Ragnhild Muriaas @rmuriaas.bsky.social Political Science Professor. Gender | Representation | Parliaments | Democracy.
ERC -> gender gaps in political seniority. University of Bergen. Scientific leader Norwegian Representative Panel.
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
Jason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social Migrant.
Northeast Africa & Red Sea. Frontiers & state visions, regional political economy & security.
Works at @rvinews.bsky.social
Views my own.
Dar Vigneswaran @darshanvv.bsky.social Space nerd, baller, dnb tragic.
Rift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social RVI is a non-profit organization working in eastern and central Africa to bring local knowledge to bear on political and economic development. 
MAEASaM @maeasamproject.bsky.social Mapping Africa's Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments project funded by Arcadia.
https://maeasam.org
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. 
Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. 2025-27 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. New book on Gen Z & gender divides coming 2028.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
Denver Riggleman @denverr.bsky.social Former Congressman, J6 Committee, CEO AI & Tech, NY Times best selling author of THE BREACH and BIGFOOT-IT’S COMPLICATED, whiskey distiller & dad/husband/granddad who doesn’t vote for sexual abusers. Co-Host of “Truth In The Barrel” with Amy McGrath.
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE @casmudde.bsky.social Dutchman 🇳🇱 in South 🇺🇸 | Politologist 🧑🎓 | columnist ✍️ | public speaker 🗣️ | Far-right politics 👌 | Soccer & Politics ⚽ | European politics 🇪🇺 | Defending democracy 👊 | punkrock 🎸 | #groundhopping ⚽🏒🏉 | movies 🎦 | watches ⌚ | no manels ❌ | only MY opinions 👋
Sam Jackson @sjacks26.myatproto.social Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc.
Professing in Albany, NY
Black Lives Matter
he/him
My book about Oath Keepers: bit.ly/2DOUuh7
CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
Megan Squire @megansquire.bsky.social Cyber threat intelligence, investigations. CompSci PhD. Currently at F-Secure. Former @elonuniversity @splcenter
Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social Extremism, Democracy, Peace | Former PERIL, Former GPAHE | Punk Stuff and Cats
Amy Cooter, Ph.D. @amycooter.bsky.social Director Security, Intelligence & Digital Threats, Duco
Co-founder ICDE (counteringextremism.org).
Nostalgia, Nationalism & the US Militia Movement: http://tinyurl.com/yvme26ad
👍🏻😬👍🏻 @coolfacejane.bsky.social 
Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social CEO, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (@thejcpa.bsky.social)
Focused on democracy, hate, & extremism.
Previously: sued Nazis & won; Comms Director & Sr Policy Advisor, NY Attorney General
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar.
Bart Bonikowski @bartbonikowski.bsky.social Assoc Prof of Sociology and Politics at NYU studying nationalism, populism, and radical-right politics using surveys, experiments, and computational text analysis. Affiliate Faculty at NYU's Center for Data Science.
Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com Director of Research & Outreach, Center for the Study of Organized Hate @csohate.bsky.social
Expert on hate & extremism, online harms & tech regulation
💻 evianeleidig.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
Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social Historian @crexuio.bluesky.social University of Oslo. Interested in the far right, fascism & terrorism. I co-edit Routledge’s Fascism & the Far Right book series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-Fascism-and-the-Far-Right/book-series/FFR
Dr. Julie Chernov @drjchernov.bsky.social Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
C.J. Pascoe @cjpascoe.bsky.social Sociology. Running. Banjos. Bikes. Books. Knitting.
Would rather be on a trail.
📚Nice Is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High
📚Dude You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School
www.cjpascoe.org
Oren Segal @orensegal.bsky.social Senior Vice President, Counter-Extremism & Intelligence. Host, extremely podcast. 60% of my body is coffee. Basketball junkie. Views my own.
Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social Founder of Psychgeist and DLC Leadership Program. Visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge. Chocobo wrangler. All opinions mine.
Dr. Ashley Mattheis @draamattheis.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.
