Solange Manche
Postdoc on colonialism, ecological planning & French Marxism, University of Cambridge II Philosophy, Finance, Dependency Theory II Now making art and writing about not having a job, homelessness, and all the stuff we can do better collectively II
- Reposted by Solange MancheLooking forward to discussing Franziska Cooiman’s paper next week 👇
- Don’t miss next week’s session in our online series on Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE): @franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”. 📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET 📍 online 📧 Sign up: maxcpe@mpifg.de @humboldtuni.bsky.social s.gwdg.de/zG70h8
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- My level of exhaustion can be interpreted from my posts: commenting articles from the Guardian means "exhausted"
- Another reason to dislike Tarantino... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
- getting some help rereading my applications, and fact checking pretty much everything I print
- As Honnold himself would say: this is extremely low risk for a climber like him. It is an easy climb when trained at the level H is. It is a bit like when I go to the climbing gym and I know I can easily climb a certain grade. I know I will not fall. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
- Reposted by Solange Manche#Emploi | Mediapart recrute un·e journaliste réseaux sociaux (CDI) 🔎 Pour produire et diffuser des contenus éditoriaux, animer les communautés et participer à la stratégie du journal. 🗓 Fin de candidature : 29 janvier 2026 ✉️ Réponse à l'annonce : Notion 📍 Date de prise de poste : avril 2026
- A little bit of Breton working-class history, taking you back to 1924! Tonight, my partner is celebrating their birthday and I picked this card from my collection for the occasion. It portrays the failed assassination attempt of the communist mayor of Douarnenez, Daniel le Flanchec.
- Reposted by Solange MancheThis UK university finance dashboard is so good. Incredible public service.
- 📊 Just launched: An interactive dashboard for visualising UK university finance data published by HESA. Compare universities. Explore key financial indicators, trends and correlations. 🔗 shiny.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/lpzjd/uni-fi... #UKHE #OpenData #rstats #AcademicSky
- Writing a non-academic cover letter today: it's actually refreshing.
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- this definitely reflects what I see around me: so many friends on universal credit (including myself), and these are friends with degrees of which no one thought you'd ever be on UC, chemical engineering, structural biology...
- Reposted by Solange MancheOut now! I've edited a special issue of New Political Economy on 'Centring exploitation in global political economy'. Link to the intro: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Other articles (all brilliant!) and a short summary 👇 1/
- With the rise of extreme wealth, there's also a growing resistance to it. I don't doubt this is a good development, but it is also extremely limited view of why extreme wealth is possible in the first place, www.theguardian.com/books/2024/j...
- Reposted by Solange MancheGabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States…. gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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- Reposted by Solange MancheSome prices matter much more than others for livelihoods, production and distribution. They are systemically significant and key in the fight for affordability and against inflation. So proud to win the Nelson & Freeman Prize for our paper! Thank you ICC! 🥳 academic.oup.com/icc/article/...
- Reposted by Solange MancheVery excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Trinity Hall, also the college that has been trying to hide years of sexual harassment cases. What is going on at this college? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- References: can you ask reviewers of your book manuscript? Or is this generally not considered a good reference?
- Reposted by Solange MancheMy department is hiring! Open rank faculty position in Helsinki Anthropology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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- UK postdoc applications: when you assess a postdoc application for a three-year appointment, how many articles do you consider to be realistic/a good ambition for the applicant to be writing (in history)
- Reposted by Solange MancheThe CFP for the 2026 Society for the Study of French History conference has just been launched. Come join us in Groningen! frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/conference2/
- I'd be curious to read more about Maria Corina Machado, who seems to be a dubious Nobel Peace Prize pick, especially given how recently it's been awarded...
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- Reposted by Solange MancheScientific funding is a net negative: "European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- The logic that connects my research: showing that ideas are not free floating and that they relate to real things happening in the world, to people who are no necessarily producing those ideas, whether this is in philosophy, economics or literature.
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- What's this thing about people being active on LinkedIn? Did I miss anything?
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- Reposted by Solange MancheCome and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
- Reposted by Solange MancheOur neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members: – Assistant Professor in Political Economy – Assistant Professor in International Politics – Assistant Professor in Political Science Deadline: 15 Jan 2026 More details: jobs.tcd.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social
- Sincerely hope my supervisor, mentor and examiners think the same, because the job market is not improving...
- 2007: and definitely a way of seeing things...
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- I'm not surprised he's French and I'm not surprised he's a dude. This is the symptom of everything that is wrong in French academia where your worthiness is measured in: 1. how critical and (violently) negative you are about your colleagues' work, 2. how many pages you can write.
- Reposted by Solange MancheHappy to finally launch Disjunctions with an article from the editorial team! Stay tuned for our first issue, which we will start publishing in the new year.
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- A positive experience with research applications today: it appears that more research bodies and units are questioning quantity-driven publications and are changing the way they evaluate academic relevance 👏
- Favourite spot of this little monster
- Speakers of French: the professional categorie of "cadre" I find tricky to translate. I'd say that this could be translated as the professional managerial class, but this feels anachronistic. What do you do?
