UC Berkeley Social Sciences @berkeleysocsci.bsky.social Berkeley’s Social Sciences Division pioneers new conceptual and methodological approaches that transform what we know about, and how we understand, the social world. https://ls.berkeley.edu/SocialSciences
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/
Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org The latest information on law books, Elements and journals published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social Political Science Research and Methods: The journal of the European Political Science Association, edited by John Griffin, published by Cambridge University Press
Alice Xu @alicexu.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UPenn | Comparative inequality, urban & distributive politics, climate change and environmental politics, Latam | https://alicezxu.com/
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
Taig Dara 泰格·達熱 @taigdara.bsky.social Phd-ing intellectual & institutional history at the University of Hawaiʻi: "The China Democratic League at the first People's Political Consultative Conference"
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
Bin Xu. Emory University @binxu013.bsky.social Professor at Emory. Co-editor Sociological Theory 27-29. 23-24 Fellow at Wiko Berlin. Author of The Politics of Compassion(2017, Stanford), Chairman Mao's Children(2021, Cambridge), The Culture of Democracy (2022, Polity)
Personal Website: www.binxu.net
David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.- D Dali L. Yang @daliyang.bsky.social Univ of Chicago Professor and the author of Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control (Oxford Univ Press, 2024).
Jinghan (Michael) Zeng @jinghanzeng.bsky.social Professor at City University of Hong Kong
Author - Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director (2025), AI with Chinese Characteristics (2022), Slogan Politics (2020) & Chinese Communist Party (2015)
Profile: https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/jingzeng
Connor Kopchick @connorkopchick.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Poli Sci at Auburn | Ph.D. via UMD | Transnational Repression, Diasporas, Authoritarianism | Views are mine but should be everyone’s
Harris Doshay @hdoshay.bsky.social Teacher, former China-studying-guy.
William Martindale (馬凱威) @wijama.bsky.social Taiwanese-American MCEPA graduate from UC San Diego. I research cross-strait relations, conspiracy theories and politics in the Chinese-speaking world. Follow me for bad jokes, stats nerd stuff, and updates on whatever I'm reading.
Graham Scambler @grahamscambler.bsky.social Sociologist: philosophy, theory, politics, health & sport. #sociology #health
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, UK
New: ‘The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer’ (Routledge, 2026)
www.grahamscambler.com
Tom Hancock @tomhancock.bsky.social China/economics etc, fmr Bloomberg/FT etc. still posting charts on LinkedIn
Rex Deng @rexdeng.bsky.social PhD Candidate @WUSTLPoliSci | Authoritarian Politics, Political Communication, Public Diplomacy, and State Capacity | A soccer fanatic | rexweiyedeng.org
Nectar Gan @nectargan.bsky.social Senior China reporter, CNN
Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University http://xu-xu.net
Meichao Song @meichao.bsky.social PhD student at Emory University
Gender, Public Opinion, Political Behavior
Comparative Politics & Methodology- Z Zhihang Ruan @zruan.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Hunter College-CUNY, PhD from Northwestern. Development, labor, land, China, Vietnam. http://zhihangruan.com
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org The latest research in Political Science and International Relations from @universitypress.cambridge.org.
cambridge.org/politics
Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social Professor of Medieval French and Head of School of Languages, Cultures & Societies at Uni of Leeds; Chair of UCFL; Co-Chair of AHA; playing card collector; MSS & cat-lover.
Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social Assistant Prof in Environmental Governance & Business
University of British Columbia, Forestry & SPPGA
Co-Host @beltandroadpod.bsky.social
Political Ecology, China in Southeast Asia, Sustainable Supply Chains, Rubber, Land Grabs
julietlu.com
Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social Forum for next generation U.S. scholars and experts on China to contribute academically informed, policy relevant analysis on pressing issues in U.S.-China relations.
https://global.upenn.edu/future-of-us-china-relations/
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral science research & fellowship in service of generating knowledge, illuminating understandings, building fields, informing policy discourse, & creating an enduring scholarly community like no other | casbs.stanford.edu
Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social Professor of Government at UT-Austin. Research on European politics, parties, elections, and voters. Close follower of everything Turkish, European and American.
APSA- Political Organizations & Parties Section @apsa-pop.bsky.social 
Emily K. M. Scott @emilykmscott.bsky.social Associate Professor, researcher, writer, advisor | humanitarianism, conflict, protection, IHL, health, migration & the Middle East | mostly 🇸🇾🇱🇧 🇯🇴 | podcast co-host | #fulbright | emilykmscott.org
Previously MSF, Carter Center, UNDP, GAC,…
Seanon Wong @mahlerite.bsky.social associate prof @CUHK; incoming fellow @Stanford CASBS - microsociology of diplomacy, IR theory, political psychology, leaders, Cold War, WWII, China; father of two; classical music geek
Chris Moore @drchrismoore.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. Views are my own.
