Eric’s new book is entitled Whiteshift: populism, immigration and the future of White majorities. It was published February 5, 2019 in North America with Abrams-Overlook. It was published by Penguin (Allen Lane) in the UK and Australia on October 25, 2018 (paperback 29 Aug 2019).

For For North America publicity enquiries, contact Tracy Carns (Abrams/Overlook).

For UK/Australia/Europe publicity enquiries, contact Kate Smith (Penguin). 

 

Whiteshift argues that the current upsurge of right-wing populism in the West stems from the existential plight of white majorities in an age of large-scale North-South migration.

Based on extensive survey, demographic and electoral data rather than anecdotes and impressions, it sets out four main white responses to ethnic change: fight, flee, repress and join.

It looks ahead, projecting the rise of mixed-race majorities in the West, but viewing this less as a futuristic end of identity than evidence for Whiteshift, the absorption of a great deal of ethnoracial difference into historic white majorities.

The book makes the case for an open form of white identity, urging that whiteness be de-stigmatised and nested within modular national identities. Western societies need to frankly address the ‘who are we?’ and ‘where are we going?’ questions which high-identifying members of white majorities are asking if we hope to avert deeper divisions – even terrorism – within western societies.

5-minute clip of me explaining some key aspects of the book on BBC Radio 4 Start the Week, with Andrew Marr, (full episode also features Frances Fukuyama and discussion on Identity Politics), Oct 14, 2018

30-minute televised interview, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TV Ontario, Canada, Oct 14, 2018

hour-length long-form Triggernometry youtube interview with Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, published Oct 28, 2018

On Ezra Klein Show, ‘In defense of white backlash politics,’ Apr 15, 2019

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• Durham Union debate on populism, Mar 6
• Universities UK conference, with Tom Simpson, on free speech (320 pm), Feb 27
• LSE Undergraduate Political Review annual conference Feb 18, London School of Economics
• King’s College London 3-5pm, Feb 12
• On National Public Radio (NPR) station KQED San Francisco Forum, (Sept 2020)

