Kloe Fico @kloefico.bsky.social Final-year PhD student in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at @dondersinst.bsky.social. Passionate about making STEM fun, inclusive, and accessible.
Quyang Zhao @quyangzhao.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Algorithm Persuasion at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam
Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology, NYU. Core Faculty, CSMaP. Research Fellow Oxford Sociology. Computational social science, Methods, Conflict, Communication. Webpage: https://www.cjbarrie.com/
@kkolltveit.bsky.social @kkolltveit.bsky.social Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Research interests: ministers and cabinet decision-making; political communication; bureaucracy and central administration; portfolio design; youth politicians.
Jakob Kasper @jakobkas.bsky.social PhD candidate @ippad_eu, @UvA_Amsterdam | Formerly MSc Psychology @Uniheidelberg | jakobkasper.com
Beatriz Gallardo-Paúls🇪🇺 @beatrizgallardop.eurosky.social Catedrática de Lingüística, Universitat de València. Antes, afasiología y lingüística clínica. Ahora, discurso público (político y mediático).
https://pauls.blogs.uv.es/
Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social Professor of Health Psychology, @univie.ac.at #HPGVienna | eating behaviour, #digitalhealth, social inequality, research methods | #scicomm & #openscience
Web: https://gesundheit-psy.univie.ac.at
Macau Mak @macaukfmak.bsky.social Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK
Political Communication / Media Effects / Multiplatform Use / Platform Affordances
Seonhye Noh @shnoh.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in Communication @ UCLA
Political communication | Digital news engagement | Algorithmic media environments | Digital trace data, LLMs & network analysis
www.seonhyenoh.com
Taylor Agajanian @cyborglibrarian.bsky.social PhD student of Media, Technology, & Society at Northwestern University | Critical media scholar studying the ways digital platforms fuel problematic information, shape politics, and cause offline harm to marginalized communities.
🇦🇲🇲🇽 www.cyborglibrarian.com
Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social PhD, Assistant Professor at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam,
#Political Communication, Negative Campaigning (https://ltw-befragung.netlify.app/), Digital Journalism, Public Opinion, Narrative Persuasion
Communication, Organizations and Society (COS) @cos-ascor.bsky.social We are the Program Group COS within the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) at the University of Amsterdam.
Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor at MSU ComArtSci AD + PR | I study how people detect, perceive & respond to AI/algorithmic bias
https://www.hannahoverbye.com/
Mark Scott @markscott.bsky.social Senior Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative. Weekly newsletter: www.digitalpolitics.co
Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social Political scientist
WZB Berlin Social Science Center/FU Berlin
Web: http://saldiviagonzatti.com/
Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Political Institutions @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Previously @humboldtuni.bsky.social
David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social Sociologist of (queer) everyday security, belonging, and marginalisation in Georgia and beyond. PhD from @uclssees.bsky.social. He/they.
https://davidrypel.com
Kostia Yanchenko @yanchenko.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher | IfKW, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Political Communication, Populism, Foreign Information Influence
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kostiantyn-Yanchenko
Polcom Vienna @polcomvienna.bsky.social Political Communication Research Group at University of Vienna
https://polcom.univie.ac.at
Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social Communication Researcher @GESIS
political communication | mobile & computational methods | intensive longitudinal data | negativity & incivility | emotion | trust & cynicism
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 •
David Hopmann @1864.bsky.social Political communication. Center for Journalism & Digital Democracy Center, University of Southern Denmark. Professor. Magtudredningen 2.0 [Danish Democracy and Power Study 2.0]. TjekDet. 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇪🇺
Jana Dreston @janadreston.bsky.social PhD candidate at U Duisburg-Essen
Interested in PolCom on Social Media
Former Fulbright Scholar at U Michigan
Thomas Hanitzsch @thanitzsch.bsky.social Journalism studies, comparative research, academic mental health...
