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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk Offical Bluesky account for the LGBTIQA+ Greens, the queer liberation group within the @greenparty.org.uk. Co-Chairs: @melissa.green & @kathrynbristow.uk.
Promoted by LGBTIQA+ Greens (Green Party), c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
Serian Carlyle @serianc.bsky.social PhD student at UCL SSEES working on youth film in the late Soviet Union. She/Her.
Morgan Centre @morgancentre.bsky.social Researching everyday lives using creative qualitative methods. Based at @UoMSociology.bluesky.social
Aleksanteri Institute @aleksanteri-uh.bsky.social Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/aleksanteri-institute
Ella Rossman @ellarossman.bsky.social Historian, educator, and activist in political exile
Postdoc at GWZO ▪️ ex-UCL, ex-UoL ▪️ Researcher of women's movement under state socialism and in postsocialist countries
CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social Exploring the questions that affect us all through in-depth book reviews and discussions from Central Europe.
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/
Mona Claro @mona-claro.bsky.social Associate professor in sociology & gender studies at Liège University | My research interests are #Gender #Health #Sexuality #Biopolitics #Contraception #Abortion #USSR #Russia | Bruxelloise d'adoption
John Kaye @johnkaye.bsky.social Russia, international relations, security, human rights, gender and LGBTQIA+
📚📝: Doctoral researcher, Aleksanteri Institute, Uni. Helsinki
Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com Political communication researcher at @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org affiliated | PhD @unibern | Media effects, social media, and computational stuff
https://ernesto-deleon.com/
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Matthias Neumann @mneumannuea.bsky.social Professor of Modern History, Vice-President of BASEES, Head of UEA School of History, Norwich City FC 💚💛 & FC Energie Cottbus ❤️🤍
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/matthias-neumann
Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social Political sociologist @sussex.ac.uk, writing on #racialisation, political economy of race-making, east-west inequalities in Europe, #migration, political resistance: Reader in #Sociology & Director @sei-sussex.bsky.social
Johana Kłusek @klusek.bsky.social Historian at the Institute of Ethnology CAS | prev. Charles University and UCL SSEES | Czech Anglophilia amid the tumolt of 1940's | reviewer of Anglo-American fiction for iliteratura.cz
Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social Independent, int., publicly funded research institute focusing on Eastern Europe & sharing the results with policymakers, media & public.
Site details: http://bit.ly/41AvEZC | Privacy policy: https://bit.ly/3FoYKnC
(Mural by Sasha Korban in Kyiv © IMAGO) 
Felix Riefer @felixriefer.bsky.social Independent Analyst International Affairs & Eastern Europe affiliated with @uni-freiburg.de |
Doctorate in Political Science |
Alumnus: @unicologne.bsky.social, @sciencespo.bsky.social |
More info: orcid.org/0009-0007-8369-1132
Fedor Tot @redrightman.bsky.social Yugo-born, Wales-raised, Brasil-based. Film critic + curator at various places. Opinions own. He/Him. Email: fedor.tot@gmail.com
Martyna Miernecka @mmiernecka.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher in the "Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism" research group at the University of Regensburg
HigherJobz @higherjobz.bsky.social 🏺 Archaeology, Human Evolution, Climate Science & Palaeoscience Research | 🌍 Culture, Environment & Deep-Time Studies | 🎓 Global PhD Programmes, Postdoctoral Fellowships & Faculty Positions | Scholarships, Research Grants & Academic Opportunities Worldwide
Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies Northeast @reeesne.bsky.social A network assisting students (and the faculty and staff who support them) in their pursuit of REEES-related education and careers
UCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social The @ucl.ac.uk Faculty of Arts and Humanities is recognised globally for teaching & research excellence. Arts and Humanities subjects ranked 7th in world Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 by subject.
Botakoz Kassymbekova @kassymbekova.bsky.social Professor of eastern European history, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Russian and Russo-Soviet colonialism, imperialism, stalinism, post-stalinism.