Previous

• • Cited in Kenan Malik, ‘The uncomfortable truths about Roger Scruton’s conservatism‘, Guardian, Jan 18
  • Cited in Jonathan Portes, ‘Roger Scruton’s brand of conservatism became a licence for bigotry,’ Guardian, Jan 17
  • Cited in H.A. Hellyer, ‘We Are Not Who We Think We Are,‘ Foreign Policy, Jan 13, 2020
  • Cited in Mark Brolin, ‘Many other European parties will have to do what Boris Johnson did, or die away,’ Telegraph, Jan 10, 2020
  • with Matthew Goodwin, ‘Is the Big Shake-Up in Britain Coming to the U.S.?,’ New York Times, Dec 21
  • ‘Academic Freedom in the UK,’ Heterodox Academy, Dec 17
  • Cited in Thomas Edsall, “Trump Has a Gift for Tearing Us Apart,” New York Times, Dec 11
  • On Measure for Measure, with Sharyl Atkisson, Dec 8 clip
  • Cited in “Study: Conservative Students Feel Unable to Express Views at UK Universities“, Dec 6
  • On Podspace podcast, “Populist or Politically Correct,” Oslo, Norway, Dec 5
  • Cited in ‘Many people in Eastwood are anti-immigration, new survey reveals,’ Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, Dec 5 (also in several other local papers)
  • Cited in Simon Jenkins, ‘This election will be all about identity, not money. And the Tories know it,’ Guardian, Nov 28
  • Review by Sabrina Tavernise in New York Times ‘New and Noteworthy’ section, 26 Nov
  • Whiteshift listed as a Marginal Revolution book of the year, Nov 25
  • ‘White Identity and Ethno-Traditional Nationalism in Trump’s America’, Forum, 17(3): 385–402
  • On SKY News discussing Academic Freedom, Nov 21
  • co-authored with Tom Simpson, ‘Academic Freedom in the UK,’ Policy Exchange, Nov 11 coverage in Times, Mail, Telegraph, Spiked, Express, Breitbart
  • Cited in Nicola Woolcock, ‘Students Turn against Free Speech amid “culture of conformity” ‘, Times, Nov 11
  • Cited in Tom Simpson, ‘Academic freedom must be backed up with hard policy,’ Times, Nov 11
  • Cite in Charles King, ‘America’s Original Identity Politics
    Rich Lowry’s Flawed Case for Nationalism,’ Foreign Affairs, Nov 7
  • Cited in Ali Noorani, ‘How we can — and must — build consensus on immigration,’ The Hill, Nov 7
  • Cited in David Brooks, ‘How to Beat Trump on Immigration,’ New York Times, Nov 7
  • Spoke at ‘From America to Europe: Identity, Mass Immigration and White Backlash’ conference, ISCTE-IUL University, Lisbon, Nov 5 slides
  • At Faith Angle Forum, Cap Ferrat, France, Nov 4
  • On Law and Liberty podcast, ‘Managing Whiteshift’, Nov 4, 2019
  • Featured in ‘Immigration Issues‘ segment, Sharyl Atkisson, Full Measure, Oct 27
  • Cited in Daniel Hannan, ‘I thought Britain had biased, Left-wing media – until I spent time in Canada,’ Telegraph, Oct 27
  • Interviewed by Christian Bennike, in ‘Meet the professor who advocates a new white identity policy – which is not racist,’ Information (Denmark), Oct 25
  • Review of Whiteshift by Darel Paul, ‘ The Future is Mixed’, First Things,’ November issue
  • Mention in James Barrett, ‘Study: Data Suggests Conservative Content Leads To ‘De-Radicalization, Not Radicalization,’ Daily Wire, Oct 24
  • Immigration in a Fragile World: Between Nationalism & Humanitarianism,’ Provost’s Forum, Duke University, Durham, SC, Oct 18 summary in Duke Today
  • On TVO #onpoli, ‘Is it Racist to Want Less Immigration?’ episode with Steve Paikin, Oct 17
  • Review of Whiteshift and two other books, by Nell Painter, ‘What is White America: the Identity Politics of the Majority,’ Foreign Affairs, Oct/Nov Issue
  • ‘Universities Must Define Free Speech,’ letter to Times, 13 Oct
  • Hannah Arendt Center Race and Antisemitism conference, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, Oct 10-11 webcast
  • ‘The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray — slay the dragon, then stop,’ Financial Times, Oct 11
  • Cited in Megan McArdle, ‘What’s Behind the Rise of Radicalism?‘, Washington Post, Oct 9
  • On Two for Tea with Iona Italia podcast, Oct 2
  • Cited in Richard Warnica, ‘Can Canada Ward Off a Populist Surge?,’ Politico, October 2
  • Cited in Robin Levinson-King, ‘Maxime Bernier: Can populism become popular in Canada?,’ BBC, Sept 23
  • On Robert Wright Show, Bloggingheads TV, Sept 13
  • Cited in Ken Masugi, ‘Pink Political Scientists vs. White Men‘,  American Greatness, Sept 13
  • ‘The Great White Decline‘ (review of Whiteshift by George Michael), Skeptic magazine, September (24.3)
  • ‘Is Conservatism normalising the alt Right?‘, Unherd, Sept 10
  • Cited in Joel Kotkin, ‘The Politics of Procreation,’ Hot Air blog, Sept 8
  • On Federalist Radio Hour, Washington, DC, with Ben Domenech, Sept 6
  • Cited in Philip Jenkins, ‘The Decline of Death,’ Patheos ‘Anxious Beach’ blog, Sept 6
  • Spoke on ‘Culture Wars: Multiculturalism and the Future of White Identity,’ panel, Riley Institute, Furman University, Greenville, SC, Sept 6 video
  • ‘Timeless Landscape or Diverse Urbanity: national identity in the US and England‘ and ‘The ‘Religion of Anti-Racism’: Why Ideology, not Tribalism, Explains the Rise of Identity Politics’, at American Political Science Association conference, Washington, Aug 29, 31 (2 panels)
  • On Kevin Delaplante podcast ‘Understanding Complex Social Phenomena: More Theories of the Causes of Social Polarization,’ (feat. summary of work by Jonathan Haidt, Karen Stenner and myself), Aug. 28
  • ‘If Greens want to save the world, it’s time they talked Tory,’ Times, Aug 25
