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BISA Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group @cawpbisa.bsky.social BISA Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group | A Welcoming Space for Creative, Critical, and Experimental Research in IR
Thomas Leahy @thomasdmleahy.bsky.social Senior Lecturer British/Irish Politics & Contemporary History, Cardiff Uni. Research Irish Republicanism, Irish Gov & conflict legacy. Also have RR Multiple Sclerosis and Cardiff/Vale MS Society group organiser. Mavenclad since 2025. Views own.
Louise Pears @louisepears.bsky.social Gender and security researcher, tea drinker, farm dweller, mother.
Charlotte Gehrke @charlygehrke.bsky.social Postdoc @hifmb.de working on polar and ocean governance | managing editor @arcticrelations.bsky.social: ‪www.arctic-relations.info 🌊
Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social Senior Lecturer International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University. Connecting with all the other Planeteers out there in all their embodiments 🌍🪐🌊🐳
Centre for Digital Cultures @cdcleuphana.bsky.social The Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) at #Leuphana University of #Lüneburg is dedicated to central questions of digital culture and the effects of the current polycrisis on social life. We rethink #technology, #media, and #culturalstudies.
Harry Richards @drharryrichards.bsky.social First World War historian researching cultural depictions of espionage and their impacts | Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth | Deputy Director of Portsmouth Military Education Team
Jonna Nyman @jknyman.bsky.social Teach and research international relations at the University of Sheffield. Working on security politics, China, & energy/climate issues. Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X. https://jknyman.com/
Clara J. @clara-jam.bsky.social PhD Student | International Security Researcher | Current focus: algorithms and extremism
CEEShub @securityhub.ee Central and Eastern European Security Hub is a research center at Tallinn University deploying critical relational theories to study security in CEE. https://securityhub.ee
Gabriela @gabrielajm.bsky.social Researcher at the University of Padua, Sociology, labour studies. 🇨🇱🇮🇹🍉
@science-bites.bsky.social @science-bites.bsky.social Science for all. "A blend of curiosity and the chaotic energy of a science lab gone wild."
Michael S Goodman @msg77.bsky.social Professor and Director of the King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, Department of War Studies, King’s College London
Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social Professor of International Politics Author of global health books, producer of BAFTA-nominated film, lover of books, Corrie, Bruce Sproodlesteen, & (once upon a time) house music all night long
Paula Bialski @bialski.bsky.social digital sociologist, ethnographer, STS scholar, musician. New book out now http://tinyurl.com/4f29px33
Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
SPIN Research Network @researchspin.bsky.social Research focused on Secrecy, Power, and Ignorance. Follow for research and more. Based in the southwest of the UK. secrecyresearch.com https://linktr.ee/secrecyresearch Photo: Olu Media (olumedia.co.uk), Copyright SPIN/Olumedia.
Shweta Singh @shwetssingh.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, FSS, South Asian University- A University established by SAARC Nations
European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social Europe's leading association for International Studies. Home of #PEC2026 | #EWIS2026 | EJIR | Voices in IR
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social Not a WH Staffer | Politics, NatSec, and Snark - Your Mileage May Vary | Subscribe to my Patreon newsletter for free: https://www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog |
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
PARISS Journal @journalpariss.bsky.social Political Anthropological Research on International Social Sciences (PARISS) - Social sciences journal for innovative, transversal, transdisciplinary & collective research. https://brill.com/view/journals/pari/pari-overview.xml
Dr Sharon Lauricella @slauricella.bsky.social I was @AcademicBatgirl on Twitter. Student tips, academic commiseration and encouragement. #highered #teachingandlearning #edtech #AcademicSky #opened #communication #edusky #ungrading #university #college #AcademicTwitter
insane moments in british politics @politicsmoments.bsky.social UK politics isn't normal. Reminding people of the strange and downright insane moments that we've had to bear through the years. DM for ideas.
Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current
Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social Nuclear historian. Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Visiting researcher at Nuclear Knowledges program, Sciences Po (Paris). Author of THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY (2025). Creator of NUKEMAP. Blogging at https://doomsdaymachines.net.
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.
