Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social Professor of political science, Aarhus University
Democratization, autocratization, state capacity, cross-national comparisons, social science history
Lasse Egendal Leipziger @lleipziger.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Aarhus University. Interested in democracy, inequality, and ethnic politics.
https://www.lasseleipziger.com/
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
CCP Purge Monitor @ccptracker.bsky.social This an automated account reposting reports of Central and Provincial Commissions for Discipline Inspection investigations into CCP members.
This project is still very much in testing, and any errors you draw to my attention will be appreciated.
Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social Trained journalist, Editor, documentary maker and sports commentator.
Ukraine expert. Numbers nerd.
Almost famous on Xitter!
Coffee donations accepted!
https://ko-fi.com/twmcltd 
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
NIOD @niodamsterdam.bsky.social NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies | Studiezaal is dinsdag t/m vrijdag geopend. Meer info over bereikbaarheid: http://niod.nl/bezoek
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her 
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Justin @jscasey.bsky.social Swarthmore VAP | Georgetown PhD | International Relations, Propaganda and Subversion, Ideology and the Far Right, Power Politics | they/them | retro games | 1st gen, working class, celiac
Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, Premier League and tennis fan, dog and art lover, democracy defender, and pro-Oxford comma. Book and travel recommendations welcomed.
The IR thinker @theirthinker.bsky.social In-depth interviews with leading scholars and practitioners of international relations.
YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Substack
https://www.irthinker.com
Martin Zubko @martinzubko.bsky.social Scholar (seeking a PhD supervisor) | Energy Geopolitics • Critical Infrastructure & Cyberspace • Global Governance • Small States Foreign Policy • IR Theory
(Reposts≠Endorsement)
https://martinzubko.com/
The Weekday @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
www.drdavecornell.com
Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ University of Oslo - MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies - Researching elite politics in autocratic regimes
Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social Historicus - docent Universiteit Leiden & NIMAR
“This will end in tears” - Violet Crawley
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
forever philly, longtime nyc
member @transjournalists.org
TIPS: lex_mcmenamin.68 on Signal
linktr.ee/lexmcmenamin
Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social Political Scientist | Associate Professor of Dutch Politics | Leiden University | Editor Acta Politica | Member Editorial Committee Comparative Politics | Political Parties | Voting | Parliaments | Interest Groups | Electoral Systems | Local Politics
Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
The Unjournal (Unjournal.org) @unjournal.bsky.social Researchers, practitioners, & open science advocates building a better system for research evaluation. Nonprofit. We commission public evaluation & rating of hosted work. To make rigorous research more impactful, & impactful research more rigorous.
Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social research on the UN, peacekeeping, peace processes, and international relations. interested in joy, screwball comedy. custodian of world’s sweetest dog. opinions mine! 🧿🦒
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor
Armen Hakhverdian @hakhverdian.bsky.social Politicoloog met telraam || UvA || Auteur 'Nepparlement?' || Vertegenwoordiging, ongelijkheid, verkiezingen || StukRoodVlees-podcast
Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social Hoogleraar Politicologie UvA & AISSR pop quiz fanatic
Politiek Vertrouwen - Kiezers & Kiesstelsels - Burgerschap - Socialisatie
(will tweet mainly in Dutch)
http://tomvandermeer.nl
http://stukroodvlees.nl
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
DMs open to followers
Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill.
Posts here speak only for myself.
Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
http://jacobtlevy.com
Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social host of @connectwithjacob.bsky.social. weekends 10AM ET on @ms.now. author of NYT bestsellers Firestorm and Separated.
jacobsoboroff.com
Alberto Stefanelli @albertostefanelli.bsky.social Lecturer @ Yale University | radical ideologies, populism, pol behaviour, polarisation, democracy, #rstat, and causal inference. albertostefanelli.com
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/
Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social Your favourite comedian’s least favourite comedian. Buy my live stand-up special at www.gofasterstripe.com/bet
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Roya Talibova @royatalibova.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, studying political violence, historical political economy, and political economy of conflict & development. royatalibova.com
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
PSA Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group @psaautocracy.bsky.social We are the Autocracy & Regime Change Specialist Group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Convenors: @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social and @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/autocracy-and-regime-change
Kasper van Laarhoven @kvanlaarhoven.bsky.social journalist | @nrc.nl | overwegend Midden-Oosten/islam/Nederland | alumnus NYU Journalism & Near Eastern Studies
Ayo Ra @irian26.bsky.social PhD International Relations (IR).
