Chris Sanderson @sandersonchrisj.bsky.social PhD Linguistics Candidate at Lancaster University
Working in the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science on the UKRI-funded Public Discourses of Dementia Project.
Luke Liu @lukeliu24.bsky.social
Aleksandra Bawor @a-b2.bsky.social ~ Just a student trying to survive
~ Baby linguist in the making
lingüista aburrido @ernestowg.eurosky.social 🇨🇺 in 🇧🇪
◾LINGUIST ➡️ semantics, discourse, corpus (sometimes phonetics and variation)
◾TEACHER ➡️ Université de Liège
◾TRANSLATOR ➡️ ES, EN, FR
Cosas random y drama cotidiano. Linux & FOSS.
Posts in ES, EN & FR
📍 Liège, Belgique
Pilar Blitvich @pgcb.bsky.social Chancellor’s Professor & Professor of Linguistics UNC Charlotte
Co-Editor in Chief Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict and Routledge Focus on Im/Politeness series
Co-founder & co-convenor ADDA (Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis) Conferences
Brian King @bwking1971.bsky.social University of Hong Kong, Deputy Director of the Centre for Humanities and Medicine
Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social Publishing academic books in applied linguistics, language, ELT/TESOL and related disciplines. Keep in touch via our e-newsletter: bit.ly/2JAVp57
@nadillajamil.bsky.social @nadillajamil.bsky.social
Adrian Yip @adrianyip.bsky.social Research: Translanguaging, media discourse, gender and sexuality, intercultural communication, health communication
Leonardo Thibau @lthibau.bsky.social | Ciências Sociais • UFBA 📚
| Pesquisador do https://labhdufba.github.io/pt/ 📝
| B.I. em Humanidades • UFBA 🎓
| Professor de Yoga • Aulas online! 🧘♀️
Regime Mechanics: The Authoritarian Playbook @regimemechanics.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in hybrid regimes and democratic backsliding. PhD, postdoc at University of Cologne, — writing at Regime Mechanics. https://regimemechanics.substack.com/
Aram Ghadimi @aramghadimi.bsky.social #Journalist • Brennt für Gesellschaft & Debatte • freies Radio • Imker - freie Texte u.a. für @zeit.de @datum.at @tageins.at Hier private Meinung.
U. Ortego @u-ortego.bsky.social Studying how institutions shape behavior, erase dissent, and call the process “order.” Observation as resistance. From the Guatemalan highlands, I write about history’s echoes in today’s optimized world—with wit and skepticism. https://uortego.substack.com
Kristy Bryant 徐愛童 @kristybryant.bsky.social Fellow at Oxford China Policy Lab | Head of Research @ The British Asian Collective | US-UK-China relations, AI/tech, governance, identity politics | https://hsukristy.substack.com/
Avishek ghosh @avishekcolours.bsky.social
Amy @amyvbenson.bsky.social TBD
(adé)kúnmi @mikumouse.bsky.social Recovering overachiever and former good girl, undergoing treatment for chronic Eldest Daughter Syndrome.
Doctoral student prescribing mind decolonising practices. #linguistics
Hui Chen @huichen0826.bsky.social PhD candidate in linguistics at Lancaster University
discourse analysis|corpus linguistics|business and environmental communication |ESG and Sustainability
Enrique Arribas-Garde @garde24.bsky.social Theoretical physicist researching radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and exposure (RF-EMF). Fascinated by magnets since childhood. Físico teórico investigando la exposición a campos electromagnéticos de radiofrecuencia. Amante de los imanes desde niño.
Maria Nawrocka @mnawrocka.bsky.social PhD candidate at Doctoral School of Social Sciences // University of Warsaw
Paul Chilton @paulchilton.bsky.social European. Internationalist. Humanist. Retired Prof of Linguistics, affiliated to Oxford, Warwick, Lancaster. Can’t stop thinking, reading, writing.
My latest book is a political one: “Brexitspeak: Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy”.
CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social The latest CADAAD conference has taken place in Valladolid (Spain).
Dates: July 8th-10th 2026.
Location: Universidad de Valladolid.
🔗 official site: https://www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detail/cadaad-2026.html
🔗 other links: https://linktr.ee/CADAAD2026
Petre Breazu @petrebreazu.bsky.social Asst. Research Professor @ University of Cambridge | Online Hate Speech, LLMs, CDA & Multimodal Analysis | Former Marie Curie Fellow.
Mark Nartey @marknartey.bsky.social Applied Linguist || Discourse Analyst || Communications Strategist
www.marknartey.com
Morten H. Christiansen @mh-christiansen.bsky.social Cognitive scientist interested in the processing, acquisition and evolution of language; statistical learning; computational modeling.
Lab website: https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu
Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right |
Wydział Anglistyki @wauampoznan.bsky.social Wydział Anglistyki UAM | AMU Faculty of English | Poznań, Poland | anglistyka.amu.edu.pl
Elvis Coimbra-Gomes @elviscoimbragomes.bsky.social PhD in Linguistics. English Teacher @unil.bsky.social. Research: language, gender & sexuality, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), health communication, corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, constructive grading practices
www.elviscoimbragomes.com
Luke Harding @lukeharding.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social Political Scientist @ Monash University | Author of 3 books | Writing about populism, reactionary politics & visual politics | he/him
Articles/publications here: https://monash.academia.edu/BenjaminMoffitt
Lauren Hall-Lew @lhlew.bsky.social Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Anti-racist, pro-trans, pro-housing, adoption-critical, Gàidhlig learner, BSL learner, musician, Trekkie, dysthymic, bleeding-heart cynic. She/her.
Lisa Bower (Kelly) @lisakelly.bsky.social Lecturer: Higher Education Discourses, critical identity studies, fatness and society. Foundation Studies at UoC.
Chronic pain/hypermobility/PCOS/Endometriosis
Love: my dogs/all dogs/weightlifting/sewing/singing in the choir
Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social Human, writer, critic, social researcher, professor, critical communication & social theory, https://fuchsc.net Editor: http://triple-c.at
Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. Research: political communication, cognition, multimodality. Hobbies: hill/fell walking. Views my own.
Meredith Keffer @mkeffer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Anthropology & Sociology - Palgrave Macmillan (formerly OUP, DGB). Emotional support human for Murphy and Millie.
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social University of Liverpool. I tend to write about discourse, argumentation & racism. Editor of Critical Discourse Studies. I still 🌊 goodbye at the end of zoom calls.
Website >>
https://johnerichardson.wixsite.com/home
ORCID: 0000-0003-1251-8184
Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff Uni. Researching populist parties and movements. New book out now: “Europe’s Populist Condition” https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-populist-condition
Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
Jessica Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social Linguistics postdoc at Queen Mary University of London, working on 'Autism in Affinity Spaces'.
My research covers critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, digital communication, autism & specific interests, misogyny/antifeminism
Geordie. she/her
Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social Assoc. Prof at Uni Sussex working on libidinal & political economies of (liberal) war and violence in the 'colonial present'; Feminist, queer & anticolonial thought & struggles.
London | Aqueerius, middle-aged | she/her
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
Giorgos Katsambekis @gkatsambekis.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics | Research on populism, democracy, authoritarianism, radical left politics, social movements | Opinions my own
Dr Simona Guerra @drspguerra.eurosky.social 🇮🇹🇬🇧 Political scientist | SEI, Sussex PhD | MA in 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 | Euroscepticism, Poland, CEE, Italy, EU early women | @repjournal.bsky.social co-editor & founding co-editor of @PRXjournal.bsky.social | Montalcini scholar 2014| FRSA | #EUsky 🇪🇺 | #Firstgen
Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com Director of Research & Outreach, Center for the Study of Organized Hate @csohate.bsky.social
Expert on hate & extremism, online harms & tech regulation
💻 evianeleidig.com
Naaz Rashid @naazrashid.bsky.social Writer and researcher (recovering academic)
IG drnaazrashid
she/her
George Newth @georgenewth.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics @uniofbath.bsky.social
Posts into the void represent my own views
Researching/teaching about far right & common sense narratives in politics.
