Sparkable @sparkable.cc Tech & Democracy | Digital Peacebuilding | Prosocial Design
We're a nonprofit organisation working to build healthier social media:
🔗 https://sparkable.cc
Vardon Hamdiu | Sparkable @vardon.world Executive Director, Sparkable (www.sparkable.cc) | Peacebuilding | Healthier Social Media | Tech & Democracy | Prosocial Design | Human Rights
🔗 vardon.world/links
Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social Fellow @epik-ukraine.bsky.social & Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646.
Santiago Álvarez @santiagomethods7.bsky.social Social Scientist. MA candidate in sociology, University of Mannheim.
Peter Chapman @pfchap.bsky.social Associate Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University
[views my own]
Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
Build Up ^ @howtobuildup.bsky.social At the intersection of peacebuilding and technology, Build Up uses new tools for old problems and old tools for new problems. We run programs, conduct research & build open-source solutions for a world where everyone can thrive. https://howtobuildup.org/
💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social “The goal of Marxism is not to predict the future, but to understand and change the world.” -AG
Mutual Aid, i feed the homeless.
Listen to Clara: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHGpFIIOlVY/?igsh=NWNjcGlmZDkwbDR3
Read theory: https://www.marxists.org
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🦉naked alien🪐 @pinealgasm.bsky.social #feral #jaded #cynical #nonconformist #imaginalcell #stardust #artist. professional #spamscamscum #bully annihilator. #outgrowcapitalism.
https://undetectablelight.substack.com/
https://www.tumblr.com/theozzcause
khaleesi @khaleesicodes.bsky.social CCC | Dragon Queen fighting for digital rights | Mostly Coding
Scott P. Johnson, MLIS @scottpjohnson.com Sociotechnical systems analyst, research and data engineering, critical information and data studies
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Constance Chucholowski @constance-bln.bsky.social Tech policy, anti-monopoly, 🇺🇸 politics, geopolitics
Founder, candidpa.com - reach out!
Ex-Chair @demsabroad.bsky.social BLN
Building @indivisible.org BLN - join us!
I stan the EU & the UW Madison every chance I get 🇪🇺 🦡
🚲 advocate📍Berlin
Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social Studying the internet, technology, security, conflict, authoritarianism. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag. she/her.
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
Conciliation Resources @crbuildpeace.bsky.social Conciliation Resources is an international organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies. We work with people impacted by war and violence, bringing diverse voices together.
Alice Palmieri @alicepalm.bsky.social phd student in digital law @ unisg
Coimisiún na Meán @cnam-ie.bsky.social Rialtóir meáin na hÉireann | Ireland's Media Regulator
👉🏼 Ceist faoi thacaíocht úsáideora http://cnam.ie/ga/deanteagmhaillinn | User support queries http://cnam.ie/contactus
11thDwarf 🦀 @11thdwarf.bsky.social 🦀 Self-hosting enthusiast | mycrab.space | 200+ apps, 2 min setup, your domain | Building in public | blog: taskai.mycrab.space
https://mercato.isgudtek.workers.dev/
#selfhosting #devtools
https://github.com/isgudtek/mycrab-tunnel-skill/blob/main/SKILL.md
@timberwolf21.eurosky.social @timberwolf21.eurosky.social 
Andreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social Postdoc @ TU Darmstadt, currently visiting University of Birmingham | Studying multimodal data (text, video, audio), political behaviour and party competition | PhD Political Science & MSc Data Science (Uni Mannheim) | #firstgen
andreaskuepfer.github.io
Ayo Ra @irian26.bsky.social PhD International Relations (IR).
Daisuke Nakamura @daisukenakamura.bsky.social Predoctoral Researcher at @compcommlab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Political Communication | Visual Communication | Computational Method
From 🇯🇵, now in 🇦🇹
Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social Senior Researcher @gesis.org // Data Editor @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🔎 political communication (#polsky + #commsky) with text analysis and #rstats (#opendata + #openscience)
🌏 JohannesBGruber.eu
👨💻 research software github.com/JBGruber
Olivier Y. Rouquette @olivier-rqt.bsky.social Team Lead Data Acquisitions and Access @GESIS
| Cycling | Porridge | Coffee | Pasta
Lena Ason @lenaason.bsky.social Just another doomer. Måtte planeten överleva oss.