Department of Government, Essex @uniessexgov.bsky.social 2nd in UK for research outputs (REF 2021)
Top 5 in Europe for citations and journal impact (Barceló et al 2025)
Top 9 IR and Top 12 Politics (Guardian Uni Guide 2026)
https://linktr.ee/UniEssexGov
Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
Charles Parker @charlesparker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, @uu-polisci.bsky.social, Uppsala University 🇸🇪 • Climate Change • Crisis • Disasters • Global Environmental Politics • International Relations • Public Policy.
Simone van der Hof @joix.bsky.social Professor of Regulating Digital Technologies | Privacy, Data Protection, Commercial Exploitation, Digital Play, Digital Child Rights | Center for Law & Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden University
Bas Vermond @basvermond.bsky.social Zelfstandig onderzoeksjournalist & deskresearcher | Graaft diep in data, documenten en beleid | Schrijft over maatschappelijke dossiers, veiligheid en transparantie |
Tips: info@basvermond.nl
https://basvermond.nl
Laura Gamboa @lgamboa.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs (University of Notre Dame)
Political Science - Research on democracy in Latin America
Sheena Chestnut Greitens @sheenagreitens.bsky.social Associate Professor at UT-Austin. I study authoritarian politics, security, & East Asia, especially China and Korea.
Non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment & U.S. Army War College, editor of the Texas National Security Review. Views my own.
Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social Lecturer in Peace Studies at University of Bradford | conflict crime and development | civilian agency and local order
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social Quality, Speed, Openness: Research & Politics is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on research in political science and related fields.
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/RAP
Claire Weeda @claireweeda.bsky.social 
Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social Political scientist at University of Geneva 🇨🇭 & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🇳🇱 | Interested in migration & EU politics 🇪🇺
Timo Kos @timokos.bsky.social Vice president Leiden University. Follows & shares news & opinions on #HigherEd #Science #Digitization/AI #GeoPolitics #Culture #Sports #Comedy
Susana Coroado @susanacoroado.bsky.social Political Scientist at Dublin City University researching corruption, regulation, lobbying and alike.
Previously at Universiteit Antwerpen, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa and Transparency International Portugal. 
Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social Professor in Comparative Politics @leuphana, party competition, European politics, CEE, democracy, corruption, radical right, former @IPZ_ch | PhD @IPWunibern #FirstGen
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social Prof at UC Berkeley. Formal theory, political beliefs, democracy.
Associate Editor at @ajpseditor.bsky.social
https://anthlittle.github.io/
Andrea Vaccaro @anvaccaro.bsky.social Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute • comparative politics • global development • www.vaccaroandrea.com
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social Asst Prof in International Relations, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (@radboudpol.bsky.social) 🇳🇱; no-fly zones; IR theory, foreign policy, security, intervention, populism, political communication; he/him
Stephanie Schwartz @stephrschwartz.bsky.social Political Science | Forced Migration | Assistant Professor @LSEIRDept | Views my own
Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social writing @status.news, a nightly newsletter covering the Fourth Estate, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood.
subscribe: http://status.news/subscribe
inbox: oliver@status.news
Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social editor, migrantinsider.com
Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social The Trump DOJ called me a 'dope.' I write the 'Regular Order' newsletter and have covered Congress since the Reagan Administration. Sign up for more at http://jamiedupree.substack.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Facebook Beef
R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy @Georgetown University. Non-resident Senior Associate @CSIS. EU politics, policy & law.
https://www.rdanielkelemen.com
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician. 
