Cruel Optimism

The Recovery Narrative: Politics and Possibilities of a Genre

Woods, A., Hart, A., & Spandler, H. (2019) · Culture Medicine and Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s11013-019-09623-y · Cited by 138 · see citing works

Impossible Dreaming: On Speculative Education Fiction and Hopeful Learning Futures

Houlden, S., & Veletsianos, G. (2022) · Postdigital Science and Education · doi:10.1007/s42438-022-00348-7 · Cited by 78 · see citing works

Uncommon Futures

Valentine, D., & Hassoun, A. (2019) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102218-011435 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

A lived experience response to the proposed diagnosis of terminal anorexia nervosa: learning from iatrogenic harm, ambivalence and enduring hope

Elwyn, R. (2023) · Journal of Eating Disorders · doi:10.1186/s40337-022-00729-0 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Repair as Transition: Time, Materiality, and Hope

Jackson, S. J. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2110-8_12 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

The affective assemblage of internationalisation in Japanese higher education

Morley, L., Roberts, P. E., & Ota, H. (2020) · Higher Education · doi:10.1007/s10734-020-00593-4 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Postdigital Feminisms

Hurley, Z. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35469-4_42-1 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Gender-affirming medical treatment for adolescents: a critical reflection on “effective” treatment outcomes

Oosthoek, E. D., Stanwich, S., Gerritse, K., Doyle, D. M., & de Vries, A. L. C. (2024) · BMC Medical Ethics · doi:10.1186/s12910-024-01143-8 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Affective Subjectivation in the Precarious Neoliberal Academia

Valero, P., Jørgensen, K. M., & Brunila, K. (2018) · Palgrave critical university studies · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95942-9_7 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

“I’m also prepared to not find me. It's great when I do, but it doesn't hurt if I don't”: crip time and anticipatory erasure for disabled archival users

Brilmyer, G. M. (2021) · Archival Science · doi:10.1007/s10502-021-09372-1 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Publics, Memory, Affect (or, Rethinking Publicness with Peter Watkins and Hannah Arendt)

de Waard, M. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-11886-9_8 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

The affective-discursive ‘pruning’ of neoliberal selves: introducing the notion of self-othering

Chowdhury, N. (2022) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-022-00141-8 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Resisting Financial Consumer Responsibilization Through Community Counter-Conduct

Jones, H., & Arnould, E. J. (2024) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-024-05752-6 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Introduction: A Feel for the Text

Ahern, S. (2018) · Palgrave studies in affect theory and literary criticism · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97268-8_1 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Campus closures and the devaluing of emplaced Higher Education: widening participation in neoliberal times

Leaney, S., & Mwale, S. (2021) · Higher Education · doi:10.1007/s10734-021-00696-6 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Lifelong learning as cruel optimism: Considering the discourses of lifelong learning and techno-solutionism in South African education

Black, S. (2021) · International Review of Education · doi:10.1007/s11159-021-09924-8 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Gender equality mainstreaming and the Australian academy: paradoxical effects?

Gilbert, E., O’Shea, M., & Duffy, S. M. (2021) · Discover Psychology · doi:10.1007/s44202-021-00008-0 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Restorying Imposter Syndrome in the Early Career Stage: Reflections, Recognitions and Resistance

Morris, C., Kadiwal, L., Telling, K., et al. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86570-2_14 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Introduction: Poetics and Precarity—Literary Representations of Precarious Work, Past and Present

Rys, M., & Philipsen, B. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88174-0_1 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Politics in the Time of COVID

Fishel, S. R., Fletcher, A., Krishna, S., McKnight, U., du Plessis, G., Shomura, C., Valdés, A., & Voelkner, N. (2021) · Contemporary Political Theory · doi:10.1057/s41296-021-00500-1 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Digesting agriculture development: nutrition-oriented development and the political ecology of rice–body relations in India

Nichols, C. E. (2021) · Agriculture and Human Values · doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10285-z · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Contested future-making in containment: temporalities, infrastructures and agency

Scharrer, T., Lambert, L., Millar, S., Pekşen, M., & Laakkonen, V. (2024) · Comparative Migration Studies · doi:10.1186/s40878-024-00413-z · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Intuition as a “trained thing”: sensing, thinking, and speculating in computational cultures

Pedwell, C. (2023) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-023-00170-x · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Claiming Time Within Migrations

Sanò, G., Storato, G., & Puppa, F. D. (2024) · Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale · doi:10.1007/s12134-024-01161-w · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Definition of Vulnerable Groups

