J Dierkes @dierkes.bsky.social 🇩🇪🇨🇦 sociologist at #UniMannheim, previously #UBC
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Practices social science deanery
Posts on #Mongolia @mongoliafocus.bsky.social
Vincent Ialenti @vincentialenti.bsky.social nuclear waste anthropologist | former DOE program manager | senior fellow at Tampere University | longstormer
https://www.vincentialenti.com
VY Choi @vivvychoi.bsky.social Ethnographer | Co-Conspirator Writing with Light | Assoc. Professor St Olaf College
Disasters, Environmental Justice, Indian Ocean Worlds, Sri Lanka…
Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka out May 2025 (DUP)
Discount code: E25VCHOI
Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca Leader of Canada’s NDP / Le chef du NPD fédéral
https://linktr.ee/avi.lewis
Cameron Warner @cameronwarner.bsky.social Buddhism and development in Tibet and Nepal~~Anthropology@Aarhus University
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Michael Hutt @michaelhutt.bsky.social Brit living in Malaysia. CEO of a small brand and marketing business.
Manjushree Thapa @manjushreethapa.bsky.social Writer & literary translator from Kathmandu, now based in Toronto. Always, always working on a new book. www.manjushreethapa.com
Ben Shneiderman @benbendc.bsky.social Retired Prof Computer Science, Univ of Maryland, Working on HCI, Info Visualization, and Human-Centered AI
Tina Harris @tinahonjo.bsky.social Anthropology and Aviation
- https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/a/c.h.harris/c.h.harris.html
- co-managing editor, https://roadsides.net/
- UvA lead, https://borderlab.eu/
Mark Turin @markturin.bsky.social Anthropologist • Linguist • Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim) & Bella Bella • University of British Columbia • Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies & Anthropology • sometimes with BBC Radio 4 and/or the UN https://markturin.arts.ubc.ca
James Sharrock @jpshazza.bsky.social Disasters | Politics | Nepal
American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social Come find us at https://americanethnologist.org/
Andrew Quintman @andrewquintman.bsky.social Buddhism in Tibet & Himalaya | Religion Dept @ Wesleyan U | The Yogin & the Madman | The Life of Milarepa | http://journaloftibetanliterature.org | http://lifeofthebuddha.org | www.andrewquintman.com | #TibetanStudies #BuddhistStudies #seakayaking
American Anthropological Association @americananthro.bsky.social Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association is the world's largest organization of anthropologists. Join our community at: https://americananthro.org/membership/
Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth.bsky.social Challenging the boundaries of the discipline since 1983. Account managed by a volunteer team of Contributing Editors. Posts this week by Social Media Team.
@wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social Supporting anthropology worldwide.
https://wennergren.org/
Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social Politics Prof at King's College London. NEW! 'Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy' (Cambridge UP, 2025). Prev books include Indian Federalism (OUP 2019), Politics of Poverty Reduction in India (Orient Blackswan 2020)
Martin Chautari @martinchautari.bsky.social
@pchilimzam.bsky.social @pchilimzam.bsky.social
Anna Stirr @annastirr.bsky.social
High Peaks Pure Earth @hpeaks.bsky.social "Ocean, As Much As Rain" by Tsering Woeser - published by Duke University Press OUT NOW 🌧️ https://linktr.ee/highpeakspureearth
KUNDA DIXIT 🇳🇵 @kundadixit.bsky.social Publisher @NepaliTimes Kathmandu Nepal
https://nepalitimes.com
Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development.
Subina Shrestha @iamsubina.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate @UniofManchester|Previously @UofT|PhD from @uibCET|Researching cities and urban sustainability - climate, energy, mobility, justice.
Malini Sur @malinisur.bsky.social Director Graduate StudiesIIBook Prize @SouthAsiaAU. Bernard Cohn Prize (HM)@AASAsianStudies
JunglePassports (Penn 2021/Yoda 2023). Asso. Prof. Anthropology. Western Sydney University
https://researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/persons/malini-sur
Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social Advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration, informing the future
https://www.pennpress.org/
Robert Barnett @robbiebarnett.bsky.social Professor & Senior Research Associate, SOAS University of London; Affiliate Lecturer, Kings College London; Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia 1998-2018
UBC Asian Studies @asia.ubc.ca UBC’s Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America.
https://asia.ubc.ca/
Vibhu Mishra @bullet350.bsky.social Public Information Officer with the United Nations. Views expressed are my own.
https://muckrack.com/vibhu-mishra
https://linkedin.com/in/vibhu-mishra/
UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca As an interdisciplinary hub, the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) leads in research, innovation & learning on policy & global affairs.
