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@arielzellman.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University Co-director, Religion and State Project Territorial Conflict, Politics & Religion, Extremist Social Movements New Book: Religious Minorities at Risk, Oxford, w Matthias Basedau & Jonathan Fox
@zeynsom.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Government at UT-Austin. Research on European politics, parties, elections, and voters. Close follower of everything Turkish, European and American.
@sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at KCL Interests: Euroscepticism, Far Right, Populism EIC: European Journal of Political Research https://www.sofiavasilopoulou.com/
@stefaniereher.bsky.social
Political scientist at Uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow | researching political attitudes, disability, political representation
@chagaiweiss.bsky.social
Stanford Postdoc, incoming assistant professor at the University of Toronto. (Almost done) writing a book about how institutions can shape intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societies. www.chagaiweiss.com
@pkostad.bsky.social
Associate Professor; Political Science; University of Illinois at Chicago; www.petiakostadinova.net. European Union; democracy; post-communist countries; Bulgaria. Posts about research, gardening, good food; parenting fails/wins, and youth travel hockey
@lucasleemann.bsky.social
Professor University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social — interested in comparative politics & data science — representation, participation, direct democracy — @leewas.bsky.social — @bjpols.bsky.social — DigDemLab — Co-founder of https://leewas.ch/
@alonadolinsky.com
Political scientist. Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Communication Science, VU Amsterdam. Neurodivergent. I research parties, representation, group appeals and text-as-data. My true loves are 📺 🥣 & 🐈⬛. alonadolinsky.com
@stefanmueller.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ucddublin.bsky.social • party competition, public opinion, political communication, computational social science • Maintainer @irishpollingind.bsky.social • Member of the Young Academy Ireland muellerstefan.net
@garritzmannj.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science @goetheuni.bsky.social Frankfurt, Co-Director InFER Frankfurt, @erc.europa.eu grant on Educational Cleavage Political economy | Welfare | Education | Parties | Public opinion https://sites.google.com/site/juliangarritzmann
@wurthmann.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES) | Elections, Parties, Representation, Attitudes & LGBTQ* | Board member of German Political Science Association (DVPW) |🇪🇺| he/him 🏳️🌈 Freedom fades without colour.
@saengler.bsky.social
Professor in Comparative Politics @leuphana, party competition, European politics, CEE, democracy, corruption, radical right, former @IPZ_ch | PhD @IPWunibern #FirstGen
@egrossman.bsky.social
Political Science: Agendas, Parties, Media. @sciencespo.bsky.social, @cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social, @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, CAP, formerly EJPR. Paris, Buenos Aires, Schwelm.
@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social
Associate professor (USN) studying historical development of welfare states, working time, unions, political parties and democracy. www.magnusbrasmussen.com
@damienbol.bsky.social
Prof in Political Behavior in Sciences Po Paris. Ex boom-bap rapper, I wear white kicks ALL THE TIME www.damienbol.eu
@snsoroka.bsky.social
Professor, Departments of Communication and Political Science, UCLA. snsoroka.com
@heikekluever.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Political Behavior @ Humboldt Universität Berlin | Spokesperson DYNAMICS | Director Humboldt Governance Lab | #FirstGenAcademic | Proud mum of 4 kids
@miguelpereira.bsky.social
Political scientist / Assistant professor of European politics at LSE / WUSTL PhD www.miguelmpereira.com
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
Generali Endowed Chair in European Policies, President of the Institute of European Policy Making at Bocconi University (she/her) www.catherinedevries.eu catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
@denis-cohen.bsky.social
Senior research fellow @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social. Research on spatial inequalities, electoral politics, quantitative social science. Lead organizer of the MZES Social Science Data Lab (@mzes-ssdl.bsky.social). He/him.
@gessler.bsky.social
👩🏫Assistant Professor Comparative Politics @viadrina.bsky.social 🔍democracy | parties | gender | CEE🇭🇺 🇵🇱 🛠️TextasData & digital methods www.theresagessler.eu/ | former @th_ges 🚋⛰️🚴♀️
@simonweschle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at UNC. www.simonweschle.com
@chriswratil.bsky.social
Associate Professor for Government @univie.ac.at, works on political representation & behavior, public opinion, populism & the EU - usual disclaimers
@klauspforr.bsky.social
Sociologist at @gesis.org working with EU-SILC in @fdzgml.bsky.social. Research interests: econometrics, survey methodology, sociology of wealth, family sociology, integration/migration, ethnic segregation. Typos galore
@noamlupu.bsky.social
Vanderbilt political scientist • Director of CGD and LAPOP Lab • author http://amzn.to/2x5DuN5
@chrauh.bsky.social
Amongst other things dad (P+J), political scientist (WZB Berlin & University of Potsdam), bike nerd (n+1), and music addict (Kick, Snare, Kick Kick, Snare). http://www.christian-rauh.eu
@krausewe.bsky.social
Political Scientist at the University of Potsdam - Comparative Politics, Political Parties & Voting Behavior - Quantitative Methods & R Prev. Uni Vienna, Humboldt Uni & WZB Berlin https://krausewe.github.io
@ingorohlfing.bsky.social
I am here for all interesting and funny posts on the social sciences, broadly understood and including open science and meta science, academia, teaching and research. https://linktr.ee/ingorohlfing
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality in the rich democracies (and the US). Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
@mjrieger.bsky.social
Journalist from Germany. Covers sport, sustainability and the climate crises.