Lever i skogen med getter, kalkoner och katter.
Mike Nicholson @mikecnicholson.bsky.social Info Domain & Digital Comms | VA Tech STS PhD (Search & AI) | Adjunct Prof | APR | US Army & NATO Vet | Learning Azure
Anarchists Without Borders @anarchswoborders.bsky.social All antifascists are allies now.
Our community is dedicated to antitoxicity, and opposed to all hate, including scapegoating of liberals.
Voting and political engagement are duty.
Join us: https://discord.gg/EFMdVcGz2S
Manu @manu42.bsky.social Nerd • Software Engineering • AFOB • Fantasy
Sreekanth Mukku @sree-mukku.bsky.social PhD-ing on Global AI Race @Ifp-ude.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social I Critical AI/Tech Policy researcher I Initiator and researcher networkedfutures.org I Interested in International Political Economy of Tech, Sustainability of AI & STS.
ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Communication. Tag us for sharing!
Conveners:
@lcjacobs89.bsky.social
@johannaburger.bsky.social
@alenakluknavska.bsky.social
@olgaeisele.bsky.social
@thieled.bsky.social
@marikenvelden.bsky.social
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
samvie @samvie.eurosky.social Founder of Alliance Open networks & democratic public spheres
Political & Media Scientist,
#Media & #Journalism
#Policy & #Advocacy
European by heart
Jan Schwalbach @janschwalbach.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at GESIS working on digital behavioral data and legislative politics
Angelica Maineri @angelicamaineri.bsky.social Data Manager at ODISSEI | PhDone in Sociology at Tilburg University (NL) | Knitter
ORCID: 0000-0002-6978-5278
Florian Keusch @floriankeusch.bsky.social Austrian in Mannheim; Prof. of Social Data Science & Methodology at U of Mannheim; survey methodologist; (mobile) web surveys; passive mobile data collection
Elisa Omodei @elisaomodei.bsky.social Associate Professor | Department of Network and Data Science @ceu-dnds.bsky.social | Central European University @weareceu.bsky.social | https://elisaomodei.weebly.com/
Giovanni Maggi @giomagg.bsky.social PhD candidate in Political Science @ Université Libre de Bruxelles (CEVIPOL)
Elena Simperl @elenasimperl.bsky.social Academic at King's College London, co-director of the King’s Institute for AI, director of research at the Open Data Institute. Working on the sociotechnicalities of data. Views my own.
Rafael B. Nunes @rafaelbnunes.bsky.social Max Weber Fellow at the @eui_law and JSD Candidate at @YaleLawSch | Interested in Law and Tech.
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Becca Ricks @baricks.bsky.social Researcher, technologist, artist. 🐚 Project Director, PTLC at Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social. she/her 〰️
Prev: Head of Open Source Research & Investigations @mozilla.org Foundation, Tech Fellow @hrw.org, engineering & art @ITP-NYU.
nyc/slc
@tillholland.bsky.social @tillholland.bsky.social 
Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
Line Nybro Petersen @linenybro.bsky.social Associate Prof. in Media Studies. Researching participatory culture e.g. fan cultures, digital play, extremism, and conspiracy theories online. University of Copenhagen. Co-coordinator of smidgeproject.eu. She/her. Obsessive knitter and yarn dyer.
@jazzathon.bsky.social @jazzathon.bsky.social 
Shlomi Hod @hodthoughts.bsky.social Responsible AI. Previously, BU, OpenDP, Columbia, Twitter
https://shlomi.hod.xyz
he/they
Ravi @ravikd.bsky.social 
@stanbr.bsky.social @stanbr.bsky.social 
Lejla @lejlamarcius.bsky.social Private Account. Advocate for Refugee Rights. Political Scientist. Sociologist. Anti-racism. Balkan Diaspora.
Jonathan Stray @jonathanstray.com Knowing things is a solved problem. Getting along is not. Working on AI, media, and inter-group conflict @CHAI_Berkeley. Got here from computational journalism.
Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S), Goethe University Frankfurt | prev. postdoc at Center for Adaptive Rationality, MPIB Berlin | PhD Hertie School
Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI and Chair for Societal Computing at Saarland University. Co-Director at https://i2sc.net.
