Brendan Moore @brendanmoore.bsky.social Political scientist researching European Union climate change policy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
https://brussels-school.be/team/moore-brendan
Moses Ngeth @mosesngeth.com Digital Rights Advocate, Co-founder OpenCyberTalk and founder of Karpeer.me (Online harassment project)
Regime Mechanics: The Authoritarian Playbook @regimemechanics.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in hybrid regimes and democratic backsliding. PhD, postdoc at University of Cologne, — writing at Regime Mechanics. https://regimemechanics.substack.com/
@joshkurlantzick.bsky.social @joshkurlantzick.bsky.social
Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social Lecturer Geography // political ecology, green transition // From the Bog to the Cloud. Dependency and Eco-modernity in Ireland (2025)
Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva.
🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
Justine Chambers @drjchambers.bsky.social Senior Researcher, anthropologist, at @diisdk exploring revolutionary politics, conflict & climate change in Myanmar. Author of ‘Pursuing Morality’ (2024)
Neil Barton @rogerneilbarton.bsky.social Myanmar Observer | Former carer, quant, researcher, etc. | PhD Urban Planning @TheBartlettUCL | Glasgow’s Green & White | 🏳️⚧️🇲🇲🏴
Brian J. Peterson @brianjapeterson.bsky.social Historian of Africa, Prof at Union College (NY). Author: Thomas Sankara https://iupress.org/9780253053763/thomas-sankara/ Interested in Sahel and francophone Africa: French colonialism, revolutions, Cold War, environmental history
UofL Center for Asian Democracy @asiandemocracy.bsky.social The Center for Asian Democracy aims to promote research & teaching about democratization in Asia & to be a forum for discussion in Louisville & the region.
Alesha Porisky @aleshaporisky.bsky.social Assistant Professor at NIU, PhD University of Toronto. Studying social policy, cash transfers, and state-society relations in East Africa.
Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social A brand new interdisciplinary, international journal exploring how digitalisation has changed our world. Articles are in dialogue format with each article having peer commentary. https://journals-sagepub-com.may.idm.oclc.org/home/DDS
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing @kyawhsanhlaing.com PhD student at Cornell • kyawhsanhlaing.com
Bruce Desmarais @brucedesmarais.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics at Penn State
Jacob Fortier @fortierjacob.bsky.social PhD candidate Northwestern @polisciatnu.bsky.social
Political violence, social movements, IR
Laura Olkkonen @lauraonen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sustainable Business at LUT University, Finland. CSR communication & corporate activism.
vastuullisuus, viestintä, yritysaktivismi
Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news 🇹🇭 CNA Thailand Correspondent. As seen on TV. Coffeeless journalist. Nordisch by Nature.
Go to saksith.news and saiyasombut.com for all my work and socials.
Prachatai English @prachataienglish.com
Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social Mixed diaspora lad, officially living wherever a fast VPN is.
Partly forged by the #MilkTeaAlliance, still believes in building solidarity between people, movements & struggles.
Creates some feeds... Red Pandas, Protests & more.
My feeds >> Me
Better Burma @betterburma.bsky.social Humanitarian Aid to the vulnerable communities and advocacy for democracy movement in Myanmar
linktr.ee/betterburma
Insight Myanmar Podcast @insightmyanmar.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/insightmyanmar
Khin Ohmar @khinohmar.bsky.social Founder and Chairperson @pvamplify.bsky.social, Myanmar human rights research and advocacy organization. progressivevoicemyanmar.org
kohmar.substack.com
Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social An independent, bilingual Myanmar news agency delivering insightful stories.
Myanmar Internet Project @myanmarip.bsky.social
Fortify Rights @fortifyrights.bsky.social Ensuring #Rights4All by investigating violations 🔍, engaging people with power 🤝, and strengthening human rights defenders and communities 💪. https://www.fortifyrights.org/
DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) English news service from Myanmar’s largest independent media network.
Subscribe: https://english.dvb.no/newsletter/
Follow: https://linktr.ee/dvbenglish
ATHAN @athan-info.bsky.social ATHAN was founded in 15th January, 2018 and it is led by the youths who believe and respect freedom of expression.
www.athanmyanmar.org
Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social Leading the way in Myanmar news. Sign up for our membership programme at https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/membership/
Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social An independent group of international human rights experts working for peace, genuine democracy, justice and accountability in Myanmar.
Edith Mirante @edithmirante.bsky.social Author, activist, artist, adventurer. "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art & Beasts" latest book. Also 3 SE Asia books. Founded Project Maje in 1986 (Burma human rights & environmental info.) History Threads. projectmaje.org
Margarida Silva @margaridasilva.bsky.social I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
Digital Constitutionalism Network @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social Studying the political, legal & social processes shaping which rights & principles govern the Internet. Network for research, teaching & collaboration on digital constitutionalism.
Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social DDC Professor of Digital Communication and DIAS Chair at the University of Southern Denmark | Modern Kilogirl 👩💻 | Computational Linguistics & Global/US PolComm
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital media & technology, narrative, emotion, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
International Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social This account is for informational purposes. Please get in touch with the appropriate department for assistance. https://icahdq.org/page/ContactUs
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.
