Scott P. Johnson, MLIS @scottpjohnson.com Sociotechnical systems analyst, research and data engineering, critical information and data studies
Frank D’Elia @frankd7.bsky.social “Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men” Refugee from Truth Social 2, aka Xitter
Shandon Hogan @shandonhogan.bsky.social PhD @crexuio.bsky.social researching violent extremism across Australia, New Zealand & Canada | Director @Radar Solutions | Adjunct Fellow @Victoria University
Alex Schiele @schielonimus.bsky.social 💼PhD student at VU Amsterdam, #terrorism #networkanalysis #policing Associate Fellow at @foepsberlin 🗨Opinions are my own
@brett-k.bsky.social @brett-k.bsky.social 
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
Μ (Μέλι) @malikacoexist.bsky.social Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor
Tristram Hicks @warondirtymoney.bsky.social Author: The War on Dirty Money, The EU Financial investigation Handbook.
Ex senior cop, crime scientist.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tristramhicks/p/1-a-short-uk-history-of-confiscating?r=ed1ld&utm_medium=
Carro 🇸🇪🌊 @carolinesweden.bsky.social Swedish. AuDHD. PTSD. Middle-aged, early retired. Atheist .Lifelong radical left scum. Democratic socialist.💙🇨🇦🇩🇰
Katerina Papatheodorou, Ph.D. @drpapask.bsky.social - 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.
Maura Conway @galwaygrrl.bsky.social Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social Experimental social psychologist studying extremism, isolation/exclusion, and social technologies | Postdoc researcher in the Terrorism and Political Violence group at Leiden University
www.natasharwood.com
Matt Ashby @mattashby.com I help people use data to reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer.
🌐: mattashby.com
European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social Dedicated to the promotion, training, application and rewarding of open research in criminology. Working group of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social
🌐: https://esc-enoc.github.io/
Niko Sirmpilatze @nikosirmpilatze.com London-based neuroscientist 🧠 & research software engineer 💻 developing free and open-source tools for studying brains & behaviour, @neuroinformatics.dev @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social at UCL.
Committed to open, collaborative, and reproducible science.
MaryAnn Cherry @maryanncherry.bsky.social PhD student @CTRG, UCL ~ Emotions + violent extremism
Civil Servant
Ben Bradford @benbradford.bsky.social Professor of Global City Policing at University College London
Ferhat Tura @ferhattura19.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer and Programme Leader of Criminology at Bournemouth University. #Quantitative #Criminology, #Victimology, #Policing… Personal account
https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ftura
Dr. Esteban Morelle-Hungría @estebanmorelle.com PhD | Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminology | Green/Blue Criminology & Earth System Law | #BlueGovLab Scientific Coordinator | https://www.emorellehungria.com | https://aulacriminalidadazul.uji.es Chair | Researching Green/Blue Crimes 🌊 🐟 🐬
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Research Elements @reselements.bsky.social Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social BREAKING NEWS | RESEARCH | ANALYSIS
Centre for Security, Counter Extremism
Research & Policy (SECRPOL)
FOLLOW US TO TAKE PART
CITIZEN RESEARCH
Washington DC • London • Havana
secrpol.co.uk
Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
Mahmoud Elsherif @mamsmandrill.bsky.social Early Career Nonbinary Research Fellow. Interested in #neurodiversity, Open scholarship and reading, using combined eye-tracking/EEG in neurotypical and neurodivergent groups! #Dyspraxic 🧠. We/They/them/Xe/Xem.
Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social Assistant professor @rug.nl
Latinoamericano studying digital culture, platformized violence, and critical data studies.
Website: https://esteban-morales.com/
Iain Brennan @iainbrennan.bsky.social Professor of Criminology at University of Hull, UK. Violence research and prevention. Institutional Lead for Open Research.
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.