LMU Munich, Worlds of Journalism Study
Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com Media Psychology & Communication | Privacy & Well-Being | Open Science & Slow Science | IKMZ & University of Zurich | https://tobiasdienlin.com
Veronika Ebner @veronikaebner.bsky.social PhD student, Computational Communication Science Lab, University of Vienna
Research on climate change communication, social media and constructive journalism, part of @cidape.bsky.social project
@icasecac.bsky.social @icasecac.bsky.social
Hannah Decker @hannahdecker.bsky.social PhD / Postdoc @ddc-sdu.bsky.social
Social Media Secretary @mepsy.bsky.social
Research interests: Political communication & psychology, Social media exposure & campaigning, Political attitudes & values, Media literacy
Valerie Hase @valeriehase.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media & Communication, University of Klagenfurt.
🔎 CSS | Cross-Platform Methods | Digital Journalism | Crisis Communication
🌐 https://valerie-hase.com
Tim Groot Kormelink @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social Associate Professor Journalism Studies @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ericka Menchen-Trevino @ericka.bric.digital Co-founder and Executive Director @ BRIC (Behavioral Research Innovation Center) https://bric.digital in Chicago - Ph.D. in Media Technology & Society, Northwestern University. I'll be posting about research software, with occasional #fungifriends photos
Facundo Suenzo @facusuenzo.bsky.social Doctor en cosas. Sexualities, digital culture, technology.
www.facundosuenzo.com
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/
Michelle Möri @mischimoeri.bsky.social PostDoc in health communication / media use & media effects at the University of Zurich
Zilin Lin @linzilinn.bsky.social Postdoc @ascor.bsky.social | AI, Media & Democracy Lab | Human(e) AI RPA | PhD - NEWSFLOWS
Dr. Andrea Wiesner @andreawiesner.bsky.social 👩🎓 PhD from @univie.ac.at & Communication/Coordination @medem.bsky.social ✨️
Daniel Wiesner @danielwiesner.bsky.social PhD candidate | University of Vienna | Political Communication | Science Communication | Computational Social Science
Dominik Hokamp @dominikhokamp.bsky.social predoctoral researcher @ jscvienna.bsky.social and polcomvienna.bsky.social | emotions in political journalism | emotions in election campaigns
Anna Maria Planitzer @amplanitzer.bsky.social she/her 🏳️🌈 | PhD candidate @polcomvienna.bsky.social
@yecrea.bsky.social PolComm section representative
Algorithmic Content Moderation | Inclusive Technologies | User-Agency & Effects 💭
https://polcom.univie.ac.at/team/anna-maria-planitzer/
Hannah Greber @hannahgreber.bsky.social Post-Doc @polcomvienna.bsky.social // Emerging Media and Political Communication // Immersive Journalism // Construcitve Journalism // Visual Communication// she/her/hers
George Georgarakis @gngeorgarakis.bsky.social Moritz Schlick Postdoc Fellow @PolCom_Vienna. Experiments, behavioral social science, cats. In random order. PhD in PolSci @Columbia & @SciencesPo. - he/him/his
Joshua Hurtado @joshuahh.bsky.social PhD, University of Helsinki. Studying environmental politics, specifically degrowth and the Pluriverse. As a Futures researcher, I also study futures of death and immortality. Views my own.
Sandra Geiger @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher | Social Norms & Sustainability 🌿 | Princeton University @andlingercenter.bsky.social
Scientific Director @jresearcherprog.bsky.social & Senior Research Fellow @envpsyvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social
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/.
Florin Zai @florinzai.bsky.social PhD student, University of Fribourg
Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM)
Political Communication
M. Saïd H. Unger @mshu.bsky.social Research Assistant at the Online Communication Lab in Münster
Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social French Political psychologist + Postdoctoral researcher at the @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social (KU Leuven) | Teens, (social) media use, influencers, politics and morality | Poetry lover & dog mom
www.anaellegonzalez.com
aytalina @aytalina.bsky.social She/her, Postdoctoral Researcher
Computational Communication Science @compcommlab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @what-if-horizon.bsky.social
Nicola Righetti @nicolarighetti.bsky.social Computational Social Scientist
https://www.nicolarighetti.net/
Find me on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nicolarighetti79
Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social Professor of Computational Communication Science @univie.ac.at @compcommlab
Public sphere, complexity, networks, data science.
