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Emmanuel Valax

@evalax.bsky.social

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PhD researcher focusing on hydropolitics 💧 unpacking expert discourses, colonialities, and agency in West African water governance 🌍 while grappling with ethics, positionality, and reflexivity quandaries 💭 (views my own)

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Odyssey is the instant film classic our generation has been waiting for since Gladiator came out over a quarter of a century ago. Once again, Christopher Nolan masterfully reminds us that true cinema is not dead.

The Odyssey (2026) movie poster depicting Odysseus (Matt Damon) in a battle stance in the foreground, with the Trojan Horse on fire in the background.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A proper timeline cleanse after an evening spent admiring the works of Cézanne au Jas de Bouffan. I’ll miss these research trips to Aix! 🇫🇷

Colourful landscape painting by Paul Cézanne of his family's countryside home at Jas de Bouffan in southern France near Aix-en-Provence (c. 1874).

Painting by Paul Cézanne featuring the iconic Sainte-Victoire mountain on the horizon near Aix-en-Provence (c. 1897).

Painting by Paul Cézanne, depicting his family's countryside home and farm at Jas de Bouffan in southern France near Aix-en-Provence (c. 1885-1887).

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Off to somewhere e-mails won’t find me for the next few weeks.

Photo of a rugged mountain range at sunset in southwestern France.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Spent two weeks reflecting on ways to embrace a more transformative water diplomacy and how to decolonise my own research. In these dark times, it was refreshing to find community among those committed to the cause. Grateful to IHE Delft for the opportunity! 💧🕊️

Façade of a building that reads IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, located in the Netherlands.

IHE Delft building courtyard with greenery and trees.

Historical façade of the main building of the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, located in the Netherlands.

City landscape with buildings, a vintage tram, and a pedestrian walking in Delft, the Netherlands.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Cast of Brooklyn Nine Nine, from left to right: Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti, Terry Crews as Terry Jeffords, Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle, the late Andre Braugher as Raymond Holt, Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago, Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta, and Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Just wrapped up a research trip to the French colonial archives in Aix-en-Provence. So grateful to the staff for their generosity with both time and expertise. I’ll have to find my way back there sometime soon! 👨🏻‍💻 🗃️

Main building of the Archives nationales d'outre-mer in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Entrance and sign that reads Archives nationales d'outre-mer in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Fountain at the Place de la Rotonde at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau in central Aix-en-Provence, France.

Springtime at Saint-Mitre Park in the western neighbourhood of Aix-en-Provence, France.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

After nearly 7 years, my time with the U.S. Institute of Peace has come to an end. USIP’s legacy can't be erased by shutting down a website, taking over a building, or laying off its people. Our struggle for peace with justice continues, and we won't go gentle into that good night. Onwards!

Photo of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters building, with cherry blossom trees in full bloom lining the front of the south façade.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Wrapping up an incredible week in Kathmandu with the 2025 Young Water Diplomats! 💧🕊️ So grateful for the chance to engage in the 7th Water and Peace seminar, co-hosted by IHE-Delft and South Asian University. Leaving with fresh insights and a wealth of lessons!

A group family photo of the IHE-Delft 2025 Young Water Diplomats during a site visit in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Getting ready for tough holiday dinner talks on the climate crisis? This excellent visual from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social can be a powerful aid to help explain why bold action is more urgent than ever! #ClimateSky

Graphic showing the different risk scenarios for climate change and the degradation of biosphere integrity.

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Emmanuel Valax @evalax.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

A swan glides over the crystal clear waters of Lake Leman in Geneva, with a pier leading into the water and the jet d’eau on the background.

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