Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social Find out more about the Society on our website https://firstworldwarstudies.org/
Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social NYC mom with opinions: UN peacebuilding, parenthood, sportsball, politics, educational equity, feminism. Probably thinking about ̶S̶w̶e̶e̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶T̶o̶d̶d̶ ̶S̶u̶n̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶B̶l̶v̶d̶ Chess (jk it’s always Sweeney Todd). Personal views. She/her.
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
Kate Maclean @drkate99.bsky.social Professor of Feminist Geography, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Editor
Gender, Place & Culture and Journal of Latin American Studies. Chair @GFG_RGSIBG.
#Firstgen. Alter-ego: Elsie Unheimlich.
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
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.
Dotan Haim @dotanhaim.bsky.social Dad. Political Scientist. Assistant Professor at Florida State. Studies conflict, policing, social networks, and Southeast Asia.
🔗 dotanhaim.com
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social Research on Protests & Authoritarianism in Asia | Center for Conflict Studies Marburg | Coordinator BMBF project @postcolh.bsky.social | Principal Investigator DFG project @afpro.bsky.social
More:
tasyd.com
teraqerat.substack.com
Stefan Brenner @stefanbrenner.net PhD research fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University. Media & journalism studies. Research on journalism and verification methods in war & conflict. Also safety of journalists, mis-/disinformation, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories.
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social Lecturer & Researcher African Politics, @unibayreuth.bsky.social | Statecraft, Infrastructure, Urbanisation, Conflict, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Red Sea
Natasha Hall @natashahall.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Former mediator, humanitarian, government official
All views my own
#Conflict #Regimesurvival #Environment #Governance
Zentrum für Konfliktforschung @zfk-mr.bsky.social Center for Conflict Studies / Zentrum für Konfliktforschung / Philipps-Universtität Marburg @unimarburg.bsky.social
Nick Vant (Reuters) @nickvant.bsky.social Reuters Producer
Ex-researcher @ M&C Saatchi World Services. KCL War Studies grad (MA Int’l Conflict Studies)
Views my own.
David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social Assoc Prof in IR at Sussex Global Studies | Student of borderworlds, conflict & karaoke in and around Myanmar | Author of Rebel Politics: https://bit.ly/RebPol
Niklas Karlén @niklaskarlen.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University | Interventions, Conflict Delegation, Proxy Warfare, Civil Wars and US Foreign Policy.
francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism. COYS. kaithaler.com. Author of When Rebels Win https://tinyurl.com/whenrebelswin
Cyanne E. Loyle @cloyle.bsky.social Associate Prof, Penn State, Political Science, Global Fellow, PRIO, Studies Armed Conflict, Human Rights, Transitional Justice
David Cortez Manzano @profdavidcortez.bsky.social Asst. Professor of Political Science and Latin(x) Studies @ University of Notre Dame. My book, Broken Mirrors: Latino, La Migra, and the Conflict of Being Both is forthcoming @ OUP. Proud to have been born and raised in Brownsville, TX.
Vardon Hamdiu | Sparkable @vardon.bsky.social Executive Director, Sparkable (www.sparkable.cc). Digital Peacebuilding, Healthier Social Media, Prosocial Design, Responsible Tech, Digital Rights.
linktr.ee/vardon.world
Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: https://law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
Srinjoy Bose @srinjoybose.bsky.social Assoc Prof @UNSW | Associate Editor @austjia.bsky.social | Senior Fellow @cornellbtpi.bsky.social | Political order & violence, rebel governance, statebuilding & peacebuilding, drones, Global South | https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/srinjoy-bose
Joerg Scheller @joergscheller.bsky.social Art historian @ Zurich University of the Arts
Research on Bodybuilding, Peacebuilding, Heavy Metal, Eastern European Art
Texts on art & politics a.o. for ZEIT, NZZ, STZN, Artforum
Singer & bassist of Malmzeit
Certified fitness trainer
www.joergscheller.de
Susan Brewer-Osorio @brewerosorio.bsky.social Political Scientist, Latin Americanist, UArizona Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict Scholar researching reintegration and community peacebuilding in Colombia, Val's mom, rescue dog&cat mom, runner, feminist, crocheter, tanguera.
