Women in Political Science, Policy, and Politics
A list of women (cis, trans, nonbinary, etc.) in political science, policy, and politics. This is a new starter pack so feel free to suggest yourself or others!
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@katrobison.bsky.social
@caseydominguez.bsky.social
Political scientist focusing on American politics, presidency, parties. San Diego Padres.
@liznorell.bsky.social
Political scientist, teacher, faculty developer, writer, bibliophile. I already love your dog(s). Opinions are mine. #ActuallyAutistic Out now, my book <The Present Professor>! https://www.oupress.com/9780806194691/the-present-professor/
@armida.bsky.social
Head of Europe Programme & Senior Research Fellow @cheurope.bsky.social at Chatham House. European Foreign Policy, Security & Politics. Views my own. 🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/armida-van-rij
@leannecpowner.bsky.social
Coach/Developmental Editor for academics in the social sciences, including dissertators. Sometimes methods prof; author of _Empirical Research & Writing: A Pol Sci Student's Practical Guide_. Accepting manuscripts for summer; next coaching term starts May.
@vopromama.bsky.social
Mom | Political Engagement Doula | Civil Rights Lawyer Helping progressive grown-ups get kids involved in politics!
@theresakuhn.bsky.social
Professor and Academic Director, Amsterdam Center for European Studies, University of Amsterdam
@jasmineschipp.bsky.social
Policy Analyst at @science.org.au Background in health + psych research. My PhD focused on the experiences of people with type 1 diabetes using #OpenAPS. she/her https://schippjasmine.wixsite.com/mysite
@cahughes74.bsky.social
MSW, Crime Victim Advocate, Campaign Manager, HFA IA, East Hampton Committee Member, Constituent Caseworker, LIU Library. Public Radio DJ WPBX, Former UN Environmental Youth Program Delegate, SEIU Labor Member
@maarja.bsky.social
Reader in Comparative Politics & Gender, Newcastle Uni Politics Co-Head, skiing, (conference) running, hiking, mushroom foraging, cooking & eating
@catherineouellet.bsky.social
Professeure adjointe en science politique, UdeM. PhD de UofT. Politique québécoise & canadienne, styles de vie, comportements et opinion publique. Co-créatrice de Datagotchi 🤖 Autres intérêts: arts & décroissance 🌱 Un peu plus ici: www.catherineouellet.com
@ldlmontreal.bsky.social
Prof @sciencepo-UdeM.bsky.social Directrice scientifique @cerium-udem.bsky.social Réseau de recherche canadien Femmes, Paix & Sécurité Équipe de recherche sur la Politisation du religieux en Afrique & au Moyen-Orient (PRAM) Moyen-Orient, politique étra
@frederiquematonti.bsky.social
@jsimeant.bsky.social
Professeure de science politique (ENS/CMH). Née à 324 ppm de CO2. https://www.cmh.ens.fr/author/johanna-simeant-germanos/
@vanessajerome.bsky.social
Politiste - affiliate researcher University of Victoria, professeure invitée Université de Montréal @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social Écologie politique - Partis - Violences politiques - Féminismes Et en podcast sur https://jhabiteoujelutte.com
@mckenziebennett.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | University of Notre Dame Exploring White allyship and Black activism Black Politics | African Politics | Intergroup Attitudes
@shanascogin.bsky.social
Postdoc @perryworldhouse @penn | PhD @NotreDame polisci | Incoming assist prof IU Bloomington O'Neill SPEA 2026 | governance, eviron, & disasters | #rstats | she/her | alum @fulbrightnepal | https://github.com/ShanaScogin | https://shanascogin.com
@lenker.bsky.social
poli sci researcher @ EsadeGeo i write about nationalism in media, China, and geoeconomics 📍Madrid
@queli-bauer.bsky.social
Politóloga. Neoliberalism, governance, identity politics in Chile and LatAm, pedagogy and higher ed. author http://bit.ly/3yWg8bj
@merikeblofield.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science | global health, social, family & gender policy, Latin America | University of Hamburg | Finnish-Canadian, spent 25 years in the US and South America. Latin Americanist at heart.
