(Digital) Activism and Social Movements Research
We are a community of scholars researching social activism, protests, movements, and mobilization, online and/or offline.
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@saifshahin.bsky.social
@sumanghosh.bsky.social
Building VR museum of protest art and PhDing at Tampere University 🇫🇮 Visual artist & researcher of ‘Artivism’. Exploring intersection of design anthropology with human computer interaction. Interest #Art, #DigitalCultures, #Affect, #Solidarity and #Protest
@schock.cc
Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
@neilwarner.bsky.social
Researcher in political sociology at LSE. Interested in history & political economy of socialist parties and labour movements, economic policy ideas including socialisation of investment & economic democracy.
@dizzyzaba.bsky.social
organizer; writer; technology fellow at ford foundation. labor movement forever
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social
President of the International Sociological Association FNRS Professor at UCLouvain Global Sociology, Social Movements, Religion, Democracy, Ecology, Youth, Latin America
@becomingothers.bsky.social
Writing about social movements, global political economy, abolitionism, queerfeminism(s), & film photography they/them University of Kassel (MA) / INTERACT, FU Berlin / queeranalogdarkroom (QAD)
@rc48-isa.bsky.social
Official BlueSky Account of RC48: Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change of the International Sociological Association. Website: https://isarc48.com/
@divreyes.bsky.social
Sociologist. Origins-LA Latina🇲🇽. Author of #learningtobelatino Research: #highereducation #latinos #activism RT or ❤️ not endorsement https://www.daisyverduzcoreyes.com/
@deanarohlinger.bsky.social
Sociologist studying digital technologies, political participation, & politics. Editor in Chief of Social Science Computer Review. Getting by in Florida.
@aminghaziani.bsky.social
Sociologist. Co-editor of Contexts. Author of Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton). www.aminghaziani.net
@silkeroth.bsky.social
sociologist, interested in organizing for change, solidarity, intersectionality, inequality, she/her, editor at @sociologicalreview.bsky.social
@phdamaka.bsky.social
Assoc Professor of Sociology | Author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions (2019) | Oral Historian | Social Movements, Race/Place/Space, Black Brooklyn 📍DC
@haphazardsoc.bsky.social
AOL Keyword: Carolina Sociology [Coding Snippets](https://nealcaren.github.io/notes/) [Website](http://nealcaren.org)
@profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social
Sociologist at USC. Carnegie Fellow & Harvard Carr Center Racial Justice Fellow. Writer. Thinker. 📚Author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
@devawo.bsky.social
Politics Prof., author of The Politics of Common Sense & Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
@jiyoun-suk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of big data and diversity at University of Connecticut | PhD in Mass Comm at UW-Madison | Social activism | Digital media, politics & gender | Mis/disinformation | Computational Social Science
@emelinefourment.bsky.social
AssProf ScPo | social movements | gender | justice | health Network VisaGe on gender based violence #Rouen #Konstanz
@jocelynl.bsky.social
Assist. prof. at UIC studying movements and markets (renewables, urban ag, 🇮🇪🏞) & corporate disinformation campaigns Chicago Fair Trade board member Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
@chandrarusso.bsky.social
I study social movements and organizing on the Left. Currently writing a book on white folx organizing for racial and economic justice. Cloyingly earnest😆 http://crusso.colgate.domains/
@guobin-yang.bsky.social
Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital culture, narratives, emotions, performance theories, communication=translation, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
@peterpolder.bsky.social
Peter Kodde. Consultant & trainer voor campaigners & organizers uit Vakbond, NGO's & actiegroepen. Oprichter @stroomversnellers.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-kodde-b988869/
@carwynmorris.bsky.social
Geographer of digital and China things Wanghong, digital territory, and contentious politics PI of European Research Council Project CHINA.EU Assistant Prof China Studies, Leiden University Fashion side hustle https://www.instagram.com/seventyfivelondon
@newleftreview.bsky.social
Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more. Website: https://newleftreview.org
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@maartjejanse.bsky.social
Historian at Leiden University, working on histories of political participation and protest
@mathijsvdsande.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Political Philosophy at Radboud University (Nijmegen, NL). Research on protest, radical democracy and communalism. Member of @doorbraak.eu. Has a trombone and is not afraid to use it.
@m2p-antwerp.bsky.social
M²P is a research group at Universiteit Antwerpen. We focus on four key areas: political communication, representation, social movements, public opinion & elections. https://t.co/fFr0cSK5UV
@alexanderleistner.bsky.social
post-doc in sociology | university of leipzig | project leader | research network “The Contested Legacy of 1989“ http://erbe89.de | taskforce www.waysacrossthecountry.de @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social #firstgen "Für ein offnes Land mit freien Menschen."