Limantė, A., & Tereškinas, A. (2022) · European Union and its neighbours in a globalized world · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06998-7_1 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Shaping the Selves of “At Risk” Youth in Debt and Poverty in the Context of Economic Vulnerability

Mäkelä, K., Ikävalko, E., & Brunila, K. (2021) · Journal of Applied Youth Studies · doi:10.1007/s43151-021-00053-5 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

“Breaking Down”: Afflictions and Treatments During Times of Crisis in Buenos Aires

Epele, M. E. (2021) · Culture Medicine and Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s11013-021-09748-z · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Navigating the paradox of excellence and equity in school leadership

Dadvand, B. (2023) · The Australian Educational Researcher · doi:10.1007/s13384-023-00637-5 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Reconfiguring moral and relational dimensions of transformative tourism: a Horizon 2050 paper

Tran, T. (2026) · Quality & Quantity · doi:10.1007/s11135-026-02732-y · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Curriculum for living structural crises towards socially just futures: bringing diverse funds of knowledge into participatory-democratic action around lifeworld problems that matter

Zipin, L. (2024) · Curriculum Perspectives · doi:10.1007/s41297-024-00250-1 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Toward a “thoughtful lightness”: Education in viral times

Phelan, A. M., & Hansen, D. R. (2021) · Prospects · doi:10.1007/s11125-020-09536-4 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Warming up or cooling out? Educational desire and higher education participation in an Asian context

Tang, H. H., & Dang, B. Y. Y. (2022) · The Australian Educational Researcher · doi:10.1007/s13384-022-00528-1 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Navigating Affective (In)securities: Forced Migration and Transnational Family Relationships

Hiitola, J., Karimi, Z., & Leinonen, J. (2023) · IMISCOE research series · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-24974-7_11 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Advancing into Spaces of Possibility: How the Fridays for Future Movement Intertwines Future-Making Practices with the Creation of Educational Formats

Jergus, K., & Schmidt, M. (2023) · Postdigital Science and Education · doi:10.1007/s42438-023-00423-7 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

The inter-est between us: Ontology, epistemology, and the failure of political representation

Cohen, A. A. (2022) · Contemporary Political Theory · doi:10.1057/s41296-022-00559-4 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector

Mũrage, A., & Smith, J. (2023) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-023-17392-y · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Writing Global Education Policy Research

Carney, S. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-04236-3_12 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

The Queer Times of Internet Infrastructure and Digital Systems

Cockayne, D., & Richardson, L. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6876-9_2 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

On Settler Notions of Social Justice: The Importance of Disrupting and Displacing Colonising Narratives

Daniels-Mayes, S., Harwood, V., & Murray, N. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26484-0_3 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

The Work That Figures Do

Dawney, L. (2022) · Figure · doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2476-7_2 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Introduction

Filippello, R., & Parkins, I. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-19100-8_1 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Feminist Movements in Turkey: Advocacy in the Face of Government Backlash

Olcay, O. A., & Alnıaçık, A. (2025) · Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-77274-0_9 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Humans Judged by Machines: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Pasquale, F. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54173-6_10 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Affect, stimmung and governing young drug users: an affirmative critique of a Danish drug user treatment programme

Bank, M. (2021) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-021-00118-z · Cited by 6 · see citing works

The Global Pandemic Did Not Take Place: Cancellation, Denial and the Normal New

Bennett, P., & Jopling, M. (2022) · Postdigital science and education · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95006-4_16 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Pinkwashing Picturebooks: Reading Homonational Heroes Through Contemporary US LGBTQ + Biographies

Wargo, J. M., & Coleman, J. J. (2022) · Children s Literature in Education · doi:10.1007/s10583-022-09496-7 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

THE WORLD OF IMAGES IN DATING APPS: “DICTATORSHIP OF CLICHÉS” VS. NATURALITY

Cöbek, G. (2022) · Moment Journal · doi:10.17572/mj2022.1.1334 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Resettlement as a temporal border: infrastructural promises and future-making among migrants and officials in Niger

Lambert, L. (2025) · Comparative Migration Studies · doi:10.1186/s40878-025-00434-2 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

After Extraction: Idling in the Ruins in Michael Winter’s and Alistair MacLeod’s Neoliberal Fictions

Lousley, C. (2021) · Studies in Canadian Literature · doi:10.7202/1080281ar · Cited by 5 · see citing works

From wages for housework to self-care: feminist perspectives on the care economy

Moser, A. (2024) · International Politics · doi:10.1057/s41311-024-00554-z · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Seesaw Precarity: Journaling Anxious Hope on a Chinese University Campus During Covid-19

