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Stefan Feuerriegel @sfeuerriegel.bsky.social Professor at LMU Munich | Institute of AI in Management ++ We develop artificial intelligence for impact ++
https://www.som.lmu.de/ai/en/index.html
Sophie Schmalenberger @soschma.bsky.social Researching the far-right in (Eastern) Germany, memory politics, affect and antisemitism.
👩💻Aarhus University & Uni Duisburg-Essen
Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social Official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association (@auspsa.bsky.social). Find us at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cajp20
Marvin Stein @marvinstein.bsky.social Political scientist (Uni Leipzig): political sociology, political psychology and empirical attitudinal research in the field of populism, conspiracy ideology and right-wing extremism | @protestinstitut.bsky.social @efbisachsen.bsky.social
SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social Open archive of social science. Free. Academy owned. Posts by director Philip N. Cohen. Say it: so-SHAR-kive (soʊʃɑrkaɪv). Website: socarxiv.org. New papers post at: https://bsky.app/profile/socarxivbot.bsky.social
NordMedia Network @nordmedianetwork.bsky.social We provide inspiration and information for media and communication researchers in the Nordic region. Operated by Nordicom at the University of Gothenburg in collaboration with the University of Bergen, Norway.
🔗 https://nordmedianetwork.org
Hugo Ekström @hugoekstrom.bsky.social Doctoral Candidate in Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg. Study how far-right and adjacent online discourses gain legitimacy and become normalised in mainstream digital communication.
Julia Smirnova @jsmirnova.bsky.social Senior researcher for @cemas.io. Disinfo, extremism, technology. Previously, @isdglobal and journalist writing for @spiegel, @zeit, @welt. Alumna @warstudies
@dprex.bsky.social @dprex.bsky.social 
Ayse (Aisha) Lokman @aysed.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University; Political Com & Computational Methods. Middle Easterner, she/her
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
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/
Imogen Richards @imogenrichards.bsky.social Lecturer & researcher in criminology https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zyAtjbEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Peter Pomerantsev @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social Author and Johns Hopkins Agora Fellow
https://t.co/Gea41bGhz9
Charles Ess @djchuck.bsky.social Professor emeritus, focusing still on philosophy and ethics of technology vis-a-vis cultures, etc.
Jakob Linaa Jensen @jakoblinaa.bsky.social Director of @centre_f_inet . Ass. professor & Head of Research Program Media,Comm,Soc. @AarhusUni Denmark.
Author of The Medieval Internet, Emerald 2020.
Digital Trust & Safety Partnership @dtspartnership.bsky.social Leading technology companies committed to developing industry best practices to ensure consumer safety and trust when using digital services. dtspartnership.org
Josephine Quinn @josephinequinn.bsky.social Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). Photos by Sukant Deepak (in Jaipur, 2024) and Carlotta Cardana (at St John's College, Cambridge, 2025).
Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social Senior defense correspondent at POLITICO Europe in Paris. lkayali@politico.eu
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina berät Politik und Gesellschaft unabhängig zu wichtigen Zukunftsthemen.
Impressum: http://leopoldina.org/impressum
Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social Books on The European Idea and German images of Ireland. Co-ed Reclaiming the European Street by MDH. Contributor https://thecurrency.news
Member @redico.eu www.redico.eu
Join the research hub: hub.redico.eu
Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social Co-Director at Center for Digital Narrative, Univ of Bergen. Lead research project AI STORIES (ERC Advanced Grant). Australian and Norwegian. Blogging at jilltxt.net since 2000.
Anja Bechmann @anjabechmann.bsky.social Researching collective behavior in AI-powered communication, Professor & Director of DATALAB - Center for Digital Social Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. PI: SoMe Influence project https://dff.dk/, member https://royalacademy.dk/. 
Lea Frühwirth @leafruehwirth.bsky.social All things digital discourse and its impact on society and politics | Disinformation & Propaganda | Senior Researcher @ CeMAS
Stefanie Sirén-Heikel @mssiren.bsky.social Doctoral/Project Researcher 🕊️@helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Inter(dis)secting #journalism #AI #sociomateriality
Big picture, middle ground, grey area. Rev2. Views mine.
