Brunel University Criminology @brunelcriminology.bsky.social Welcome to the Brunel University of London Criminology Bluesky account! Here we share information on our research, teaching, and all things related to our team!
FNV Universiteit Leiden @fnvunileiden.bsky.social FNV Universiteit Leiden is een vakbond, een lokale UR partij, vertegenwoordigd in het Lokaal Overleg vakbonden en bereikbaar op fnv@leidenuniv.nl voor de vertegenwoordiging van alle medewerkers.
FNV Leiden University can be reached at fnv@leidenuniv.nl
Travels with Scott @travelswithscott.bsky.social 
FOCUSdata Project @focusdataproject.bsky.social Data for analysts and researchers focused on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea: https://focusdataproject.com. Here we highlight related research and publications - let us know if you would like your work added.
Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva.
🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social Lecturer & Researcher African Politics, @unibayreuth.bsky.social | Statecraft, Infrastructure, Urbanisation, Conflict, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Red Sea
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social Assistant Professor · Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University · politics & practice of international law · security & human rights · peace & security orders
Mehmet Erdem Arslan @mehmeterdemarslan.bsky.social Lecturer in GCGA, Türkiye | PhD in Government, University of Essex | MA in Security Studies, TOBB ETÜ | Bsc Turkish Military Academy | CT Veteran
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org The latest research in Political Science and International Relations from @universitypress.cambridge.org.
cambridge.org/politics
ApvanD @appervd.bsky.social Coastal scientist, Orioles fan
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social BREAKING NEWS | RESEARCH | ANALYSIS
Centre for Security, Counter Extremism
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Michael Flynn @flynnpolsci.bsky.social Troop deployments. Security cooperation. New Yorker in the Midwest. Semi-competent Bayesian stats enthusiast. Slowly becoming less bad at jiu jitsu. Impatient woodworker.
#polisky #rstats #dataviz
Francesco Marone @fmarone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science UniVdA, Aosta, Italy.
Fellow / Associate ISPI, ICCT-The Hague, GWU–PoE.
Research and analysis on International Politics, Security, Violent Extremism.
Amanda Haynes @amanda-haynes.bsky.social Sociologist researching criminal justice inequalities, hate crime, hateful ideologies, algorithmic harms. T&L interests in ethical AI, EDI, UDL. Fan of all creatures, furry, feathered and scaly. University of Limerick/ECSH. Opinions my own after coffee.
Harmonie Toros @htoros.bsky.social professor in politics and international relations @reading; researching war, political violence, and conflict resolution
Dr. Holley Hansen @h-hansen.bsky.social Teaching Associate Professor at Oklahoma State. Studies conflict mediation and political violence. Stress baker. 
Işıl İdrisoğlu @isilidrisoglu.bsky.social PhD student @PittPoliSci. Conflict Studies, terrorism and civil wars.
Seray Yalaz @serayyalaz.bsky.social 🎓 Bilkent IR B.A & M.A @BilkentIRDept /Ph.D. student @AU_SIS / Political Violence /Peace & Conflict Resolution
Stephen Nemeth @iamnemeth.bsky.social Associate Prof at Oklahoma State Univ., Union College alum, Iowa PhD. Probably just reposts of pol violence stuff, Simpsons, Arsenal, BBQ, and dogs. Hopefully not "a brain smoothed out and polished into a mirror-like surface"
Javier Osorio @javierosorio.bsky.social Associate Professor @UArizona.
I study political and organized criminal violence using Computational Social Science tools, experiments, and quasi-experiments.
Please say Hi to your dog :)
https://javierosorio.net/
Views are my own.
Bart Schuurman @bartschuurman.bsky.social Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
Cait Ambrozik @cambrozik.bsky.social Counterterrorism | National Security | R/Ts are not endorsements | all views my own | caitlinambrozik.com
Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) & Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film.
thoughtsandprayers.earth
https://tinyurl.com/CowboyApocalypse
Rich Frank @richwfrank.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the ANU | studies political violence & human rights violations | he/him | links: https://linktr.ee/richardwfrank.
Harry Sanderson @dr-brightshirt.bsky.social Operational Research Analyst and Military Historian of the First World War. PhD on Soldiers' Training in the First World War.
Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social Experimental social psychologist studying extremism, isolation/exclusion, and social technologies | Postdoc researcher in the Terrorism and Political Violence group at Leiden University
www.natasharwood.com
Universiteit Leiden @unileiden.bsky.social Officieel Bluesky account van de Universiteit Leiden. Over wetenschap, opleidingen, evenementen en studentenleven. http://universiteitleiden.nl
Gina Vale @ginavale.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminology @University of Southampton
📘 Author: "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" OxUniPress 2024
Associate/Fellow @ICCT_TheHague & @Vox_Pol
Study #terrorism, #extremism, #gender, #youth
✉️ gina.vale@soton.ac.uk
Usual caveats
Yusuf Evirgen @yusufevirgen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @counster.bsky.social | Working on Conflict, Coups, Human Rights, Refugees, State Repression
Binghamton University Political Science @bingpolisci.bsky.social Information, Education, Conversation: Binghamton University Political Science Department
Julian Walterskirchen @jwalterskirchen.bsky.social PhD Student, Dep. PolSci University of Gothenburg
Interested in Conflict, Security, Cooperation, Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and quant. Methods.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5587-7075
Andrea Novellis @andreanovellis.bsky.social Postdoc @ University L'Orientale of Naples
Now focus on EWS and international organizations
Also: Rebel governance, power-sharing and ethnonationalism
Focus on Sri Lanka, Kurdish issue, Syria, Turkey
Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social Associate Professor Information Law | Institute for Information Law (IViR) | University of Amsterdam
Unesco expert AI & Rule of Law
Board of Directors Siracusa Institute for Criminal Justice & Human Rights
Tech | Human Rights | Data Protection
Sam David @smdvd.bsky.social Analyst | Researcher | Terrorism and Violent Extremism | Mobilisation and Online Radicalisation | Board of Directors, CASIS Vancouver
Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
Caitlin Clemmow @caitlinclemmow.bsky.social Manages Jill Dando Institute Research Lab for UCL Crime Science. Researches risk & protective factors for grievance-fuelled violence.
Joana Cook @joanacook.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Terrorism and Political Violence, ISGA, Leiden University l Adjunct at Johns Hopkins University. I research terrorism and counter-terrorism www.joanacook.com
Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social International politics academic, interested in security, (counter)terrorism, identity, memory, time.
The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social The Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) at Royal Holloway University of London. Founding Director:
@akilnawan.bsky.social; Co-Director: @lizzypearson.bsky.social
Bjørn Ihler @bjornih.bsky.social Building a threat intelligence company in the depths of the Nordic forest - www.Revontulet.co. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
Geraldine Bustos Zamora @geraldinebustos.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
Political Science | Ideology | Patterns of Violence | Armed Groups | Civil Wars | Colombia | Machine Learning
@liabellafi.bsky.social @liabellafi.bsky.social freelancing. journalist. (Datum, Salzburger Nachrichten, Falter, Die Presse, The Gap, Furche, ...)
politics // wine // literature // art // austrian studies // music // theatre // sweden // organic lifestyle
Alex Schiele @schielonimus.bsky.social 💼PhD student at VU Amsterdam, #terrorism #networkanalysis #policing Associate Fellow at @foepsberlin 🗨Opinions are my own- D Dr Alasdair Booth @dr-ct-security.bsky.social PhD in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security from Loughborough University. Specialist in the Protection of Crowded Places from Terrorist Threats.
Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
Political Violence New Publications and Working Papers @polviolencepapers.bsky.social Sharing new publications and working papers on political violence: armed conflict, civil war, insurgency, terrorism, extremism, post-conflict state/society.
Tag @polviolencepapers.bsky.social to get reposted.
Currently managed by @ilaydaonder.bsky.social
Ilayda B. Onder @ilaydaonder.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M, studying political violence, civil conflict, and rebel organizations.
https://www.ilaydaonder.com/
Sercan Canbolat @drcanbolat.bsky.social Assistant Prof in Residence and Director of Abrahamic Programs at @UConn; Co-PI of “Critical Language Leader Assessment (CLLA)” Project at UAlbany; Associate Editor @uidergisi.bsky.social; Member @MENA_2050; PhD @UConn; Ex @FulbrightPrgrm @BilkentUniv
Jim MacMillan (he/him) @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator and researcher. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Born in Boston. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. Relocated to Cork last spring. Signal: JRM.353 · JimMacMillan.com · Pax et Lux · #SpeirGorm 🇮🇪
Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social ⚔ Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence
📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise
📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun
☞ PhD for war-reporting
☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
Orla lynch @orlalynch-ucc.bsky.social Psychologist working on extremism, CVE, victimology and other stuff - Prof of Criminology - UCC - Cork Ireland
Vivian Gerrand @vivsoph.bsky.social Writing about alternative narratives, belonging, migration, polarisation, radicalisation and resilience.
Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social Writer with an interest in 🍺☕🍴🧳🤘🏻📰 culture, history, politics • #WW2TV SLK • #NAFO 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 
Dr Emeka Njoku @emekatn.bsky.social Assistant Professor @iddbirmingham | Associate Editor @JISBjournal | #terrorism, #counterterrorism #civilsociety, #development, #gender, #sexuality
Calvin Elison @calvinelison.bsky.social Aspiring political theorist and staff member at American U’s School of Int. Service.
American U MA '23. PhD hopeful TBD. 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Nationalism/internationalism & ideology in NA+Eurasia, statebuilding, capitalism and revolutions.
All views are my own.
