@ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social Anthropologist, Assoc Prof of Urban Studies @unisg.ch Zambia, South Africa, Switzerland. Books: Bodies of Truth (SUP 2017), Mother Unknown (Chronos 2025), Extraction, Global Commodity Trade, and Urban Development (ZED 2024).
Carrie Reiling @careiling.bsky.social Associate prof, Political Science and International Studies at Washington College. I'll tell you stories about Western Nebraska, West Africa, and how bell peppers ruin everything. carriereiling.com
Democracy In Africa @democracyinafrica.bsky.social Delivering in-depth analysis, the latest news, interviews, and data on African politics.
🔗 linktr.ee/dia_affairs
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org A bipartisan research institution, CSIS is recognized as the top defense and national security think tank in the world.
https://www.csis.org 
Afrobarometer @afrobarometer.bsky.social The world’s leading source of high-quality data & analysis on what Africans are thinking. Research network, headquarters in Accra, partners in 40 African countries.
John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University - https://johnsides.org/
Publisher of Good Authority - https://goodauthority.org/
Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social Senior Researcher @ Sciences Po, Paris | 'Preparing for War' (OUP) | 'Humanity in War' (OUP - forthcoming)
Justice Info @justiceinfo.bsky.social #InternationalJustice stories. #InternationalLaw analyses. #TransitionalJustice experts. www.justiceinfo.net
Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social Work in human rights, international criminal law, and accountability for mass atrocities - in Canada and around the world.
Professor and advocate.
Based in Vancouver.
www.markkersten.com
UAntwerpen Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen @uantwerpenfsw.bsky.social https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantwerpen/faculteiten/faculteit-sociale-wetenschappen/
B. Safarik @bradsafarik.bsky.social PhD, Associate Professor in Poli Sci, interested in political systems of the Global South, increasingly concerned about democratic backsliding in my own country. Polyglot. Eyes wide open.
Reposts are sometimes endorsements
Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Traveller. Tea connoisseur.
Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social The UK based membership organisation for all those studying, researching and teaching in the field of global development.
For now, you'll find our news posted on LinkedIn and in our monthly newsletter.
Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social Global Society is a journal of international studies published by Taylor & Francis. Editors: Rubrick Biegon, Hendrik Huelss, Anna Nadibaidze, Julia Simon, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, and Peter Marshall
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/current
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
Jeroen Puttevils @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social Historicus, late Middeleeuwen, loterijen, hoe keken mensen in het verleden naar de toekomst?
Historian, Late Middle Ages, lotteries, interested in how people in the past perceived the future. University of Antwerp & Centre for Urban History
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Ida Sawyer @idasawyer.bsky.social Crisis, Conflict and Arms Director at Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org
Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social Democratic socialist since 1954.
dissentmagazine.org
Prof Barbara Bompani @barbara-bompani.bsky.social Academic working on Public Religion & Int Development in Africa. Dipartimento Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali & Imprese Culturali. Universita’ di Parma, Italy
Dany Neudt @danyneudt.bsky.social Historicus. Gewone mensen in buitengewoon verzet. Oprichter vzw #heldenvanhetverzet en co-coördinator leerstoel #sporenvanhetverzet aan VUB.
www.heldenvanhetverzet.be
Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social Lecturer at Makerere University Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies; Research Associate Univ of Johannesburg Dept of History, Visiting Fellow Kellogg Institute for International Studies 2025; http://researchgate.net/profile/Edgar-Taylor
Olivier Sterck @oliviersterck.bsky.social Economist | Associate Professor at University of Antwerp & Oxford @uantwerpen.be @ox.ac.uk @iobua.bsky.social
https://oliviersterck.wordpress.com/
Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social Historian @dhi-paris.fr, Dept. of African History
media|informal economies|infrastructures
friend of Ned
Je réservai ma dialectique pour le moment opportun, et je m’occupai du repas.
Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social Députée européenne 🇪🇺 | @GreensEFA @ecolobe 🇧🇪
Commissions LIBE, INTA, IMCO
Droits humains et des enfants | Féministe
@marjapruis.bsky.social @marjapruis.bsky.social Schrijver en redacteur van De Groene Amsterdammer. Ben me aan het bezinnen. Ook op Instagram: marjapruis2610.
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
George Kwaku Ofosu @gofosu.bsky.social Assistant Professor LSE Government. Research: electoral politics, political accountability, democracy, African politics
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
FakePlasticRuby @fakeplasticruby.bsky.social Overdenker des Vaderlands // Mijn essaybundel DAT IS HET DING ligt vanaf 17 september in de boekhandel.
Ben Van Alboom @fakerholic.bsky.social Freelance Arts & Pleasure Administrator. He/him. Inspirational quote: “My favorite sport is cheerleading.” (Miley Cyrus)
Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @HIVA @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
Working on Trust | Social Policy | Inequality | Democratic Engagement 🤿
Stephanie van den Berg @svdberg.bsky.social Journalist @Reuters & host of the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social podcast on international justice. Reports on international justice, war crimes courts & Dutch news. Also posts about cats, books & neurodiversity (she/her)
Ebuteli @ebuteli.bsky.social Nous sommes un institut congolais de recherche sur la politique, la gouvernance et la violence. Pour consulter nos analyses, visitez notre site www.ebuteli.org
Asia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social Global HIV/AIDS, health advocacy and policy. Fighting for health justice and access to medicines for all. Executive Director @HealthGAP 
Bureau Buitenland @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social Meer grip op de wereld. Op NPO 2, NPO Radio 1, NPO Start, en als podcast.
Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social Political Ecologist. Geographer. Conservation, wildlife trade/economies, (in)security, human-wildlife-livestock relations, infectious disease.
Jeff Crisp @jfcrisp.bsky.social Posting on refugees, asylum, migration, displacement and borders.
Former head of policy development & evaluation, UNHCR. Now with Refugee Studies Centre and United Against Inhumanity.
jefferyfcrisp@gmail.com
Steven Van Wolputte @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social Social and cultural anthropologist with a focus on southern Africa, anthropology of life emerging, graphic anthropology. And comics.
International Press Association of Uganda @ipauganda.bsky.social We represent journalists covering Uganda for international media. Retweets ≠ endorsement.
Bart Thijssen @bartthijssen.bsky.social Master of (Keeping/Stealing) your Secrets | Security Advisor & Intel Analyst | Civil Servant @ BE | Klopjacht-speurder | IT Eng. + Pol. Sci. | Posts my own
Simon Allison @simonallison.bsky.social Newspaper person. Co-founder @thecontinent.org and The Atlas (theatlasnewspaper.org)
Tatiana Carayannis @tcarayannis.bsky.social Institute for advanced Study #conflictprevention #violentconflict #chinaafrica #DRC #GlobalGovernance. PolSci Phd. 
World Peace Foundation @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social Est. 1910 | Affiliated with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University | Research for non-violent futures
https://linktr.ee/worldpeacefdtn
Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social Assistant Professor at LSE International Development | Research on humanitarianism, conflict, health, development 🇨🇩
Geopolitics Journal @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social An international and interdisciplinary journal on geopolitics
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fgeo20
Jamal Ouariachi 🍉 @jamalouariachi.bsky.social Romanschrijver (o.m. Herfstdraad, 2022), columnist bij Trouw. Ik publiceer een nieuwsbrief voor wie beter wil schrijven én dieper wil lezen: https://jamalouariachi.substack.com/
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.
Mark Bohlund @mbohlund.bsky.social Sovereign debt for REDD Intelligence, ex-Africa Economist for Bloomberg, IHS. Interests in Africa, governance, macroeconomics.
Haley Swedlund @haleyswedlund.bsky.social Aid, Conflict, and Development Scholar.
