ScotPol Academics and Think Tankers
Starter pack of academics and think tankers working on Scottish politics and policymaking.
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@markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
@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
@emiliabelknap.bsky.social
Politics & IR Research Fellow @sotonpolitics.bsky.social ✨ sex, gender, voting behaviour and constitutions 📚 Iranian-American fuelled by cherry coke & fighting the patriarchy 🧿 views=my own SC: @ecprpovb.bsky.social Asst Direct.: @gain-centre.bsky.social
@sarahdavidson.bsky.social
CEO, Carnegie UK - the wellbeing policy foundation. Hon Prof at Centre for Public Policy at Glasgow University. Chair of WEvolution Scotland.
@profarnovanderzwet.bsky.social
Professor of European Governance @UWS | Director, Sustainable Policy Analysis Research Centre (SPARC) 🌍 | Cyclist 🚴♂️ | U14 Girls Football Coach ⚽
@urbaneprofessor.bsky.social
Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈 ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
@drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Criminologist and academic | Associate Director @thesccjr.bsky.social | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics #ScotPol | Personal account/views. 📍 Scotland 🏴
@gerryhassan.bsky.social
Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
@ccc-research.bsky.social
Leading research centre for the study of constitutional change and territorial politics in the UK & beyond. Researching the issues. Informing the debate. More at https://www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/
@davidevampa.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh Co-director of @ccc-research.bsky.social Lead editor of @regfedst.bsky.social Chair of @ecprfederalism.bsky.social Views are my own.
@karlobasta.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Edinburgh. Nationalism, the state, capitalism, socialism, in a blender. Wrote The Symbolic State: https://tinyurl.com/3jb7juez. Writing The Business of Nations. https://www.karlobasta.com/
@rachelormston.bsky.social
Social researcher, interested in people, politics, and nerdy methods stuff. Works at Ipsos but views own etc.
@drjparker.bsky.social
Political scientist, lecturer UofG. Parties, elections, Spanish & Scottish politics. Consensus democracy at any cost. Views my own.
@ianelliott.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Public Administration. co-EiC @journalpad.bsky.social. ORCID: 0000-0003-4622-298X #Publicadmin #leadership #localgov #academicsky #PASky #PolicySky #academic #research #Scotland. All views my own etc
@rhyscrilley.bsky.social
🌍 Lecturer in International Relations 📝 Writing about politics & culture ☢️ Author of Unparalleled Catastrophe
@cjtams.bsky.social
mostly international law — sometimes maps — occasionally football
@jkaarbo.bsky.social
Professor of Foreign Policy, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews; Founding Co-Director Scottish Council on Global Affairs https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/jbk1/
@pjdelacour.bsky.social
Co-Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs. Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow. International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.
@rosielockwood.bsky.social
Head of Media and Advocacy for IPPR North & IPPR Scotland丨former Mayor of Selby in God's own country丨Social justice, campaigns & comms 丨Toddler mum
@reformscotland.bsky.social
Scotland's independent non-party think tank A public policy institute which works to promote increased economic prosperity, opportunity for all & more effective public services. Reform Scotland is independent of all political parties.
@scot-j-pol-econ.bsky.social
General economics journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Scottish Economic Society. David A. Jaeger (@davidajaeger.bsky.social), Editor https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679485
@mhairibrennan.bsky.social
TV lecturer, researcher, writer. 'Archiving the Referendum: BBC Scotland's TV Archive and Indyref 2014', Palgrave Macmillan, 2025 Research Associate ReCARE TV: Reality Television, Working Practices and Duties of Care, Aston University.
@oliverescobar.bsky.social
Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
@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/
@martamiori.bsky.social
PhD on support for Independence in Scotland @ the University of Manchester | Research officer @ Nuffied College | Voting, public opinion, longitudinal methods, nice graphs
@jaclarner.bsky.social
Politics Lecturer Cardiff University & Fellow Edinburgh University. Political Psychology 🧠 & Public Opinion. Working on Welsh & Scottish Election Studies https://jaclarner.github.io/jaclarner/
@heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social
Political scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
@marcgeddes.uk
Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin. Currently researching how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge: www.project-spark.net
@profsarahchilds.bsky.social
Professor of Politics & Gender Author of Feminist Democratic Representation (2020) with Karen Celis, award winning book Author of The Good Parliament Report Expert in Gender Sensitive Parliaments
@merylkenny.bsky.social
Professor at University of Edinburgh Politics & IR | FIIN Co-Director @fiin.bsky.social | gender & politics, political parties, parliaments, territorial politics, political representation
@jameschalmers.bsky.social
Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
@lewgmiller.bsky.social
Politics lecturer in Dundee. Public Policy oriented - Teaching Scottish, British and EU Politics.
@profnicolamcewen.bsky.social
Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
@scga.bsky.social
First all-Scotland international relations institute. Hub for collaborative policy-relevant research & home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign policy. scga.scot @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
@jimmccormick.bsky.social
CEO at The Robertson Trust, an independent funder for Scotland on Poverty and Trauma. Also on LinkedIn. No longer on the site known for tweets. All things solving poverty. Likes: walks by water, music, film, Morton FC. In Glasgow, born Dublin. Joined 08/24
@aileenmcharg.bsky.social
Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University. Joint General Editor, Public Law.
@fraserofallander.org
The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
@fraserjfstewart.bsky.social
Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart. Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
@jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
Education writer for The Herald Former English teacher & lecturer | Author of 'Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish Schools' & 'A Scottish Journey' | Fond of FOI, motorbikes, La Gomera, and all things education www.jamesmcenaney.co.uk
@chrismccork.bsky.social
Public law @Strathclyde Law School; adviser @CEEAC Committee of Scottish Parliament; steering group @Scottish Public Law Group; editor @Edinburgh Law Review; chair @Morton in the Community. https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/mccorkindalechristopherdr/
@kimsomerside.bsky.social
Policy Engagement | @uofgpolicy.bsky.social | Views mine (She/her) 🌞 Possibly talking about Glasgow, politics or podcasts 🌝
@kezdugdale.bsky.social
Associate Director, @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Prof University of Glasgow. Trustee of Shelter and Oversight Board Member of The Promise. Writes for The Courier, Talks for Times Radio.
@lmacfarlane.bsky.social
Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’
@johnsmithcentre.com
We empower diverse voices across the UK to engage in politics. Everyone benefits from a representative democracy. Director: Eddie Barnes 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com 📍 University of Glasgow
@cdbirt.bsky.social
Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
@cjcarman.bsky.social
Prof of Political Representation at University of Glasgow - studies US and Scottish politics, elections and public opinion, esp political compromise. Sometime attends polisci conferences and/or punk & ska gigs. In spare time watches the seals in Loch Fyne
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
@theunionsurvey.bsky.social
The Union Survey is a long-running, 360° survey of constitutional attitudes in each of the UK’s four component parts. Led by Profs Ailsa Henderson (@ailsahenderson.bsky.social) and Richard Wyn Jones (@richardwynjones.bsky.social).
@scotvoting.bsky.social
An ESRC-funded academic study of voting in Scotland 👩🏻💻 https://scottishelections.ac.uk
@ailsahenderson.bsky.social
PoliSci Prof at Edinburgh - run Scottish Election Study, co-run Union survey/Future of England survey Voting, polling, attitudes to the union @scotvoting.bsky.social @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
@markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social PhD studying political contention of self-determination groups | 📊 Quant PoliSci | 🗳️ Scots politics & elections | Associate Member @ccc-research.bsky.social | ✍🏻 @heraldscotland.bsky.social