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
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social The AJPS is the official journal of the MPSA, committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. Co-Editors: Adam Berinsky and Dan Reiter.
Luca Belli @1lucabelli.bsky.social Prof at FGV Law School, heading CTS.FGV.br and CyberBRICS.info
Director of CPDP.lat
Personal Views
Dr Shona Loong @shonaloong.bsky.social Conflict, aid politics, #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar | SNSF Ambizione Fellow @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social | Prev University of Zurich and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
https://www.shonaloong.com
Activism Communication and Social Justice @acsj-ica.bsky.social This is the home of the ACSJ Division of ICA on BlueSky. Follow us for all news on our activities, and all things related to activism research and social justice.
Zali Fung @zalifung.bsky.social Postdoc @css.ethz.ch FiRES project • Political ecologist & feminist geographer • Water governance & social movements in Southeast Asia
@kkintzi.bsky.social @kkintzi.bsky.social political ecology / energy / digital media / infrastructure / West Asia
Oisín Tansey @oisintansey.bsky.social Professor of international Politics, King's College London. United Nations peacekeeping, authoritarian politics, democratisation.
Ava White @amwhite64.bsky.social Solidarity, community, plants, and animals
The Alliance for Universal Digital Rights @audrights.bsky.social Creating a future where everyone in the digital world can enjoy the right to safety, freedom & dignity. Started by Equality Now and Women Leading in AI. #DigitalRights
AUDRi.org
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.
Gohary @ircpresident.bsky.social Directing programs at the intersection of tech, human rights & media. @GlobalVoices.org Services Lead and Board Member. Alum: @AnmatMedia, @IFEX, AlMasry AlYoum, Engineering. Find me at https://mohamedelgohary.com
Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.
Terese V. Gagnon @teresegagnon.bsky.social anthropologist, writer, poet, plant-person, ferminator & enjoyer of funky natural wines
Living & loving in Chapel Hill, NC
Floral and a bit nutty ✨
Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social The Journal of East Asian Studies is an #OpenAccess journal publishing cutting edge social science on East and Southeast Asia.
cambridge.org/jea
Published by @universitypress.cambridge.org for the the East Asia Institute (EAI).
Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social Public/Scholarship on Justice in Southeast Asia: Translation, Workshops, Lectures | Based in UW-Madison Center for SEAsian Studies | Coordinated by @turtelista.bsky.social
Web: https://seasia.wisc.edu/sjsea-project/jsealab/
tyrell haberkorn @turtelista.bsky.social Plaenert-Bascom Prof of SEAsian Studies at UW-Madison | Coordinates @jsealab.bsky.social | translation, dissent, political prisoners and carcerality in Thailand | recent book: Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand (Stanford UP)
Terence Lee, Ph.D. @terenceleepols.bsky.social SEAsian politics, civ-mil relations, int'l security. Moving away from @terenceleepols
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social #OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de publishing original research on politics, societies, and economics in Africa @sagepub.com.
Editors-in-Chief: @maxinerubin.com, @marthacj.bsky.social & Dr. Kendra Dupuy
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/afr
Democracy In Africa @democracyinafrica.bsky.social Delivering in-depth analysis, the latest news, interviews, and data on African politics.
🔗 linktr.ee/dia_affairs
Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com • Research fellow @giga-hamburg.de
• Co-Editor of @africaspectrum.bsky.social
• Research associate in the Department of Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand
Reposts ≠endorsement | Own views expressed
Ma Thibu @mathibu.bsky.social Schrödinger ဗမာကြောင်. Ambassacat in #Meowmar. Meower/s. Doer/s. Lost between black and white. Currently in #Myanmar. Team #AntiBullshit - @mthibu on X/Twitter
@susannekempel.bsky.social @susannekempel.bsky.social
marypcallahan @marypc.bsky.social
Phyu @phyuphyuthi.bsky.social
ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social The Network for Human Rights Documentation -Burma has been documenting human rights violations since 2004 and advocating for justice for victims.
Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social A participatory rights-based policy research and advocacy organization rooted in CSOs & networks in Myanmar working to amplify voices from the ground up
Visit us at progressivevoicemyanmar.org
Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org Covert group of activists working to dismantle the military cartel and improve the lives of all the people of Myanmar. Join us and help bring #JusticeForMyanmar 🔗 justiceformyanmar.org
European Union in Myanmar @eumyanmar.bsky.social The European Union Delegation to Myanmar manages this account. linktr.ee/euinmyanmar
Gaia Romeo @gaiaromeo.bsky.social PhD researcher at Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
EU asylum policy, (un)safe country policies, human rights
https://www.brussels-school.be/team/romeo-gaia
Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social Political Science Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan. Thailand/Southeast Asia analyst. Studying parties in emerging democracies and the politics of development. kenlmathis.com
Petra Alderman @petraalderman.bsky.social Researcher | Writer | Policy Advisor | Podcast Founder & Host - People, Power, Politics @CEDAR_Bham, University of Birmingham
Interested in #authoritarianism #elections #nationbranding #SoutheastAsia #Thailand. Author of 'Branding Authoritarian Nations'
Mira Demirdirek @mirademirdirek.bsky.social Research fellow @Giga-hamburg.de |
PhD candidate @unituebingen.bsky.social |
mainly working on Turkey-Africa relations
Aidar Zinnatullin @zinnatullin.bsky.social Postdoc at RPTU (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau)
Francesco Giovanni Lizzi @francescolizzi.bsky.social PhD candidate in IR, University of Bologna
🇨🇳🇪🇺 relations
Emilia Simison @emisimison.bsky.social Political Science^3 (UBA-UTDT-MIT).
