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Sam David @smdvd.bsky.social Analyst | Researcher | Terrorism and Violent Extremism | Mobilisation and Online Radicalisation | Board of Directors, CASIS Vancouver
Amber Seaward @amberseaward.bsky.social Research Fellow & Consultant @ UCL, researching threat assessment of terrorism & targeted violence
Dr Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social Criminology lecturer researching gender-based violence, trauma, and refugees. Cat aficionado, caffeinated whirlwind, and amateur archaeologist. 🏳️🌈
Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett @ellieatayeebennett.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at Southampton Solent University | Research interests inc. everyday sustainable practices, climate action, vegan studies, food, culture, and religion
Prof. Amy Mack (she/her) @acmack.bsky.social PhD | Canada Research Chair in Digital Extremism and Assistant Professor | Co-director of Research at the Canadian Institute for Far Right Studies | Alienated Westerner
British Society of Criminology @britishcriminology.bsky.social
@mathiesonnicola.bsky.social @mathiesonnicola.bsky.social
Stuart Macdonald @s-macdonald.bsky.social Professor of Law, Swansea University. Coordinator, VOX-Pol Network. Director, VOX-Pol Institute. Co-Director, CYTREC.
Counterterrorism, online harms, criminal law, human rights.
Amy Stevens @amystevens.bsky.social Sociologist/Criminologist
Researching surveillance, resistance, encryption, human rights, law enforcement, and tech
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim
European Centre for the Study of Hate @ecsh-research.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Research Centre Addressing Group-Based Hate and Hostility. Values-driven impact-focused research. Advancing Europe's values of human dignity, equality and the rule of law from its Western edge.
www.ul.ie/ecsh
Leah Burch (she/her) @leahfburch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University.
Research interests: disability hate crime, sexual violence, creative methods
Manchester
John F. Morrison @morrisonjf.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminology at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University
VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu
Centre for Hate Studies @centre4hatestudies.bsky.social The Centre for Hate Studies is a world leading research centre whose core mission is to transform responses to hate through its ground-breaking research.
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies
Reed Van Schenck @reedvanschenck.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication @ IE University. Researching reactionary digital networks and infrastructures. 🇺🇸 living in 🇪🇸 #TeamRhetoric #MediaStudies
Preorder The Reactionary Web: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-reactionary-web
Ninian Frenguelli @ninianjames.bsky.social 🔍Postdoctoral researcher @ Swansea University
📚 PhD mapping gender on extreme right websites.
💻 Previous analyst in online harms.
Criminologist, book lover, dog dad
Views my own
https://bsky.app/profile/socialrepair.bsky.social
Bart Schuurman @bartschuurman.bsky.social Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social Based at the University of St Andrews the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence is Europe's oldest Centre of its kind.
Gina Vale @ginavale.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminology @University of Southampton
📘 Author: "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" OxUniPress 2024
Associate/Fellow @ICCT_TheHague & @Vox_Pol
Study #terrorism, #extremism, #gender, #youth
✉️ gina.vale@soton.ac.uk
Usual caveats
Sean Arbuthnot @seanarbuthnot.bsky.social
The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social The Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) at Royal Holloway University of London. Founding Director:
@akilnawan.bsky.social; Co-Director: @lizzypearson.bsky.social
Rosalind Willis @roswillis.bsky.social Associate Professor in Gerontology at the University of Southampton, UK. Research into ageing, ethnicity, mental health, social care, informal care. Health of Irish migrants. Teaching gerontology, dementia, crime and older people, qualitative methods.
British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network @bschcnetwork.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Page for the BSC Hate Crime Network. Follow for News, Updates, Conferences, Discussion Groups and Latest Developments.
Hannah Rose @hannahbrose.bsky.social Hate & Extremism Analyst at ISD • PhD candidate at KCL • Trustee & ex-Pres UJS
Brexodusrex @brexodusrex.bsky.social Morality is not a fungible commodity
“…the desperate, so far vain hope that the world might do something”.
My fear, frustration and anger had leaked out, and I became a dick. Please forgive me.
Mind your mind health.
@blue-111.bsky.social @blue-111.bsky.social When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty, but obedience becomes crime!
Sign the Declaration To #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship www.defendresearch.org
John Verkland @verkland.bsky.social
Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social PhD in Sociology •• Researching: immigration, media, emotions, voice, racism, food justice •• critical discourse analysis •• linguistics •• 🏳️🌈
Andrew Silke @andrewsilke.bsky.social Professor at Royal Holloway. Terrorism & counter-terrorism, war & conflict, psychology & crime. Not always in that order.
