International Australian Studies Association @intlausstudies.bsky.social The International Australian Studies Association brings together Australianists from across the world and publishes the quarterly Journal of Australian Studies.
Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social Chief Economist at @australiainstitute.org.au
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Dollars & Sense podcast https://australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/podcasts/dollars-sense/
Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social Flagship journal of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Tom Tanuki @tomtanuki.bsky.social regular columns and videos, usually on the latest in aus radical, activist, fringe and/or gross political scenes. independent as fuck.
Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social Just a soul whose intentions are good | she/her 🇱🇹🇦🇺 Insta- ifyouseeamy/pyjamapolitics
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Thomas Cartwright @thomas-cartwright.bsky.social Honours student in political science
ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social The first and largest open-access university press in the world. Based at ANU, we publish academic monographs and journals across a wide variety of disciplines.
Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and metascience. Manage @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. The people know it's casino capitalism 🎰
Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social Writer, journalist, former editor of The Monthly.
https://nickfeik.substack.com/
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social Psephologist, polling analyst and poll transparency advocate, political commentator, ecologist, chess player/admin. No party loyalties. Not-A-Pollster.
Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social Creative Director, Writer, Broadcaster - host Spin Cycle on RRR plus podcast platforms. Living in Naarm. Baker of bread. Here we go again.
The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra http://australiainstitute.tv | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603
Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social Co-CEO at The Australia Institute
Economist, Author of books and writer of columns often for Saturday Paper, The Monthly & The New Daily (previously The Guardian, Australian Financial Review)
Australian Journal of Political Science @ausjpolsci.bsky.social Official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association (@auspsa.bsky.social). Find us at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cajp20
Anna Hough @annahough.bsky.social On Ngunnawal and Ngambri land. Interested in gender equality, policy, Australian politics and cake. Personal account, views are my own. Hough rhymes with tough!
Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social Data and interactives ed. at the Guardian Aus
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Jane Chen @jnchn.bsky.social she/her. PhD candidate in Sociology. thinking about intersectionality studies, Black & women-of-colour feminisms, public policy. on unceded Wurundjeri land. all views extremely my own, not of employers.
Régis Dandoy @regisdandoy.bsky.social Professor of comparative politics, Director of the Center for European Studies (USFQ, Ecuador), Jean Monnet chair (2022-2027)
Elections, decentralization, digital politics, e-voting, election observation
Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social Political Scientist @ Monash University | Author of 3 books | Writing about populism, reactionary politics & visual politics | he/him
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Pandanus Petter @pandanuspetter.bsky.social Post-doctoral Research Fellow at ANU's School of Politics and IR. Scholar and a rogue. I research Australian Politics, Representation and Public Policy. Working on Australian federal government popularity and responsiveness and the idea of 'the fair go'. 
Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
But prefers dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴
casey briggs @caseybriggs.com numbers gremlin.
i invented ravioli
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Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social Scholarship and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history, and literature. Published on behalf of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).
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Marija Taflaga @marijataflaga.bsky.social Political Scientist at The Australian National University.
Political Tragic, co-host of the Democracy Sausage podcast
Josh Sunman @joshsunman.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Flinders University, looking at the democratic trajectories of electoral systems. Research interests include Australian State and Federal Politics, electoral systems and management and challenges for democracies.
@emilyrosefoley.bsky.social @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social Research Associate at Flinders University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Canberra University
Casual at La Trobe University
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Dr Steph Luke @drstephanieluke.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University.
Political Parties, Elections, and Campaigning.
Sam Wilkins @samwilkins.bsky.social Political scientist, IB lecturer at RMIT, Melbourne. Populism, authoritarianism, Uganda. 
Katrine Beauregard @katrinebeau.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at The Australian National University. Gender, political behaviour, and sometimes, Australian politics. Québécoise en Australie.
Matt Liddy @mattliddy.bsky.social Editor, ABC News Story Lab.
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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social Australian icon.
