · […] [bridged from https://social.coop/@natematias on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

@natematias.bsky.social

I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @natematias@social.coop natematias.com citizensandtech.org

@rohanalexander.bsky.social

I spend too much money on books. And too much time writing them. 🇦🇺🇨🇦. https://rohanalexander.com http://tellingstorieswithdata.com https://rohanalexander.substack.com

@alexhanna.bsky.social

Director of Research, DAIR Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬⚧ She/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social

@jonathanzong.com

mit visualization group postdoc berkman klein fellow at harvard incoming assistant prof at cu boulder information science (fall 2025) https://jonathanzong.com/ https://www.data-and-design.org @data-and-design.org

@himself.bsky.social

http://www.henryfarrell.net Now out with Abe Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554

@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

@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

@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.

@pahlkadot.bsky.social

Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.

@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