@ppflegerl.bsky.social
Political Scientist based in Vienna | Research @ IRKS | Online-Monitoring on Conspiracy Theories @ Federal Office for Cult Affairs | PhD @ UIBK at the intersection of far-right studies and social movement research | part of www.filmclubtacheles.com
@tevoelker.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WZB Berlin Social Science Center | PhD @Freie Universität Berlin | Democracy, Far Right, Protest, Political Communication
@damlakeskekci.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ Scuola Normale Superiore & The Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS) | Visiting Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Chair of Political Sociology and Social Policy | #transnational #farright #socialmovements #textasdata | damlakeskekci.com
@maik.machine-vs-rage.net
Head of Research on Digital Conflict Studies @idz-jena.bsky.social Research on right-wing extremism, protest, digital platforms and Greece Co-Editor of @machine-vs-rage.net
@pamelaoliver.bsky.social
Professor Emerita of Sociology, U Wisconsin - Madison. she/her/they I research social movements & protest, especially Black; I do advocacy around criminal legal system. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-1008
@sophiahunger.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Computational Social Science Uni Bremen guest fellow WZB Berlin | PhD EUI | interested in protest, party competition, populism #FirstGen
@onachtwey.bsky.social
Sociologist. Interested in (digital) capitalism, work, authoritarianism and social conflicts. Book: "Offended Freedom. The Rise of Libertarian Authoritarianism" (Polity 2024). https://tinyurl.com/offended-freedom
@hajogu.bsky.social
political sociologist @wzb.bsky.social & @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 🔎 civil society, movements, organizations, secessionism, and the far right. 🎓 PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore 📖 "Organizing for Independence" AUP
@snepstad.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance - and guardian of way too many pets and plants
@chrhentschel.bsky.social
Prof at Uni Hamburg: Sociology of in/security & resilience, apocalyptic thought, climate crisis, rightwing authoritarianism, affect, urban, protest, future making.
@daenumullis.bsky.social
Extreme Rechte, soziale Ungleichheit, Protest & Politische Geographie @prif.org | Buch zur „Regression der Mitte“ | Papa² (er/he) Foto: Peter Jülich | Web & Kontakt : https://danielmullis.academia.edu
@michaelneuber.bsky.social
Conflict & Social Movement Studies, Sociology of Climate Change | Dr. phil. | Passionate about #science & #technology researcher @ztg @tu-berlin @ipsospa - here private https://michael-neuber.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Neuber ********
@sehaunss.bsky.social
Professor, Political Science, SOCIUM, University of Bremen. Protest, Social Movements, and CSS
@felixanderl.bsky.social
Professor of Conflict Studies. Conflicts over land, food, and rural development. Social movements, internationalism.
@lenaherbers.bsky.social
Doktorandin • Uni Freiburg • Protestinstitut • Juristin&Soziologin • ziviler Ungehorsam • Rechtssoziologie • Protest • qualitative Forschung • sie/she
@sabinedvolk.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen, Germany I Far right, populism, memory, social movements.
@jannisgrimm.bsky.social
Repression/resistance/(non)violence • Director of Research Unit Radical Spaces @interactfu.bsky.social • pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will • https://www.jannisgrimm.com/
@protestinstitut.bsky.social
Netzwerkinstitut - zusammen forschen wir zu Protesten und sozialen Bewegungen (seit 2012)
@piotrkocyba.bsky.social
🌍 Researcher / 🖊 Author / 🎤 Speaker ▶︎ Focus: Social movements, civil society and democracy 💡Expertise in protest research, the far right, and Central and Eastern Europe 👷 Working for EFBI, Leipzig University, and IFiS PAN, Warsaw
@aytalina.bsky.social
She/her, PhD Candidate in Computational Communication Science @compcommlab.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @what-if-horizon.bsky.social studying the interplay between protest and repression on social media
@ladegaard.bsky.social
Sociologist, criminologist, interested in org deviance & alt markets/platforms. I use comp & qual methods. Asst Prof @ UIUC ➡️ HKU. PGP: E1FC377D. Author of Open Secrecy (UCP 2025). https://isakladegaard.com/
@cffominaya.bsky.social
Dog lover, writer, human rights supporter, yoga lover, Ed in Chief Social Movement Studies, founding ed Interface, author of Democracy Reloaded (Oxford University Press), Prof. Global Studies, Aarhus U, PhD@UCBerkeley Book cover pic is by Olmo Calvo (crop)
@summerharlow.bsky.social
Associate Director @knightcenterut.bsky.social at UT-Austin, researching the intersections of journalism, activism, and technology in Latin America. Author of http://bit.ly/3E8lqWd & http://bit.ly/2rlWCmf. Dog mom to Piñata.
@ryanjgallag.com
Applied scientist trying to make the internet a little better. PhD. Platform manipulation, deceptive behaviors, disinformation, networks, fingerstyle guitar. I use my hair to express myself. He/they
@lindsaypalmer.bsky.social
Professor at UW-Madison. I’m an antiracist, white cis woman who’s pansexual and a trans ally. I study press freedom and international news from a decolonial and feminist perspective. Author of The Fixers: the Underground Labor of International Reporting.