Jan-Philip Steinmann @jpsteinmann.bsky.social PostDoc | Sociologist | @KFN | @FGZ | Social inequalities | Migration and integration | Right-wing populism | Deviant behavior | Religion
https://www.jan-philip-steinmann.com/
Stijn Ruiter @stijnruiter.bsky.social Criminologist/Sociologist, NSCR/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; board member energy coop DE Ramplaan 🇪🇺
Asier Moneva @asiermoneva.com Criminologist | Researcher in cybercrime @nscr-instituut.bsky.social & The Hague University of Applied Sciences | Co-Chair @opencriminology.bsky.social
🌐: asiermoneva.com
💬: 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇳🇱
📍: Amsterdam - The Hague
Alexandra Masciantonio @a-masciantonio.bsky.social I research social media, algorithms & digitalization 🧠📱 | Postdoc at Utrecht University
Alex Trinidad @alextrinidad.eurosky.social Psychologist/Criminologist, @unicologne.bsky.social | Co-Chair @opencriminology.bsky.social
🌐: alexandertrinidad.com
David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology at @criminologyuom.bsky.social and Director @crimrxiv.com. All crime data are wrong, but some are useful
Science HR @sciencehr.bsky.social A career network featuring science jobs in academia and industry.
Visit our platform at www.science.hr
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.- A @andamme.bsky.social @andamme.bsky.social
Nullius In Verba @nulliusinverba.bsky.social Nullius in Verba is a podcast about science—what it is and what it could be. Hosted by Smriti Mehta (@smritimehta.bsky.social) and Daniël Lakens (@lakens.bsky.social). nulliusinverba.podbean.com
CTRG @ UCL @ctrg.bsky.social The Counter Terrorism Research Group (CTRG) are a group of researchers at UCL who analyse terrorism, extremism, and radicalisation. Follow to keep up to date with our research.
Darja Wischerath @darja.bsky.social Postdoc @ University of Bath | Conspiracy theories, radicalisation, violent extremism and the like
Avid hiker & coffee drinker
Masks save lives
She/They
Zoe @zoemarchment.bsky.social Research Fellow & Consultant - Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL
Jonathan Collins @joncollins.bsky.social PhD candidate at Charles & Leiden University researching and lecturing on the Far-Right. Netnography and everything digital culture. VOX-Pol Next Gen Network
#extremism #alt-tech #far-right #conspiracies #socialmedia
Lisa McInerney @skeptic999.bsky.social Tech policy 
Peter Davidson 🇦🇺 Peadar MacDhaibhidh 🏴 @petedavo.bsky.social Retired in Western Australia 🇦🇺
Get your popcorn and enjoy the ride. Scrutiny, exposure, truths, juxtapositions, and scepticism.
Tracking extremists, South East Asian terrorism and insurgency threats.
Was on X as petedavo_au and petedavo_world
Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social Associate Professor. Keen bean. Writer. Pedagogy, psychology, reflexivity, open science, iced lattes. Author of ABSENT MINDS out now 📘. She/her 🌻
Ahmed Aboulenein @aaboulenein.bsky.social Covering U.S. health & pharma policy in DC for @Reuters.com. Previously based in Iraq, Egypt. He/him. #COYS. Tips: ahmed.aboulenein@tr.com http://SeeDisclaimer.com
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Ry Terran @hereticmasked.bsky.social Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism
School of Making Poor Life Choices
Only Slightly Doomed
She/They/bad at gender
My apologies for continuing to be relevant 
Arthur Bradley @abrad.bsky.social Independent specialist in open-source investigations, OSINT, terrorist/violent extremist use of online platforms
Sean McCafferty @seanmccafferty.bsky.social Researcher and OSINT analyst | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellow EU-GLOCTER 🏴
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
Katy Vaughan @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law.
Member of CYTREC, VOX-Pol, Christchurch Call Advisory Network.
Legal Ed, Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights, Digital Rights.
Bjørn Ihler @bjornih.bsky.social Building a threat intelligence company in the depths of the Nordic forest - www.Revontulet.co. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
Miro Dittrich @mirod.bsky.social Researching German far-right-extremism/terrorism, QAnon, and content moderation policies
Senior Researcher @cemas.io
David Wells @davidwellsct.bsky.social Global security consultant focused on terrorism, counter-terrorism & new technology (particularly AI): Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social Prof. Royal Military College of Canada
Expert on tech, far-right extremism & terrorism tactics | Ph.D. in International Relations | Author of 'How Terror Evolves' and currently working on 'Uniformed Threats.'
Views = Mine
Suraj Lakhani @surajlakhani.bsky.social Academic @sussexfss.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Vox-Pol | Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Steering Board @extremismgaming.bsky.social | Ambassador @getwigi.com
Researching all things terrorism, particularly video-games and violent extremism.
