Shawn Katz @shawnkatz.bsky.social Writer and essayist | Published in Hazlitt, Ricochet, Pivot and National Observer | Co-animateur des Imaginables sur CIBL
Montréal, Canada
English | français | español
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
Helena Fitzgerald @helenafitzgerald.bsky.social Head of Societal Engagement at Technological University Dublin
Views expressed are personal.
Eric J. White @ericjwhite.bsky.social 20 years an archaeologist, 10 years an educator, now an aspiring and hopefully inspiring writer with an interest in social issues and environmental causes.
Séamus Nevin @seamusnevin.bsky.social Economist, Historian, Politico.
Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social Leading research centre specialising in deliberative governance & democratic innovations at the University of Canberra.
Olivier Hoedeman @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope
- exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU.
Michaël Damman @oncleshu.bsky.social Intelligence collective, gouvernance partagée, participation citoyenne, démocratie délibérative... Tout ce qui permets de réinventer le système en mode bottom-up !
Mikael Seppälä @mikaelseppala.bsky.social 👨💼Senior Specialist, #InnovationManagement & #Ecosystems @LaureaUAS | ⚡️@systemschangefi.bsky.social #SystemsChange | 🔥 #SystemsThinking #Complexity
Thomas Marois, CRC Public Banking @thomasmarois.bsky.social Thomas Marois is Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University, Canada. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Banking for Sustainability, Inclusion, and Prosperity.
Sabrina Hersi Issa @beingbrina.bsky.social human rights + tech + investments
Athlete, learner, leader and joyful warrior. // I believe in a world where we all get to thrive. // I love libraries, coffee and dance breaks.
https://sabrina.ghost.io/
KCO - Centre for Cooperative Entrepreneurship - KU Leuven @kco-kuleuven.bsky.social KCO is a research and teaching centre of KU Leuven focusing on #cooperatives as a value-laden organizational model striving for #EconomicDemocracy
Pau Anton @pauanton.bsky.social Political philosophy | UPF Barcelona
James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social Musician, author & podcaster
Album : http://linktr.ee/makeanger
Book : http://linktr.ee/noisedamage
Podcast : http://linktr.ee/jameskennedypodcast
Official site: http://jameskennedyofficial.com
Josh Fairfield @joshfairfield.bsky.social Legal scholar, tech law nerd, reluctant futurist
AI, crypto, digital property & community
Prof @ W&L | Author | Testifies sometimes | Consultant
Book 3 on the way. Author alignment: Lawful Thoughtful
https://joshfairfield.com/
Aaron Landsman @thinaar.bsky.social Theater person, civic action person, Lecturer at Princeton person, person person. Writing in journals and on stages and in a book (The City We Make Together). Progenitor of Perfect City - toolkit for local power using art. 
Vincent Pons @vinpons.bsky.social Professor at Harvard Business School. Affiliate at NBER, CEPR, JPal. Cofounder at Explain. Column at Les Echos. Political economy, development, tech.
Phil Edwards @marketteacher.bsky.social Using my words and music to make a difference. Singer/songwriter, business management author
Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/
Ella Street @ellastreet.bsky.social I teach political theory and write about democracy, theatrical politics, political identity and judgment : public humanities : psychoanalytic psychotherapist in training
https://ella-street.com/
Lucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social Director 🇪🇺, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin
Ex-BMWK, Jacques Delors Centre, ECB
Julian Lehmann @jlehmann.bsky.social Policy & law on migration, humanitarian action, human rights, out of Berlin/Germany for think tank https://gppi.net/. Also interested in climate & environment.
Posts in English & German.
https://gppi.net/team/julian
Aileen Walker @aileenwalker.bsky.social Politics, parliaments, citizen engagement, news, arts and culture. Former Director of Public Engagement at UK Parliament. Glaswegian. 
Dimitri Courant @dimitricourant.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at @harvard.edu | PhD. in political science
Focus: Citizens' Assembly, Democracy, Deliberation, Sortition
President of @di-apsa.bsky.social
# https://ash.harvard.edu/people/dimitri-courant/
struan 👻 @struanf.bsky.social i'm in glasgow pushing all the buttons, they keep telling me to wait but I won't
Designer @ Centre for Civic Innovation
struanfraser.co.uk
Erik Severson @eseverso33.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at UBC. Writing a dissertation on the democratic politics of attention
Ravo Root @ravoroot.bsky.social Political Director with Citizen Action of New York. Politics, sports, and a little life advice. Opinions are my own.
National Centre for Social Research @natcen.bsky.social The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.
Charles Devellennes @cdevellennes.bsky.social Political and social theorist. Author, Commentator on French politics, Sunday philosopher. All views my own etc.
https://charlesdevellennes.substack.com/
Uta Staiger @ukstaiger.bsky.social Europeanist [literature, thought, politics] | Directing @uclei.bsky.social | Working with @ucl-global.bsky.social | Curating @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social
José María Marín @josemariamarin.bsky.social Lead of the OGP Local Program
Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social Proud progressive and feminist. Parent. Work in Higher Ed advancement. Political campaign alumna. Fighting to make our country more equitable and inclusive every day. Fan of soccer, whiskey, curse words, and traveling. #STL resident.
