Covie @covie93.bsky.social
Kumar Ramanathan @kumar.fyi Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago. I study the politics of law, public policy, and cities in the United States. All views are my own. Timeline may include stray 🎬/🏀 content. More at www.kumar.fyi.
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social Economist
Political Science Department at Northwestern University @polisciatnu.bsky.social Official account of Northwestern University's Political Science Department. https://lnk.bio/polisciatnu
Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa.
More on https://duncan.money
Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
It’s always Free Palestine 🍉
American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social The American Journal of Sociology, founded in 1895 as the first journal in its discipline, is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews.
Travis B. Curtice @travisbcurtice.bsky.social Climber. Assistant Prof Drexel University. Studying police, repression & conflict. Fmr Carter Center, USIP, & Dartmouth Dickey Center. PhD Emory Polisci. Views are my own.
Sean Paul Ashley @regimes.bsky.social IR, Conflict @ University of Maryland
https://sites.google.com/view/seanashley
@stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social
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.
Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social The first public workshop on autocracies. Hosted by @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social Siyun Jiang @emisimison.bsky.social Ikromjon Tuhtasunov
Subscribe at http://eepurl.com/iJc9FY
www.apsg.work
Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com ✍🏾 Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://hararereview.com
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.hararereview.com)
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
George Kwaku Ofosu @gofosu.bsky.social Assistant Professor LSE Government. Research: electoral politics, political accountability, democracy, African politics
Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social So-called scholar activist
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social WZB Berlin, Humboldt University, TCD
https://macartan.github.io/
Politics, conflict, inequality, political economy of development, causal inference
Alan Jacobs @alanjacobs.bsky.social Prof, UBC Political Science | Comparative political economy, policy, political behavior, qual. & mixed methods | Co-host @scopeconditions.bsky.social podcast | he/his
Mario Luis Small @marioluissmall.bsky.social Social scientist | Author of #SomeoneToTalkTo, #PersonalNetworks, #QualitativeLiteracy | Networks. Inequality. Methods | PTY native | Posts occasionally.
Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social Chancellor's Fellow & Dean's Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine. Department Chair. APSA Treasurer.
saragoodmanphd.com
citizenship | migration | comparative politics | Europe
Ajay Verghese @ajayverghese.bsky.social Political scientist at Middlebury College: India, religion (Hinduism), historical legacies, ethnic violence, and qualitative/mixed methods. Girl Dad x2.
Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican.
tompepinsky.com
Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social PhD, political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff.
I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking!
(she/her)
kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social Teach/research/write African politics & pandemics.
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social Professor of political science at Stanford. State formation, religion, political parties, Europe, etc. Amateur electrician.
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
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
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
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- D @drdendere.bsky.social @drdendere.bsky.social
Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Would rather be spending time outdoors with my family and friends.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Ufahamu Africa @ufahamuafrica.bsky.social A podcast about life and politics on the African continent.
Tanu Kumar @tanukumar.com Int’l development
www.tanukumar.com
Dr. Ruth D. Carlitz @ruthdcarlitz.bsky.social Political Scientist @ University of Amsterdam | Challah Baker | Rootless Cosmopolitan
Rana B. Khoury @rbkhoury.bsky.social assistant prof of political science at Illinois researching wartime activism, displacement, humanitarianism, and all things Syria. mama to the greatest second grader. www.ranakhoury.com
Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. African Politics; Authoritarianism. Maybe some cycle campaigning. "low waffle threshold". Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5
Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social
Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social
Vegan
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
More here: www.jamilamichener.com
Josef Woldense @woldense.bsky.social josefwoldense.com
Noah Nathan @nlnathan.bsky.social Political scientist @MIT
nlnathan.mit.edu
Nadia E. Brown @brownphdgirl.bsky.social Professor of Government and Director of Women's & Gender Studies @ Georgetown University. Giving this a try
www.nadiaebrownphd.com
Shelley Liu @shelleyliu.bsky.social Assistant Prof of PubPol and PoliSci @ Duke University.