Mason, K. A., & Xie, J. (2024) · Culture Medicine and Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s11013-024-09846-8 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

The Management of Death in North America: From the Necropolitical Governmentalization of the State to the Rule of Law Necropower

Estévez, A. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73659-0_2 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Teaching Language in a Globalised World: Embracing and Navigating Vulnerability

Badwan, K. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77087-7_10 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Searching for the plot: narrative self-making and urban agriculture during the economic crisis in Slovenia

Matijevic, P. (2021) · Agriculture and Human Values · doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10248-4 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

De la estética como crítica a las gramáticas de la escucha: resistencias estéticas frente a la violencia epistémica (autobiografía académica)

López, M. D. R. A., Castillo, M. C. S., Daza, J. D. F., Sánchez-Negrette, Y. J., & Uribe, S. C. (2022) · Estudios de Filosofía · doi:10.17533/udea.ef.349487 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Populism as Para-politics: Play, Affect, Simulation

Kølvraa, C. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96272-2_3 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Shame in the machine: affective accountability and the ethics of AI

McNealis, R. (2025) · AI & Society · doi:10.1007/s00146-025-02472-x · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Neoliberal Misfits: Reconceptualizing Debility in the Critical Medical Humanities

Skiveren, T. (2022) · Journal of Medical Humanities · doi:10.1007/s10912-022-09734-5 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Exploring precarity and wellbeing through embodied eco-psychotherapies and posthuman subjectivity

Light, A. (2024) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-024-00202-0 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

The Global Spread of English: Intersecting Perspectives

Badwan, K. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77087-7_2 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

EU and Brazil in the International Circuits of Disavowal of the Climate Crisis

Sandrin, P. O. (2024) · United Nations University series on regionalism · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49329-4_11 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Affective Encounters: Women, Hope, and Activism in Egypt

Allam, N. (2019) · Critical political theory and radical practice · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24758-4_8 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Navigating Chronic Crisis

Dekker, N. L., van Dam, A., Arteaga, I., et al. (2021) · Palgrave studies in globalization, culture and society · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74946-0_2 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

The Global Subject of Precarity

Vij, R. (2020) · International political economy series · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51096-1_3 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Legally Affective: Mapping the Emotional Grammar of LGBT Rights in Law School

Raj, S. (2023) · Feminist Legal Studies · doi:10.1007/s10691-022-09504-7 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Anticipating and suspending: the chronopolitics of cryopreservation

Lemke, T. (2024) · BioSocieties · doi:10.1057/s41292-024-00332-3 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Lauren Berlant’s legacy in contemporary political theory

Galloway, S., Aslam, A., Campi, A., et al. (2022) · Contemporary Political Theory · doi:10.1057/s41296-022-00584-3 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Bring Your Whole Self to Work: Boundary Conditions of Subjectivity in Diversity and Inclusion Discourse on Investment Bank Websites

Carr, M. L. (2025) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10551-025-06055-0 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

The Deviant Leisure of Gym Bodies, Militarized Branding and Fascistic Creeps

Woolley, D., & Luger, J. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17793-4_9 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

The effects of COVID-19 on imagined reproductive futures

Abel, C. (2023) · BioSocieties · doi:10.1057/s41292-023-00310-1 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Masculine enjoyment problematizing subjectification through norm critique as a response to climate change

Olsson, J. (2024) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-024-00181-2 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Who gets to be creative in class? Creativity as a matter of social justice in secondary English lessons

McCallum, A. (2021) · Education science, evidence, and the public good · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-62572-6_4 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Discovering ‘the New Science of Happiness’ and Subjective Well-being

Oman, S. (2021) · New directions in cultural policy research · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72937-0_4 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Addressing the Complexity of School Health Promotion Through Interdisciplinary Approaches: An Invitation to Think Wildly About Research

Leahy, D. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97212-7_40 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

The Affective Temporalities of Ovarian Tissue Freezing: Hopes, Fears, and the Folding of Embodied Time in Medical Fertility Preservation

Bach, A. S. (2022) · Health, technology and society · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9451-6_3 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Beyond Discrimination: Aspirations for Self-employment Among Muslim Youth in Delhi

Salman, A. (2022) · Journal of Applied Youth Studies · doi:10.1007/s43151-022-00081-9 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

“Non-Traditional” Educational Mobilities: Patterns, Discourses, and Transformative Possibilities

Lipura, S. J. D., & Collins, F. L. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-4451-96-3_112-1 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Narrating Loneliness: Isolation, Disaffection, and the Contemporary Novel