Lecturer at @qmulsse.bsky.social
Co-organizer @apsgworkshop.bsky.social
www.emiliasimison.com
Barbara Piotrowska @bpiotrowska.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Policy @ KCL DPE
🏢Bureaucracy, ideology, authoritarianism
🧠Pedagogy + uses of #genAI to foster thinking
BarbaraPiotrowska.com
Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow | DEMED project @ERC_Research | Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social | Main interest: Democracy and Autocracy, Public Opinion, Civic Education, Higher Ed. #FirstGen
Andrew M Leber @andrewleber.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U
MENA politics, some photography, some translation
New Orleans, LA ⚜️
Darin Self @darinself.com Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/utcountydems
Scott Williamson @scottrw630.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics at Oxford studying authoritarianism, migration, and the Middle East. https://www.scott-williamson.com
Austin S. Matthews @austinsmatthews.bsky.social Associate Professor. Clements Center for National Security, UT Austin. Dictatorships, security studies, and political violence.
Adam Wu @adamwt.bsky.social PhDing in Political Science at UCSD. Once journalist. Authoritarianism | China | bureaucracy | diplomacy | text analysis | mixed methods
A feed for Chinese politics & policy: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:doce3n3wwji3qtenc7ktcu5r/feed/aaacdrgczzosm- R Rachael McLellan @rachaelmclellan.bsky.social Opposition and local politics in autocracies.
Dundonian in exile on the West Coast (of Scotland).
Howard Liu @howardhliu.bsky.social howardhliu.com
Assistant Prof @UofSC | Repression | Violence | Authoritarian Politics | Network analysis
Xiaobo Lü | 吕晓波 @xiaobolu.bsky.social Comparative Political economy, Authoritarian Parties, Chinese Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science, UC-Berkeley. Very infrequent social media user.
Victor Shih @vicshih.bsky.social Director, 21st Century China Center at UCSD: elite politics, financial markets, debt….of China of course
Haifeng Huang @hhuang.bsky.social Information, opinion, and equilibrium. hhuang.org. “as Force is always on the side of the governed, the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. It is therefore, on opinion only that government is founded.”
Yuhua Wang @yuhuawang.bsky.social Ford Foundation Professor of Modern China Studies @ Harvard Government Department | HPE & Chinese Politics
Dr. Salah Ben Hammou @salahbhpolisci.bsky.social Postdoctoral Associate for the Center of the Middle East at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy.
Former USIP Peace Scholar.
Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida.
www.salahbenhammou.com
Hans Lueders @hanslueders.bsky.social Hoover Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University | Researching migration, representation, authoritarianism | Writing a book about the political consequences of internal migration in rich democracies
https://www.hanslueders.com
Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social Political science professor, University of Oslo; Research group leader, CIR group; Researcher, PRIO; co-PI, V-Dem
𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social I (try to) advance our knowledge on the politics of dictatorships, political elites, comparative politics, and 💵🏠 as Professor of Political Science at University of Oslo. I also collect loads of data on governments: https://whogov.net/.
Palina Kolvani @palinakolvani.bsky.social PhD fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
Aykut Öztürk @aykutozturk.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Glasgow. Studies comparative political behavior, democracy and authoritarianism, Turkish politics, online survey methods.
https://aozturk.net
Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social Research & teach on authoritarian states and human rights. Head of @ucdpolitics.bsky.social (opinions my own, obvs.)
Publications: https://tinyurl.com/bdfcnf8u
Academic Freedom Officer @psaireland.bsky.social & editorial board @cpcs.bsky.social
Janina Beiser-McGrath @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social Political Scientist. Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at
Royal Holloway. Researching autocracies and quantitative methods. https://janinabeiser.weebly.com
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)
Paul Schuler @paulschuler.bsky.social Associate professor of political science, University of Arizona
Max Grömping @maxgroemping.bsky.social Political Scientist at @griffith.edu.au, Brisbane / Assoc. Editor @democratization.bsky.social/. Interest groups, authoritarian politics, disinformation, electoral integrity, trust.
Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social Senior Researcher at the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) | Political scientist studying the perils and risks of digital technology | https://philipplutscher.net | occasional promotion of (what I believe is) good music
Adrian Del Rio @adridelrio.bsky.social MSCA Postdoctoral fellow. University of Oslo. Research on elite politics, dictatorships, democratization, and education.
Website: www.adelrio.com