Associate Professor & Research Coordinator, Dept of Political Science, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen @radboudpol.bsky.social 🇳🇱
CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social European research collective for new Russian studies | Digital Fieldwork | Contact: coruscant.contact [at] gmail.com | https://coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/en
Maxime Audinet @maudinet.bsky.social Assistant Professor of International Relations & International Communication @inalco.fr
▪️Russian Politics & Media
▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism
Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social
Previously Research Fellow @irsem.bsky.social
Colin Gerard @colingerard.bsky.social Personal account
Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social
PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr
Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social
Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations
Peter Bofin-Kilusungu @swahilistreet.bsky.social Ireland and East Africa. Researcher on politics, conflict, and East Africa
Conflict & Society RPA • University of Amsterdam @rpa-cs-uva.bsky.social The Conflict & Society Research Priority Area (RPA) brings together researchers on conflict and violence transcending disciplinary boundaries @FMG_UvA. https://conflictsociety-uva.com
Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social HRW's EU Advocacy Director, in #Brussels.
Jozef Naudts @jozefnaudts.bsky.social Passionate about Africa. Focus on Humanitarian issues, Human Rights & Press Freedom. Messages represent personal opinions.
Hans De Backer @hdbacker.bsky.social Volgtips? Zie vastgepinde post 👇
(en check ook mijn andere starterpacks)
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
CRASH - Médecins sans frontières @msf-crash.bsky.social 💡Centre de Réflexion sur l'Action et les Savoirs Humanitaires
🔎Encourager le débat et la réflexion critique sur l'action humanitaire
🇫🇷🇬🇧 Bilingual
https://linktr.ee/msf_crash
UCSIA.org @ucsia.bsky.social University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp
Samen bouwen aan een rechtvaardigere samenleving. Building bridges for a just society.
BE 0478834 659
Elian Peltier @elianpeltier.bsky.social Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief - The New York Times
Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social Middle East Correspondent at The New York Times
Mirella Marini @mirellamarini.bsky.social Historicus/a (adellijke vrouwen, identiteit, diplomatie) - sinds kort podcaster van 👑 Vrouwen des Huizes 👑 @vrouwendeshuizes @treesandhistories op Instagram
Marco Sanfilippo @marcosanfilip.bsky.social Professor of Economics University of Turin;
Affiliate Collegio Carlo Alberto;
Visiting Fellow European University Institute;
3 Kids (incl. twins). From Siracusa.
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/marcosanfilippo
Kevin Smets @kevinsmets.bsky.social Professor media & culture. Teaches film history @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Social and political aspects of film culture. ERC project www.reelborders.eu. Research group ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics
DIIS - Danish Institute for International Studies @diis.dk DIIS is an independent public research institute. We conduct research on foreign, security and development policy.
📩 www.diis.dk/newsletter-en
🌐 www.diis.dk
Chr. Michelsen Institute @cmi.no Research centre conducting research for a just and equal world.
Katrien Vanderschoot @kvanderschoot.bsky.social Journalist VRTNWS. Sub Sahara Afrika. UK. Human rights.
Clément Boursin @cboursin.bsky.social #Afrique #torture #droitshumains
#Guinée #RDC #Cameroun #Burundi #Congo 
Bergen Global CMI/UiB @bergenglobal.bsky.social Where researchers, students and the public meet for conversations about international affairs and global challenges.
https://uib.no + https://cmi.no = https://bergenglobal.no
Embassy of Belgium in Uganda @belgiuminuganda.bsky.social Embassy of Belgium to Uganda/South Sudan
▪️FB: https://www.facebook.com/BelgianEmbassyUganda
▪️IG: http://instagram.com/belgiuminuganda
▪️X: https://x.com/BelgiumInUganda
▪️Website: https://uganda.diplomatie.belgium.be/en
Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) @k4dd.ids.ac.uk K4DD supports the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and other UK Gov. departments with learning and evidence to improve the impact of development and diplomacy policy and programmes.
https://k4dd.ids.ac.uk/
Florian G. Kern @floriangkern.bsky.social Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Gov, Univ of Essex, governance in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; ESRC MCCRA; East Westphalian
https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
Quincy Institute @quincyinst.bsky.social The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft works to build a world where peace is the norm and war is the exception.
