Nathan Manning
@natemanning.bsky.social
Sociologist working on university education and right-wing populism, political emotions and young citizens. University of Adelaide, all views my own. Co-Editor Emotions & Society (BUP) - https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/emsoc/emsoc-o
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Can we overcome the crisis of democracy by teaching people to be better citizens?
@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.
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@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/LAbwX3I
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Can we overcome the crisis of democracy by teaching people to be better citizens?
@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/LAbwX3I
@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/LAbwX3I
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How are racially minoritised children central to the bordering of Britain?
@alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging.
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@alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp
September 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
How are racially minoritised children central to the bordering of Britain?
@alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp
@alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging.
#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp
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New Australia Institute analysis shows the ANU had a $90 million profit in 2024 and INCREASED the value of its net assets...
All while the ANU was claiming a budget crisis to justify staff cuts!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
All while the ANU was claiming a budget crisis to justify staff cuts!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
New Australia Institute analysis shows the ANU had a $90 million profit in 2024 and INCREASED the value of its net assets...
All while the ANU was claiming a budget crisis to justify staff cuts!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
All while the ANU was claiming a budget crisis to justify staff cuts!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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In NZ a Sunday column today focuses on gender divides between young men/women voters. But in reality in NZ our divide is deeper between older men vs everyone else (including older women!)
The moral panic that young men are ‘lurching right globally’ obscures much longer history of gendered politics
The moral panic that young men are ‘lurching right globally’ obscures much longer history of gendered politics
No country for young women?
quite dramatic how NZ political polls are now consistently splitting by gender & age as older men support the National Act / NZ first coalition government by about 70 percent. While about 70 of women under 50 favour the opposition.
www.roymorgan.com/findings/998...
quite dramatic how NZ political polls are now consistently splitting by gender & age as older men support the National Act / NZ first coalition government by about 70 percent. While about 70 of women under 50 favour the opposition.
www.roymorgan.com/findings/998...
NZ: In June, support for National-led Government surges to highest level so far this year - Roy Morgan Research
www.roymorgan.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In NZ a Sunday column today focuses on gender divides between young men/women voters. But in reality in NZ our divide is deeper between older men vs everyone else (including older women!)
The moral panic that young men are ‘lurching right globally’ obscures much longer history of gendered politics
The moral panic that young men are ‘lurching right globally’ obscures much longer history of gendered politics
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Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Youth offending drops with safe, stable housing - study
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TASA is deeply dismayed by Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructuring that would decimate sociology. The social sciences matter — they help us navigate a complex world. Our full statement & call to action here: www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
www.tasa.org.au
June 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
TASA is deeply dismayed by Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructuring that would decimate sociology. The social sciences matter — they help us navigate a complex world. Our full statement & call to action here: www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
#Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
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Only 10 days left to apply for this phd position on education-based identities, status, and political attitudes! Open to those interested in sociology, social psychology, political science, communication science or indeed a combination of all.
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
PhD Researcher - Scientific project on Education-based social identities
PhD Researcher - Scientific project on Education-based social identities
jobs.vub.be
June 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Only 10 days left to apply for this phd position on education-based identities, status, and political attitudes! Open to those interested in sociology, social psychology, political science, communication science or indeed a combination of all.
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
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Political volatility has been taking us by surprise for a while now. Here’s little exercise to illustrate. Rewind two years and take a look at where the polls were, what people expected, and what they failed to anticipate. You have to go back a while before politics is predictable even 2 yrs out 1/
A reminder of how volatile politics is now: Reform UK, who lead the current polls, won the most recent by-election and swept the board in the recent local elections, failed to retain their deposit or finish above third in any by-election from Old Bexley (Dec 21) to Tamworth (Oct 23)
June 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Political volatility has been taking us by surprise for a while now. Here’s little exercise to illustrate. Rewind two years and take a look at where the polls were, what people expected, and what they failed to anticipate. You have to go back a while before politics is predictable even 2 yrs out 1/
🚨🚨 New funded PhD, looking at Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
PhD Scholarship: Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces - Flinders University
www.flinders.edu.au
May 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨🚨 New funded PhD, looking at Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
PhD Scholarship: Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces - Flinders University
www.flinders.edu.au
May 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🚨🚨 New funded PhD, looking at Violent and Misogynistic Ideologies in Online Spaces. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
@timlegrand.bsky.social
@tasayouth.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social
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Friends and colleagues abroad, the Sorbonne is on furlough... The French govt is cutting 50% of our funding. Please forward to raise awareness and send us love 🫶
March 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Friends and colleagues abroad, the Sorbonne is on furlough... The French govt is cutting 50% of our funding. Please forward to raise awareness and send us love 🫶
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Postdoc position alert! 🚨Based at Uni of Adelaide with the ever-brilliant Dr Nathan Manning and me, our focus is on digital extremism and young Australians.