Ján Simkanič @simindr.bsky.social Publisher at Deník N (@enkocz). Paintings at obrazy.simkanic.cz.
Timothy Blauvelt @tkblauvelt.bsky.social Scholar l International education bureaucrat l Researching and teaching Soviet and Eurasian political history l
Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social Researching and teaching International Relations, social theory, German politics and politics of Central Europe. Associate Professor at Charles University | @ims.fsv.cuni.cz | @prcp.bsky.social | Last book: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32703-2
The RUTA Association @associationruta.bsky.social The RUTA Association for Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern European, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and Northern Asia Studies in Global Conversation
Dr Rohit K Dasgupta @rkdasgupta.bsky.social Associate Professor, London School of Economics| Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow| Labour & Coop Party Councillor| Chair of Council & First Citizen, London Borough of Newham 25-26| He/They| https://linktr.ee/rohitkdasgupta
@obanatvala.bsky.social @obanatvala.bsky.social 
Mikaela Brough @mikaelabrough.bsky.social Information Security PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London. Using ethnography to understand (information) security and environmental social movements in PH & UK. MSc (Oxford), BA (McGill). mikaelabrough.github.io
@utabekaia.bsky.social @utabekaia.bsky.social Uta Bekaia is a Georgian-born multimedia artist currently based in Brooklyn and Tbilisi. His artistic practice revolves around the speculative recreation of ancestral rituals, reimagined for a Queer utopian future.
@onetruerowan.bsky.social @onetruerowan.bsky.social 
Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social Postdoc SOAS University of London - Global Political Economy, South-South development, China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. With SPERI - Sheffield Pol Economy Inst and Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. (he/him)
João Areal @jnareal.bsky.social Post-doctoral researcher at University of Amsterdam and Oxford. Affective polarisation, negative partisanship, Brazilian politics. RTs are performative endorsements.
Jack Dean @jackddean.bsky.social UCL SSEES PhD Candidate | Political Sociologist researching Populism, Political Parties and the Politics of Health | Views are my own | Focus on CEE
Lucas Perez Florentino @lucasperezfl.bsky.social Global | Aesthetics | Affect | Governance
Nuclear | Materialities | Science | Technology
PhD candidate in IR&PS @gvagrad.bsky.social
MA in IR from IRI PUC-Rio
(He/him)
https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/discover-institute/lucas-perez-florentino
Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social Postdoc at ETH Public Policy Group & Immigration Policy Lab. Political Communication, Public Opinion, NLP.
@yazidii.bsky.social @yazidii.bsky.social 
Jan Kordovský @defragment.tech head of podcasts CzechTV / urputně za #hotelThermal / digital democracy / baráky / ایران /
Vojtěch Boháč @svratkin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief and reporter at @Voxpot. #Bulletproof podcast. Central and East Europe, diplomacy, defense and more.
voxpot @voxpot.bsky.social Mezinárodní politika🌍, společnost🤼, trendy📈, technologie🛰️. Kvalita, nezávislost, hloubka. Podpořte naši práci: http://voxpot.cz/klub Děkujeme!
Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social საზოგადოებრივ-პოლიტიკური ონლაინგამოცემა
Socio-political online media based in Georgia 🇬🇪
Olga Doletskaya @oadoletskaya.bsky.social Early career anthropologist researching LGBTQ+ families in Russia, PhD at UCL SRI and SSEES, she/they
Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
"A hugely influential figure on the modern Left" — City Journal
Transparency International Georgia @transparencyge.bsky.social Official Account of Transparency International Georgia - Anti-corruption, Openness, Accountability, Democracy.
Guga Chomakhidze @gugachomakhidze.bsky.social Researcher | Europe, Eurasia & Caucasus | Seen in @ForeignPolicy.com, @France24.com, @cepa.org and @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Sonja Schiffers @sonjaschiffers.bsky.social Director of @boell.de South Caucasus Office, based in Tbilisi.
