Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social Assistant Professor at GIS, Hosei University; Ph.D. from GSAPS, Waseda University. Political Scientist - Japanese Politics
Stuart Macdonald @s-macdonald.bsky.social Professor of Law, Swansea University. Coordinator, VOX-Pol Network. Director, VOX-Pol Institute. Co-Director, CYTREC.
Counterterrorism, online harms, criminal law, human rights.
Anthony Kelly @anthonypkelly.bsky.social teaching fellow, ucd ics | phd, lse media & comms | reactionary political influencers and their social media audiences | views my own
Yuiko Fujita @yuikofujita.bsky.social Assoc. Professor @ Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Sandy Schumann (PhD) @sandyschumann.bsky.social Lecturer at UCL, Department of Security and Crime Science | UKRN local chapter co-lead | research extremism/hate/terrorism online and offline
Jon Garland @jongarland.bsky.social Criminologist at Surrey University, researching hate crime, prisons, policing. Norwich City fan. Ageing mod
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.
Broderick James McDonald @broderickjames.bsky.social NatSec x Online Harms | Director at Oxford Advisory | Research Fellow at Kings College London XCEPT | The Alan Turing Institute CETaS Fellow | ex-GOV, UN
Nicolò Scremin @nicoloscremin.bsky.social ESRC Funded PhD Candidate University of St Andrews | Non-Resident Fellow Program on Extremism (GWUPOE) | War Studies Alumnus KCL | Researching family influences on radicalization and extremism.
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is an international forum for new research and analysis of contemporary security issues. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpic20
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
James Khalil PhD @jameskhalil.bsky.social PCVE, Disengagement & Deradicalization Expert
~ The ABC Model of Violent Extremism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2019.1699793
~ The 'Off-Ramp' from al-Shabaab: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376521289_The_Off-Ramp_from_a
VOX-Pol @vox-pol.bsky.social Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu 
Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social On Kaurna Land, Adelaide, South Australia. PhD Thesis Editor; Sociologist; Founding Board Member TruthBombSocial: https://www.truthbombsocial.org/; Research on grey zone warfare, democratic & community resilience, disinformation. https://drrobmuller.com
Centre for Global Law and Governance @cglgsta.bsky.social The CGLG is the home of outstanding research and practice in international law, institutions, and governance at the University of St Andrews 🏴
👉 https://cglg.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ 👈
Lise Waldek @lrwlrw.bsky.social 
Brenna Helm @brennahelm.bsky.social She/Her || Research Associate @ NCITE || IRMS Fellow || ABD @ MSU SCJ
I study extremists’ use of the Internet, online extremist subcultures, and radicalization/(dis)engagement pathways
All views are my own
www.brennahelmportfolio.com
Jessica Sciarone @jsciarone.bsky.social PhD Candidate Political Science @UW - Studying extremist ideologies and conspiracy theories || Arnhems meisje in Seattle
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.
Donna ☕📚🌸 @ctpuzzlepieces.bsky.social 🎓Security Ph.D. Hostage AGAA📚 Extremism, VE, Terrorism #NatSec Pracademic MA#Female extremism. 📚 | Interested in iconography, lexicons, 'patriots', sovereigns, apocalypticism, accelerationalism🚓
alexandra kuzmina🎗️ @zerotroubles.bsky.social MA Communication Science @ RuG
MSc Criminology @ EUR & UGent
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.
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
Jean Slater @bluebilliejeans.bsky.social Researching violent extremist movements & threat actors. M/NVE, SAVF, PMVE, networked behavior, memes, movement evolutions, and deep lore.
@joey-stabile.bsky.social @joey-stabile.bsky.social PhD student researching terrorism, extremism, and political violence @au-spa.bsky.social
@jancand.bsky.social @jancand.bsky.social 
British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network @bschcnetwork.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Page for the BSC Hate Crime Network. Follow for News, Updates, Conferences, Discussion Groups and Latest Developments.
David Knowles @davidknowlesy.bsky.social PhD Researcher of VR in police education.
University of Portsmouth @scdtp. Runner.
Ninian Frenguelli @ninianjames.bsky.social 🔍Postdoctoral researcher @ Swansea University
📚 PhD mapping gender on extreme right websites.
💻 Previous analyst in online harms.
Criminologist, book lover, dog dad
Views my own
https://bsky.app/profile/socialrepair.bsky.social
Anne Craanen @acraan.bsky.social Senior Research and Policy Manager at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. PhD researcher at Swansea University. Gender & Radicalisation, Online Misogyny, Terrorist Content Online.
Michael Loadenthal @mloadenthal.bsky.social Professor, researcher, consultant, trainer.
Political violence, social movements, OSINT, (cyber)security, tech & law.