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Lamestream.com.au
Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan
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DaphneT @scepticatwork.bsky.social Historian, policy nerd, anti-fascist, eco-socialist, animal lover, First Nations & 🏳️🌈 ally. Keeping a watching brief on the dismantling of secular democracy in the US and the warning signs for Australia.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com ✍️ Contact and complaints: https://www.theguardian.com/info/2013/may/26/contact-guardian-australia?CMP=aus_bsky
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Ben Smith - Independent for Flinders @smithforflinders.bsky.social Your community independent for Flinders smithforflinders.com.au
Voices of Bean @voicesofbean.bsky.social Community group working for better representation in the federal electorate of Bean, on Canberra's south side. voicesofbean.org
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Brent Hodgson @brenthodgson.bsky.social “Strike at the roots, not the branches.”
At the intersection of people, data and politics.
Using data to know them, love them, and work it better.
Trouble. But good trouble.
“Kooyongkoot”, Wurundjeri Land. (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.)
Anne Sofie Cornelius Nielsen @ansoniels.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow at SPIR, ANU/ PhD from SPS, EUI
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Dr Sophie Scamps MP @sophiescamps.bsky.social Independent Federal Member for Mackellar | Former GP | Delivering a clean bill of health, climate, integrity and cost of living. Authorised by Dr Scamps MP Narrabeen
Kylea Tink @kyleatink.bsky.social | Former Independent Federal Member for North Sydney | CEO Foodbank Australia | Thinker | Believer | Dreamer |
Community Independents Project @communityindeps.bsky.social Putting people at the centre of Australian politics.
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Kate Chaney MP @katechaneymp.bsky.social Independent Federal Member for Curtin
Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social 🇦🇺 Independent MP, wWarringah.
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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social Broadcast commentator. Democracy Sausage podcast. Director, Australian Studies Institute, ANU. Ex-Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, ABC RN. Columnist, The Canberra Times. 2025-26 FASIC Australia-in-China Fellow. Multiculturalist. Schnauzer-aligned.
Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social Freelance writer with an unfortunate penchant for Australian politics. clippings.me/rachelwithers/
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Sophie Minihold @sophism.bsky.social | former joint-PhD (Political Communication Science) University of Vienna & University of Amsterdam | researching data-driven election campaigns & digital campaign competence of citizens |
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social PS: Political Science & Politics is the journal of record for the discipline. Email: ps@apsanet.org. Co-editors: Lina Benabdallah, Justin Esarey, Peter Siavelis, Betina Wilkinson. apsanet.org/ps
BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social 🖋️British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social UTS Political Economist & labour historian. Editor Social Movement Studies & Associate at The Centre Future Work. Cats. Electroclash. Carlton AFL tragic 🌈
Todd Farrell @toddfarrell.bsky.social My 'professional', seldom-used account now on the Bluesky. Views my own etc. Senior Tutor UniMelb. PolSci PhD. Part-time performer. Obscure references in ppt slides complete me.
Bec Strating @becstrating.bsky.social Director, La Trobe Asia
Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University 
Voices for Australia @voicesforau.bsky.social Actively supporting the emergence, development and aspirations of community politics Voices groups in Australia since 2019. Be a citizen and participate positively in our democracy! It’s your future in your hands!
Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️🌈
Canberra
Daniel Bray @drdanbray.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Pat Leslie @palesl.bsky.social You can’t stop progress
Andrew Bartlett @andrewbartlett.bsky.social working for positive social change & community development for 40+ years, incl ~12 years as Senator for Qld & 20+ years volunteering at 4ZZZ community radio. Anti-war. Views stated here are my own. RTs ≠ agreement. 
Ainoa Cabada @ainoacabada.bsky.social Political theorist researching the UN Charter, R2P, Refugee Migration, Blacklisting and Authoritarianism.
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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social Political communication and media scholar. Macquarie University postdoctoral research fellow. Researching: the far right, media, populism, fascism, and democracy 🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WfjJQqYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian & southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller - DMs will, alas, remain unread
Jack Santucci @jacksantucci.bsky.social Political scientist
jacksantucci.com
Jeremiah Brown @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social Some guy with lots of bad opinions about freedom, public policy and sports.
Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social professional good boy // democracy, cities and tech
// travisjordan.work // these are my own opinions and not those of my employer
he/him // living in Meanjin Brisbane
Nicholas Bromfield @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social Academic. Political scientist researching public policy / admin & occasionally foreign policy via auspol + comparative analyses.
Settler living on unceded Dharug country.
Lachlan Poel @lachlanpoel.bsky.social Poli/IR PhD student at Flinders University - studying Aus/US govt threat constructions of electoral disinformation on social media.
Francesco Vittonetto @fravittonetto.bsky.social PhD researcher at Griffith University • Transnational populism and political communication
Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social Professor of Politics
University of Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
Research: Democracy, populism, attitudes and values.
Creating new spaces @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
Private: Beaches, boxing and cats.
Shaun Ratcliff @shaunratcliff.bsky.social Pollster, political scientist and applied data scientist, Accent Research.
Dr Nathan Fioritti @nathanfioritti.bsky.social Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University | Expertise in comparative environmental politics
Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy. https://politicalquarterly.org.uk
British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science from @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org.
cambridge.org/bjpols
BJPolS is now an open access journal and from 2025 has published continuously with no issues, just one volume per year.
Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social Official journal of the Women, Gender, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social The JOP is the flagship journal of the SPSA, published by the University of Chicago Press. Editors-in-Chief: Timothy Hellwig & Timothy Nokken. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jop/current
Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social Citation rank #2/745 in Political Science/IR & #1/245 in Public Admin (Scopus) | 2025 CiteScore 13.6 | Special issue proposals: policy-and-socity@nus.edu.sg
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Politics Journal @journalpolitics.bsky.social A flagship @PolStudiesAssoc journal. Published by @SAGECQPolitics. Edited @GoldsmithsPolit by @DrLizJEvans, @SPGriffiths, @nicklaus_taylor, @racibrec IF 2.492
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social The Journal of Democracy: The smartest analysis on democracy and authoritarianism around the world. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. https://linkin.bio/jodemocracy
Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social 
The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com Independent news from the sharpest academic minds.
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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social Research and Development Manager,ECAS| Associate Researcher,Université libre de Bruxelles| Technology Internet and Policy Group @techpolicy.bsky.social| Research on AI & digital policy+ democracy + EU Politics|
Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social Professor of Politics, Research Community Lead (School of Social Sciences) @UniOfSurrey. #populism, #EuropeanPolitics, #partyorganisation. Posts=my views. 
Stijn van Kessel @stijntvankessel.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Politics, Queen Mary University of London. Studies populism, radical right, politics of European integration. Staff page: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/vankesselstijn.html
Jonathan Polk @jonathanpolk.bsky.social Political scientist working on parties, European politics, and representation.
Hugo Ferrinho Lopes @hferrinholopes.bsky.social FLAD Visiting Professor at the Department of Government at Georgetown University.
🔗 https://hugoferrinholopes.github.io/
Niklas Bolin @niklasbolin.bsky.social Political Scientist at Mid Sweden University. Research on parties and elections.
https://www.miun.se/en/personnel/b/niklasbolin/
Bram Wauters @bramwauters.bsky.social Associate professor Political Science @gasparugent.bsky.social Ghent University
Representation, participation and parties. Facts and figures, sometimes also (my own) opinions 
Patricia Correa @pcorreavila.bsky.social Academic in the UK. Political parties, activism, and territorial politics. My views. Vila-real & Birmingham.
Karina Kosiara-Pedersen @karinakosped.bsky.social Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Parties, representation, recruitment, gender, youth, harassment/violence, engagement/affiliation, campaigning. 
Luis Ramiro @ljramiro.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the Political Science Dept. UNED, Spain https://t.co/fH7XVoLcVY (lramiro@poli.uned.es).
European Political Science reviews editor.
João Cancela @joaoc.bsky.social Political scientist at Nova University Lisbon, Portugal. Previously at UMinho (2017–19) and Georgetown (Spring 2024). I study elections and share some escapism-oriented content here.
Conor Little @conorlittle.bsky.social Political scientist, University of Limerick | http://conorlittle.eu/ | https://www.ul.ie/research/dr-conor-little