Professor Astrid Nordin @astridnordin.bsky.social Lau Chair of Chinese international relations at King’s College London.
Clyde Yicheng Wang @clydewang.bsky.social Political scientist, but more political than scientific. China, ideology, propaganda. Assistant professor at Washington and Lee University.
https://sites.google.com/view/clyde-yicheng-wang
ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social Official BlueSky account of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), exploring the link between politics and psychology.
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social Flagship journal of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Peer-reviewed journal of the American Political Science Association, cultivating a political science public sphere.
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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social Political Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by ISPP (@polpsyispp.bsky.social)
co-EiC: @lizsuhay.bsky.social & @mjbsp.bsky.social
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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. 
Dr. Elizabeth Dorssom, MPA, PhD @edorssom.bsky.social Assistant Professor | U.S. Political Economy & Political Institutions | #FirstGen | Views = mine | elizabethdorssom.com | Quizizz Ambassador 
Isabel Laterzo-Tingley @isabellatingley.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the UT-Austin LBJ School
UNC PoliSci PhD
www.isabellaterzo.com
Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
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
Somdeep Sen @somdeepsen.bsky.social IR, race, settler colonialism, Palestine; Decolonizing Palestine @CornellUP; Globalizing Collateral Language @UofGeorgiaP
Ling Chen @lingchenscholar.bsky.social William Clayton Chair and Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University SAIS. Political economy; state-business relations; economic, industrial and tax policies; authoritarian capitalism. https://www.lingchen-scholar.com/
Rachel Blaifeder @rblaifeder.bsky.social Publisher at Cambridge University Press, acquiring in political science and sociology.
ChinaFile @chinafile.bsky.social Online magazine from Asia Society
Reporting, Analysis, Photography, Video and Conversation on China
Yan Long @yanlong-soc.bsky.social Sociologists, UC Berkeley, studying authoritarian politics, health, digital technology, civic action, gender, sexuality & global China.
Author of Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford)
Jessica DiCarlo @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social Geographer | University of Utah
Co-Founder @scwobservatory.bsky.social
Editor @globalchinamap.bsky.social
PIP Fellow @ncuscr.bsky.social
*political ecology, Global China, development, geopolitics*
www.jessicadicarlo.phd
Opinions here are my own.
IIAS @iias.bsky.social International Institute for Asian Studies | www.iias.asia
Brent Hierman @bhierman.bsky.social Political Science, Central Asia, Land Reform, Political Economy
David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social Day job = Associate Prof. of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Tweets = personal views.
David Pierson @dhpierson.bsky.social Correspondent at the @nytimes covering Chinese foreign affairs. Previously at the @latimes. Hong Kong native. Long suffering Mets fan. david.pierson@nytimes.com
Katharin Tai 戴恺琳 @ktai.bsky.social Probably somewhere in an archive near berlin. phd-ing @ MIT Political Science on Chinese politics, technology policy, bureaucracy & GDR computing. Also at mstdn.social/@ktai
@davidbulman.bsky.social @davidbulman.bsky.social 
The China Quarterly @chinaquarterly.bsky.social The leading scholarly journal in its field, covering all aspects of contemporary China, including Taiwan
Ming Xia 夏明 @mingxiany.bsky.social Prof. of PoliSci (International Political Economy, Monsoon Asia @CUNY/GC), Bibliophile, Amateur Photographer, Global Traveller, Friend of LGBTQIA+, homepage: https://www.dr-ming-xia.org/
Jean Tsui @jeantsui.bsky.social Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at CUNY. Studies affect, emotion, and late imperial Chinese intellectual history.
Author of Affective Betrayal: Mind, Music, and Embodied Action in Late Qing China (SUNY, 2024)
Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123.bsky.social Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. Australian in DC. Views are my own.
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Carlo Prato @carloprato.bsky.social Social scientist @ Columbia University | Formal Political Theory | Early memories: the fall of the Berlin Wall and that header by Claudio Caniggia | carloprato.com
Andrew Little @anthlittle.bsky.social Prof at UC Berkeley. Formal theory, political beliefs, democracy.
Associate Editor at @ajpseditor.bsky.social
https://anthlittle.github.io/
William A. Callahan 柯嵐安 @billcallahan.bsky.social China curious
filmmaker and writer
for films and articles see: SensiblePolitics.Net/
Latest film: "The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China", see trailer: https://vimeo.com/962136803
Neysun Mahboubi @neysunm.bsky.social Administrative law/Chinese law. Director, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations. Host, China Studies podcast.
https://global.upenn.edu/global-initiatives/person/neysun-mahboubi
Daniel Rio Tinto @driotinto.bsky.social Lecturer at FGV RI and researcher at CEI-ISCTE. Former ICCS/University of Birmingham. Interested in IR Theory, Political Violence, Criminal & Rebel Governance, Civil Wars and Nukes. Aviation, food, wine and beer. All the usual caveats apply.