@maydinger.bsky.social
Nationalism, EU politics, culture & identities, feminism & Pol Comms | PhD in #indyref, #Scottish media, politics & literature | PDRA @BournemouthUni #AcademicSky
@alexandracronin.bsky.social
Environmental Peacebuilding 🌿🕊️🧱 | Transboundary Freshwater Conflict and Cooperation ⛲️ | Maritime Affairs 🌊 | Energy Justice ⚖️ 📚 MA The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 📚 BA Wellesley College ✨Views my own✨
@katherinettyson.bsky.social
Nature | Academia | Disability | Politics | LGBTQ+ | BookTok | Writer | Anime | Gamer | Fandoms | Photography ☕️📚🇨🇦🇬🇧🔸🏴🏳️🌈🐈⬛🍵 Day job policymaking on climate change/adaptation gap Research public goods provision IR | IPE | IL Oxford | UBC | Columbia | Waseda
@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/
@profnicolamcewen.bsky.social
Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
@liamerivaki.bsky.social
Election science; expert in voter registration and local-level election administration. American Politics @McCourt School, Georgetown/The Carter Center. Team #voteredu 🗳️😷🇬🇷 🇺🇲 I am inclined to block you if you don't show your face or your name.
@shamiragelbman.bsky.social
Author of The Civil Rights Lobby http://tinyurl.com/32tzxran Brooklyn in Indiana 🏙️🌽 Poli Sci Prof at Wabash College 🔔 I tweet solely in my own capacity, not on behalf of the College
@drpops.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. PolSci, MPH, PhD. Clean Air Activist, Socialist, applied epi, vulnerable children. Sailor. Adj. Senior Research Fellow
@juliethooker.bsky.social
Professor at Brown University. Feminist. Books: Black Grief/White Grievance (Oct. 2023) | Theorizing Race in the Americas | Race and the Politics of Solidarity. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243030/black-griefwhite-grievance
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
Lecturer in the politics of race & decolonial studies / IR lover researching terror & migration-security/ Black Muslim feminist killjoy | https://colouredacademia.wordpress.com
@devawo.bsky.social
Politics Prof., author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
@inesromaoduarte.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science at EUI | Institutional Quality, Democratic Erosion, Political Economy | I'm also a full-time mum
@elisestorme.bsky.social
PhD researcher and TA in political science @GASPAR_UGent | Research on political communication, VAWIP and representation | she/her
@dianavgalbraith.bsky.social
Foreign affairs, MENA, progressive politics, free speech, geopolitics, cats, labor, and irreverent humor. MA from Georgetown SFS. Dancer. She/her in the SF Bay Area. Onward!
@svshen.bsky.social
political scientist + environmental engineer @ Stanford Doerr | author @ Cambridge UP - Political Regulation Wave, Compliance with Policy | http://svshen.com
@lauraevans.bsky.social
Poli Sci prof at University of California, Riverside. I write and teach about the politics of Native Nations, Indigenous peoples, federalism, and race. I am both a dog person and a cat person.
@minhdo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Guelph. Law & politics, Indigenous politics, public policy
@ckonusta.bsky.social
political scientist at UBalt, human rights/gender/reproductive rights person, mother to an amazing kid, Indigenous Peruvian, SKorean
@katejackson.bsky.social
Political theory, Trusts & Corps @ ucincinnatilaw, staff @Constellations. Adlaw nerd. 🧶👽👾🧙🏽♀️🦅Dislike: skyline chili. Like: hippo. Ambivalent: bengals. Cincinnati transition from Philly still in progress. Views def my own. Research at https://bit.ly/3B2c9A2
@turkenburgemma.bsky.social
Political communication research | Assistant professor @ Strategic Communication Group - Wageningen University & Research | she/her | www.emmaturkenburg.com
@janinadill.bsky.social
Professor of Global Security at Oxford, Co-director of ELAC (IHL, Law & Ethics of War, Attitudes toward Violence)
@elsakugelberg.bsky.social
Political theorist at the University of Oxford. Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College. Affiliate, mintresearch.org, ANU. Columnist and contributing writer, Dagens Nyheter Kultur. https://elsakugelberg.com
@herestad.bsky.social
Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin
@tynsentiempo.bsky.social
Scholar-Practitioner | Research on #socialequity #publicadministration and #governance | All skeets mine | 🇧🇿🇧🇿
@drhelenhyu.bsky.social
Director & Professor | Public Administration Program | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Ret FLEO | Veteran | Foodie | Diehard @lakers17.bsky.social | Editor-in-Chief @ppmgmtjournal.bsky.social | GoogleScholar (https://t.co/PGDU6CXhEO)