Hajo Boomgaarden @hajoboo.bsky.social Communication scholar @ Uni Vienna. Political communication & computational methods.
Chiara Valli @chiaravalli.bsky.social Postdoc @ ikmb_unibe | Research: Political Communication, Political Psychology, Persuasive Communication, Personality | http://chiaralisavalli.com
Fabian Ferrari @fabianlferrari.bsky.social 🌍 Assistant Professor in Cultural AI, @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
🔍 Governance of AI Infrastructure
🌐 www.fabianlferrari.com
Mathilda Åkerlund @mathildaakerlund.bsky.social Postdoc at Gothenburg University. Researching incels, conspiracy theories, and the far right.
dr courtney tabor @academiuhhh.bsky.social postdoc VU Brussel news & politics 🦋 views are unfortunately my own even though they should be everyone’s 🦋 out of office until 12/31/9999
Ozan Kuru @ozankuru.bsky.social Asst Prof, National University of Singapore
Bio: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/18898-ozan-kuru
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T6KRMogAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ozan-Kuru
Dominique Wirz @dominiquewirz.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Amsterdam School of Communication Research
Media effects in entertainment & political communication
Krisztina Burai @krisztinaburai.bsky.social junior research fellow @HUN-REN CSS & PhD student @ELTE
political communication | social media | news consumption
Mark Eisenegger @markeisenegger.bsky.social Professor @ Department of Communication and Media Research, Director of fög - Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society
www.ikmz.uzh.ch
www.foeg.uzh.ch
Daniel Vogler @dnvglr.bsky.social Co-Director fög UZH www.foeg.uzh.ch / Researcher IKMZ UZH / Media & Communication / PR / Journalism / Crisis Communication / CCS / Loud Guitars and Sports
Dario Siegen @dasieg.bsky.social PhD Student at IKMZ, University of Zurich
@foeg.bsky.social
Thomas Friemel @friemel.bsky.social Professor for Media Use & Effects, University of Zurich, IKMZ
Sarah Geber @sgeber.bsky.social Senior Researcher at University of Zurich
Political Communication Journal @polcommjournal.bsky.social Political Communication is an international journal publishing theory-driven empirical research at the intersection of politics and communication.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/upcp20
James Prentice @jamespren.bsky.social Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Delaney Peterson @delaneypeterson.bsky.social PhD with the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) and the Hot Politics Lab studying domain-specific political mental health
Puck Guldemond @puckguldemond.bsky.social PhD candidate at WUR | Political Microtargeting | Likes cats 🐈
Simon Kruschinski @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social Senior Researcher for Platform data and Computational Social Science @gesis.org
▪️Enabling research data access under the DSA
▪️Researching how platforms, algorithms & AI shape political (campaign) communication
📱 https://linktr.ee/simonkruschinski
Emerson Victoria Johnston @idenarch.bsky.social currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives)
tech policy @ stanford / comms and membership @ AoIR
masters x2 @ stanford / bachelors @ northeastern
first gen 🎓 | 🏳️🌈
hackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social Opening communication science // pre-conference hackathon at the 2026 meeting of the ICA. June 3 & 4 2026 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Registration until May 4th at hackingcommsci.org/
Elske van den Hoogen @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social Import Amsterdammer || Postdoc and lecturer Political Communication
@ascor.bsky.social || PhD from Erasmus University R'dam || Public opinion, European Union, elections, disinformation & AI
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
Lyn Jeffery @lynj.bsky.social Using futures to change the present.