Diego Vega @vegadiego.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Dickinson College. Policy diffusion, comparative policymaking, Latin America. Ex-journalist.
Dave Siegel @daveasiegel.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University.
Blake Miller @bamiller.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania. I specialize in Chinese politics, authoritarian politics, and computational social science methods. (they/them) http://blakeapm.com
Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, Penn State. I work on elections, identity, and political behavior in the Middle East and North Africa.
danieltavana.com
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Researching political violence & the inner workings of dictatorships
https://felixhaass.de/
Adam Scharpf @ascharpf.bsky.social Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Researching dictatorships and the dark side of politics | https://www.adamscharpf.net/
Author of "Making a Career in Dictatorship", OUP | https://tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
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
Scott Williamson @scottrw630.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics at Oxford studying authoritarianism, migration, and the Middle East. https://www.scott-williamson.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
Eric Gross MD, PhD @ericgross.bsky.social Associate Professor @Stanford. NIH funded lab studying aldehydes to understand pain, cardiovascular disease, and the health implications of alcohol flushing. Anesthesiologist. Scientist. Father. Husband. Marquette. MCW. ericgrosslab.stanford.edu
Jane Esberg @janeesberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at UPenn. Authoritarianism, repression,
censorship, and conflict, esp in Latin America. Aspiring cat lady. http://janeesberg.com. https://tinyurl.com/56eytm5e
Fiona Cunningham @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of “Under the Nuclear Shadow” (Princeton, 2025). China, nukes, cyber, space, international security. She/her. Personal website: www.fionascunningham.com
Rhodium Group @rhg.com Rhodium Group is an independent research provider, combining policy expertise and data-driven analysis to help decision-makers navigate global challenges. 
Michael Albertus @mikealbertus.bsky.social Professor @UChicago Political Science | Democracy, dictatorship, conflict, property, the Americas | Author of Land Power
David B MacDonald @dbmacdonald.bsky.social Professor of Political Science University of Guelph. Interests: International Relations, Indigenous Politics Canada & Aotearoa NZ, IR, Race, Genocide, girmitiya descendent 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇹🇹
Alexander Guido @alexanderguido.bsky.social Program Ops @NCUSCR | China-watcher | Asia-Pacific security issues
Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social Staff Writer @NewYorker. Fellow in the China Center @Brookingsinst. Latest book, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Haves-and-Have-Yachts/Evan-Osnos/9781668204481
Dr. Amy Matthewson @amymatthewson.bsky.social Historian of China in the British Imagination, 19th and early 20th centuries, Visual and Material Cultures. Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham
Joseph Seeley @josephaseeley.bsky.social assoc prof @UVA_History. Specialist in 20th century Korea, Japanese Empire, and East Asian environments. Author of Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and Manchuria (Open-access link: https://tinyurl.com/3susuy49)
Rush Doshi @rushdoshi.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Georgetown • Director of the CFR China Strategy Initiative • Biden NSC China 2021-2024 • Author of The Long Game
Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn.bsky.social Director, @stanforddel.bsky.social
Professor Stanford Institute for Human-centered AI, SIEPR, Stanford department of Economics and GSB
Author https://amazon.com/Second-Machine-Age-Prosperity-Technologies/dp/0393350649
Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social Author: The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social
Asso Prof @durham-university.bsky.social Exec Editor @bjse.bsky.social; Director @chiedmobilities.bsky.social; Soc of time, Bourdieu, China; https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Time-Inheritors
Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social Edited by Nathaniel Hendren and @wwwojtekk.bsky.social
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-public-economics
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social Sr. Lecturer of Chinese Politics at the University of Manchester.
Associate editor for Nationalities Papers.
Researching the everyday politics of ethnicity under authoritarianism and Islamophobia in the PRC.
Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social Head of Chinese Section, under Research Collections Directorate at Cambridge University Library. Senior member of Robinson College. Views my own.
Xin Fan 范鑫 @xinfan.bsky.social Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).
Stephen R. Platt @stephenplatt.bsky.social Historian. Books include Imperial Twilight (Knopf, 2018) and Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Knopf, 2012). New book: The Raider (Knopf, 2025). https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/618088/the-raider-by-stephen-r-platt/
Kaiping Chen @kaipingchen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Science and Technology Communication, Computational Social Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison | Stanford/
Columbia / Fudan University alumni | Pianist
www.kaipingchen.com
Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam
global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net/book
Ruoyun Bai 多伦多媒体研究白若云 @ruoyunbai.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media Studies/Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto, working on Chinese Media, Culture and Society. Author of "Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics" and co-editor of 3 books. Writing a book on scandals in China.