Niklas Henderson @14henderson.bsky.social PhD, UEA | Game-based inoculation against misinformation | Game development lecturer @ NUA | Cyber | Seeking postdoc position!
📍Fine City of Norwich 🔰
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/niklas-henderson
linktr.ee/nhdisinfo
Georgia @georgidag.bsky.social Political science researcher interested in social media research, voter behaviour, and populism
Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social PostDoc FU Berlin & Research Affiliate WZB | PhD from EUI | Populism, Parliamentary Behaviour, Party Communication, Protest Behaviour, Text-as-Data | https://rebecca-kittel.eu/
Brian Boyle @bpboyle.bsky.social Political Scientist at Newcastle University. Interested in political behaviour, comparative politics, political communication, & computational social science.
brianboyle.phd
Przemek Grabowicz 🇵🇱🇪🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇮🇪 @przemyslslaw.bsky.social CS faculty at University College Dublin and the University of Massachusetts Amherst: responsible AI, social media, news media, computational social science, applied NLP, open-world AI
RT≠endorsement, RT=interesting read
More: https://przemyslslaw.github.io
Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social We use computational methods + big data to investigate the role of social platforms + technology in politics, in partnership with key stakeholders + policymakers. Hosted @politicsoxford.bsky.social + @oii.ox.ac.uk.
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Shir Weinbrand @shirweinbrand.bsky.social Computational Social Science PhD candidate @QUT
Investigating the complex interplay between search engines, GenAI, and politics/news
Entrepreneur's mind. Athlete's body. Artist's soul ~ J.Clear
https://www.shir-weinbrand.com/
Nino Gugushvili @gugushvili.bsky.social Assistant professor at MaastrichtU | Human-AI interaction | Sci-Fi geek 🚀 | She/Her 🏳️🌈
Dagmar Meyer (aka @dagmarmichaela@nrw.social) @dagmarmichaela.bsky.social Policy Adviser at the European Research Council Executive Agency, dealing in particular with issues related to Open Science - all views expressed are my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-0230
Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social She/her | email: gt342@cam.ac.uk | Postdoc http://orben.group | computational & cognitive approaches to study technology use | Views my own | Happy to chat about Masters or PhD applications/experiences, send me an email!
Cornelius Puschmann @cbpuschmann.bsky.social Professor of Media & Communication at ZeMKI, U of Bremen & affiliate Leibniz Institute for Media Research. Computational communication science.
Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social Professor of Computational Communication Science @univie.ac.at @compcommlab
Public sphere, complexity, networks, data science.
Alexandra Masciantonio @a-masciantonio.bsky.social I research social media, algorithms & digitalization 🧠📱 | Postdoc at Utrecht University
Azade Kakavand (she/her) @azadekakavand.bsky.social Postdoc at Social Media Observatory & Media Research Methods Lab @bredowinstitut.bsky.social & @fgz-risc.bsky.social👩🏽💻
Previously at @compcommlab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at 🎓
Interested in multi-platform research, computational methods societal cohesion 💻
Otávio Vinhas @ovinhas.bsky.social Postdoc Researcher @ INCT-DSI, Brazil
mis/disinfo • content governance • non-WEIRD
he/him; ele/dele
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Nadia Jude @nadiajude.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
Thinking critically about data infrastructures, digital platform content moderation and global security governance. She/her.
Hannes Ullrich @hannesullrich.com Economist at DIW Berlin, University of Copenhagen, and Berlin School of Economics
Research on Digitilization, Health Care, and Industrial Organization
https://www.hannesullrich.com
Vedran Sekara @vedransekara.bsky.social Assoc professor @ITUkbh. Previously @UNICEFinnovate & @sony
Working on AI bias, stupid algorithms, and computational social science
More silly things at 👉 https://vedransekara.github.io/
#TechWillNotSaveUs 🍉
Mathias Cederholm @mathiasced.bsky.social Källkritik, MIK. Föreläser, skriver, utbildar, forskar. F.d. historiker. Arb: Alle Fonti. Mastodon +Twitter + Bluesky är mina anteckningsböcker = mkt delningar. Dålig på återfölja, vill hålla mitt flöde så ämnesnördigt det går, inget personligt.