Spencer Izen (he/him) @spencerizen.bsky.social managing editor @ubyssey.ca. researcher @ Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. http://SeeDisclaimer.com
Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social Associate Prof @ University of Copenhagen. Author of: "The Politics of Mass Digitization" (MIT Press), editor of "Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data" (MIT Press) and "(W)archives: Archival Imaginaries, War, and Contemporary Art" (Sternberg)
Perry Zurn @perryzurn.bsky.social Prof @AmericanU. Interested in political theory, social movements, LGBTQ life, and fungi. Author @UMinnPress @mitpress @dukepress https://www.perryzurn.com/
CDT Europe @cdteu.org Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe 🇪🇺 Advancing EU law and tech policy with a focus on democracy and human rights. Part of @cdt.org's Global team. https://cdt.org/eu/
NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology @nyupit-alliance.bsky.social A global center of thought leadership on the responsible and ethical creation, use, and governance of technology in society
CAMRI @camri.bsky.social The Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster
TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social For the people AI leaves behind. A multidimensional, community-based effort to strengthen local justice movements + build long-term power. Launched 11/19/24. Founder: @kevindeliban.bsky.social Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/techtonicjustice
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is an intellectual center addressing issues at the intersection of law, tech & society. https://law.yale.edu/isp/community
Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com
FutureSpace Research Project @futurespaceproject.bsky.social FutureSpace investigates how practices of European integration shape Europe’s future in outer space and vice versa. FutureSpace is a 5-year ERC-funded research project at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna.
Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social Making data & AI work for people & society. Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter: https://adalovelaceinstitute.org//newsletter-subscribe
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Kate Crawford @katecrawford.bsky.social Professor, researcher, maker of things
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics. Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Mark Graham @mark.bsky.social Director, Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive.
Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social Prof at the Oxford Internet Institute Director of @towardsfairwork.bsky.social Publications: www.markgraham.space Studies: Digital Economies, Digital Geographies, Economic Geography, Gig Economy, Data Work, AI Production Networks, Cities Eat the rich
Jeanette Hofmann @jeah.bsky.social Research on digitalisation with a focus on innovation, regulation and democracy, at WZB, HIIG, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin. Teaching at Freie Universität
Daniel Voelsen @danielvoe.bsky.social head of global issues division SWP Berlin | politics of global communications | foreign policy | human rights | political theory & philosophy :::: views are my own
Julia Pohle @jupohle.bsky.social Research on digital governance, digital geopolitics and communication policy. WZB Berlin Social Science Centre / Brussels School of Governance
Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social Writer I Speaker I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. I Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture; Prof. HST/STS, U of MN Co-Edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk srs. Research-Social Study of AI, Privacy/Sec., Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social Princeton Sociology Prof; NASA ethnography; tech policy; digitalSTS; critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to surveillance capitalism. https://janet.vertesi.com https://www.optoutproject.net @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
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
Lee Vinsel @leev.bsky.social I do technology studies, make the Peoples & Things podcast, co-founded The Maintainers, and profess Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social Latest issue: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/bjps/current BJPS Review of Books: https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/ BJPS Short Reads: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/ Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bjps
UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social Understanding the past, present and future of science and tech. Subscribe to our newsletter - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sts-newsletter
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.
Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social Expert commentary on emerging tech and security. Send us your article ideas at pitch@bindinghook.com. Project from @VirtualRoutes.bsky.social
Monica Kello @monicakello.bsky.social Lecturer in War Studies (Cyber Security) at King's College London. Organising HagueTIX 2025 @haguetix.bsky.social.
Andrea Calderaro @andreacalderaro.bsky.social Director @EUCyberDirect at @euiss.bsky.social Working on Transnational Governance of Cyber/CyberDiplomacy. Also @CardiffUni @EUI_EU
Professor Joe Burton @drjoeburton.bsky.social Professor of International Security (Chair in Security and Protection Science) Lancaster University. Research on cyber conflict and emerging technologies.
Louise Marie Hurel @lmhurel.bsky.social Tech, Cyber diplomacy, Norms etc. Cyber at @rusi.bsky.social & among other things. Jazz and personal views only. Personal website: www.louisemariehurel.com
Mark Raymond @profmarkraymond.bsky.social Wick Cary Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Oklahoma. Associate Editor, International Theory. Associate Director, OADII. Author of Social Practices of Rule-Making in World Politics (OUP 2019), https://academic.oup.com/book/27241
Akin Unver @akinunver.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of International Relations at Ozyegin University, Istanbul. Data Science, Emerging Tech, War, TechnoPolitics. P.I. of DE-CONSPIRATOR (HorizonEU). Associate Editor; @gsqjournal.bsky.social Fellow; Carnegie Endowment Fellow. (akinunver.org)
Jordan Branch @profjbranch.bsky.social Associate Professor, Government/International Relations, Claremont McKenna College | technology, territory, mapping, cyber
Aaron Brantly @afterwestphalia.bsky.social Assoc Professor, Virginia Tech Dept. of Political Science; Director - Tech4Humanity Lab (http://tech4humanitylab.org) Former #UARPCV Kivsharivka 🇺🇦 Head of Research, Center for European Union and Transatlantic Studies at Virginia Tech. Opinions are my own.