Researcher, teacher, foresight learning experience designer, citizen; works at Institute for the Future. Currently drawn to walking in forests, cooking, scruffy dogs, China, California, and New England 💚💚
Kylie (Woodman) Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social Media mental health researcher at the intersection of Neuroscience 🧠, Developmental Psychology 👧, & Media Communication 📱🎮
Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology, Associate Professor at University of Western Ontario, Brighton & Hove Albion, fantasy fiction, bubbly alcohol, quaint detective series
Doug Parry @dougaparry.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Media Psychology in the Department of Communication Science at VU Amsterdam (🇳🇱) researching media effects, digital well-being, attention, mental health. Open Science, Computational Methods
🖥️ https://dougaparry.com
🇿🇦 From South Africa
Isabella Banks @isabellabanks.bsky.social PhD candidate at IViR, University of Amsterdam | Public Values in the Algorithmic Society (AlgoSoc) | Researching human oversight of AI used in the justice sector
宛瑾 Wan Jin @wanjin.bsky.social PhD candidate at UvA researching algorithmic gatekeeping | recommender systems | Algosoc
Rhianne Jones @rhianne-j.bsky.social Research Director for the Responsible Innovation Centre - RIC | BBC-UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @Digitalgoodnet @BRAID_UK
Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjo.bsky.social Journalism | technology | public media | BRAID UK | RIC @ BBC R&D
Liverpool / Edinburgh
AI, Media & Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social Ethical Legal Societal laboratory focused on the implications of AI for Media and Democracy 🤝 CWI, HvA & UvA #ELSAlab
@natalihelberger.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social
Human-Machine Communication Interest Group @ica-hmc.bsky.social Official account for the Human-Machine Communication Division of ICA (https://humanmachinecommunication.org).
@sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social
Henriette Pohle @henriettep.bsky.social *PhD Student, Communication Research
*University of Erfurt, Germany
*Political Communication (online)
*Public Opinion Perception
*Journalism and media trust
*interpersonal communication
PRiSMa - Political Representation in the Age of Social Media @prisma-hungary.bsky.social This research group (PI: Márton Bene), funded by the Momentum Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and hosted by the HUN-REN CSS, seeks to explore the meaning of political representation in the context of social media.
https://prisma-rg.hu/
Martina Novotná @novotnamarti.bsky.social Assistant professor at @MasarykUni | project: @institutSYRI | online cross-cutting discussions #incivility #intolerance
Magdalena Saldaña @magdalenasaldan.bsky.social Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile School of Communications | Associate Director, www.mepop.cl | Associate Researcher, www.imfd.cl | Associate Editor, @digitaljournalism.bsky.social
APSA Preprints @apsa-preprints.bsky.social APSA Preprints is an open research platform that provides a home for early research outputs in political science and related fields. Free to submit, access, and download at preprints.apsanet.org.
Eliana DuBosar @elianadub.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Auburn School of Comm and Journalism | Ph.D. and MA from UF CJC | Political Communication | Selective Exposure and Partisan Media Effects
Chiara Vargiu @cvargiu.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Communication @vuamsterdam.bsky.social | Elite hostility & Incivility, Marginalization, Violence
website: chiaravargiu.com
Kimon Kieslich @kimonkieslich.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam | Research areas: AI Impact Assessment; Algorithmic Fairness; Public Perceptions; News Coverage
Alice Hamilton @alice-hamilton.bsky.social PhD Candidate | Political Communication | Wageningen University & Research
NEWSFLOWS_ERC @newsflows.bsky.social Feedback loops | news | social media | democracy | @erc.europa.eu | @journstudiesvu.bsky.social | newsflows.eu
Agustin Ferrari Braun @ferraribraun.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam | Studying digital infrastructures, power and media in Europe | No business as usual during genocide 🇵🇸 | he/him
Darian Harff @darianharff.bsky.social Postdoc @univie.ac.at. PhD at KU Leuven. Research in the area of media psychology and political communication.
Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social Postdoc at ETH Public Policy Group & Immigration Policy Lab. Political Communication, Public Opinion, NLP.
Cristina Monzer, Ph.D @cristinamonzer.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @asc.upenn.edu | identity and symbolic politics, computational methods, multimodal data analysis, social media | @ResearchLex