Ana E. Juncos @aejuncos.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at University of Bristol |
#EUForeignPolicy #security #conflict #peacebuilding #diplomacy | Editor, Journal of European Integration | Vice-Chair of SGEU | RTs ≠ endorsement | views mine not employer's
Alexandra Cronin (she/her) @alexandracronin.bsky.social Environmental Peacebuilding 🌿🕊️🧱 | Transboundary Freshwater Conflict and Cooperation ⛲️ | Maritime Affairs 🌊 | Energy Justice ⚖️
📚 MA The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
📚 BA Wellesley College
✨Views my own✨
Stacey @philbrickyadav.bsky.social Professor, coffee drinker, civil actor, daily dog parker. Author on peacebuilding in Yemen: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/yemen-in-the-shadow-of-transition-9780197678367?cc=us&lang=en&
Rex Brynen @rexbrynen.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Middle East politics, peacebuilding, humanitarian response, urban warfare, intelligence, serious games. https://paxsims.wordpress.com/
Adam Moore @conflictgeog.bsky.social Geographer studying political violence, war, peacebuilding, U.S. military, geopolitics, empire, Bosnia. UCLA professor.
Author of Peacebuilding in Practice (2013), Empire's Labor (2019), and The Difference Place Makes (2026)
Maria J. Stephan @mariajstephan.bsky.social Civil resistance, nonviolent action, social movements, democracy, authoritarianism, political violence, peacebuilding.
William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social peacebuilding, climate change and conflict, domestic politics and foreign policy || Assistant Professor of Political Science @UCSB || williamgnomikos.com || Previously @Yale @WashU
Cedric de Coning @cdeconing.bsky.social Research Prof @NUPInytt @ACCORD_online @EffectivePOps @T4PAfrica #Complexity #AdaptivePeace #PeaceOperations #Peacebuilding #ClimatePeaceSecurity #AfricaNordic 🇳🇴🇿🇦
Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) University of Kent. Also Prof at University of Warwick.
Have taught & written about political conflict & peacebuilding for last 30 years. Still learning. Living in Peak District England but FROM Belfast in NI.
Politics nerd
David van der Linden @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social Historian of early modern France, peacebuilding and religious conflict at Groningen University. Managing editor of Early Modern Low Countries journal.🇳🇱🇫🇷🏳️🌈
Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social Assistant Professor in political science @Swedish Defence University | Climate security| Water cooperation | Technology | Myanmar | 🇸🇪🇰🇷😺👧
Misbah Hyder @misbah-hyder.bsky.social Pedagogy nerd who thinks about agency, peacebuilding, & Islam. 🕌
Diagnosed as a high-performing paradox… 👀
Dr. Shauna N. Gillooly @drshaunagillooly.bsky.social Assistant Prof of International Security at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile
PhD in Poli Sci from UC Irvine
conflict, peacebuilding, transitional justice, yoga, climbing, cats
Eng/Esp/sometimes portuñol
www.shaunangillooly.com
Maria Martin de Almagro @drmmartind.bsky.social Research Professor @ugent and editor @JISB. Unapologetically feminist. Anti-war. Researching gender & peacebuilding in an era of environmental catastrophe.
Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social Environment, climate, peacebuilding & security plus age-friendly & climate resilience in our Grey Green Alliance. Prof at Ohio University, partnering with Wilson Center, SIPRI, OSU Age-Friendly Innovation Center
Florian Krampe @floriankrampe.bsky.social Director Climate Change & Risk Programme @SIPRI.org | #ClimateSecurity, conflict, peacebuilding, & security | PhD Uppsala Peace | 🇸🇪🇩🇪 | Geriatric Millennial. FlorianKrampe.org
Guy Patrick Banim @guybanim.eurosky.social EU preventive diplomacy, mediation & digital peacebuilding | Build Up ˆ | Visiting Professor @collegeofeurope | Feminist | Irish or British or both - always European | live from Tirana
🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🇵🇹 🕊️
https://howtobuildup.org/about-build-up/team/guy-banim/
Angi Yoder-Maina, Phd 🇰🇪 @angiyo.bsky.social Founder Green String Network (@GSNAfrica.bsky.social) || Healing-centered peacebuilder || Author of "Healing is what makes peace work" 🌿 #SDGs #Peacebuilding 🫘
Lucy Gaynor @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social Historian. PhD Researcher: University of Amsterdam / NIOD-Institute for War, Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Researching historical narratives in international criminal trials ( #Rwanda / #Cambodia / #ICC)
Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com Political Violence, Civil War, African Politics, Security Studies, Fieldwork Ethics, Gender | Political Scientist @Leiden University | Author of "Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique" (https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936026)
Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17
Chad Williams @chadwilliams.bsky.social Professor of History and Black Studies | Award-winning author | 'The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War' | Dad | Husband | Aging hooper | Wu-Tang forever | chadlwilliams.com
Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social Naval Iconoclast, Military-Industrial Expert
Senior Fellow, National Security Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social PhD student researching memories and Public History of the English Civil War (Royalist Reputations) and Monarchy. Modern Monarchy section editor at Royal Studies Journal. Chronically ill mum of 3.