Mathilda Åkerlund @mathildaakerlund.bsky.social Postdoc at Gothenburg University. Researching incels, conspiracy theories, and the far right.
University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social The official account for the University of Southampton. Founding member of the Russell Group.
Ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide.
@douglaslondon.bsky.social @douglaslondon.bsky.social Retired CIA Ops Officer and Chief of Station; Georgetown SFS, John Hopkins SAIS, and Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Corrado Giulietti @corradogiulietti.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Head of School | Economic, Social and Political Sciences. University of Southampton
Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social Assistant Professor at U of Ottawa, affiliated with @crexuio.bsky.social / National identity & immigration; ethics and methods when researching the far right; far-right movements in Québec & Canada / Co-editor of the newsletter of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
Tech Against Terrorism @techvsterrorism.bsky.social Saving lives and preventing harm by disrupting terrorist activity online and upholding human rights. Supported by UNCTED
🔸 Website: https://techagainstterrorism.org/home
🔸 Podcast: https://podcast.techagainstterrorism.org/
Lisa McInerney @skeptic999.bsky.social Tech policy
Sean McCafferty @seanmccafferty.bsky.social Researcher and OSINT analyst | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellow EU-GLOCTER 🏴
Katy Vaughan @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law.
Member of CYTREC, VOX-Pol, Christchurch Call Advisory Network.
Legal Ed, Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights, Digital Rights.
Lewys Brace @lewysbrace.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Science and extremism researcher at University of Exeter, Co-Director of the Centre for Computational Social Science (@C2S2exeter.bsky.social) and .gif connoisseur.
Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) @extremismgaming.bsky.social 🎮 Network of over 155+ members working together across sectors to uncover how terrorist and violent extremist actors exploit gaming, to build resilience in gaming communities, and to use gaming for good. 👾Learn more @ extremismandgaming.org
James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2.bsky.social Associate Prof Security Studies School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. Visiting Prof at NetLab Federal Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro. Co-founder Erasmus IMSISS. Into conspiracies & disinformation lately (academically)
David Wells @davidwellsct.bsky.social Global security consultant focused on terrorism, counter-terrorism & new technology (particularly AI): Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
Steph @stephaniess-1.bsky.social
Lise Waldek @lrwlrw.bsky.social
Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right |
David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
Balša Lubarda @lubardab.bsky.social MSCA postdoc @upf.edu. Formerly at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social & @weareceu.bsky.social. Odd bedfellows in politics, environment, everyday fascism. Author of Far-Right Ecologism.
www.balsalubarda.com
Dan Burrows @drdanburrows.bsky.social Good egg. Cynical Humanist. Criminologist. Course Director for Applied Criminology, Canterbury Christ Church University. State Crime, Cultural Criminology, Green Criminology, and ArsenalFC.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. 2025-27 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. New book on Gen Z & gender divides coming 2028.
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @insurgentthought.bsky.social https://www.insurgentthoughts.com
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social Award-winning academic, educator & author researching #politics, #feminism, #artivism, #land, #food and #labour in #Senegal, Francophone #Africa & #WesternEurope | Personal Account
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her
Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net/book
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com Assistant Professor, Leiden University. International Relations Theory & History.
Out now:
"The Technocratic International" (OUP)
"Experts in a Turbulent World" (ed) (OUP)
www.janeijking.com
Hannah Wright @hannahwright.bsky.social Researching militarism, coloniality, state violence, abolition, gender, race, class. Lecturer at University of Manchester. She/her. ♿️
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/hannah-wright
Mezna Qato @meznaqato.bsky.social
Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social
Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social She/her. Feminism, anti-colonialism, critical international development. Liberation theology. Gender, faith and politics.Mother to a grumpy cat. Editorial hats: Culture and Religion (T and F), Conversations IFJP. All opinions my own
Gala Rexer @galarexer.bsky.social Feminist sociologist writing on reproductive & environmental injustice, bodies, racial capitalism
Author of "Demographic Anxieties: Bodies, Borders, and Reproductive Injustice in Palestine/Israel" (2026, UC Press)
galarexer.com
Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social Not going to be invited to a UN xmas party any time soon
Senior Lecturer in foreign policy & security at City St George’s, UoL. Historian of UN peacekeeping and humanitarianism. Author of Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: http://shorturl.at/aoxzM. she/her
Elena B. Stavrevska @ebstavrevska.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations at Uni of Bristol | Feminist peace scholar | Member of the Yugoslawomen+ Collective | she/таа
Bethlehem Tekola @bethlehem.bsky.social Qualitative Research | Research Ethics | Research involving and impacting marginalised communities and groups
Zeynep Gülşah Çapan @zgc.bsky.social
Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social Professor at LSE| Feminist Political Theorist|Own Views| She/her.