Ulli Jentsch @ullijentsch.bsky.social Recherchen und Journalismus zur extremen Rechten von AfD bis rechter Terror
Berlin / Germany
'Research Against Global Authoritarianism': https://rega-net.org
Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley
Working on a book on right-wing populism
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/cihan-tugal
TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social Sociologist @ UC Santa Barbara. Editor of Men and Masculinities (Sage journal) and Exploring Masculinities (Oxford UP). Coauthor of Gender: In World Perspective, 5e (Polity). he/him
Also: @TristanBridges@mastodon.social
Cat-Tebaldi @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right |
Mark Greene @remakingmanhood.bsky.social Author activist on Man Box culture / Co-founder http://WalkingTalkingMen.org / Books, podcasts in linktree below He/Him #masculinity
https://linktr.ee/remakingmanhood
JJ West @jjwest.bsky.social Senior Researcher @ PERIL
🏳️🌈
Opinions are my own
My dog’s name is Tofu
Heidi Beirich @heidibeirich.bsky.social Co-Founder // Chief Strategy Officer Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Expert on right-wing extremism. Opinions here are my own. globalextremism.org
khaet ✨ @khaet.bsky.social 🎓BA ‘16 in Political Science from WWC
🎓MA ‘20 in Political Communication from AU
🌹Comms for Piedmont Triad DSA
Seth Limmer @sethlimmer.bsky.social Director of Public Affairs, PERIL.
Founder, Repair Consulting.
Transformative change agent working for justice and peace.
Emily Stingle @emilystingle.bsky.social currently @perilresearch.bsky.social || misinfo and digital/media literacy || co-creator: www.danieltheducc.org
Christine German @cgresearcher.bsky.social researcher (belief, ideology, extremism, authoritarianism, political violence), do-er, partner, mother. Currently @perilresearch.bsky.social but opinions my own, etc
Janelle Scott @janellescott.bsky.social Professor of education policy & politics, fan of democracy
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social Senior video correspondent for WSJ. Previous: words & reporting in New Yorker, NY Mag, Guardian, WIRED & VICE News etc. Send tips and say hi by email tess.owen@wsj.com, or signal tessowen.77
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
BostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social I am the founder of The Critical Internet Studies Institute and an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
www.criticalinternet.org
Bill Velto @bvelto.bsky.social Teacher, learner, spouse, parent, child, Friend | he/him/his | playing WoW since BC | lover of Irish whiskey, rugby, and sweaters | tea snob | opinions mine | trying to become anti-racist because #BlackLivesMatter
Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC
Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net Retired professor of mathematics and computer science, casino consultant, author of 4 books: 3 on casino games & 1 poetry book. Now I volunteer, walk a lot & feed local critters.
Climate blog: climatecasino.net
Casino blog: advancedadvantageplay.com
Milo Rossi @miniminuteman.bsky.social Archaeologist • Environmental Scientist • Googledebunker
2.2M YouTube
2M TikTok
Pierre Monforte @pierremonforte.bsky.social Political sociologist. Social movements, activism, volunteering, migration, citizenship.
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine — economic sociology, culture, emotions, work & organizations, comparative political economy — new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Parening" (Princeton University Press, 2026)
Whose Dad Fought Fascism in WWII? Kids of Antifa, Unite 😇 ! @ninaeliasoph.bsky.social 🐣 I like multiple realities, absurdity (except when it fills up the gov't), class politics, sociological imagination, forests 🦆 🐿️ 🐣
I draw & write: Ethnography, democratic theory, graphic nonfiction. Send me your thoughts to make into words/drawings!
Dr. Karen Stenner @karenstenner.bsky.social Political psychologist & behavioral scientist, best known for long ago predicting the rise of Trump-like figures under the kinds of conditions we now confront.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Teri Kanefield @terikanefield.bsky.social Former appellate defender and UC Berkeley Law graduate. I’ve written more than a dozen books and published more than 50 pieces in major outlets including The Washington Post.
Website: www.terikanefield.com
emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth! 
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the Europe & the US 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
Agent: Landwehr & Cie
Events: Paula Döring, Kulturagentur
Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Roles: Journal Editor Sociology of Religion, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Religion, AAR Religion & Social Science Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D
Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own
Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com Counterterrorism | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Facta Non Verba
My Books:
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
Contemporary Far-Right Culture
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social Political Scientist and Senior Program Manager at the ETH Zurich's Einstein School of Public Policy working at the intersection of science and policymaking
Inken von Borzyskowski @borzyskowski.bsky.social Professor of international relations at Oxford University. Research on international organizations and election violence.