Rotger, N. (2024) · Journal of Medical Humanities · doi:10.1007/s10912-024-09855-z · Cited by 3 · see citing works

In and Out of Crisis: Chronotopes of Memory

Robbe, K., Gedgaudaitė, K., Stuit, H., et al. (2021) · Palgrave studies in globalization, culture and society · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74946-0_4 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

“Without English There Are No Rights”: Educating the Non(citizen) In and Out of Adult Education

Bonet, S. W. (2021) · Educational linguistics · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79470-5_9 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Writers as Workers: The Making of a Film Trade Union in India

Sengupta, R. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3_20 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

„We are skipping our lessons to teach you one“

Jergus, K., & Schmidt, M. (2024) · Soziale Passagen · doi:10.1007/s12592-024-00496-6 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Becoming infrastructured: international graduate researchers and precarious housing

Martino, E., Li, A., & Bentley, R. (2025) · International Journal of Housing Policy · doi:10.1080/19491247.2025.2515543 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

What Do Learners Do: Where, When and/or How Does Learning Play Out? Some Ideas

Crowhurst, M., & Emslie, M. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-9400-4_4 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Learning to feel: on practice and precarity in an Amsterdam yoga studio

Brown, A. (2022) · Subjectivity · doi:10.1057/s41286-022-00126-7 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Economic Anthropology in View of the Global Financial Crisis

Heffernan, T. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7255-2_14 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Precarity as a Mode of Enquiry

Lau, L., & Mendes, A. C. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06817-1_2 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Making-Up Enterprising Selves

Evans, A., & Riley, S. C. E. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-23562-7_4 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Sensing the Urban Scene

Masso, A. D. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61510-9_65-1 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Global Governance of Education: An Introduction

Elfert, M., & Ydesen, C. (2023) · Educational governance research · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-40411-5_1 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Invisibility in global health: A case for disturbing bioethical frameworks

Alenichev, A., Suwalowska, H., Faure, M. C., et al. (2023) · Wellcome Open Research · doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19346.2 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Rethinking Resistance as Relational – Resisting Psychologization in Psychology: Lessons from Carrère’s Between Two Worlds

Tommasi, F., Wolgemuth, J. R., Carey, N., Koro‐Ljungberg, M., & Benozzo, A. (2024) · Human Arenas · doi:10.1007/s42087-024-00408-3 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

“Non-Traditional” Educational Mobilities: Patterns, Discourses, and Transformative Possibilities

Lipura, S. J. D., & Collins, F. L. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-99-8606-4_112 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

‘I just want to be able to be secure’: experiences of single mid-life women in private rental housing in Australia

van den Berg, M., WALKER, R. B., Becker, M., Cornell, V., & Baum, F. E. (2025) · International Journal of Housing Policy · doi:10.1080/19491247.2025.2482217 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND ICTS IN THE PARADIGM OF LEARNING AND TEACHING

Колумбаева, Ш. Ж. (2023) · Habaršy. Pedagogika ġylymdary seriâsy · doi:10.51889/8185.2022.90.57.003 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Basic Income in Australia: Implementation Challenges

Marston, G. (2019) · Exploring the basic income guarantee · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14378-7_2 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Introduction: Gender, Space, and Affects in Film

Ceuterick, M. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37039-8_1 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Encryption as Transmission: The Secret Gardens of Wide Sargasso Sea

Moran, P. M., & Johnson, E. L. (2020) · New Caribbean studies · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28223-3_15 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Introduction: Literary Advice from Quill to Keyboard

Masschelein, A. (2020) · New directions in book history · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53614-5_1 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

The Spatial Turn in Applied Linguistics: Language, Place and Ethics of Foster-Ship

Badwan, K. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77087-7_7 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

DETERMINING QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION

Mustafa, N. H., Kelesbayev, D., & Alibekova, Z. D. (2018) · The Journal of Economic Research & Business Administration · doi:10.26577/be-2018-2-2141

Susquehanna Chorale Spring Concert "Roots and Wings"

Hawkins, D. (2017)

Is Optimism Always Best?

Sweeny, K. M., Carroll, P. J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006) · Current Directions in Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00457.x · Cited by 195 · see citing works

Women, information technology and ‘waves of optimism’: Australian evidence on ‘mixed‐skill’ jobs

Roan, A., & Whitehouse, G. (2007) · New Technology Work and Employment · doi:10.1111/j.1468-005x.2007.00181.x · Cited by 38 · see citing works

REVIEW BOOK - PPO-R Guide : Youth Optimism Development Programme GuidePreprint

Fanani, M. Z. (2021) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/nct28