Joe Devanny @joedevanny.bsky.social Senior Lecturer | National Security & Cyber | Department of War Studies | King’s College London | All views mine, etc.
Lauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social she/her | Roman lit, culture, & history (& all things Nero) at Duke | Mellon Leadership Fellow | humanities advocate | catch me on WiredTechSupport: https://tinyurl.com/RomeWired | Read about Myths of Useless Humanists: https://tinyurl.com/HumMyths
Tanner Mirrlees @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Comm, Media & Tech Studies + empire, capital, state, power, politics, energy, environment, work, war, play, ed, left-right activism https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/research/researcher-profiles/dr.-tanner-mirrlees.php
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
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Helen M Kinsella @hmkinsella.bsky.social U of MN Political Science & Law, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, HHH School of Public Policy: gender, laws of war, violence. Feminist. She/her
Minneapolis, MN. helenmkinsella.com
Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social Director of Policy @TransparencyUK.bsky.social, governor at Westminster Foundation for Democracy, JRRT director, and former MP (2010-15). Husband to @joswinson.bsky.social, Dad to 3 boys, and recent King’s war studies MA. All views here are my own etc.
John Curtis @johncurtis.bsky.social Senior Researcher/Clerk at the House of Commons Library, researching Asia, Americas and the NI Protocol. War Studies alumnus. Follow for tepid takes on uncontroversial subjects.
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Kathleen J. McInnis @kjmcinnis1.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Defense & Security Department & Director, SWSP @CSIS. Priors: Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Chatham House, Kings College London. PhD War Studies. Author. Mom. Herder of cats. NATO nerd.
Dr Christine Cheng @christinecheng.bsky.social War Studies, King’s College London. Researcher of war-to-peace transitions, civil wars, corruption, elite bargains, statebuilding, and UK foreign policy. Trustee at Conciliation Resources. Defender of democracy. Padel enthusiast.
Andrew S. Weiss @andrewsweiss.bsky.social Vice President for Studies & James Family Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Author, ACCIDENTAL CZAR: THE LIFE AND LIES OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
Usual RT cavet
andrewweiss.me
Ulrich Schneckener @uschneck.bsky.social Professor of International Relations and Peace & Conflict Studies, Osnabrück University, Germany. Co-Director of MA Conflict Studies and Peacebuilding. Lives & works in Osnabrück, Berlin and Vienna. Fussball: @werder.de 💚
Franziska Stärk @franziskastaerk.bsky.social Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) || PhD Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam || Nuclear arms control & critical security studies
https://ifsh.de/en/staff/staerk
Sophia Hatz @sophiahatz.bsky.social Researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Studies state repression, police misconduct, citizen perceptions, causal inference. 
Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ University of Oslo - MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies - Researching elite politics in autocratic regimes
Rajan Basra @rajanbasra.bsky.social Researching how terrorists think and act.
KCL War Studies PhD and postdoc / CSNS / XCEPT
Martin Ottmann @martinottmann.bsky.social Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Birmingham | Researching armed conflicts and the legacies of violence in post-conflict societies
Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social Lecturer in Peace Studies at University of Bradford | conflict crime and development | civilian agency and local order
Alex Waterman @alexwaterman.bsky.social Order in Civil Wars, Counterinsurgency, Ceasefires, NE India, Co-Editor of Civil Wars Journal. Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford. Guitars, Leeds United FC
Élise Féron @eliseferon.bsky.social Professor, Director of INCORE @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social at Ulster University
Feminist Peace Research, Diaspora Studies, Disappearance Studies, Aftermath of Wars
PI of @re-embody.bsky.social
Co-editor in chief of @jdsjournal.bsky.social
Gëzim Visoka @gezimvisoka.bsky.social Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. Latest book: ‘The Derecognition of States’ https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11703277.