Oliver Marsh does tech policy @olivermmarsh.bsky.social Will bridge worlds of tech & society for money. Independent consultant/researcher. Tech policy, Counter-online-harms, government&tech, regulation, data access, etc. Based in London. https://www.oliver-marsh.com/
WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social Horizon Europe research project testing the impact of evidence-based policies for healthier political information environments
https://what-if-horizon.eu/
Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social Research Unit, @univie.ac.at | understanding (un)mediated communication behavior using computational approaches in a social science framework
Christian Schwieter @christianschwieter.com PhD’ing on the far right & platform governance at Stockholm Uni / Fellow @isdglobal.org / Alumnus @oii.ox.ac.uk / Views mine - 360ppm
Emil Bakkensen Johansen @emilbakke.bsky.social Postdoc @ Digital Democracy Centre (@ddc-sdu.bsky.social), Uni of Southern Denmark
Computational Social Science / AI / Platforms / Information Environments / News /
emilbakke.github.io
Michelle Schimmel @michelleschimmel.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.
Information environments, political identity & divides, computational social science
Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social The Digital Democracy Centre SDU is an interdisciplinary hub at the University of Southern Denmark
https://www.sdu.dk/en/ddc
• #dkmedier #dkpol #dkforsk #democracy #digital #AI •
Rupert Kiddle @rupertkiddle.com Postdoc in computational communication, VU Amsterdam (@whatif-horizon.eu, @newsflows.eu). Assistant Editor @CCR. Fall Lecturer @ GESIS. Research interests: agentic AI and future imaginaries of science and communication; NLP; simulation; complexity.
Philipp Kessling @pekasen.eurosky.social Researcher, Media Research Methods Lab, Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | @bredowinstitut.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, ZeMKI, Bremen University.
May post traces of python and Julia.
Camille Roth @camcom.bsky.social socio-semantic systems et al. / CNRS, EHESS, CAMS
camilleroth.github.io
@florian-toepfl.bsky.social @florian-toepfl.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication with a Focus on Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Region, PI of ERC consolidator project RUSINFORM on Russia's informational influence abroad. All opinions private.
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social Principal Researcher & Team Lead @CENTAI. Formerly @ISI_Foundation, @QCRI, @Aalto, @YahooResearch. Scalable data mining & computational social science.
https://gdfm.me/research
Alderik @alderik.eurosky.social A running junkie in the morning, a platform regulation nerd during daytime, and a karaoke fanatic by night.
Disclaimer: only personal views & reposts are not endorsements
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Jula Luehring @julaluehring.bsky.social Senior researcher (she/her) @gesis.org | occasionally still hanging around at @compcommlab.bsky.social & @csh.ac.at ✨
https://julaluehring.github.io/
Simon Karg @simonkarg.bsky.social 🎓 Assistant Prof at Political Science at Aarhus University
Interested in political hate and counter speech on social media & all things moral psych.
http://simonkarg.github.io
Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social she/ her | Postdoctoral researcher at @gesis.org | PhD from @compcommlab.bsky.social at U of Vienna | 🔎social bias, racism and polarization in media and CSS methods.
ahrkat.github.io
Helen Innes @softpaws50.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow interested in digital methods of influence. Cat person. WWFC.
Marko Bachl @bachl.bsky.social communication research at @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Albert Wendsjö @albertwendsjo.bsky.social PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. awendsjo.com
Julia Mendelsohn @jmendelsohn2.bsky.social Asst Prof @UMD Info College. NLP, computational social science, political communication, linguistics. Past: Data Science Postdoc @UChicago, Info PhD @UMich, CS + Lx @Stanford. Interests: cats, Yiddish, talking to my cats in Yiddish.
Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social Scientific director of the department "Data Services for the Social Sciences" at GESIS in Köln, Germany (@gesis.org).
Professor for Research Data Management for the Social Sciences at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (@hhu.de)
(she/her)
Mia Nahrgang @mianahrgang.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Konstanz researching Content Moderation.
🔗 https://mianahrgang.github.io
Fabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social Researcher | University of Vienna | Computational Social Science | Comparative Research
Max Zehring @maxzehring.bsky.social PhD Student @ TU Ilmenau 🌲
Computational Communication Science 🦑
Researching far-right and conspiracy networks 🕸️