Stephanie Burchard @smburchard.bsky.social Covered in toddlers at the moment (probably), otherwise occupied by questions about elections, violence, security, WPS, and Africa. Adjunct prof at GWU.
Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero @roxanagutz.bsky.social Prof of Policy & Quantitative Methods at Queen Mary University of London.
PhD Economics, University of Cambridge. Political economy, conflict, migration, gender violence, applied economics.
In my free time, I run, swim, cycle, row & play tennis.
Ryan Jablonski @ryanjablonski.bsky.social LSE political scientist studying elections, foreign aid & public spending
www.ryanjablonski.com
Susan Hyde @sdhyde.bsky.social Poli Sci Prof @ UC Berkeley
Risa Toha @risatoha.bsky.social Associate Prof Political Science @ Wake Forest University. Check out my book:
@CambridgeUP #Rioting4Representation 📚 http://tinyurl.com/bdd6htd5 Ethnic politics, violence, elections, Southeast Asia, Indonesia
Isabela Mares @isabelamares.bsky.social 
Katrin Paula @kpaula.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Technical University of Munich
Rubén Ruiz-Rufino @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at King’s College London. Passionately interested in factors explaining democracies under strain. More info: www.rubenruizrufino.com
Merete Bech Seeberg @mbechseeberg.bsky.social Associate professor, political science, Aarhus University. Elections, authoritarianism, democratization, women in politics, Africa.
https://meretebechseeberg.weebly.com/
Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social Professor of political science, Aarhus University
Democratization, autocratization, state capacity, cross-national comparisons, social science history
Rubén Campos @rubencampos.eurosky.social South Asia, Democracy & Nonviolent Movements Scholar.
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social Programs Director @rielcano.bsky.social Senior Fellow. Proud father-29 years in love with my wife. https://clubmadrid.org/who/secretariat/campos-ruben/
Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social 
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org Original reporting and analysis on movements for justice around the world. Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://wagingnonviolence.org/subscribe/
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.
Maria J. Stephan @mariajstephan.bsky.social Civil resistance, nonviolent action, social movements, democracy, authoritarianism, political violence, peacebuilding.
Luca Gervasoni Vila @lucagervasoni.bsky.social Director @novact.bsky.social, professor @uocuniversitat.bsky.social and member of the Democracy and Belonging Forum of the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
"La loi interdit aux riches comme aux pauvres de coucher sous les ponts”
Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social Senior researcher in Political Science Department, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Technopolitics, Geopolitics, Political Parties and Public Opinion.
Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social Sociologist, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance. Guardian of way too many pets and plants.
Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social Works in & around conflict grappling. (Local peacebuilding • Nonviolence • Peace practice & thinking.)
Worries in the valley, dreams on the moors. Personal account.
Xavier Marquez @marquezxavier.bsky.social Associate Professor in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington | Author of "Non-Democratic Politics: Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, and Democratization"
Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social Reader in Politics & International Relations. Editor of Journal of Pacifism & Nonviolence (@jpacnv.bsky.social). Consumer/sharer of politics. Foreigner everywhere. Views my own.
Felix S. Bethke @felixbethke.bsky.social Political Scientist at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF, @priforg.bsky.social)
Tweets on DataScience, Econometrics and African Politics
Website: fbethke.netlify.app
Berghof Foundation @berghoffnd.bsky.social We believe violent conflict is not inevitable. We’re an independent, non-profit organisation creating space for peace around the world.
Farida Bemba Nabourema @faridabemba.bsky.social Writer, Pan-African Activist, Human Rights Defender
@diegodlamancha.bsky.social @diegodlamancha.bsky.social 
Belen Gonzalez @belengonzalez.bsky.social Head of Research for International Security, Peace, and Conflict at the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich | https://belengonzalezsimon.weebly.com
Guest Professor, University of Konstanz | DFG Project: The Dynamics of Mass Protest Event
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Hardy Merriman @hardymerriman.bsky.social Independent consultant focused on nonviolent civil resistance, human rights, democracy, and countering political violence.
Formerly led the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC).
Contact via my website: hardymerriman.com