UBC Faculty of Arts @arts.ubc.ca Your official source for news, events, resources and opportunities in UBC Arts. 💜 arts.ubc.ca
The Ubyssey @ubyssey.ca UBC's student newspaper — established in 1918, independent since 1995.
ubyssey.ca
City of Vancouver @cityofvancouver.bsky.social Official #CityofVancouver account 🇨🇦
American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 86 scholarly organizations and the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
Learn more ➡️ www.acls.org
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Gina Drew @ginadrew.bsky.social Environmental Anthropologist working on water risk management, intersections between religion and ecology, and climate change adaptation + resilience. Uni Adelaide, South Australia (but USA born and raised). 🇦🇺🇺🇸 Moderate to severe dog obsession. 🐶
Ben Ayers @jetbutterflies.bsky.social Filmmaker, writer, Nepal aficianado
NepalLinks @nepallinks.bsky.social Links from Nepal and Beyond.
Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social Vice-Chancellor and President at NTU. Landslides, hazards, risk, vulnerability and resilience, plus a bit of campus life and my beloved Coventry City FC. #pusb
Vancouver School Board @vsb39.bsky.social Providing public education to more than 50,000 students in K-12 and Adult Education in Vancouver, British Columbia
#OurVSB
Onlinekhabar @onlinekhabar.bsky.social Online news portal, Nepal.
Garance Burke @garanceburke.bsky.social Global investigative journalist @AP.
Pulitzer finalist, Emmy winner.
'20 @JSKStanford-@StanfordHAI Fellow
✉️: garanceburke@protonmail, Signal: GaranceBurke.33
Kai Ostwald @kaiostwald.bsky.social Academic at UBC. I follow politics in and around Southeast Asia. I'm embarrassingly food motivated. Also always in pursuit of a nice bike ride.
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social Canada’s leading organization on Canada-Asia relations.
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is an independent not-for-profit #thinktank on Canada's relations with Asia, providing up-to-date news and analysis.
www.asiapacific.ca
Allegra Lab @allegralab.bsky.social Anthropology for Radical Optimism https://allegralaboratory.net/
Fraser Sugden @frasersugden.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Geography at University of Birmingham. Agrarian political economy; global peasant history; migration; land reform; Marxist theory; imperialism; action research. Views personal
Pacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social Scholarly journal about current political, social and economic issues in Asia and the Pacific. Founded and independently published since 1928. Located in the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
@ubcbuddhism.bsky.social @ubcbuddhism.bsky.social Welcome! Find our events and other links here:
https://linktr.ee/ubcbuddhism
Sheryl Lightfoot @sheryl-lightfoot.bsky.social Professor of Indigenous Rights and Global Indigenous Politics. International Relations (Political Science) and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at U of Toronto. North American member of UN EMRIP. Anishinaabe, Lake Superior.
@aasasianstudies.bsky.social @aasasianstudies.bsky.social
UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social The Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia is a global leader in research, dedicated to understanding the relationship between people and place.
https://geog.ubc.ca/
Sampada KC @sampada.bsky.social Political science graduate student at UBC
Frances Garrett @francesg.bsky.social Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Toronto. Will not comply in advance.
@pitaarji.bsky.social @pitaarji.bsky.social Newsday reporter on Long Island. Old: Columbus Dispatch, The Diplomat, Kathmandu Post, etc.
Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social We are an #openaccess #encyclopedia of social and cultural #anthropology. Our entries are written by experts and peer reviewed. We aim to make anthropology accessible for everyone. Find us at www.anthroencyclopedia.com
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
💡 Books & Ideas series January–June
📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25
New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social The Academic Audio Library. 30,000+ interviews with experts and authors on new scholarly, non-fiction, and literary books. New episodes every day! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts
https://linktr.ee/newbooksnetwork
Tanya Lloyd Kyi @tanyakyi.bsky.social Children’s writer and lecturer for UBC Creative Writing. Most recently: THE CITY OF LOST CATS.
UBC Press @ubcpress.bsky.social Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. Established in 1971.
Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social Prof Boston U. Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes.
5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23
Book: The People’s Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists
http://shugerblog.com
http://ssrn.com/author=625422
Jason De León @jasondeleon.bsky.social Anthropologist,
Nikon F2 owner, rockero, bass player in The War Pigs, author of Soldiers and Kings and Land of Open Graves, catch me in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Jason Cons @jasoncons.bsky.social Anthropologist at UT Austin - Author of Delta Futures: Time, Territory, and Capture on a Climate Frontier
jasoncons.net
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Dada Docot @dadadocot.bsky.social I am anthropologist of the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora. Associate Editor, Multimodal Anthropology Section of the American Anthropologist journal.
https://dadadocot.com
Rukh Gurung @rukhgrg.bsky.social
ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social Anti-imperialist prairie fish science. Artist. Writer. Proud citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation.
