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Kristen Harkness @kristenharkness.bsky.social Professor, School of IR, University of St. Andrews; researching authoritarianism, ethnicity, militaries, conflict, and democratisation.
Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR at University of St Andrews | Historian of war | Award-winning author | Series editor, War & the British Empire (McGill-Queen's UP) | I research the First World War, military innovation & learning, and gossip in the armed forces.
Andreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social Politics, Africa, restitution governance, power sharing, democracy-autocracy and more... 
Soeren Henn @soerenhenn.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Development Economics, Economic History.
soerenhenn.com
Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social Associate Professor at Wageningen University. Political ecologist working on militarization, conflict and war. PI of Veni/NWO project on wounded landscapes - https://www.wur.nl/en/show/wounded-landscapes-1.htm
Judith Verweijen @judithverweijen.bsky.social Assistant professor at Utrecht University. Researching militarization, resource conflict & violence at the intersection of conflict studies, political ecology & geography. Focus on eastern DRC.
Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives.
Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
CSTPV @cstpv.bsky.social Based at the University of St Andrews the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence is Europe's oldest Centre of its kind.
Anette Stimmer @anettestimmer.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in International Relations at St Andrews | Co-Director Centre for Global Law and Governance
International Law, Norms, International Security, IOs (United Nations)
Kasper Hoffmann @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. Conducts research on nexus between armed conflict, resources and identity. DR Congo, Uganda and Myanmar.
Mélanie Gouby @melaniegouby.bsky.social 📝 Journalist(e)
🌿 Nat Geo Explorer
🎥 Filmmaker
www.melaniegouby.com
Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social Researcher, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg & MIASA, Accra
Subjective security, conflict, qual comparison / Centrafrique, Lebanon, Somaliland, Haiti
Book: Security Arena in Africa
https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/staff/glawion-dr-tim
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
Bernhard Blumenau @bblumenau.bsky.social Historian (terrorism, intern. cooperation, diplomacy & German foreign policy). Senior Lecturer at CSTPV/ School of IR, University of St Andrews. Young Academy of Scotland Member.Views my own https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-relations/people/bb57/
Allard Duursma @allardduursma.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Conflict Management and International Relations at ETH Zurich, working on mediation & peacekeeping. Editor-in-Chief of International Peacekeeping
Øystein H. Rolandsen @ohrolandsen.bsky.social Prof. at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) https://www.prio.org/people/4704
No glib quips, just a list of some interests: mediation, security assistance, organised violence, foreign interventions, culture, South/Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sahel.
Jerome Drevon @jeromed.bsky.social Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Last book on HTS's rise to power in Syria, Transformed by the People
Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social West African politics maniac. Bissau-Conakry-Dakar-Banjul & all things Boko Haram. https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/membre/vincent-foucher/
https://afriquexxi.info/
https://polaf.hypotheses.org/la-revue
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Zinab Attai @zinab.bsky.social PhDing @Cornell | NSF GRFP & @gsslab.bsky.social fellow | I study rebel state-building, conflict, & gender in MENA + Afghanistan #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Prof Nic Cheeseman @fromagehomme.bsky.social Prof of Democracy, Director @CEDAR_Bham at @unibirmingham, founder @AfricaDemocracy, columnist @TheAfricaReport, collab with @thecontinent_, retwts not...
Devon E. A. Curtis @deacurtis.bsky.social Global politics, peace and conflict studies, African politics, peace interventions, African Great Lakes. At POLIS, the Centre of African Studies and Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Nina Wilen @ninawilen.bsky.social Dir. Africa Program Egmont Institute, Assoc Prof Lund University, xEIC International Peacekeeping. Research on military, Sahel & Great Lakes, peacekeeping, gender, interventions
Conflict Research Group @crg-ugent.bsky.social The Conflict Research Group is a multidisciplinary research unit at Ghent University. We are primarily interested in the micro-level dynamics of conflict.
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social Historian of African Great Lakes | Associate Professor history @ugent | associate editor @CJAS_RCEA | Academic mom. I got very lucky.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959
Anna Schmauder @annateesch.bsky.social #Sahel Researcher & analyst working on armed groups + hybrid orders in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger - currently adviser at http://stabilisation-platform.de/en / Non-Resident Fellow GPPi https://gppi.net/team/anna-schmauder/ thru-hiker 22/23
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
Bram Verelst @bramverelst.bsky.social Research and analysis, mostly Great Lakes Region.
Maria Amjad @mariaamjad.bsky.social Lecturer @PolSci Leiden; PhD in Security, Risk and Vulnerability 2025.
#peaceprocesses; #rebeldiplomacy; #civilwar; #Afghanistan; #Pakistan #HistoricalInstitutionalism
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/maria-amjad
Romain Malejacq @afghanopoly.bsky.social Associate Prof @RadboudPol @CICAM_RU - @FBAFolke Research Working Groups 2023-2027 - PhD @PoliSciatNU @sciencespo - political violence, NSAGs, #Afghanistan
Randi Solhjell @randisolhjell.bsky.social Social scientists | global criminology | IR | political anthropology | fan of interdisciplinary research | working at University of Oslo
@jasonkstearns.bsky.social @jasonkstearns.bsky.social 
Simon Turner @simonturneranthro.bsky.social Professor of Social Anthropology, Lund University. Political anthropology, crisis, migration, anticipation, humanitarianism. Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya. Embarking on a project on preppers in Sweden.
Kristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social Professor @iobua.bsky.social, @uantwerpen.be
Senior Associate Fellow @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
Researching conflict, governance and geopolitics in Central & Eastern Africa
DRC / Uganda
www.kristoftiteca.com
MaggieDwyer.bsky.social @maggiedwyer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh; Research on military and politics in Africa, peacekeeping, conflict, interventions.
Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) at the University of Oxford
Malte Riemann @malteriemann.bsky.social Assistant Professor in War, Peace, and Justice at Leiden University
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/malte-riemann#tab-1
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/security-studies/book277843 
Koen Vlassenroot @kvlassen.bsky.social Director of Conflict Research Group • Professor at Ghent University • civil war • armed groups • international intervention • cycling
Christoph N. Vogel @ethuin.bsky.social Researcher, advisor, scholar and investigator. Hiphop and cooking aficionado. Kujenga amani lazima kuelewa vita.
Christopher Blair @chriswblair.bsky.social Assistant Prof at Princeton Politics | Ph.D. at UPenn | Alum at UVA | Borders, Militancy, Forced Displacement, Climate Change, Foreign Policy
http://www.chriswblair.com
Frank Wyer @fwyer.bsky.social Defense Analysis Dept., Naval Postgraduate School | Previously, Fellow w/ Kroc Institute @ University of San Diego | Political Science PhD, UCLA | https://www.frankwyer.com/
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Nick Brooke @nstb.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews.
I study terrorism (and the state's response) where it is not.
Views mine.
Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.
History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA
Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine
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jasminekgani.wordpress.com
Rebecca Tapscott @rtapscott.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in IR, University of Glasgow. Studying political violence, authoritarianism, research ethics governance (IRBs!) and Uganda. Also reviews editor at Civil Wars.
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
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)
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
Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
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
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
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