Johann Wadephul @aussenminister.diplo.de Außenminister der Bundesrepublik Deutschland | Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany
Amy Ross Arguedas @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @reutersinstitute.bsky.social | Northwestern University and Universidad de Costa Rica alum | Usual disclaimers 
Frederik Mallon @freddy.volksverpetzer.de he/him, Ostdeutscher, Antifaschist |
Chef von @pruefpunkt.org Redakteur @volksverpetzer.de |
Politikwissenschaften Uni Leipzig |
Denke über Zahlen nach und schreibe manchmal darüber bei MnD Politics
Harald Sick @haraldsick.bsky.social Network Scientist @idz-jena.bsky.social and @machine-vs-rage.bsky.social &
Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz | Right-Wing Extremism | Lobbyism | Social Network Analysis | QCA | Data Science
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Saganism @sagan.bsky.social Science. Philosophy. The cosmic perspective.
ZDF Magazin Royale @zdfmagaz.in Das Leitmagazin für die Meinungsführer unter den Opinionleadern. Member of the Quality Alliance! | http://ly.zdf.de/impressum | http://ly.zdf.de/netiquette
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social The 12th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) will be held in Burlington, Vermont July 28-31 2026
Website: https://ic2s2-2026.org/
Digital Science @digital-science.com We're an AI-focused technology company providing innovative solutions to complex challenges faced by researchers, universities, funders, industry & publishers. When we solve problems together, we drive progress for all.
🔗 www.digital-science.com
Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social The Journal of Democracy: The smartest analysis on democracy and authoritarianism around the world. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. https://linkin.bio/jodemocracy
TU Braunschweig @tu-braunschweig.de Hier postet das Team Presse und Kommunikation der Technischen Universität Braunschweig.
Impressum: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/impressum
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social dsa40collaboratory.eu | joint project by the @europeannewschool.bsky.social and the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com A project of The Center For Scientific Integrity https://centerforscientificintegrity.org/
Daily newsletter http://eepurl.com/bNRlUn
Database http://retractiondatabase.org
Tips team@retractionwatch.com (better than @ replies)
EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social The European Political Science Society: the not-for-profit professional association for political science in Europe and beyond
https://epssnet.org/
Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social 🅰️ 🇧🇪| Politicoloog | PhD | @m2p_be @UAntwerpen | @SciencePoULB | Chair @ECPR_Polcom | Political Communication, Parties, Populism, Voting
Classic Web @classicweb.site Screenshots of classic websites and blogs from Dot-Com, Web 2.0 and the 2010s.
Brought to you by the internet history site https://cybercultural.com
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://indieweb.social/@classicweb, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
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Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI.
Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
Cristina Criddle @criddle.bsky.social Writing about AI for the Financial Times in San Francisco — 📧 Cristina.criddle@ft.com 📱 signal - @criddle.67
Danica Radovanović @danicaradovanovic.bsky.social • digital media & society. senior researcher.
• Writer.
• new book Digital Literacy and Inclusion @SpringerNature
• GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, former ITU, UiO, OII
• https://www.danicar.info
German Internet Panel (GIP) @gip.uni-mannheim.de A scientific, probability-based online panel and survey infrastructure at the University of Mannheim that enables researchers to field their own question modules.
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/gip/
Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.
DSA Observatory @dsaobservatory.bsky.social The Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory is a project run by the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. See more of our work and information about our expert workshops and seminars at dsa-observatory.eu
The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social The Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS) at Linköping University conducts big-data influenced research on important social, political, and cultural matters.
https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/iei/ias
Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org The Social Science Research Council is an independent nonprofit that for 100 years has mobilized social & behavioral science for global policy impact. ssrc.org
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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social Associate professor at Leiden University. Political economy, migration, welfare states 🇨🇭🇵🇹 🇳🇱 http://alexandreafonso.me
Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social 📊🗺🗳 Poll aggregation and election analysis in Europe #EP2029
📧 contact@europeelects.eu
GLOBSEC @globsec.org Think-tank, organiser of the annual GLOBSEC Forum on foreign policy, security, European affairs, and economy.
🔗 www.globsec.org
Taskmaster @taskmaster.tv Official account for #Taskmaster.
Watch full episodes on YouTube and Channel4.com.
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play 🎷 in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
Übermedien @uebermedien.de Das Magazin für Medienkritik. Seit 2016.
Jetzt unterstützen: https://uebermedien.de/abo/
Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Leipzig U
Institute of Analytical Sociology, Linköping U
Studying cultural dynamics, networks, and cities
www.keuschnigg.org
Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social I'm a senior correspondent for Science, trying to explain to scientists how government works.
Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social Your Party MP for Coventry South 🌹
coventrysouth@parliament.uk
Promoted by Zarah Sultana at CWU South Midlands, Coventry, CV1 3EG
Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social Associate Professor Northwestern University in Qatar | Studies Disinfo, Digital Repression & Gulf Politics | Author Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East (Hurst & OUP) Political Repression in Bahrain (Cambridge University Press) | Cat Fancier
Spark @sprk.so The shortform social app with AT Protocol at its core.
Now in open beta: sprk.so
Built with love in Brooklyn, New York.
Questions? Thoughts? Cupcake recipes? hello@sprk.so
Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social Associate Professor in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Research interests: Journalism, Media effects, and Public opinion.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Lotem Halevy @lotemhalevy.bsky.social Writing a book (+ some papers): "The Liberal Origins of Fascism"
Postdoc at the Cluster of Excellence, The Politics of Inequality
PhD from Penn, via many places
The political origins of hate: parties, voting rights, historical data, CEE
lotemhalevy.com
Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture. knotopoulos@businessinsider.com
⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) @patcon.bsky.social & this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #complexity #plurality #democracy #civictech @CivicTechTO cfndr. @g0vtw fan. early pol.is cntrbtr. ex: biochemst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop @nwspk @gc_talent
🏡 SF/Tkaronto/NOLA/London
🔗 nodescription.net/notes
Colin Megill @colinmegill.com Cofounder pol.is
President compdemocracy.org
San Francisco, CA
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social Our mission is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.
Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com Professor of Politics at Flinders University in Adelaide | 🇮🇪🇦🇺 | populism and party youth wings | https://duncanmcdonnell.com/
Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation @bidt.bsky.social Digitale Transformation verstehen – Zukunft im Dialog gestalten 🤝
Das Bayerische Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation (bidt) ist ein Institut der @badw.de.
🔒 https://www.bidt.digital/datenschutzerklaerung/
Dr. Manisha Ganguly @manisha.bsky.social The Guardian's investigations correspondent & visual forensics lead. Currently writing a book. tech x conflict x human rights. friend to cats. manishaganguly.com
Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social Critical inquiry with and about the digital. 💾
Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London.
https://kingsdh.net/
https://kcl.ac.uk/ddh
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/
Nina Kolleck @ninakolleck.bsky.social Professor Uni Potsdam | director ERC project | education & political scientist
Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social Forschungsinstitut: Research for the Digital Age 🔎 | Gesellschaft und Digitalisierung 💻 | #TeamCAIS 👥| Bochum 🏙️| Willkommen beim #CAIS!
🌐 Website: https://www.cais-research.de/
📌 Impressum: https://www.cais-research.de/impressum/
HateAid @hateaid.org Denn Menschenrecht gilt auch digital. Wir engagieren uns für Betroffene von Online-Hass und die Demokratie im Netz. Unterstütze hier: https://hateaid.org/spenden
Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen @ndmedienmacher.bsky.social Für mehr Vielfalt in den Medien. Mach jetzt mit: https://wonderl.ink/@neuemedienmachx
The American Sunlight Project @americansunlight.org We're increasing the cost of lies that undermine democracy ☀️
Read our analysis: https://americansunlight.substack.com/
Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/americansunlightproject
Support our work: https://www.americansunlight.org/donate
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social writing about politics + the internet
formerly: @wired.com, @theverge.com
DMs open, Signal: makenakelly.32
FAQ, Instagram, + everything else at linktr.ee/makenakelly
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her)
www.catherinedevries.eu
Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Steven Levy @stevenlevy.bsky.social Still writing. Editor at Large WIRED. Hackers, Crypto, Facebook: The Inside Story, Insanely Great and other books. Signal: stevenlevy.72
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Far Right Analysis Network @franetwork.bsky.social We are a network of scholars focusing on the rise of populism and the far right
Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social The Center for Critical Democracy Studies at the American University of Paris fosters an interdisciplinary approach to questions of democracy.
Website: aup.edu/critical-democracy
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hufc6n
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share 
Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social Radically rethinking power relationships between digital technologies, society, and the planet | 📍 University of Cambridge | Sign-up to our mailing list ➡️ http://tinyurl.com/minderoocambs | Latest: https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
Sage Journals @journals.sagepub.com News and research from Sage Journals at Sage. #SageJournals
journals.sagepub.com
Juliana Chueri @julianachueri.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at VU Amsterdam | Latinoamericana
Platforms & Society @platformsnsociety.bsky.social Platforms & Society hosts critical social science and humanities research on platforms and platformization, examining their impacts on and embeddedness in economies, cultures, and institutions around the world.