Statebuilding, conflict, development, African politics.
📚: Governing After War (bit.ly/govafterwar)
shelleyxliu.com
Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo (she/her) @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social Political scientist • Author of Governing Truth bit.ly/governing-truth • Committed to human rights, transitional justice, and international law
zvobgo.com
Amanda Lea Robinson @amandalearobinson.bsky.social Political scientist at OSU, studying identity and politics, primarily in Malawi.
Rob Mickey @robmickey.bsky.social Political Science @umich. book: https://bit.ly/3YQWgEi. US Reconstruction & nation building w/ David Waldner; policing w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social + @dziblatt.bsky.social; race & democratic attitudes w/ V. Hutchings & @jardina.bsky.social.
Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, @princeton.edu
Visiting Researcher, Wits Southern Center for Inequality Studies
CIFAR Fellow, "Humanity's Urban Future"
Member, IAS School of Social Science, 2026-27
bradlow.princeton.edu
Fiona Shen-Bayh @feiyonah.bsky.social Associate Professor of government and politics at UMD | autocracy, law and courts, African politics | author of "Undue Process" https://www.amazon.com/Undue-Process-Persecution-Punishment-Autocratic/dp/1009197142
APSA @apsa.bsky.social The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
www.apsanet.org
Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social Political Scientist. Democracy, autocratization, Human Rights, African politics.Recent research projects: Rights Activism Under Political Uncertainty. Program Director Politics and Governance of Global Challenges, Master's, 2 years | University of Bergen
Victor Lapuente @lapuente.bsky.social Professor in political science, Head of the Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg. Also in El País, Cadena SER, and Piedras de Papel.
Gwyneth McClendon @gmcclendon.bsky.social Political scientist; Associate Professor at New York University. Author of “Envy in Politics” and “From Pews to Politics.” Founder of Identities&Ideologies Project at NYU. https://sites.google.com/site/gwynethmcclendon/
Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
Dan Slater @dnsltr.bsky.social James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science and Director of Center for Emerging Democracies @ University of Michigan (@umichDemocracy). SE Asia, authoritarianism, democracy, history. Personal heroes include Thomas Mann, Michael Mann, & Aimee Mann.
Elliott Green @elliottdgreen.bsky.social Professor of Development Studies, LSE | Research: Ethnicity, Nationalism, African Politics, Political Economy of Development | Ealing, UK resident but Evanston, IL native | website: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/greened/
African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social APSA Section 44 & ASA Affiliate Organization
Website: https://www.afpol.org/
joseph francis @joefrancis.bsky.social Economic historian, writing a book on Argentina and another on slavery in the United States. Confined to a hill in Wales. https://thepoorrichworld.substack.com
Prof Nic Cheeseman @fromagehomme.bsky.social Prof of Democracy, Director @CEDAR_Bham at @unibirmingham, founder @AfricaDemocracy, columnist @TheAfricaReport, collab with @thecontinent_, retwts not...
Jennifer Brass @jenbrass.bsky.social Interested in all things NGOs, aid, electricity, energy, development, Kenya, parenting, universities, teaching, climbing, political science, public affairs, African studies, and so on. Professor by day. Duck duck gray duck.
Adnan (Dann) Naseemullah @dnaseemullah.bsky.social Professor of Comparative & South Asian Politics, Fellow at Wolfson, University of Oxford | www.naseemullah.com | Author: Development after Statism (Cambridge UP 2017); Patchwork States (Cambridge UP 2022); co-author, Righteous Demagogues (Oxford UP 2024).
Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social Professor & Director V-Dem Institute, Political Scientist @Univ of Gothenburg.
Africa Confidential @africa-confidential.com In-depth analysis of political, economic and security developments across the African continent since 1960.