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
Winnifred Louis @winnifredlouis.bsky.social Social psychologist from U of Queensland in Brisbane Australia (Jagera/Turrbal country). Stats, intergroup relations, system change. Peace, democracy and human rights, a sustainable world. Director @socialchangelab.bsky.social
Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social Political scientist @ Texas A&M Bush School of Government. Interests: business politics/corruption, Middle East, measurement, Bayesian statistics
The Bayesian Hitman: https://a.co/d/e4QmtKo
Website: www.robertkubinec.com
Bopha Phorn @bophaphorn.bsky.social PhD student at Australian National University's Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; Nieman Fellow 2023 @harvard; Fulbright/Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow 2018 @ASU; written for @AlJazeea,@ABC,@Nikkei Asia, and others.
Carel Stolker @carelstolker.bsky.social Emeritus Rector Magnificus & President Leiden University 2013-2021 | Former Law Dean | Em. Professor of Private Law
Leiden, Praesidium Libertatis 1575-2025 🎈🎶🎈🎶🎈
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se PhD student at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University.
website: https://joenoonan.se/
Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social Costa Rican interested in Politics / Power / Elites /
Football / Maradona / Inequality / Books
Opinions are mine, not of the employer
Joris van de Riet @jorisvanderiet.bsky.social PhD candidate in jurisprudence @leidenlaw.bsky.social | Kant, moral, political & legal philosophy, IR, int'l law | previously @CMLRev @EULeiden | LLM (x2) @unileiden.bsky.social | 🇪🇺 | 🌹 | He/him
https://jorisvanderiet.com/
Orçun Selçuk @orcunselcuk.bsky.social Author of The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization (University of Notre Dame Press) 🇹🇷🇻🇪🇪🇨
Researching polarizing populist leaders and their opponents around the world.
PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson. apsanet.org/ps
Devrim Yavuz @devrimyavuz.bsky.social Sociologist @CUNY @
Lehman College, author of Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey, currently spending savings from quitting smoking on records, films and olive oil
Benjamin Duerr @benjaminduerr.com Diplomat. International lawyer. Writer | https://www.benjamin-duerr.com | The Hague / Den Haag (EN/NL/DE)
Walid Ali @walid5643.bsky.social PhD. Researcher at UofG | Political Transitions | Conflict & Peace Studies, mainly in Middle East & North Africa
Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social Researching autocratic politics, ministers & international cooperation at the University of Oslo.
Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at WashU • NASA Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director • Explorers Club EC50 • eeps.washu.edu/people/paul-byrne • he/him
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social 
WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social WOinActie strijdt voor een adequate basisfinanciering van en werkomstandigheden in het WO.
woinactie.blogspot.com
Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social Prof Int Law & AssocDean (Research) UWA. Visiting Scholar @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Aust Red Cross volunteer. Int crim law; genocide studies; IHL; human rights. All posts my opinion.
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3571
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
More here: www.jamilamichener.com
Sylvana Simons @sylvanasimons.bsky.social Feminist First. Political Pioneer. Bridge Burner. Model Moderator. Dancing Diva. Loving Lioness. Raging Renegade.
But most of all, I’m everybody’s favorite know it all grandmother.
En voordat je het vraagt: ik weet het niet, oké?!
Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social Here to hold my name . She/her / yourgorgoness
- Far Rock’s finest
- expert of miscellany
- writer
- Senior Fellow
- Oracle at Dead ass
@unbreaking.org
Arthur Holmes @arthurh.bsky.social Political advisor at Southwark🌹& long-suffering Stoke City fan from Staffordshire 🏡
Views are my own
Jane Esberg @janeesberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at UPenn. Authoritarianism, repression,
censorship, and conflict, esp in Latin America. Aspiring cat lady. http://janeesberg.com. https://tinyurl.com/56eytm5e
Mark Reid @markreid90.eurosky.social Redacteur @mareonline.nl, (biologie)nerd,
he/him