@prl.bsky.social
We produce research and public resources on democratic attitudes and political behavior. Founded and directed by Sean Westwood (Dartmouth) and Yphtach Lelkes (Penn). www.polarizationresearchlab.org and americaspoliticalpulse.com
@heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social
Political scientist, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
@macartan.bsky.social
WZB Berlin, Humboldt University, TCD https://macartan.github.io/ Politics, conflict, inequality, political economy of development, causal inference
@rdassonneville.bsky.social
Prof at KU Leuven CRC in Electoral Democracy at Université de Montréal https://ruthdassonneville.netlify.app/
@profjanegreen.bsky.social
Nuffield College, Oxford Co-Director, British Election Study Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre President, British Polling Council Voting, surveys, explanation, singing …
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@zeitzoff.bsky.social
Professor @au-spa.bsky.social Political Violence | Political Psychology New book "Nasty Politics" https://www.zeitzoff.com/book-project.html
@victorasal.bsky.social
UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
@jihedncib.bsky.social
Machine Learning Researcher (Post-doctoral) at the Connected Politics Lab and the School of Computer Science (University College Dublin). www.jihedncib.net
@pengzell.bsky.social
I research nepo babies. Sociology Prof at UCL, ERC Starting Grantee 2025-2030, Programme Lead MSc Sociology, Associate Editor RSSM & ESR. Also at Swedish Institute for Social Research & Nuffield College. http://perengzell.com
@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
@jlazarus.bsky.social
Political scientist at Georgia State University. Congress & elections. My feed is mostly politics but you’ll get some sports takes and terrible dad jokes along the way.
@elizabethbitmeehan.com
Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and polisci metascience. Run @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. Go 'Cats. Always a Midwest Princess 👑
@markrubin.bsky.social
social psychology ▪︎ metascience ▪︎ philosophy of science ▪︎ higher education Professor at Durham University, UK. He/him. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/markrubinsocialpsychresearch/ Substack: https://markrubin.substack.com/
@avishaybsg.bsky.social
Normative Theory of Civ-Mil especially under democratic backsliding | Liberalism Rekindled Postdoctoral Fellow @Hebrew U | Ruderman Scholar in Residence and Senior Researcher at the INSS | Napper extraordinaire | Kartofellophile
@conradhackett.bsky.social
Demography nerd at Pew Research Center Global religious change, sociology
@turnbulldugarte.com
Political scientist 🇿🇦🏳️🌈 Associate Editor POQ, EJPG, and R&P he/him Far-right, social identities, & electoral behaviour Writing a book on LGBTQ voters for PUP 🏳️🌈🗳️ http://turnbulldugarte.com/ #ihadablackdog https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc?si=q-gQTNXfScmgtl4k
@profdansmith.bsky.social
Political scientist at Penn. Comparative politics, parties, elections, electoral systems, representation.
@davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social
Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
@martingross.bsky.social
Political scientist, LMU Munich || Parties || Party competition in multi-level systems || Coalitions || Local politics || EU Cohesion Policy || Political representation || Sports & politics
@sarahobolt.bsky.social
Professor of European politics, LSE | President of EPSA | Associate Editor of PSRM | Chair of EES
@fortunato.bsky.social
Studies comparative political economy (mostly legislatures in Europe and the US) at @gpsucsd.bsky.social at UC San Diego. Proud Nutmegger and Hurricane. Loves the Knicks, Giants, and Yankees. http://www.davidfortunato.com/
@marcdebus.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim. Interested in elections, voters, candidates, party competition, coalition politics and legislatures. #FirstGen
@zacdgreene.bsky.social
Uni Strathclyde, Glasgow. Political Science, Party Politics, Machine Learning & AI, Hiking, Cycling, Snowboarding, Yoga, Cats.
@drmkuisma.bsky.social
Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics || Baggies
@laurenzennser.bsky.social
Professor of Austrian Politics in the European Context @univie.ac.at. Views are my own.