German & EU foreign policy | Wider Europe | democracy & autocracy | peace & security | feminism. PhD from FU Berlin. FirstGen. All views personal.
Irakli Sirbiladze @iraklisirbiladze.bsky.social Researcher; Georgia, the EU and Eurasia; IR Theory; GMF's ReThink.CEE Fellow 2023; Queen Mary University of London graduate.
@undrawbill.bsky.social @undrawbill.bsky.social Georgia, Caucasus, London, Galloway, carpets, architecture
Co-director www.rewoven.net
Max Fras @maxfras.bsky.social Researcher, international development consultant.
Europe, Caucasus, Middle East, Africa, bad puns.
Not Dmitry Medvedev.
Not quite the master of understatement.
Shota Hintsagty @hintsagty.bsky.social Interested in religion and nationalism, gender and queer politics, and media and democracy, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Doctoral researcher at Lund University. https://linktr.ee/hintsagty
Olesya Vartanyan @olesyavart.bsky.social Conflicts and security issues in the South Caucasus. Former senior analyst at Crisis Group and journalist at the New York Times & Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. King's College London/War Studies alumna. Contact me at olesya.vartanyan@gmail.com
Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social 
Alex Scrivener ალეკო სკრივენერი @alscriv.bsky.social British-Georgian NGO guy based in Tbilisi at @demsecinstitute.bsky.social
"CIA-funded socialist".
Fighting hard for the debandzification of Georgia
Andro @thisisandro.bsky.social Tbilisian in Kraków. Making a relocation from Twitter. Interest in Tbilisi stories, some politics & enjoy a good podcast. Arsenal fan. Not on here to pick fights.
Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) @olyaoliker.bsky.social Director, European Security @crisisgroup.org / Feminist / Migrant / ❤️ punk rock (but not only) / Opinions own / Endorsements clearly marked / podcast: https://www.crisisgroup.org/pod/europe/war-peace
Matěj Michalk Žaloudek 🌱 @matejzaloudek.bsky.social urbanista, zastupitel Prahy 3 za Zelené, spolupředseda pražských Zelených
#MestoProLidi 🚶♀️ #30proPrahu 🚲 #ClimateActionNow 🌍 #TaxTheRich 💶 #RefugeesWelcome 🚸 #FuckRacism ✊🏾 #FuckPatriarchy ✊ #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #CeasefireNow 🇵🇸
Gela Merabishvili @gmerabishv.bsky.social Political geography postdoc at KU Leuven
František Vondrák @rozum82.bsky.social 
Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning @xkuenning.bsky.social Editor at OC Media and Editor-in-Chief at Lossi 36 | Obsessed with tea, fairytales, and international affairs
Sedmá generace @sedmagenerace.bsky.social Společensko-ekologický časopis vycházející od roku 1991.
Czachia based magazine covering environmental and social issues since 1991. https://sedmagenerace.cz/ 
Lukáš Valášek @lukasvalasek.cz reportér Seznam Zpráv | píšu o čínském a ruském vlivu, manipulacích na Hradě, dezinformátorech či propojeních politiky a zločinu | lukas.valasek@sz.cz
Tomas Weiss @tomasweiss.bsky.social Professor, JM Chair & Dep Director for Research, Institute of International Studies, Charles University; research on small states, EU CFSP and Czech foreign policy
Mariam Nikuradze @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social Reporter and photojournalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Co-founder and Executive Director at OC Media
Robin Fabbro @robinfabbro.bsky.social Serial procrastinator and editor-in-chief at OC Media. Host of the Caucasus Digest podcast.
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
Dominik K Cagara @dkcagara.bsky.social Co-founder and CFO at @ocmedia.bsky.social. Pronounced [t͡saˈɡara]. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social Open Caucasus Media — the Caucasus with depth. News, commentary, and multimedia from the North and South Caucasus.