Director @ prosecutionproject.bsky.social & peacejusticestudies.org
Ⓐ/Ⓥdad x 4+🐶🐶
https://michaelloadenthal.academia.edu
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Justin EC Tetrault @tetrault.bsky.social Assistant professor at SFU's School of Criminology. I study political extremism, Indigenous justice, and prisons. Red River Métis. https://www.justintetrault.com/
Joshua Bowes @joshuabowes.bsky.social Threat Monitoring Intelligence Analyst, Sentinel- 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.
Ondrej Rosendorf @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social 
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
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
Leo Haselhuhn @leohaselhuhn.bsky.social MA: IMSISS 2025 - interests: propaganda, populism, the far-right & Russia - originally filmproducer
Shota Hintsagty @hintsagty.bsky.social Interested in religion and nationalism, gender and queer politics, and media and democracy, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Doctoral researcher at Lund University. https://linktr.ee/hintsagty
Kieran @krcrim501.bsky.social Criminologist with an interest in State Crime, Cryptocurrency Crime, Far-Right Extremism, and Politics. Also love Star Wars, Skyrim, and Tolkein's Legendarium.
Mason Burns @masonburns.bsky.social Researching Jihad and Jihadist groups, specifically Al Qaida and its affiliates.
I also like fishing 🎣 astronomy 🔭 and video games 🎮
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin
Lisa McInerney @skeptic999.bsky.social Tech policy 
Robot Palmtree @talipot.bsky.social ML research, mostly in the dynamics of mis- and disinformation online and factuality agents.
Mauro Lubrano @maurolubrano.bsky.social Lecturer in IR & Politics at Uni Bath. PhD from St Andrews. Political violence & terrorism, anti-tech extremism, insurrectionary anarchism and left-wing extremism, leaderless resistance, innovation processes. 
Amanda Lanceter @amalance.bsky.social Holocaust and genocide education specialist and Gratz College PhD student.
Reader/writer/lover of garbage tv/music obsessive/comedy nerd/mom. All opinions expressed are mine and do not reflect the organizations with which I am associated.
David Lawrence @dlhnh.bsky.social Senior Researcher at HOPE not hate: @hopenothate.org.uk
alfonz @homolik.cz programming / web development / social anthropology
Harry Swinhoe @harryswinhoe.bsky.social Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Security Challenges https://css.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/harrison-swinhoe/
Co-Host of Insecure: A Security Studies Podcast https://t.co/SMlJtQ6wRS
Broxton8r @broxton8r.bsky.social PGR @ University of Sheffield. Criminology. Interests in far right extremism, online hate, and media and crime. Metalhead gamer, wrestling fan and book lover
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.
Lisa Sugiura @drlisasugiura.bsky.social Ass Prof in Cybercrime and Gender. Researches online gender-based violence and incels. Currently in my Red era. - M Meghan Conroy @mconroy.bsky.social Research Fellow @dfrlab.bsky.social. Former J6 Committee Investigator. Really only interested in extremism, social media, Taylor Swift, Love Island, and the epic highs and lows of high school football.
Accelerationism Research Consortium @arcglobal.bsky.social ARC is dedicated to a collaborative, empirical approach to understanding and addressing the threat of accelerationism to democratic societies. 
Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social Assistant Professor at U of Ottawa, affiliated with @crexuio.bsky.social / National identity & immigration; ethics and methods when researching the far right; far-right movements in Québec & Canada / Co-editor of the newsletter of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
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.
Mark Wilson @marksonofwil.bsky.social Works in Community Safety in West Mids. I deliver work around #Prevent [ #CVE / #PVE ], bit of a geek on #FarRightExtremism. I also know a fair bit about #Hatecrime, #Communitycohesion, and #ASB.
Note: All own views & typos! | www.opitulor.co.uk
Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) @extremismgaming.bsky.social 🎮 Network of over 155+ members working together across sectors to uncover how terrorist and violent extremist actors exploit gaming, to build resilience in gaming communities, and to use gaming for good. 👾Learn more @ extremismandgaming.org 
Orla lynch @orlalynch-ucc.bsky.social Psychologist working on extremism, CVE, victimology and other stuff - Prof of Criminology - UCC - Cork Ireland
Dessi Bocheva @dessibocheva.bsky.social PhD student, University of Bath | Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour | Identity, online communities, radicalisation, and misinformation
loves a good book
Emily Godwin @emilygodwin.bsky.social Senior Research Associate @ University of Bristol Business School | PhD student @ University of Bath | Social scientist | Researching all things digital culture, specifically conspiracy theories
https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/emily-godwin
Jon Lewis @jonlewis27.bsky.social Research Fellow, Program on Extremism 
Dr. Erin Kearns @kearnserinm.bsky.social Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships at NCITE_COE.
Associate Professor at UNO SCCJ.
Avid traveler, casual yogi. 