Annelotte Janse @annelottejanse.bsky.social Dr. | Historian of German, European, and transnational far-right extremism since 1945 | 📍 Leibniz Center for Contemporary History, Germany
https://zzf-potsdam.de/en/institution/people/staff/annelotte-janse
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
Álvaro Vicente @alvarovicente.bsky.social Assist. Prof. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos & researcher Real Instituto Elcano | radicalization, terrorism and prevention of violent extremism
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alvaro-Vicente-2?ev=hdr_xprf&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiL
Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social • PhD Political Science, EUI Firenze
• Visiting & postdoc Radicalisation, ISGA Leiden
•Lecturer International Security, IBEI Barcelona
• EU counter-terrorism, Islamophobia & right wing (online) radicalisation
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2805-5269
Egils Robs @egilsrobs.bsky.social From Rochester, NY. Originally from Saldus, LV.
IT professional.
Volunteer Race Director for Mind The Ducks 12 Hour, CandleLight 12/24.
A dual citizen of 🇱🇻 and 🇺🇸.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
Latvijas Hokeja līdzjutējs!
Ilker Kalin @ilkerkalin.bsky.social Researcher at democracy.umb.sk & Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) | Interested in nonviolent resistance, state repression, gender, and military
Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social Historian | Distinguished Professor Utrecht University | „Fighting terror after Napoleon (CUP)” | security, terrorism, radicalization, crisis | Adapt-Academy.nl | Tendit in ardua virtus.
Hardcore Strategy @hardcorestrategy.bsky.social Here for lurking, lulz, autonomous weapons, drones and the automation of war // Independent Technical Peace- and Conflictresearch // OSINT // @HardcoreStrategy@chaos.social
Adrian Florea @aflorea.bsky.social Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Indiana University PhD. Civil war. Separatism. De facto states. Rebel governance. War and state (un)making. Data. RT#endorsement. aflorea.weebly.com
Michelle Peach 🫐🇨🇦 @michellepeach.bsky.social Former IT Administrator | Medical Aesthetician | Cultural Enthusiast |Travel Advisor | Good Human
Passionate about human rights and cultural experiences. Avid traveler and lifelong learner dedicated to fostering empathy and understanding for all.
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Pamela Loaiza @ploaiza.bsky.social She / her / ella | Interested in Latin America, OSINT & biking 
Shirin Jaafari @shirinj.bsky.social Reporter for The World radio program 📻 🎙🎧
Eyes on the Middle East.
Email: Shirin_Jaafari@wgbh.org
http://www.pri.org/people/shirin-jaafari
CheriWilson @cheriwilson.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Autoimmune Warrior. Extremism Survivor. Human. She/Her. I see you. cheriwilson.com
Dilip Kumar Bharti @dilipkumarbharti.bsky.social Information Security Consultant, Political Worker, Indian National Congress Party Member, Phulparas Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, Bihar, India
Jon Powell, PhD @bafomet.bsky.social Medievalist, graphic designer, web designer, oncology continuing education specialist, cat dad, rabble rouser, geek
Dr. Christine Sarteschi, LCSW @drsarteschi.bsky.social Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social Autorin. Im Vorstand von Lobbycontrol. Politik & Internet. Bücher: Die Daten, die ich rief, Fake Facts, True Facts, Gefährlicher Glaube
Podcast: https://denkangebot.org
Alles andere: https://wonderl.ink/@kattascha
Madara Meļņika 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @aradami.bsky.social PhD Researcher @EUI (2028/29, NATO as a developer of environmental practices), LLM Human Rights and Social Justice @UConn.
Apostle of Latvian rye bread, trains and DIPAs. Wholeheartedly uses the word "interesting".
https://strava.app.link/LuCTWHKh5Ub
Skip Mark @skipmark.bsky.social I am a human rights scholar working at the University of Rhode Island in the political science department. I am director of the Center for Non-violence and Peace Studies and co-director of the CIRIGHTS project, the world’s largest human rights dataset.
Ruchan Kaya @ruchankaya.bsky.social Assc. Prof. of Political Science @AustinCollege. #Oil #Elections #Democratization #politicaleconomy Tweets in #English & #Türkçe #FirstGen #Galatasaray🦁
Alan Zarychta @alanzarychta.bsky.social Associate Professor at UChicago focusing on comparative public administration, public policy, and social welfare in Latin America. #firstgen
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
@patrickbury.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social Reader (Snr Assoc Prof) in Warfare + Counter-Terrorism, University of Bath. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Fmr 1 Royal Irish and NATO PA.
Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social Catalan American; Yale educated political scientist; Georgetown professor. Mother of two. Views here are personal. Reskeets are not endorsements.
Ryan Scrivens @ryanscrivens.bsky.social Associate Professor, Michigan State University; a criminologist mostly studying on- and offline behaviors and patterns of the extreme right.
ryanscrivens.com
Ashton Kingdon @ashkingdon.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Southampton Researching all Things #OnlineExtremism #Terrorism #ClimateChange #Gaming #Ethics #VisualMethods #FarRight
Blyth Crawford @blythcrawford.bsky.social Views = mine. She/her
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen
Website: www.jasonlyall.com
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Joe Buscaglia @joebuscaglia.bsky.social Bills beat reporter for The Athletic. Creator of too many spreadsheets. Husband. Dad. (dog)Dad.
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.
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