He/Him
My book on the history of the (Northern) League: https://shorturl.at/K7idl
Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social Political Ecologist/Economist at SOAS
Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social Political communication and media scholar. Macquarie University postdoctoral research fellow. Researching: the far right, media, populism, fascism, and democracy 🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WfjJQqYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social News, scholarship, publications, activism, & anti-disinformation for anti-fascists.
Laure Gosselin @lauregosselin.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Pol Sci @universitelaval.bsky.social & TU Dresden. Critical IR. Discourse Analysis. Norm Contestation.
Can talk for hours about environmental justice in global governance & how to develop more sustainable food systems.
Scott Burnett @burscott.bsky.social Author of Analysing Environmental Discourse (2026) and White Belongings (2022). Asst Prof of African Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State. Organiser @ PSFA
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social Democratic socialist perspectives and analysis from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Berlin | Posts auf Deutsch: @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social Prof of Political & Social Theory @ UEA: regularly a political theorist, often a political analyst, always a rhetorician. Sometimes I teach people how to make political speeches; usually they are happy about it. Mostly I study Reactionary Digital Politics.
Manuela Boatcă @manuelaboatca.bsky.social Romanian/German sociologist, Head of School of the Global Studies Program @UniFreiburg, writes about global inequalities, empire, race, citizenship & forgotten Europes https://tinyurl.com/wbt9wyrm
Tamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social PDRA at Exeter. Honorary Associate Prof. in Linguistics and Health Communication at Nottingham. I work on language and society, including politics, media, and mental health.
Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social PhD in Sociology •• Researching: immigration, media, emotions, voice, racism, food justice •• critical discourse analysis •• linguistics •• 🏳️🌈
Dr Elisabeth Barakos @ellabarakos.bsky.social Austrian in London. Lecturer & Researcher @IOE UCL (@ucl.ac.uk) & @Vienna University
Sociolinguistics |Applied Linguistics |Language in education and business | Multilingualism | Discourse Studies | Ethnography | Language Policy
www.elisabethbarakos.com
Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, Sabanci University; Director, Istanbul Policy Center; Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for European Policy Making at Bocconi University
Jenni Räikkönen @jenniraikkonen.fi Postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki.
political discourse | crisis communication | corpus linguistics | CADS
Nuoren tutkijan elämää -blogi (jenniraikkonen.fi)
Pic: Jonne Renvall
susanne kopf, phd @susannekopf.bsky.social interested in people's versions of reality & analysing discourse to understand them; special interests: wikipedia, social media, populism,... @wu_vienna
Göran Bolin @goranbolin.eurosky.social Media & Communications professor who teaches and writes on digital culture, information management, AI and data value at Södertörn University
sh.se/mkv
Bernhard Forchtner @bforchtner.bsky.social
Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social Associate Professor @UniTartu interested in #government #communication #blameavoidance #disasters #disinformation #discoursestudies
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=AmIeTJYAAAAJ
Laura Filardo-Llamas @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics @Uva.es Interested in Cognitive Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-975X
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social ECPR is an independent, scholarly association with a mission to advance political science ▪ https://ecpr.eu/ ▪ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecpr/ ▪ @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @insurgentthought.bsky.social https://www.insurgentthoughts.com
Marlene Miglbauer @miglmarl.bsky.social Associate Professor in English Applied Linguistics and Virtual Learning Environments @haup.ac.at | researching political and social media discourse, extramural English and AI in tertiary education
based in Vienna/Austria
Johnny Unger @johnnyunger.bsky.social he/him, linguist, critical discourse analyst, tea anarchist extraordinaire, dadcore, vegan, foodie, ❄️, dad, intersectional feminist, D&D nerd (not necessarily in that order)
Latest publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2023.101825
Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Robbie Love @robbielove.org Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social One of the first genocide scholars to recognise Israel’s genocide. Author of ‘The New Age of Genocide’, and ‘What is Genocide?’. Sociology/IR professor, IBEI Barcelona/University of Sussex. martinshaw.org, martinshawx.substack.com
Marzia Maccaferri @marzmac.bsky.social Attempted Political and Intellectual Historian @Queen Mary University of London. Real expertise: James Bond and shoes.