Fish are the future.
The Institute for Freshwater Fish Futures (2018-present).
https://freshwaterfishfutures.ca/
https://fishphilosophy.org/
Tim Whyte @tim-whyte.bsky.social Secretary General at Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/@ActionAidDK. Climate, development, social justice, civic engagement and #dkaid.
m:61309120
JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social Ahorangi / Professor of Geography at Waipapa Taumata Rau / The University of Auckland - Focuses on Disasters and Disaster Risk Reduction
David Hecht, PhD 🌏 @davidmhecht.bsky.social Integrative Conservation & Environmental Anthropology | Conservation Social Scientist | 🇧🇹 National Geographic Explorer
BC Ferries @bcferries.bsky.social
Critical Asian Studies @criticasianstds.bsky.social Critical Asian Studies publishes scholarly articles that challenge accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves.
Christina Laffin @christinalaffin.bsky.social Associate Professor in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, University of British Columbia. She/her.
Ashley Carse @acarse.bsky.social Anthropologist of infrastructure & environment. Associate Prof
@Vanderbilt. www.ashleycarse.com
Gilles Verniers @gillesverniers.bsky.social Researcher at CERI, Sciences Po. Indian political data, politics.
Malini Ranganathan @maliniranga.bsky.social Associate Prof, American U. Critical geographer writing on caste, race, and planetary ecologies.
Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social Professor at a University in the Fens.
Mythri Jegathesan @mythrijega.bsky.social she/her/hers | anthropologist | studies plantations and work | author of Tea and Solidarity | co-editor of Anthropology of Work Review| www.mythri-jegathesan.com
Anand Vaidya @anandvaidya.bsky.social Anthropologist at Reed College. Author of Future of the Forest (Cornell 2025). Environment, law, politics, labor, India.
Ruth Gamble @ruthgamble.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Educator.
Independent Jewish Voices @indjewishvoices.bsky.social A grassroots organization in Canada grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism & advocates for justice and peace for all in Palestine-Israel.
Suraj Milind Yengde @surajyengde.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/surajyengde
Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social Geographer at UBC; https://blogs.ubc.ca/peck/
AbdouMaliq Simone @xazaaradjame.bsky.social Urbanist of the majority world; Collaborator in experiments on black urbanism and popular economy. Candomble sufi. The Urban Institute, University of Sheffield
Sara Smith @geogsara.bsky.social Love. Intimacy. Geopolitics. Political geographer at UNC-CH. Author of Intimate Geopolitics & Political Geography: a Critical Introduction. Insta @geogsara and @landbackabolition. Free 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/geogsara
Critique of Anthropology @crit-anth.bsky.social A peer reviewed journal, dedicated to the development of anthropology as a discipline that subjects social reality to critical analysis.
journals.sagepub.com/home/coa
@iktaminika.bsky.social @iktaminika.bsky.social
Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social Sociologist. Co-editor of Contexts. Author of Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton). www.aminghaziani.net
Darren Byler @dbyler.bsky.social Anthropologist at Simon Fraser University. Author of Terror Capitalism (Duke 2022) and In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony (Columbia 2021).
Radhika Govindrajan @radhikagovindrajan.bsky.social
Lindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social Lidsville was a surrealist 70s kids show about cartoon autocrats in an alternate reality, & now here we are.
Comms/strategy on environment, energy, housing. Upcoming book on Habitat ‘76: http://habitat76.ca
Ravinder Kaur @rkadelhi.bsky.social Author | Professor
Global and Postcolonial History
Brand New Nation: Nationalist Dreams and Capitalist Designs in New India (Stanford & Harpers Collins)
Delhi - Copenhagen
https://ravinderkaur.net/
Sandesh T @sandesht.bsky.social Nepali New Yorker in Copenhagen 🇳🇵🗽🇩🇰
Hanna A Ruszczyk @hannaruszczyk.bsky.social Feminist urban geographer, Durham University (UK)
http://hannaruszczyk.weebly.com
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/h-a-ruszczyk/
Crises, mutual aid, accountability, humanitarianism
Author of Gender and Resilience in the City
@kristenhopewell.bsky.social @kristenhopewell.bsky.social
Risk & Disaster TIG @riskdisastertig.bsky.social Join Us: https://linktr.ee/RiskDisasterTIG. RTs = / = Endorsements. Contact us here or at riskanddisastertig [at] gmail [dot] com with any questions.
Justin McElroy @justinmcelroy.bsky.social I love books
Richa @richashivakoti.bsky.social Research Lead at the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration & Integration @TorontoMet
Migration | Public Policy | Asia
Associate Editor, Comparative Migration Studies
Editorial Board Member, Public Admin & Development
@sahanagee.bsky.social @sahanagee.bsky.social