See more: http://africa-conf.com/m/Africa-Conf
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her- J Janet I. Lewis @janetilewis.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University www.janetilewis.com
Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. at Loyola Maryland & Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE. Princeton PhD. Political leaders, education, colonialism, development, inequality, culture, Africa. https://www.ricarthuguet.com/research
Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social An academic journal publishing leading research concerning the history, economics, politics, sociology, demography and anthropology of Southern Africa
Publisher's web page: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cjss20
Blog: https://jsas.blog/
christian davenport (aka "science", "bittah ninja" [wutang]) @christiandavenport.bsky.social charles tilly distinguished prof of conflict/violence, peace & (soon) love at the university of michigan but more broadly a thinker, writer, human, lover of life/freedom/power & artist (not necessarily in that order). for more: www.christiandavenport.com
Michael Albertus @mikealbertus.bsky.social Professor @UChicago Political Science | Democracy, dictatorship, conflict, property, the Americas | Author of Land Power
Adria Lawrence @aklawrence.bsky.social JHU Professor studying violence, nationalism, and colonialism; cook; mom; singer
Lucan Ahmad Way @lucanway.bsky.social Polisci Prof U Toronto. Study democracy/dictatorship & Ukraine. Books: Revolution & Dictatorship (PUP 2022); Pluralism by Default (JHUP 2015); Competitive Authoritarianism (CUP 2010)
Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social An international journal, founded in 1968, presenting scholarly articles devoted to the comparative analysis of political institutions and processes.
Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social CPS offers scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels. Edited by Ben Ansell, David Samuels, and Dawn Teele.
Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Ford School, University of Michigan. Civil wars, political violence, revolution, rebellion, state building. Otherwise meandering or making food. She/her.
www.meganastewart.org
The Continent @thecontinent.org The Continent is Africa's most widely read newspaper. Get the most recent edition delivered for free on:
WhatsApp: bit.ly/4b2gpfI
Signal: bit.ly/TCSignal
Telegram: t.me/continentnews
Email: read@thecontinent.org
Donate: http://bit.ly/3IYcp6X
Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
Nicholas Rush Smith @nickrushsmith.bsky.social Reader in Politics and IR at @soasuni.bsky.social. Researcher @UJoburg. Co-Editor-in-Chief @comppol.bsky.social. Studies crime, police, vigilantism, ethnographic, interpretive, qual methods, 🇿🇦.
M.Woldemariam @mikewoldemariam.bsky.social Prof, UMD's School of Public Policy. Security studies and Horn of Africa. College hoops junkie. Likes mostly for bookmarking.
Natalie Wenzell Letsa @natalie-letsa.bsky.social Associate Professor, Political Science, University of South Carolina. African Politics - Political Behavior - Authoritarianism - Historical Legacies
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.
Andries du Toit @abdutoit.bsky.social Academic, writer, teacher, friend to (at least one) dog.
Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com
Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social Political science professor, Director of MIT Center for International Studies and Global Diversity Lab. I study democratic governance, climate policy, ethnic politics, mostly in Africa.
Justine Davis @jsteend.bsky.social
Kofi Gunu @kofi1.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow @Boston University GDP Center | IR DPhil Nuffield College, University of Oxford | International political economy, IMF, structural power of finance, sub-Saharan Africa
Rachel Sigman @sigmandecides.bsky.social
Prof. Carl LeVan @democracyprofdc.bsky.social Professor at American University. Defender of democracy. Lover of decency. Seeker of truth. Author/co-editor of books on Nigeria, constitution-making, and the American national security state. Editorial boards: Governance, Journal of Modern African Studies
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions.
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ leads research group at WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority', 'How Democracies Die', & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy.'
Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
Alex Dyzenhaus @dyzenhaus.bsky.social Incoming Lecturer at St Andrews in the School of International Relations. PhD from Cornell. Studies land reform, agriculture, colonialism and elections in South Africa and Kenya.
www.dyzenhaus.com