International Development Research & Practice
A starter pack for International Aid & Development practitioners & researchers
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@miniannette.bsky.social
@ids.ac.uk
IDS is a leading institute on international development providing research and knowledge for equitable and sustainable societies. Follow us to know about our research, partnerships, and learning. Website: https://www.ids.ac.uk/
@guerzovich.bsky.social
Consultant & Systems Convener: at the intersection of governance, monitoring, evaluation, research & learning Co-founder @act4delivery Collaborating w/#Politeia
@richard-ough.bsky.social
Managing Director and Chief Economist for Flywheel Economics. Personal Account. #PAFC Will get a mention. #Economics #Podcasts https://flywheeleconomics.com/ https://linktr.ee/flywheeleconomics
@annabelgerry.bsky.social
Currently working on UK FCDO Development Review, previously International Development White Paper, governance, fragile states, gender and 🇵🇰🇿🇼🇿🇦🇳🇬🇹🇿🇪🇷🇸🇩
@markoldenbeuving.com
@jeotraveller.bsky.social
Food. International development. Travel. YIMBY. California. Good government. Spy fiction. Not necessarily in that order. Posts are my own opinions and views.
@obi-ben.bsky.social
CARE International UK Director of Fundraising and Comms. FPL. Views my own
@deenamousa.com
Global health & development at Open Philanthropy https://newsletter.deenamousa.com/
@sarahlcooper.bsky.social
Regional Development Director for Central Asia, FCDO. Economic Governance, Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Resilience.
@alexanderknapp.bsky.social
Global nomad, world citizen, Edinburgh resident, humanist, works on complex system theory and international development, dabbles at being a PhD student, stage manager, photographer, Italian chef, professor, and (alleged) spy.
@coddme.bsky.social
Development & humanitarian aid. Politics, policy, diplomacy and security. Sudan watcher 💔. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸. Also following 🇲🇼🇳🇬🇿🇦🇪🇹 Currently on mat leave in the beautiful Scottish Borders 🏴
@cgdev.org
The leading think-and-do tank for #globaldev🌍 Celebrating 20+ years of independent research & ideas for global prosperity. mediarelations@cgdev.org
@73foundation.bsky.social
Development economist; part-time Exmoor sheep farmer; & founder of Seventythree Foundation - a non-profit collaborating with marginalized rural communities in SE Asia. https://seventythree.ghost.io/
@andrewmfischer.bsky.social
Prof at Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Chair of Development and Change @devandchg.bsky.social, Canuck in Europe. Working on development economics, demography & social policy, Tibet & western China. Wrote Poverty as Ideology (2018) & other stuff.
@justsand.bsky.social
Development economist. Senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. https://www.cgdev.org/expert/justin-sandefur
@naomihossain.bsky.social
I write and post about accountability, the politics of development, & Bangladesh, but don't let that put you off.
@aidnography.de
Associate Professor in Development Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. Global development. Humanitarianism. Communication & Social Change. Chief Blogger at www.aidnography.de since 2010. More: https://linktr.ee/tobiasdenskus
@dwtevelde.bsky.social
@brunoabarca.bsky.social
Public health in humanitarian aid and international cooperation for development. Working at Action Against Hunger (Spain HQ) and the GWU Milken Institute School of Public Health. Opinions are my own. https://saludeverywhere.com/en/
@monteneroconsult.bsky.social
Business account for @leafymorgan.bsky.social. Mostly reposts of interesting aid/ international development/ trade/ conflict and stabilisation stuff.
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)
@floriangrant.bsky.social
🌎 #socialprotection advisor at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), previously at HelpAge International and ILO
@leecrawfurd.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development https://www.cgdev.org/expert/lee-crawfurd
@mclem.org
Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics, IZA, CReAM/UCL, CGD. Associate Editor JEP. USAID 2021–2024. Personal views exclusively. Web: http://mclem.org ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
@j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social
Head Migration and Displacement Hub @odi.global. Migration and social protection. Baking when not working.