🔥 Deadline is 3rd April 🔥
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
🔥 Deadline is 3rd April 🔥
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.
careers.adelaide.edu.au
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Postdoc position alert! 🚨Based at Uni of Adelaide with the ever-brilliant Dr Nathan Manning and me, our focus is on digital extremism and young Australians.
🔥 Deadline is 3rd April 🔥
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
🔥 Deadline is 3rd April 🔥
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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Hi all, the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association - @awgsa.bsky.social - now has a Bluesky account as the executive made the decision to leave X - pls follow :)
March 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hi all, the Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association - @awgsa.bsky.social - now has a Bluesky account as the executive made the decision to leave X - pls follow :)
***Job Alert*** 18-month full-time post-doc. Looking for an experienced qualitative researcher to join our team investigating youth radicalisation online. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... @tasayouth.bsky.social @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.
careers.adelaide.edu.au
March 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
***Job Alert*** 18-month full-time post-doc. Looking for an experienced qualitative researcher to join our team investigating youth radicalisation online. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... @tasayouth.bsky.social @sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
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What I remember most about Michael:
- The massive portrait of Gramsci behind his desk, staring down at students during office hours
- Helping edit his edited volume of global sociology, a volume I think about at least once a week
- The way he lived theory
He had so much life left in him
RIP 💔
- The massive portrait of Gramsci behind his desk, staring down at students during office hours
- Helping edit his edited volume of global sociology, a volume I think about at least once a week
- The way he lived theory
He had so much life left in him
RIP 💔
Michael Burawoy was a wonderful sociologist and person.
We rarely spoke, but we just happened to be emailing in January. He wrote about how much he was loving this phase of his life.
The hit and run scourge is taking so many people who have so much more to live
www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...
We rarely spoke, but we just happened to be emailing in January. He wrote about how much he was loving this phase of his life.
The hit and run scourge is taking so many people who have so much more to live
www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...
Oakland resident dead in hit-and-run crash at intersection
The collision happened around 7:10 p.m. Monday near the entrance to Children’s Fairyland.
www.mercurynews.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What I remember most about Michael:
- The massive portrait of Gramsci behind his desk, staring down at students during office hours
- Helping edit his edited volume of global sociology, a volume I think about at least once a week
- The way he lived theory
He had so much life left in him
RIP 💔
- The massive portrait of Gramsci behind his desk, staring down at students during office hours
- Helping edit his edited volume of global sociology, a volume I think about at least once a week
- The way he lived theory
He had so much life left in him
RIP 💔
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What exactly is oligarchy? And which anti-oligarchic measures have proven effective in the past?
New Guardian column.
New Guardian column.
Oligarchs are more visible than ever. That also makes them more vulnerable | Jan-Werner Müller
In the end, the best bet against oligarchy remains countervailing power
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What exactly is oligarchy? And which anti-oligarchic measures have proven effective in the past?
New Guardian column.
New Guardian column.
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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This is a really good study that tells us that we should stop talking about misinformation as a general sociological change, and instead understand it specifically as far-right politics #politics #SociologySky
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January 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This is a really good study that tells us that we should stop talking about misinformation as a general sociological change, and instead understand it specifically as far-right politics #politics #SociologySky
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Worried about how Meta's new moderation policies will impact online sexual and reproductive health promotion? So am I! This piece is co-authored with my expert colleague & HDR student Joanna Williams: theconversation.com/metas-shift-...
Meta’s shift to ‘community notes’ risks hurting online health info providers more than ever
Between allowing more “free speech” and removing official fact-checking, Meta’s platforms risk becoming more hostile to public health organisations.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Worried about how Meta's new moderation policies will impact online sexual and reproductive health promotion? So am I! This piece is co-authored with my expert colleague & HDR student Joanna Williams: theconversation.com/metas-shift-...
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Hello Bluesky! We've just joined to share research, events and debates about basic income, economic security, ending poverty, inequality, conditionality and how we recognise diverse contributions to our community. Find out more at www.ausbasicincome.org
Australian Basic Income Lab
www.ausbasicincome.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Hello Bluesky! We've just joined to share research, events and debates about basic income, economic security, ending poverty, inequality, conditionality and how we recognise diverse contributions to our community. Find out more at www.ausbasicincome.org
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
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With 17 days to go until the US takeover by the new Trump (or Musk?) administration, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a number of recent papers published by our team that counter arguments that have been leveled against misinformation research. 1/n
January 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
With 17 days to go until the US takeover by the new Trump (or Musk?) administration, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a number of recent papers published by our team that counter arguments that have been leveled against misinformation research. 1/n
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No book ever gave me more pleasure than "Small World". (I told David Lodge that once at @bathfringe.co.uk and he was charmingly embarrassed.)
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
David Lodge, 1935–2025
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of David Lodge, CBE. He died peacefully with close family at his side. We have published David since 1975, when his seminal fifth novel Changing Places was...
www.penguin.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No book ever gave me more pleasure than "Small World". (I told David Lodge that once at @bathfringe.co.uk and he was charmingly embarrassed.)
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...