Karmvir Padda @karmvirpadda.bsky.social #FirstGen PhD Candidate @UWaterloo | 2021 SSHRC_CRSH (CGS) Doctoral Scholar | Researching radicalization & ideologically motivated violent extremism, computational social science
Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social Third sector research by day, the German far-right by night. I like books, plants, knitting, and pretending that I'm going to start running again soon. My book on women and the AfD is now available 🎉
🖥️: https://linktr.ee/drkatwilliams
Olivier Cauberghs @oliviercauberghs.bsky.social 
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
Kristen @kristenengel.bsky.social Social computing PhD candidate @ UW. I study user engagement with interventions, prosocial behavior, and antisocial content across online platforms.
www.kristenengel.com
Peter Keizer @peterkeizer.bsky.social onderzoeksjournalist (OSINT)
@Pointer (KRO-NCRV)
👍🏻😬👍🏻 @coolfacejane.bsky.social 
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
CREST @crest-research.bsky.social The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) is the UK’s hub for behavioural and social science research into security threats. https://crestresearch.ac.uk/
NCITE @ncite.bsky.social The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Michael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD @mikesenters.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Virginia Tech researching the translation of 4chan culture to American politics. MILR from Cornell. LGBTQ+ Ally. Former weeb. Militant defender of Democracy. The collapse of democratic rule is the sin of every citizen! 🀄️
Byline: MSNBC
Benjamin V. Allison @benvallison.bsky.social Christian. History PhD Candidate at UT-Austin. US relations w MENA and Russia since 1945. Nat sec, terries/insurgency, proxy war. My opinions. Spitballer.
Dr. Salah Ben Hammou @salahbhpolisci.bsky.social Postdoctoral Associate for the Center of the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy.
Former USIP Peace Scholar.
Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida.
www.salahbenhammou.com
Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rim-sarah.eurosky.social Ph.D. in Public Law | Researcher in Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Human Rights, Religious Freedom & Civil Liberties in France, Europe, & North America | Open Science| Opinions my own | Team Chocolatine.
Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social Limbo | PhD in Government | Senior Research Officer @ Essex Law School | Conflict & terrorism | Strategies & behaviors of militant groups | Previously ETH & AUC
بين غربتك ف ديار أهلك… و غربتك ف بلاد الله
——
https://sites.google.com/view/n-aboud
Shea Minter @minter.bsky.social Pittsburgh resident and enthusiast, PhD Candidate at Georgetown University studying the racist far right in elections and political violence. Also sports.
Email me at sheaminter@proton.me
Birch Smith @birchsmith.bsky.social Philosophy PhD student and contributing editor at The UnPopulist. I work on the role of social and political epistemology in democratic political theory.
Read my public philosophy here: https://discoursemachine.beehiiv.com/
Beth Daviess @bdaviess.bsky.social Extremism, conspiracy theories, housing. Recovering housing attorney.
Vinzenz Waldmüller @waldmuell.bsky.social Politikwissenschaftler | Uni Jena | Rechtsextremismus, politische Einstellungen, demokratische Normen |
https://www.komrex.uni-jena.de/3388/vinzenz-waldmueller
Napoleon Bonarpant @palehorsebeholder.bsky.social Scalawag
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Qualified to talk about a limited number of things
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
George O. Wood @gwood.dev 🧑💻 Computer Scientist
🎓 PhD Candidate @ ncl.ac.uk
🚑 First Responder
📷 Photographer #LongLiveFilm
🏳️🌈 Be kind, always.
🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
🇵🇸 #FreePalestine
🪪 he/him/his
🗣️ /ʤɔːʤ wʊd/
🔗 gwood.dev
— Unapologetic human user of em dashes.
💭 All opinions are my own.
Eyal Hanfling @eyalhanfling.com democracy / technology research
eyalhanfling.com | 📍brooklyn, ny
Mohammed Soliman @soliman.bsky.social Tech & Geopolitics & Business & EMEA. Director, Middle East Institute. Fellow @ FPRI & Third Way & Trilateral Commission. Charts & Maps. Book: West Asia (10/2025)
Nahla Bendefaa | نهلة @nahlab.bsky.social She/هي
Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Oregon
Kent State University MA '19 | Al Akhawayn University BA '16
Studying nation-branding narrative construction in digital foodscapes
Digital Content Strategist & Project Management Whiz
Asana Partner
Briony Hannell @briony.bsky.social Feminist academic and ECR. Lecturer in Sociology @ University of Manchester, UK. Author of Feminist Fandom (2024). Interested in youth, gender, digital/pop culture, platforms + anti/feminisms. She/her. https://linktr.ee/brionyhannell
Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com Social media networks and social norms, freshly minted PhD from Brussels University (VUB). Belgian living in Barcelona, internet night crawler, STS
Emelia Hughes @emeliamay.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Notre Dame studying online communities & social media ✨ previously at @uwischool.bsky.social, @socialfutureslab.bsky.social, & UW CIP and intern with Adobe Research
Dr. Will X. Uly @wellactually.bsky.social rhetoric sun. media rising. gender moon. assistant professor of communication studies, recovering marketer, and award-winning drag king. thinking about neoliberalism & gender performance in consumer culture. they/them.
the views expressed here are my own.