Gillian Kane @gilliankaneny.bsky.social Director for Global Policy and Advocacy @ Ipas www.ipas.org/our-work/global-gender-and-rights-monitoring
Allison McCulloch @allimcculloch.bsky.social Political Science, travel, dogs. Not in that order.
Editor-in-chief, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
ZAM Magazine @zammagazine.bsky.social The best of investigative journalism & art from Africa & beyond. We serve as a platform to introduce the work of African creatives and journalists to international audiences and build international alliances and solidarity. https://www.zammagazine.com/
FORAGENCY @foragency.bsky.social ERC Starting Grant FORAGENCY. Foraging, Colonialism and More-than-Human Agency in Central Africa
Social History of Capitalism Research Group (SHOC) @shoc-vub.bsky.social
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
For more info, check our website: www.ercforagency.eu
Gamze Erdem Türkelli @gamzeerdemturkelli.bsky.social Assoc Research Prof @UAntwerp ~ Intl Law/IEL/ governance/human&children’s rights ~ Boğaziçi-Sorbonne-Yale-Antwerp alum ~ Mom of 2 ~ bacı ~ she/her - PI of ERC StG GENESIS (www.genesis-erc.eu)
Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation; co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Views my own.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social The Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just, democratic and sustainable planet.
International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social 100+ years as a leading international relations journal.
Published by @chathamhouse.org & @oxunipress.bsky.social. Views individual not institutional.
📖 Read: internationalaffairsjournal.com
🛒 Subscribe: https://academic.oup.com/ia/subscribe
Sara سارا Salarkiya @sarasalarkiya.bsky.social zij/haar & 🇮🇷/🇧🇪
internationaal beleid @ Sensoa
puts the fars in farsi 🍒
feminist - antiracist - activist 🏳️🌈
MA gender & diversiteit - MA afrikanistiek
patroonheilige van chaotische gevallen
Gent
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
https://foreignpolicy.com/
rose troup buchanan @r-tb.bsky.social correspondent with AFP, based in Nairobi and covering East Africa
Andrew Green @theandrewgreen.bsky.social Global health correspondent. Dispatches from the frontlines of the suddenly uncertain global AIDS response: https://theforsaken.substack.com/. 2025 Alicia Patterson Fellow.
Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social Former Member of the European Parliament - Chair Advisory Council @cdteu.org - Keynote speaker at Speakers Academy - Blogging on Substack.com
apache/ @apache.be Apache stelt op scherp. Apache zoekt naar de waarheid, roept de macht ter verantwoording en inspireert. Onafhankelijk, diepgravend en kritisch.
@mushamukad.bsky.social @mushamukad.bsky.social 
Andreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social Politics, Africa, restitution governance, power sharing, democracy-autocracy and more... 
Heleen Touquet @heleentouquet.bsky.social Researcher. Gender & violence, feminism, conflict, masculinities, former Yugoslavia. Runner. Biker. Queer stuff. 🏳️🌈
Valerie Arnould @valarno.bsky.social Legal & Policy Advisor on Transitional Justice, Avocats Sans Frontieres
Associate Researcher Egmont Institute & Leuven Institute of Criminology
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
The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com An independent source of news and views on Africa from the academic and research community.
Read us at theconversation.com/africa
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
Pascal Kakoraki @pascal-kakoraki1.bsky.social Avocat et Chercheur en Sciences Criminelles.
The PRIDE Centre @intl-pride-centre.bsky.social Africa-based LGBTQI+ NGO. Legal & policy analysis & programming tools for aid organisations. Analysis and guidelines for humanitarian response agencies in anti-LGBTQI+ environments.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💜🌍
Romain Duda @romainduda.bsky.social Ethnoecologist ᐉ Central Africa
𐂂 Multispecies relations
🝊 Local/Indigenous Knowledge and zoonotic diseases
Among hunter-gatherers (Baka, Bayaka)
Researcher at CNRS (CEFE - Montpellier, FR)