Cities After Transition (CATference)
This is the one and only official bsky for the Cities After Transition network. CAT unites scholars from all over the world with an interest in urban development in all things "post-socialist" Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.
@davidsichinava.bsky.social
Human. Geographer. Polls, maps, (post)Soviet stuff - not always in that order. YOW/TBS
@pjuskowiak.bsky.social
Urban scholar at Institute of Cultural Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, exploring human-animals relations in post-socialist cities.
@kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social
Reader (Associate Prof), City St Georges, University of London. IOs, international inequalities, international security (including Russia's war against Ukraine), peacekeeping. http://kseniya-oksamytna.com
@antipodeonline.bsky.social
Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, publishing (and funding, through the non-profit Antipode Foundation) the very best radical research
@mattthompson.bsky.social
• full-time urban geographer (UCL Bartlett) • spare-time cyclejographer (London mostly) • first-time author (*Reconstructing Public Housing: Liverpool’s hidden history of collective alternatives* https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv153k6cx
@erinmcel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Geography at University of Washington https://www.erinmcelroy.net; Anti-Eviction Mapping Project https://antievictionmap.com/; Silicon Valley Imperialism https://www.dukeupress.edu/silicon-valley-imperialism
@angeltorresadan.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava🇸🇰). PhD in Politics (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Researching individual geopolitical preferences in post-communist Europe and beyond.
@audelegallou.bsky.social
Geographer and urbexer - Lecturer in Geography at the University of Geneva 🇨🇭 Cultural geography • Abandonment • Urbex • East Germany
@buzogany.bsky.social
assistant professor at boku vienna / european union / climate energy environment / everything from public policy to public protest and back. currently visiting at center for social science, hungarian academy of science
@taljab.bsky.social
Sociologist / urban inequalities through the lens of motherhood / trust and public space. Former Mecila Fellow, now writing a book with a VW Opus Magnum. Professor on leave from Humboldt-Universität Berlin
@cescame.bsky.social
The Centre for the Study of Social Change and the Material Environment. Researching inconspicuous innovations and resilience in the urban context. cescame.soc.cas.cz
@darthputinkgb.bsky.social
Czar for life of all Russians. Master Strategist. Tea connoisseur. Author. YouTuber. Window installer. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsPoliSci. Post-communism, nationalism, identity, citizenship, memory, religion. 2024 book: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 : Entangled Histories, Diverging States. https://tinyurl.com/5y8nvemb
@efinkel.bsky.social
Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Historian of WWIII. Study horrible things that happen to good people, write books, despair. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna. Intent to Destroy is out: https://tinyurl.com/ybfn7
@shekhovtsov.substack.com
PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
@ericamarat.bsky.social
Professor. Opinions are my personal. Posting as a private citizen. Do not represent any institution or group.
@geogvma.bsky.social
Geographer and wayward academic. In Kyiv for the moment. Medium.com/@geogvma || geogvma.substack.com/
@alexvorbrugg.bsky.social
geographer uni bern | political ecology | rural studies | land
@stefanb23.bsky.social
Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester. Into fighting urban injustices, researching energy/climate inequalities & network governance
@terezieloksova.bsky.social
Urban sociologist at @cescame.bsky.social and Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Science // sociology of urban expertise, policy mobility, CEE cities, architecture // posts mostly in ENG, sometimes in CZE too.
@drsarahwhitmore.bsky.social
Reader in Politics, Oxford Brookes University. Researching Ukrainian politics since 1998, current projects: defence reform; parliament@war. Lang: Ukr, Rus
@drgholmes.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Studies @OpenUniversity and Lecturer in Politics at Imperial College London; Peacekeeping, military, UN, gender, global governance, SSR, Classical/Spanish guitar player
@gmerabishv.bsky.social
Political geography postdoc at KU Leuven I study borders/territory, security and conflicts Current research: EU in the Black Sea https://research.kuleuven.be/portal/en/project/3E241158
@bdtaylor-su.bsky.social
Professor @SUpolisci and Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. New book: Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction. http://amzn.to/3gdhiFe
@slantchev.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego. All opinions are personal and do not necessarily reflect official UCSD positions.
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@peterkrause.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Boston College, Research Affiliate at MIT Security Studies Program, Middle East politics, civil war and political violence, nationalism, rebels and regime change, peace-building, and Boston www.peterjpkrause.com
@jodemocracy.bsky.social
The Journal of Democracy: The smartest analysis on democracy and authoritarianism around the world. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. https://linkin.bio/jodemocracy
@shayan86.bsky.social
BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@tanyalokot.bsky.social
Ukrainian academic living in Ireland. I study digital media, civic mobilisation, & networked authoritarianism. Nature & cats keep me sane. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
@olgalautman.bsky.social
Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe. Senior Fellow @cepa.org Syria-Ukraine Network Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/ Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 https://linktr.ee/olgalautman
@samagreene.bsky.social
Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@imatv.bsky.social
Independent reporter in Ukraine 🇺🇦| 2024 Vaclav Havel Fellow, RFE/RL. Ex- Kyiv Independent. Words in BBC, NPR and others| EMA in Human Rights and Democratization, Europe.
@mariainkharkiv.bsky.social
Security Expert | Amplifying Ukraine's Global Voice | Former Twitter Enthusiast
@spaghettikozak.bsky.social
Struggling Youtuber, American veteran of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
@dovzhyk.bsky.social
Ukrainian killjoy. Based in Lviv after 10 years in London. Writing in New York Times, CNN, Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc. http://sashadovzhyk.com
@brunomacaes.bsky.social
Author Dawn of Eurasia (2018) Belt and Road (2019) History Has Begun (2020) Geopolitics for the End Time (2021) and forthcoming Masters of the Metaverse
@benjaminforest.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Geography, McGill University; Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship; McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. Political representation, identity, and politics of memory. Also, dogs. Opinions and bad puns are my own
@reshetz.bsky.social
23, ukrainian-american Print FPV drones like money and we’re hyperinflating
@harrismylonas.bsky.social
▫️Political Scientist @gwu1821.bsky.social ▫️Editor-in-chief of @nationalitiesp.bsky.social ▫️Nationalism | nation-building | migration | diasporas 🔗 https://harrismylonas.com