The #thinklist is an ongoing project by Bath's Centre for Business, Organisations and Society, dedicated to highlighting the most influential and interesting responsible business scholars on social media.

Our goal is to rethink the role and responsibilities of business in creating a sustainable society. As part of this mission, we publish the #thinklist - a list of influential faculty thinkers on social media who focus on issues of responsible business. It was created in recognition of the value of discussions we have online, and in the hope of sharing insights with a wider community.

The #thinklist was initially compiled using an online platform that tracks an individual’s social media use to calculate a score corresponding to their online ‘power’. This data-based approach used a person’s follower count, retweets, replies and mentions to gauge their influence online. However, in 2020 we adopted a different approach that seeks to be less data-driven and more inclusive.

How it works

We publish around three thinklists a year. Each iteration of the list aims to amplify the voices of a different group or demographic - often these group have been historically been overlooked within academia, or are disadvantaged by the way the scholarly community operates.

We try to represent different subject areas, viewpoints and backgrounds, and as such recruit a group of curators to help us put each version of the list together. These curators generally have some expertise or insight into the group that is being highlighted.