@simonotjes.bsky.social
Political Scientist | Leiden University | Political Parties | Voting | Parliaments | Interest Groups
@fgenovese.bsky.social
Political scientist at University of Oxford • Leverhulme Trust awardee • cross-national policy, political economy, politics of climate and crises • mom of 2 • she/her https://www.federica-genovese.com/
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
Political scientist | University of Amsterdam | Hot Politics Lab | The PopuList | Stuk Rood Vlees | Parties, voters, populism, far left and right, polarization, emotions, liberal democracy
@sldelange.bsky.social
Professor of Political Pluralism University of Amsterdam | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
@kunkakom.bsky.social
Digitalization & Pol Behavior LMU_Muenchen | Democracy and Populist Attitudes | Open Science | 🚵♂️🐶
@fgilardi.bsky.social
Professor of political science at the University of Zurich • digital technology, AI & politics • resting bitch face • https://fabriziogilardi.org/
@tomtheuns.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. Political Theory & European Politics, Leiden University Democracy | EU | PI NWO Veni 2021-2025 Out now: PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781911723745 Prev. UWC; Maastricht; Oxford; Sciences Po
@laderafrutal.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UC Davis. Researching electoral systems, parties, legislatures. Orchardist. 🇺🇸 🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼🇰🇷 Zionist and small-d democrat. Blog/links to pubs: fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com
@kai-arzheimer.com
Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/
@florianfoos.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Political Behaviour at the LSE. I like campaigns and do experiments. http://www.florianfoos.net
@conjugateprior.org
Señor Research Scientist, an NPC at the Hertie School in Berlin 🇩🇪 via Princeton, Mannheim, Edinburgh and a bunch of other ivory towers that will probably be billiard balls and decorative boxes by the end of the decade.
@alessandronai.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality, Persuasion | Editor at EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social http://www.alessandro-nai.com
@danbischof.bsky.social
danbischof.com Political Science: Public opinion, norms, experiments. Professor | University of Münster Associate Professor | Aarhus University (he/him | "Sie" als Anrede brauche ich nicht)
@tomlouwerse.nl
Politicoloog/Political Scientist | @UniLeiden.bsky.social | @Peilingwijzer.bsky.social | @irishpollingind.bsky.social | @stukroodvlees.bsky.social | Centrum voor Nederlandse Politiek en Bestuur | Dutch & English https://www.tomlouwerse.nl
@valentimvicente.bsky.social
Assistant prof at IE University. Previously EUI and Oxford. Researching what we think is ok to do in a democracy & how that changes. Book on the normalization of the radical right: https://academic.oup.com/book/57946 More at www.vicentevalentim.com
@alicirone.bsky.social
Asst. Professor, London School of Economics Fellow in Democratic Innovations, Yale ISPS Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, HPE, political economy; turning history into data acirone.com
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
@simonhix.bsky.social
Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, at EUI. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
@chanret.bsky.social
I teach politics at a university in the UK. I'm interested in electoral systems, public opinion, and the politics of non-majoritarian institutions like courts and regulators. ORCID: 0000-0002-8932-9405
@ethanbdm.bsky.social
Studying accountability, national security, electoral accountability, political economy, tech & society, applied game theory @HarrisPolicy .
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
@dziblatt.bsky.social
Eaton Professor of Government & Director, Center for European Studies @Harvard/ WZB Berlin/author of 'Tyranny of the Minority' (2023), 'How Democracies Die' (2018), & 'Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy' (2017).
@profsaunders.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Columbia; editor, Good Authority; non-res Senior Fellow, Brookings. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace (preorder: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game)
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New book out NOW! See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbel
@tompepinsky.com
Teacher, researcher, globalist, republican. Banned from Russia, because dictators fear the truth. Currently clean on OPSEC. tompepinsky.com
@guygrossman.bsky.social
Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com
@sgadarian.bsky.social
Professor, Political Science | Syracuse University, Maxwell School | American politics, political psychology | Co-author of Anxious Politics and Pandemic Politics
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social
Michigan State political scientist & IPPSR Director; Hooked bookstore/cafe Co-owner; Science of Politics Podcast; New book: Polarized by Degrees
@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
@johnholbein1.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA. I share social science.
@williamadler78.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
@drjennings.bsky.social
I research and write about politics, public policy, public opinion, polls, elections, geography, place, trust. I run on espresso.
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink
@smotus.bsky.social
"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about US parties, campaigns, and politics: http://smotus.substack.com
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@mirya.bsky.social
Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@ortuttnauer.com
Political Scientist at MZES Uni. Mannheim. Traveler at heart. Father of three. Casual fan of NBA basketball, Marvel, Tolkien.