Matthias Schulze @percepticon.bsky.social PhD in political science, studying infosec, cyber conflict & information war. Blue Team at SRLabs in Berlin. Blog and podcast about my work over at https://percepticon.de or https://ioc.exchange/@percepticon
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Signal: KimZ.42 https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social Real-time historian of the late cyber capitalist era @TechCrunch, writing about the intersection of hackers, human rights, and spies. Also writing a book about Hacking Team and the history of government spyware. ☎️ Signal: +1 917 257 1382
Justin Sherman @jshermcyber.bsky.social Cyber, privacy, tech policy, geopolitics @ Global Cyber Strategies, Georgetown SFS, EPIC, Georgetown Law, Atlantic Council, Lawfare. Views my own. He/him Book “Navigating Technology and National Security” out Dec. 2025 https://globalcyberstrategies.com
Christian Bueger @cbueger.bsky.social Professor at University of Copenhagen | Maritime Security | Global Ocean Politics | Author | Expert | Professional Vagabond visit www.bueger.info
Isabella Brunner @brunnerisabella.bsky.social Assistant Prof, Leiden University | International Law & Cyberspace | special focus on the law of state responsibility and evidence | drafted AT Position on Intl Law and Cyber Activities | @thehagueprogram.bsky.social
Amy Ertan @amyertan.bsky.social Cyber defence policy @NATO, views my own. Infosec PhD and curious researcher. Former @belfercenter and NATO CCDCOE.
James Shires @jamesshires.bsky.social Co-Director, Virtual Routes (virtual-routes.org) Managing Editor, Binding Hook (bindinghook.com) Author of The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East
Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social Transforming research into real-world impact to advance human agency and well-being in the era of social media and AI. 🔗 TIP Center: tip.fsi.stanford.edu 🔗 Trust & Safety Research Conference: bit.ly/TSRConf
Torbjørn Kveberg @tkveberg.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at NTNU. Cyber and influence. These are my own not very thought through views.
Jamie Collier @collierjam.bsky.social Cyber threat connoisseur at Google. Senior Research Associate at Virtual Routes / Associate Fellow at RUSI.
Dr Natalie Jester @nataliejester.bsky.social Lover of food, sci fi and dogs 🥨 🖖🐕 Feminist. Lecturer @ Uni of Gloucestershire: militaries, arms manufacturers, gender, digital things. Co-convenor @cawpbisa.bsky.social [she/her] Web: nataliejester.com
Elisa Wynne-Hughes @ewh.bsky.social Reader in IR at Cardiff University, studying touristic governance and neoliberal authoritarianism in Cairo, Cardiff and beyond.
Jeff Whyte @jeffwhyte.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations, Lancaster University.
Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social Political theorist, political geographer, now mainly write on the history of ideas. Professor at University of Warwick, work on territory, Foucault, Lefebvre and new project on Indo-European thought in C20th France. https://progressivegeographies.com
Jason Dittmer @realjdittmer.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography at UCL. Posting about geopolitics, popular culture, and cat memes
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
Marysia Zalewski @profemzed.bsky.social - Professor International Relations/Global Politics. Critical thinker — Always thinking about the mess and power of gender.... Wales. Cats. Daughters. More later!
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
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social Academic international relations/political science blog.
Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social 🌍 Lecturer in International Relations 📝 Writing about politics & culture ☢️ Author of Unparalleled Catastrophe
Matt Davies @halcyene.bsky.social Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social (Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social Views my own 🔮✨ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Jennifer Mitzen @jennifermitzen.bsky.social Pol Sci Prof @OhioState | IR theory, ontological sec'ty, diplomacy, int'l history | author, _Power in Concert_ | co-editor, _Ontolog (in)Security in the EU_
Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social Researcher, educator, enthusiastic but terrible dancer, writing about gender, governance, security, pop culture. Views mine. She/they.
Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social The Reactionary Politics Research Network (RPRN) brings together researchers to study and tackle the rise of exclusionary, authoritarian and reactionary politics Find us at: https://reacpol.net/
Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic. 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind), and 2025 International Fellow, British Academy
Mark B Salter @markbsalter.bsky.social Professor, Vice Dean Research and Professional Development, uOttawa; Editor-in-Chief Security Dialogue
Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
Dr. Claudia Hillebrand @ckhillebrand.bsky.social 👋 I mainly share posts about contemporary intelligence 🕵🏼‍♀️🕵️‍♂️, state secrecy 🤫, politics 🌍, and cats 🐈‍⬛ 🐈.
C Clare Birchall @cb-hq.bsky.social Writes about secrecy, transparency, conspiracy and everything in-between. Professor at King's College London.
Mark Fenster @mfenster.bsky.social bless your heart for asking; I profess law, part of the time and perhaps not for long; theorize conspiracizing too.
Jamie Johnson @jamcjo.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations. Researches liberalism's wars, crises, and scandals.