@rajtham.bsky.social
Formerly a sustainable finance guy who's also not fond of pandemics or genocides or fascists. On here for as long as it helps us organise a centre left response to the polycrisis. If we have something in common, feel free to send me a DM.
@vaivarei.bsky.social
Latvia/Baltics/🌍. CEO of national development NGO 🕸️, civic activist 📣, lecturer and teacher 📚 WPS agenda | SDG16&17 | Community resilience | Global education
@kahazu.bsky.social
media relations, communications, journalist @ helvetas.org, NGO for international development cooperation & humanitarian aid
@manpreet1.bsky.social
Work on global health and development strategy @gatesfoundation. Escaped doctor from the UK with a public health background. Dad to two kids. Opinions are mine (he/him)
@juliairwin.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*
@adreher.bsky.social
Professor of International and Development Politics, Editor of RIO. #china, #aid, www.axel-dreher.de.
@martinscott2010.bsky.social
Professor of Media and Global Development. Researching press freedom, international news and media influence on aid. University of East Anglia.
@bfry1981.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, academic, consultant with over two decades of experience in conflict analysis, public policy, politics, international development, humanitarian aid, foreign policy/affairs, history. Anti-fascist, pro-democracy
@afeighery.bsky.social
Behavioral health scientist specializing in tech & infrastructure in international dev/aid. CEO of mWater & Solstice, the world's largest platform for managing water, sanitation, & health. mwater.co solsticeinstitute.com Mom of 3, partner of @jfeighery
@peterevansguv.bsky.social
development, governance, anti-corruption. Evidence into policy & practice. Ex Director U4 Anti-Corruption RC. Ex FCDO RTs not endorsing.
@sara-pantuliano.bsky.social
Chief Executive, @odi.global | Editor-in-Chief, Disasters journal | Independent Eminent Person, 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review | Trustee, Muslim Aid & Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Chair, @BritishFencing.bsky.social | Rollerskater
@odi-trade.bsky.social
Expert analysis on trade and economic development at @odi.global, a leading global affairs think tank. Website: https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/international-economic-development-group/
@odi.global
Igniting new ideas to confront global challenges. ODI Global turns bold ideas, evidence, and broad expertise into actionable strategies for a more resilient, just and equitable future. Website: www.odi.org Think Change podcast: https://buff.ly/3XAKJJ1
@anvaccaro.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford • comparative politics • global development • www.vaccaroandrea.com
@manarisms.bsky.social
International aid and development. Conflict and peacebuilding. Posts on Middle East and North Africa, East Africa, conflict, human rights, social movements, political transitions. Views are my own.
@jesssalt.bsky.social
Media relations @bondngo.bsky.social - international development, UK aid, climate finance, international issues. Occasional music musings. Loiner in London sonhando com Lisboa.
@jodiekeane.bsky.social
Advancing climate and development trade policy in this last decade of action; GVCs, AfT, LDCs, SIDS. Senior Research Fellow ODI. PhD SOAS. Former Trade/Economic Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London. Trade, Climate and Development. Mom of two.
@davidkleimann.bsky.social
🇪🇺 | PhD (EUI) | Trade, Climate, Industrial Policy | A spade is a spade | Senior Research Associate @ODI_org
@davidnbull.bsky.social
David Bull CBE - ex CEO Unicef UK & Amnesty International UK, leadership coach/mentor, consultant on charity & international development strategy & governance, Dep Chair of The Power of Nutrition, amateur photographer, interested in astronomy and genealogy
@leafymorgan.bsky.social
Work: International development | conflict states | good governance | trade Play: Chelsea | travel | cooking, eating and drinking
@miniannette.bsky.social
🏴 🇳🇱 Accountability & Governance practitioner & researcher | International aid & development | Children’s Panel Member in Scotland | cargo-bike/bakfiets owner | Glasgow-based | parent to a 3yr old