@belindaarch.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. NBER Research Associate. Fellow at Brookings Institution Fields: development, political economy, environment, economic history, inequality https://sites.google.com/view/belinda-archibong/home
@katstafford.bsky.social
Global Race and Justice Editor | Reuters UofM Knight-Wallace Fellowship alum Past: AP investigative race writer Detroit girl Send tips: Kat.Stafford@thomsonreuters.com
@smrodriguez.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Gender, Rights and Human Rights @ LSE, Penal Abolitionist, Black disabled QT 🏳️⚧️🌍, Author of "The Economies of Queer Inclusion" | all views are my own www.smrodriguez.com
@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
Abolitionist & political scientist who researches Black politics, feminism, gender & sexuality, policing, and threat. 🔗: linktr.ee/jennmjacksonphd 📚: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673883/black-women-taught-us-by-jenn-m-jackson-phd/
@meredithconroy.bsky.social
Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social
Political Scientist (all views own), Visiting Assoc Prof @ Columbia SIPA; civ-mil relations, military orgs/manpower, public opinion, foreign policy, militarized policing, democratic theory, intl/natsec law, pol econ
@jenvictor.bsky.social
Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://shorturl.at/T8ten
@triofrancos.bsky.social
Political Scientist, Providence College Strategic Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute Author / Resource Radicals (Duke UP 2020) Co-Author / A Planet to Win (Verso 2019) Forthcoming / Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (WW Norton)
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political scientist. Health policy prof at University of Pittsburgh. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines at NYT, WaPo & The Guardian. Writing on health insurance woes & administrative burden. Coverage Denied (CUP 2026).
@mechrissyg.bsky.social
First-gen doing PhD research on socioeconomic exclusion in Australian workplace diversity & inclusion policy. PoliSci. Social policy. Inequality. Power theory. Policy process literature. MPhil IR, Oxford (Clarendon). Master Admin Law & Policy, USYD.
@leahstokes.bsky.social
Professor of climate + energy policy at UCSB. Alumni of MIT, Columbia and UToronto. Hosts "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Cuts carbon pollution! Proudly 🇨🇦 Gardener 🌱 leahstokes.com
@karinakosped.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Parties, representation, recruitment, gender, youth, harassment/violence, engagement/affiliation, campaigning.
@janabelschner.bsky.social
Researcher Comparative Politics at UiB, Norway |Political behavior & representation | TMF StG «Representing the Future» | Berliner in Norway 😳
@eunicegoes.bsky.social
Political scientist at @RichmondUniLdn. Interested in parties and ideologies and quite a few other things. More of a fox than a hedgehog.
@clarerice.bsky.social
Research Fellow (Politics), University of Edinburgh @edinburghpir.bsky.social 📍 Northern Ireland / Edinburgh UK Politics | Northern Ireland | Brexit | Identity | Conflict | Gender | Territorial Politics | Institutions
@silviab.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Glasgow & Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) - youth activism, education & inequality. PhD in Social Policy.
@elliegadjanova.bsky.social
Political scientist at Exeter. Ethnic politics, political communication, and social media in Africa. Writing a book on cross-ethnic outreach in highly diverse states.
@jwpp.bsky.social
This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists who study the world through a gendered lens, with a focus on the relationship between gender and political/policy outcomes. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wwap20
@carolinebha.bsky.social
Research Information Analyst, Research Strategy Office @University of Cambridge | Political scientist
@drashleec.bsky.social
Author "The Politics of Intersectional Practice" Bristol University Press Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, York University, Canada Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Settler | She/her drashleechristoffersen.com
@carolineleicht.bsky.social
Researches gender, media and politics, comedy, US politics & elections at the University of Glasgow • Visiting Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton • she/her https://carolinevleicht.weebly.com
@emelinefourment.bsky.social
AssProf ScPo | social movements | gender | justice | health Network VisaGe on gender based violence #Rouen #Konstanz
@katrobison.bsky.social
Poet, Political Scientist, Lecturer USSC/USYD, #FirstGen, Research Aficionado, Occasional Podcaster, Human (she/her). I study space, women in STEM, politics, and #scicomm. Views my own. Fields: Space Policy, Political Communication/Behaviour, US Politics