Paul Kirby @paulcinnamon.bsky.social International theory, feminist political thought, “Women, Peace and Security”, masculinities and the governing of them, critical war studies, statecraft, pop cultures, another university might still be possible. Gender detective.
Madita Standke-Erdmann @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social PhDing at War Studies @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social | feminist researcher contemplating colonial legacies and memory in foreign policy | India - Germany relations | associate @prif.org | Editor Vol. 55 @millennjournal.bsky.social
Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social Associate Professor at Charles University | Director of the Peace Research Center Prague & the Experimental Lab for Int. Security Studies | PI of the ERC project MICROCODE | international security & politics | http://michalsmetana.academic.ws
Mehmet Yavuz @drmehmetyavuz.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ K-State | PhD @umanitoba.bsky.social | Peace and Conflict Studies | Balkans | Middle East | Queer Studies | Transitional Justice |Activism| 🇧🇦🇨🇾🇹🇷🏳️🌈🧿| Opinions are my own|
📍Manhattan, KS
Dr. CBS @drcbs.bsky.social Rodneyist. Black Studies. Black Alliance for Peace. Pre-order Black Scare/Red Scare: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo207945104.html
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Nathan Goodman @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social Economist who studies institutions, political economy, polycentricity, defense & peace economics, and border militarization.
https://gunsguardsandgovernance.substack.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Ue5NBMAAAAJ&hl=en
Peter Krause @peterkrause.bsky.social Associate Professor at Boston College, Research Affiliate at MIT Security Studies Program, Middle East politics, civil war and political violence, nationalism, rebels and regime change, peace-building, and Boston www.peterjpkrause.com
Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist. #Colombia.
Stella Ghervas @stellaghervas.bsky.social Eugen Weber Chair in European History at @UCLA. Author of CONQUERING PEACE, by @Harvard_Press (2021), http://tinyurl.com/5fuz4w2u. 2023 Laura Shannon Prize for the best book in European studies. Lover of peace and chocolate.
Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social Research Integrity Facilitator at King's College London. Author 'The Invention of Papal History' (Oxford University Press) http://bit.ly/PapalHistory. Historian interested in fakes and forgeries. Bsky since 23/10/23. / Views expressed are my own.
Martin R. Albrecht @malb.bsky.social Cryptography Professor at King's College London and Principal Research Scientist at SandboxAQ. Erdős–Bacon Number: 6. He/him or they/them.
https://malb.io
jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social 📗 public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
🌱 codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
🫧 feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Theory, King's College London. Writing a global history and philosophy of unions (Allen Lane/Oxford) and PI for DERISK https://www.derisk.org.uk/
Bobby Duffy @bobbyduffy.bsky.social Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne.bsky.social hypercurious :) I write about personal science, systematic curiosity, experimental thinking ꩜⋆✦ • author of Tiny Experiments • researcher at King’s College London & founder of Ness Labs ⇢ https://nesslabs.com
Tamsin Edwards @flimsin.bsky.social Professor of Climate Change, King's College London. Climate science, communication, recovering/managing ME/CFS. 🏳️🌈 🇦🇶 🧊
Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social Assistant Prof in Int History @UniUtrecht / Visiting Research Fellow @WarStudies King's College London / Into history of international law, courts and dogs. Lives in and loves Den Haag <3
Nina Obermeier @ninaobermeier.com Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics at King's College London. International political economy, European politics, globalization, immigration, populism, and Eurovision (which combines all of the above). www.ninaobermeier.com 
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (no, not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Natasha Kuhrt @natashakuhrt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Co-founder, co-Convenor BISA WG East European/Eurasian security. Research interests: Russian foreign,security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
Event invites & updates ➡️ https://kcl.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1fbc849719098ca1a31f3263e&id=9ba63cb1ff
Alice Hutchings @message4bob.bsky.social Professor of Emergent Harms, Department of Computer Science & Technology, University of Cambridge
Director, Cambridge Cybercrime Centre
Fellow and Director of Studies, King's College
she/her