Rate My Professor Nathan Manning

Dr Nathan Manning is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the School of Society and Culture, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University, having joined The University of Adelaide in July 2018. Prior to this, he served as Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK from 2013 to 2018, and as Research Fellow at the University of Bradford, UK. His academic qualifications include a PhD and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Flinders University, Australia, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice from the University of York, United Kingdom.

Manning's research specializes in political sociology, with a focus on citizenship, social change, sociological methodology, young citizens' political dissatisfaction and disillusionment, and the role of emotions in politics and citizenship. Recent work includes a pilot study co-authored with Dr Djordje Stefanovic exploring how university education reduces the appeal of right-wing populism through examinations of masculinity and emotions, alongside analyses of archival data from the UK’s Mass Observation Project on the emotional foundations of dutiful citizenship. He is a founding Co-Editor of the journal Emotions and Society (Bristol University Press), contributing to advancements in the study of emotions in society. Notable publications encompass Manning, N. (2026). ‘I do feel proud that almost everyone I know voted’: The emotional foundations of dutiful citizenship. The Sociological Review, 74(1), 62-81; Manning, N., & Stefanovic, D. (2025). ‘I'm 100% all for Equality, But’: Aggrieved Egalitarianism in Young Adult White Men's Feelings of Victimisation and Denial of Structural Inequality. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1-16; Manning, N., & Stefanovic, D. (2024). Beyond Angry White Men: a progressive sociological imagination as an alternative to aggrieved entitlement. Journal of Youth Studies, 28(9), 1-18; Manning, N., & Stefanovic, D. (2023). Exploring the role of university education in reducing the appeal of right-wing populism. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58(4), 747-764; Manning, N., & Holmes, M. (2014). Political Emotions: A Role for Feelings of Affinity in Citizens’ (Dis)Engagements with Electoral Politics? Sociology, 48(4), 698-714; and Manning, N. (2018). The veil of duty: can dutiful forms of citizenship mask feelings of political dissatisfaction? British Politics, 13(4), 467-483. Manning's scholarship enhances understandings of emotional dynamics in political participation and democratic processes.