Carmen Celestini @philofwrite.bsky.social Researcher in conspiracy theories, religion, gender, extremism, end times, and hate. Lecturer at the University of Waterloo.
Carmencelestini.com
https://drcarmencelestini.substack.com/?r=19nlu2&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist
My Book GodsAngryMen.com
Elizabeth Pearson @lizzypearson.bsky.social MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI.
Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
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.
Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social Terrorism, conflict, crime. @uniessexgov.bsky.social. Via Ohio, Camp Lejeune, PGH, CDMX. Co-authored book: "Insurgent Terrorism." https://sites.google.com/site/brianjphillips/home
Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social Sociologist (mostly), Queen's University Belfast. Interested in social theory, emotions, power, politics, specfic/sf. RT≠E. Own views. Usually on a bus somewhere on the island of Ireland.
'Farewel happy Fields
Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours'
Vanja Zdjelar @vanjazed.bsky.social PhD Student | School of Criminolgoy
Simon Fraser University
Julie Fabre @juliefabre.bsky.social Postdoc in Ilana Witten's lab & Schmidt Science Fellow 2025. Former PhD in Kenneth Harris and Matteo Carandini's lab. Follow for updates on bombcell & other Neuropixels software.
Jorge Sandoval @vintagemillennial.bsky.social queer latinx | anti-fascist | goes down rabbit holes 🐇 | research data analyst at ucd centers for violence prevention | RPSP-UAW ✊🏼| views, my own
Christopher Kehlet Ebbrecht @ebbrecht.bsky.social Postdoc, PhD | Researching radicalization and violent extremism, lone-actors, and grievance-fueled violence
@lavidalocaese.bsky.social @lavidalocaese.bsky.social THE EYES ARE BLIND TO WHAT THE MIND CAN NOT SEE.
Dogs good. People okay (cuz everybody's different so what're you gonna do?)
In life, if we all can get along, none of us will get caught short.
Please, no DMs🇺🇲♥️💙🌐🩶🤍🖤🤎💛💚💜🧡🩷🩵🌍🌎🌏🫰🫶🤟
John F. Morrison @morrisonjf.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminology at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University
Guidance, Skills & Opportunities for Researchers @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social Society needs research. Research needs supporters.
We offer independent, innovative, and scalable solutions for researchers and institutions – with a measurable ripple effect.
Joshua Farrell-Molloy @joshuafmolloy.bsky.social MSCA PhD Candidate in Global Political Studies at Malmö University @vortex-europe.bsky.social IR, digital subcultures, extremism, foreign fighters.
Words: https://gnet-research.org/author/joshua-molloy/
Joe Whittaker @joewhittaker.bsky.social Lecturer at Swansea University. Research on terrorists' and extremists' use of the Internet.
Lewys Brace @lewysbrace.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Science and extremism researcher at University of Exeter, Co-Director of the Centre for Computational Social Science (@C2S2exeter.bsky.social) and .gif connoisseur.
Toby Davies @toby-davies.bsky.social Associate Professor at School of Law, University of Leeds. I hate it when people put 'all views are my own' here.
Charles C. Lanfear @clanfear.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Social control, crime, quant methods, R coding
clanfear.github.io
Amy Nivette @nivette.bsky.social Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University. Studies crime things. 🏳️🌈
Francesco Marone @fmarone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science UniVdA, Aosta, Italy.
Fellow / Associate ISPI, ICCT-The Hague, GWU–PoE.
Research and analysis on International Politics, Security, Violent Extremism.
Bart Schuurman @bartschuurman.bsky.social Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social Studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/god-guns-and-sedition-far-right-terrorism-in-america/20097522?ean=9780231211222&next=t
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA via Ireland. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7 so far). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
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 🎤
@paulgillucl.bsky.social @paulgillucl.bsky.social 
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.
Krisztián Pósch @kriszposch.bsky.social Lecturer of Crime Science at UCL | Visiting Fellow of Methodology at LSE | Passionate squirrel feeder
Amber Seaward @amberseaward.bsky.social Research Fellow & Consultant @ UCL, researching threat assessment of terrorism & targeted violence
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.