Arantzazulab @arantzazulab.eus Demokraziaren Berrikuntzarako Laborategia | Laboratorio de Innovación de la Democracia | Democracy Innovation Lab · #EtorkizunaEraikiz
✉ info@arantzazulab.eus
Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social Digitalization & Pol Behavior LMU Munich | Registered Reports @ JOP | Democracy and Populist Attitudes | Open Science | 🚵♂️🐶
Sciencewise @sciencewise.bsky.social Working with policymakers and researchers to meaningfully involve the public in policymaking. We are a consortium with UKRI, British Science Association and the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Involvement. More here: www.sciencewise.org.uk
Rory O'Connell @rjjoconnell.bsky.social Professor of Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Posts on human rights, equality & constitutional law. Posting in personal capacity.
Guillaume Petit @guillaumepetit.bsky.social PhD, political sociology.
Been there, done that.
🦣 https://sciences.social/@guipeti
📄 https://researchgate.net/profile/Guillaume-Petit-2
📊 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xo2X-eYAAAAJ
John Dryzek @johndryzek.bsky.social Political Science Professor
INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social ‘INCITE-DEM: Citizens Reinventing Democracy’ aims at enhancing inclusive participation and civic engagement, while expanding democratic innovation and dynamic feedback mechanisms between citizens and institutional actors in Europe.
https://incite-dem.eu/
Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social Political Theory and Intellectual History. Politics of Architecture and Iconography. Some Public Affairs Commentary.
Posting in a personal capacity.
Texts mostly in LRB, Guardian, Foreign Policy, Architectural Review.
Representation: Wylie.
Finn Heinrich @finnheinrich.bsky.social Believer in democratic renewal and its ability to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s problems 
Thierry Dethier 🌳🦙 @dethier.bsky.social 💚 Citizenship | Education | Democracy | Envrt
📚 (FR) Walkshop https://dub.sh/TDE1 | Climate https://dub.sh/TDE2
🤓 Teacher - DemocratieXXL.be past: CPCP, ViaDonBosco, MSF, Oxfam, Diplobel, AGL
🌍 - 🇪🇺 - BXL - 🦓 - 🇨🇩 - 🇲🇲 -
😎 Books, Sport, Music, Fmly&Frds
Selina Wallis @selinawallis.bsky.social Public Involvement Manager @arcnwc
#Research #coproduction #health @LivUni
#doula #ADHD #ASD #inequality #cce #csa #dv #atheist #memoir All views personal
Mauricio Delfin @maudelfin.bsky.social Artist, researcher and Co-Director of Culture and Arts Policy Institute @cultureapolicy.bsky.social / UNESCO/EU Expert Facility Member / #opengov #culturalpolicy #openGLAM #OpenCulture
Jen van der Meer @jenvandermeer.bsky.social Business Model Design, Reason Street, Associate Prof Parsons School of Design; Health, Systems Finance, Regenerative Econ + Open Social Web
https://jenvandermeer.org/
https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/jen-van-der-meer/
Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity @queensucsdd.bsky.social Interdisciplinary centre at Queen's University, Canada, aimed at advancing research and teaching on the intersections of #democracy and #diversity.
🌐 https://www.queensu.ca/csdd/
Julien Cornebise @jcornebise.bsky.social Hon. Associate Professor UCL CS | Ex-Dir. Research AI for Good & Head of Element AI London Office | Ex-DeepMind. He/Him | https://cornebise.com
Panthea Lee 李佩珊 @panthealee.bsky.social writer, cultural worker, trandisciplinary facilitator in service of life and liberation 🤲🏽🌿🌒💗 weaving from 台北 / Taipei
struggling with this era of social media. currently more at: panthealee.substack.com and instagram.com/panthealee_.
Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Toni Wessman @toniwessman.bsky.social Project researcher at University of Turku, Finland.
Democratic Innovations, Deliberative Democracy, Citizen Participation.
Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social Historian interested in #Worldcommunism esp. in Germany and Denmark.
Danish Refugee Council 1986-2000. Nordic Council 2000-2017.
(Re-)posting about history-in-the-making and #history. Now and then photos. Posting in (not perfect) English / German / Danish
Civic Health Project @civichealthproject.bsky.social Harnessing social cohesion technology to create digital spaces that foster connection, reduce polarization, and strengthen democracy online and offline.
Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social P/T lecturer 0.2 in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, London, + semi-retired. Views my own. Climate Justice, Stop Ecocide, Critical Management Studies, Solidarity Economy, 💙.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/staff/r-hull/
N🚫 DMs - you WILL be blocked
Kevin Walz @kwalz.bsky.social Political Scientist and PostDoc Researcher @JGU Mainz | Studying Democracy, its Erosion, and what we can do about it | https://kwalz91.github.io/
LivePaola @livepaola.eurosky.social 
Philip Peterson @beakesland.bsky.social 
Kévin Saudé @kevinsaude.bsky.social Politics at the University of Limerick (Ireland) - Interested in political identities, electoral politics, deliberative democracy. Gently kicking MS in the butt and vice versa. Spinning instructor, avgeek, Fallout fan
Trust Democracy @trustdemocracy.nz Trust Democracy focuses on deliberative democracy, processes and innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.trustdemocracy.nz
Noémie Galland-Beaune @noemiegb.bsky.social Secretary @lesecologistesbe.bsky.social
Policy - Democracy & Deliberative wave
Brussels Binder's advocacy member - she/her
Tijmen Budding @tijmenbudding.nl Interdisciplinary Arts student in Maastricht 🇳🇱
Max Grömping @maxgroemping.bsky.social Political Scientist at @griffith.edu.au, Brisbane / Assoc. Editor @democratization.bsky.social/. Interest groups, authoritarian politics, disinformation, electoral integrity, trust.
Julien Navarro @juliennavarro.bsky.social Maître de conférences en science politique à l'Université catholique de Lille
Lars Hyland @larshyland.bsky.social Learning technology expert. Helping learning leaders make business impact.
Ronald Ashri @istos.bsky.social He / Him (if this annoys you: good - move on). Founder / Technologist. Empathy / Kindness ❤️. 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇨🇾
Writing about AI agents at AgentsDecoded.com
EUolifant 🇪🇺🐘 @euolifant.bsky.social The EU is the elephant in the room of national politics & media. We stir up discussion. Through articles and playful action
De EU is de olifant in de kamer van nationale politiek & media. Wij zwengelen de discussie aan. Dmv artikelen en ludieke actie
Jan Schoonis @janschoonis.bsky.social Volksvertegenwoordiger D66 | Member of Parliament | Europese Zeeuw | Brengt mensen bijelkaar | Economie & Financiën | Oranje Fan | 🇳🇱🇪🇺🌍
Heather J Myers @heathmy.bsky.social 
✌🏼😎 Vess @vessc.bsky.social Strategy & Business Ops leader, talking shop at sbohub.substack.com
Frederic Casella @fredcasella.bsky.social Connecting visionaries to global audiences through compelling films www.freshlens.film
Hana Sutch (she/her) @sutchfun.bsky.social Co-founder at Go Jauntly - a walking, wayfinding & nature connection app #ActiveTravel #ClimateAction #TechForGood #IntersectionalFeminist #WomenInTech @gojauntly.bsky.social
Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Jamie Neikrie @jamiedemocracy.bsky.social Democracy and tech reform advocate | Legislative Director for Issue One
Subbu Vincent @subbuvincent.bsky.social I direct Journalism & Media Ethics at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Focus: sourcing standards; role of algorithms/AI in news distribution; democratic culture.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/subbuvincent/
Richard Young @rbryoung.bsky.social Strengthening civic health & democracy at the local level with CivicLex and KY RUX. Kentucky proud 🪕🥃🐎💪
Jeff Prudhomme @jprudhomme.bsky.social Way-seeking for democracy and the liberation of all beings
Lori Henson @lorihenson.bsky.social Public policy + local news @ Rebuild Local News. http://rebuildlocalnews.org Wholesome Midwestern gal, Terre Hautean, Quaker.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
www.norabenavidez.com
Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social Recent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ leads research group at WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'
Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social Writer/Editor @protectdemocracy.org. Views are my own.
Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social ProPublica reporter covering voting, elections and democracy. Phoenix native. Mom of two. Send tips: In chat or on Signal: jenafifield.01
Democracy Fund @democracyfund.bsky.social Democracy Fund is a foundation working to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy that is open, just, resilient, and trustworthy. 
Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director @protectdemocracy.org. Former Associate White House Counsel. Tweets my own.
Gabe Lerner @gabe-lerner.bsky.social doin stuff to help US democracy (but not in a boring way)
I write: https://democracynotes.substack.com/ 
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social Technology + democracy.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social Political scientist.
- Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com
- Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com
- Senior Fellow: New America
- Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
- Washington Post Next 50 (2026): https://tinyurl.com/4m95978c
Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social No longer actively using this account. Find me here: https://tinyurl.com/5y7htysf
Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own. 
Oscar P @oscarp.bsky.social political scientist @newamerica.org
📍 NY
Michael Waldman @mawaldman.bsky.social President & CEO, @BrennanCenter. Author, The Supermajority, The Fight to Vote, etc. etc. Ex-speechwriter. 
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social Director of @SNFAgoraJHU, Professor of PolSci, Director of P3 Lab @JohnsHopkins. Studying organizing, movements, civic engagement, democracy. All views my own.
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.