Thinking and writing on human rights|Anti-imperial epistemic justice|Conceptual Diversity| Rights politics in most of the world| Recent book📕 bit.ly/3C3Tb7V
South/South Movement 🍉 @southsouthmvmt.bsky.social We're an autonomous transnational student-led collective claiming space for academics & activists from & for the global souths in social & political studies.
https://www.southsouthmovement.org/
Ariadne Collins @yolandaariadne.bsky.social Lecturer/Assistant Prof, IR, University of St. Andrews: Working on Forests, Conservation, Colonialism, Climate Change. Views my own
Andreas Papamichail @apapamichail.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University of London. Teaching and researching on health inequity, health governance, health security, mpox, queer health, racism and health, and more. He/him.
Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social Anthropologist of care 🌸
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Greens 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🏴
https://linktr.ee/QManivannan
Siddharth Tripathi @sidtrip.bsky.social
Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social Historian of imperialism, mass violence and atrocity photography.
Current book-project on the My Lai Massacre of 1968 - the final instalment in my massacre trilogy that also includes Amritsar 1919 and Bud Dajo 1906.
Rep by Wylie Agency
Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social
Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social Political Ecologist/Economist at SOAS
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social Associate Professor. Author of the award winning “fabulous and delightfully rad” ‘Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives’ by Verso Books. She/Her.
Lisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social Writer, teacher, cat lady, etc. Thinking about truth, knowledge, secrecy, speakability, torture, “terrorism”, etc.
Book
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/sociology/political-sociology/disciplining-terror-how-experts-invented-terrorism
Madita Standke-Erdmann @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social PhDing at War Studies @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social | feminist researcher contemplating colonial legacies and memory in foreign policy | India - Germany relations | associate @prif.org | Editor Vol. 55 @millennjournal.bsky.social
Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social Writer. Global poetics+politics @SOAS|Books: Strangers (2026) Erasing Palestine (2023)The Persian Prison Poem (2021) Writers & Rebels (2016) 🇵🇸academic freedom| Non-aligned leftist rgould.substack.com rrgould.hcommons.org & @balaghas.bsky.social Bristolian
Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social Dr. MRO. Literary Historian. Public scholar, activist & small biz owner who dyes yarn inspired by Black/brwn premodern figures.
WOC: product of Black & brown love. Gif lover. Racist magnet. Abolitionist. Not Eddie Murphy. She/hers
www.RepublicOfYarnia.com
Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social Essays at stevesalaita.com
David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously).
Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social Professor, writer & Canada Research Chair, Global Political Ecology. Artisanal theory and concept-maker. Tylenol side effect. Ineffective altruist. Most recent book: 'Revenant Ecologies'. www.audramitchell.org Kitten photos b/c we all need them.
Dr. Donna Auston @tinymuslimah.bsky.social Publicly intellectual. Race, gender, activism, and all things Black/Muslim. Anthropologist. Dr. Auston if you’re nasty.
Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social Anthropologist of War and Pictures. Conflict. Politics. Resistance. Visual Culture. International Development. Sri Lanka. http://citizensofphotography.org
Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social Queer vegan of colour academic. Committed to decolonial inquiry. Postcolonial, Queer Studies. Université Paris Cité. He, they.
https://echelles.u-pariscite.fr/membre/bakshi-sandeep-fr/
http://decolonizingsexualities.org
https://instagram.com/sandeep.bak/
Aida Hassan @aidahas.bsky.social PhDing @qmul.bsky.social. I research and write about the politics of medical humanitarianism 🇵🇸
Owen Brown @obrown.bsky.social Assistant Professor of International Organizations & Norms at the University of Arkansas | Northwestern Political Science PhD | Researching race, colonialism, and international ordering | he/him | owenbrown.ca
Somdeep Sen @somdeepsen.bsky.social IR, race, settler colonialism, Palestine; Decolonizing Palestine @CornellUP; Globalizing Collateral Language @UofGeorgiaP
Clive Gabay @clivesg.bsky.social Writes stuff: Jewishness, Zionism, Race, Pol/Soc Theory, SWANA Jews.
Teaches at QMUL
Book - A Family in Fragments: Race, Zionism and Retrievable Futures (Rutgers University Press, 2027)
Malaka Shwaikh @mshwaikh.bsky.social Based at the University of St Andrews where I research prisons, hunger strikes, limits of resilience, and decoloniality. Talk with me about sunsets and hikes.