In English e italiano.
mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social Chair Professor of Media & Communications @uumediacomms.bsky.social Critical discourse research on normalisation of racism, discrimination, inequality & illiberal politics of exclusion. Editor in Chief @jlanpol.bsky.social www.languageandpolitics.com
Journal of Language and Politics @jlanpol.bsky.social Interdisciplinary journal exploring the interplay between language and politics: https://benjamins.com/catalog/jlp
Jess M. F. Hughes @jessmfh.bsky.social Critical discourse analyst, disability justice advocate, teacher, reluctant morning person. I study communication around disability, neurodiversity, & social justice. she/her
Rabea M. Khan @rmkhan.bsky.social Lecturer in IR at Liverpool John Moores Uni, Co-convenor of BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group
Critical Religion | Race | Gender | Discourse | Post- and Decolonial Theory | Abolition
Profile: https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/17835-rabea-khan
Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University | Research on nationalism, populism, radical right-wing parties and voters; Class politics; Ethnic relations | Hammarby IF football supporter
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
Imogen Tyler @imogentyler.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
social justice; historical sociology; political economy; anti-poverty; anti-racism; colonial histories & legacies; class struggle; stigma; environmental justice. 🌳 🌊 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧ 🍉
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imogen-Tyler
Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President of @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social Prof. of Research on Far-Right Extremism @IRex/UniTübingen; researching far-right political actors & ideologies; PhD from @Cambridge_Uni; member of DeJongeAkademie @KNAW 📚
Dr Penny Rabiger @pennyrabiger.bsky.social Elephant pointer. Educator. PhD from Centre for Race, Education & Decoloniality LBU, 2025. Racial literacy. Freelancer with a wheelbarrow portfolio. School Governor.
Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social Head of History in South Yorkshire, Anti Racist School Award Coach, Doctoral Student. Speaking history to power. https://decolonial-curriculum.pubpub.org/
Marco Venuti @marcovenuti.bsky.social
Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social Discourse analyst at Uni of Birmingham • Language, gender and sexuality in (digital) media discourse
Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her
Federica Formato (she/her) @genderedform.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton. Researching gendered and inclusive language, media narratives of femicide, masculinities and fatherhood. Now focusing on examining Meloni's far-right anti-gendered politics. Born in the South of 🇮🇹.
Kat Gupta @mixosaurus.bsky.social linguistics, feminism, LGB, queer and trans issues 🏳️🌈🦜🏳️⚧️ lecturer in political communication at Royal Holloway University of London
they/them
Glenn Hadikin @glennhadikin.bsky.social Linguist who recently arrived from Twitter.
Faculty Director of Postgraduate research.
Prof Claire Hardaker @drclaireh.bsky.social Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Frazer Heritage @nounfraze.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Linguistics @ Man Met Uni, UK. I teach & research: corpora, gender, sexuality, videogames & online misogyny. Own views only. Usually in the gym 🏳️🌈 he/they
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social Senior research fellow at the University of Warwick. Researching language, gender and digital media. She/her, vegan, trans ally 🏳️⚧️
Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social She/her. Researching language, gender & sexuality, especially LGBTQ+ youth identity and intersectionality.
Professor of Sociolinguistics at University of Nottingham, UK.
https://queerlinglang.wordpress.com/
ORCID: 0000-0002-8947-9577
Views my own