@shaonta.bsky.social
It’s pronounced Shay-On-Tay! Asst. Prof of Sociology & AAAS at Dartmouth! I study Black People, Black Political Activism/Resistance, & Black Religion! #Jesus ✝️ #BLM ✊🏾 #ΖφΒ 💙 #SocAF ✨ Seattle 🌲☔️ ➡️ New England/NH🌲🍁 www.Linktree.com/ShaontaTheSociologist
@jonathancoley.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University | Editor-in-Chief, The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly.bsky.social) | social movements, politics, education, religion, work, sexuality, race 🏳️🌈 http://jonathancoley.com
@socialmovetech.bsky.social
Campaign support for people power movements and groups across the world. Follow to hear about free and paid training and coaching, reading groups for organizing wisdom, and great organizing. https://socialmovementtechnologies.org
@mobilization.bsky.social
Mobilization: The premier journal of social movements research. https://meridian.allenpress.com/mobilization
@lidiasalvatori.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at CEFIR (Center for International Relations Studies), Université de Liège. Writer and translator of things, sea lover, traveller, annoyingly meticulous suitcase organiser, always in transit. She/her 🌈☮
@bettyferrari.bsky.social
AIAS-AUFF Fellow @ Aarhus University (DK). Previously: University of Glasgow (UK). Research: social movements & digital media | mutual aid | politics of tech. Book: https://elisabettaferrariphd.com/ancbook/ Hobbies: getting angry at the Philadelphia 76e
@markalfano.bsky.social
We're all smart here. Distinguish yourself by being unkind to fascists.
@danmercea.bsky.social
Prof, digital & social change, https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/dan-mercea. EiC @icsjournal.bsky.social. PI @interfaced-eu.bsky.social. PI www.takepart.ro
@emilianotrere.com
Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Professor @Universitat de València • Reader in Data Agency and Media Ecologies @Cardiff University • Codirector @DataJusticeLab • Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press, 2024) • Romagnolo
@icsjournal.bsky.social
Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20
@jinsookkim.bsky.social
Feminist media scholar | Assistant professor, Media Studies, Emory University | Writing a book about digital media, online misogyny, and feminist activism in South Korea | she/her | Views my own www.jinsookkim.com
@simonlindgren.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at DIGSUM, Umeå University, Sweden. Critical Theory of AI • Digital Media and Society • Data Theory • Computational Methods • Discourse Analysis • Network Analysis.
@pauljreilly.bsky.social
Comms researcher. Social media, parades and protests, ethics, sousveillance. Views are my own (he/him)
@zizip.bsky.social
UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
@tpoell.bsky.social
Media Studies Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Books: The Platform Society; Platforms and Cultural Production | https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/o/t.poell/t.poell.html
@apsa.bsky.social
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science. www.apsanet.org
@socialmedialab.ca
Academic Research Lab in Toronto: SocialMediaLab.ca |Skeets by @philipmai.com re: the politics of technology, social media, democracy, mis/disinfo, conspiracies & propaganda | PoliDashboard.org, DeepfakesTracker.org, ConflictMisinfo.org & Communalytic.org.
@foucaultwelles.bsky.social
Professor of Communication, trying not to be evil Ass. Dean, #HashtagActivism co-author, mom to teenagers and cats. Appreciates novelty socks and cat memes.
@cmcilwain.bsky.social
Higher Ed Leader. BBQ junkie. Author. NYU Professor. CR+DS. Board Pres.@ Data & Society. Race+Tech.
@sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social
Professor of Communication @AnnenbergSchool, UPenn | Director, Center for Information Networks and Democracy, cind.asc.upenn.edu | sandragonzalezbailon.net
@willyou.bsky.social
Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc
@daniellekbrown.bsky.social
Prof of news x racism. Complains about institutions & bad peloton rides. Writes abt power & media & changing the things I cannot accept.
@polcomm.bsky.social
Official account of the @APSAtweets & @icahdq #PolComm Divisions | posts by @igoncalves.com | https://www.facebook.com/groups/politicalcommunication.org | @polcomm@mastodon.social | https://politicalcommunication.org/
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@dfreelon.bsky.social
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. & Presidential Prof. of Communication @AnnenbergPenn. If you can't tell the difference between what's true and what you wish were true, take your business elsewhere.
@saifshahin.bsky.social
👨🏼🎓 Asst Prof of Digital Culture at Tilburg University 🌍 Director of Digital South Research Lab shorturl.at/jb5fD ✂️ Associate Editor at Journal of Information Technology & Politics 🪶 #StopAsianHate as Hashtag Activism shorturl.at/Yiiil