Maurice Paulussen @mauricepaulussen.bsky.social NL diplomat with @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social/ @minbz.bsky.social
Deputy Head of Mission in Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪
Previously worked in 🇽🇰/ 🇳🇬/ 🇺🇳
(usual disclaimers)
Florian Lichtin @flolichtin.bsky.social PhD Candidate @IPEEP_eth & @istp_eth
| studying Mobility & Climate change politics
https://ib.ethz.ch/people/lichtin.html
Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social Droa Party Foreign Affairs. Lecturer, researcher. CEE Europe & Central Asia. University of St Andrews alumna.
Aspiring to foster a tangible Democracy, Inc.
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL and Director of UCL CNET
Political Economy | Inequality | Capitalism | Fractals | Sampling
Website: mranaldi.com
Music: mranaldi.com/music
Cathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social Vice Dean Education in UCL Social and Historical Sciences Faculty. SFHEA. Regular contributor to ALPS blog. Co-Director UCL Centre for the Pedagogy of Politics. Politics of pedagogy and nature.
ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies @aseees.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/aseeestudies
Please visit our website aseees.org for more information.
Follows and retweets do not indicate endorsements.
Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social Central Asian Researcher, Psychotherapist, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Queer narratives in Central Asia, LGBTQ+ migration. She/they
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social For more information visit our website www.basees.org
Tim Judah @timjudah.bsky.social Journalist, writer. Special correspondent for The Economist, reportage for the New York Review of Books. Ukraine, Balkans etc...
Jakob Hauter @hauterjakob.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Postdoc Fellow researching the causes of Russia's wars at the University of Reading. Current Affairs, Media and OSINT Analyst. PhD from UCL SSEES. Focusing on Ukraine & Russia but regularly distracted by German & UK politics. he/him
Seth Graham @sethbgraham.bsky.social Associate Professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Popular culture, humour, literature, cinema. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/2561 
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Jakub Patočka @jakubpat.bsky.social Editor-in-chief & publisher Deník Referendum. Comments on politics, ecology, culture, media. Member of the Advisory board of Corporate Europe Observatory, co-founder of Press Play Prague Film Festival.
Ian Willoughby @ianwilloughby.bsky.social Irish journalist, and Czech citizen, resident in Prague. Contact me at ianrwilloughby@gmail.com
Olga Tokariuk @olgatokariuk.bsky.social Academy Associate, Chatham House. Journalist, disinfo researcher, occasionally lecturer, speaker and moderator. Proud Ukrainian, currently in the UK
Tomas Cvrcek @tomascvrcek.bsky.social Economic historian of the "schwarz-gelbe" Central and Eastern Europe at #UCL #SSEES. Get (and/or share!) some CEE data at www.czoernig.com A #Czech from #Liberec working in London.
Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll.bsky.social Foreign Correspondent at The Economist
www.olliecarroll.uk
Abby Scripka @abbyscripka.bsky.social chinese-lithuanian american-thai studying tengrism in central asia
phd zzf potsdam + ceu comp his
researching in kazakh and sometimes russian
📍Berlin + Central Asia
Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
Ben Noble @benhnoble.bsky.social Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL | Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social Journalist and editor, providing news and analysis on the drastic reversal of liberal democratic values in Georgia 🇬🇪 Supporting Ukraine with all my heart and passion 🇺🇦
Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy
Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social Philosopher / global (health) justice, critical perspectives on East-West hierarchies of knowledge / decolonial, antifascist and CEE feminisms and art / she/they/Dr
RUTA Association (Board Member), CEE Feminist Research Network, IRG-GHJ
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is the UK’s largest national centre for research and teaching on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus and Central Asia. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees
Dr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social Political Sociologist, Decolonial Writer, Central Asian to the core.
Lecturing at @UCLSSEES.
Most of the times you can find me writing or rummaging around the steppe, deserts and valleys.
Fellow at Homerton College, previously at Cambridge Sociology
Antonia Langford @antonialangford.bsky.social international journalist, as seen in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Kyiv Post, The i and many more
NinAdler @ninadler.bsky.social 
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org