  • Listed in ‘The best new paperbacks: from Sebastian Faulks to Diane Setterfield‘, Times, Aug 24
  • Cited in Eric Levitz, ‘The ‘1619 Project’ Isn’t Anti-American — It’s Anti-White Identity Politics,’ New York Magazine Intelligencer, Aug 23
  • ‘UK Immigration Policy After Brexit’ event, hosted by Henry Jackson Society, Aug 22 video audio
  • On Matt Lewis and the News podcast, Aug 22
  • ‘Is Woke Culture Totalitarian,’ Unherd, Aug. 21
  • Cited in Rod Dreher, ‘The NYT’s Woke-ism Undermines Liberalism,’ American Conservative, Aug 20
  • Cited in Michael Barone, ‘Will fact-checkers foil Democrats’ attempt to play the race card?,’ Washington Examiner, Aug. 14
  • Cited in Edward Chang, ‘Why Going After Guns And Everything Labeled White Supremacy Won’t Solve Shootings,’ Federalist.com, Aug. 7
  • Cited in Zachary Stieber, ‘ ‘You’ve Got to be Kidding Me:’ El Paso Walmart Shooting Victim Says Mom Left Gun at Home,’ Epoch Times, Aug. 6
  • Review of Whiteshift in W. James Antle III, ‘Demography and the Populists’ Destiny,’ The American Conservative, July 29
  • ‘Why Is Secularization Likely to Stall in America by 2050? A Response to Laurie DeRose,’ Institute for Family Studies (IFS) blog, July 24
  • Interviewed about populism in the West and Canada, on Elias Makos Show, News Talk Radio, CJAD Montreal, July 23
  • Mention in Matthew Goodwin, ‘The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review — a no-holds-barred attack on the Establishment’s blocking of Brexit’, Sunday Times,  July 20
  • Cited by Stuart Thomson, ‘I don’t think Canada will be the great exception’ to populist disruption, expert says,’ National Post, July 19. Also in Vancouver Sun and Montreal Gazette
  • Review essay by Rod Dreher, ‘Asymmetrical Multiculturalism‘, The American Conservative, July 17
  • Review by John Allemang, ‘White Noise: Much Ado About Diversity,’ Literary Review of Canada, July issue
  • Mercator Dialogue on Migration and Asylum (MEDAM), Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) think tank, European Parliament, Brussels, July 10 webcast
  • Whiteshift reviewed as ‘The Crisis of White Identity‘, Areo magazine, July 7
  • Letters to the editor: ‘Free speech throttled by the campus virtue police,’ Sunday Times, July 7
  • In ‘ “Panel disussion: Free speech on campus” with Joanna Williams, Toby Young and Eric Kaufmann,’ THINK Festival, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, July 6
  • On Conversations with Tyler (Cowen), July 3 [episode]
  • Cited in Ben Domenech, ‘Voters Are Fed Up With Big Tech Monopolies Trying To Run Their Lives,’ The Federalist, June 28
  • ‘Who will resist the great awokening?,’ Unherd, June 28
  • Spoke at Mirabaud Asset Management, London, June 27
  • Spoke on panel on ‘Politically Incorrect: a conversation on prosperity, mobility and identity,’ World Bank, Washington, June 24
  • Spoke on ‘Majority Identity under Threat? Immigration, Assimilation and Populism,’ World Bank, Washington, June 24
  • ‘Leavers may prefer Salvini’s Fortress Europe to Boris’s Global Britain‘, The UK in a Changing Europe blog, June 24
  • Cited in Alex Burns, ‘Biden Has Not Changed. The Politics, Culture and Mood of his Party Have, New York Times, June 22
  • Spoke at Henry Jackson Society, ‘The Decline of the German Political Establishment‘, House of Commons, June 17
  • Cited in Zack Beauchamp, ‘Democrats Don’t Need to Tack Right on Immigration to Win,’ Vox, June 17
  • On David Pakman Show (YouTube), June 16
  • Spoke at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (London, UK), 12 June
  • Cited in Conor Friersdorf, ‘A Once Unthinkable Proposal for Refugee Camps,’ Atlantic, June 12
  • Cited in Thomas Edsall, ‘The Meritocracy is Under Siege,‘ New York Times, June 12
  • Spoke at York Festival of Ideas, June 6
  • ‘Just how English is London?’, Unherd, June 5
  • On Buck Johnson Death to Tyrants podcast [episode], June 3
  • ‘Society will become conservative and sex will go back to procreation rather than recreation,’ Metro, 31 May
  • Guest on Quillette Podcast ‘35 – Eric Kaufmann and Sunder Katwala Discuss the European Election Results,’ May 28
  • ‘Archie Windsor isn’t the Symbol You Think He Is,‘ Foreign Policy, May 28
  • Spoke at HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, Hay-on-Wye, May 25 clip
  • Spoke at Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, 21 May
  • Debate Interview, Bjarne Norum, ‘Professor: White, Christian identity wins in Europe,’ Kristeligt Dagblad (Norway), May 21
  • Cited in Russ Crespolini, ‘Conversations On Race Draws First-Timers To Discussion,’ Patch, May 21
  • ‘The Trial of Danny Baker,’ Unherd, 20 May
  • Spoke at Ditchley Park Conference, ‘The rise of populism: a crisis of democracy or noisy renewal?,’ May 16-18
  • ‘Eric Kaufmann and Razia Iqbal on the End of White Majorities,’ Intelligence Squared podcast, May 16
  • Cited in Michael Barone, ‘Will ‘whiteshift’ save America from ethnic strife? ,’ Washington Examiner, May 15
  • Cited in Gregory Melluish, ‘We’re not seeing a ‘populist surge’ in this election. Why not?,’ The Conversation, 14 May
  • Cited in Marc-Andre Sabourin, ‘Le problème des Blancs,’ L’Actualité (Quebec), 8 May
  • Cited in ‘Academics defend race row scholar Noah Carl,’ Times, 2 May
  • Spoke at Department for International Trade (London, UK), 2 May
  • Mention in Trevor Phillips, ‘Dear Baby Sussex‘, Daily Mail
  • ‘How the woke inquisition broke Cambridge,‘ Unherd, May 1
  • Interviewed as Isaac Chotiner, ‘A Political Scientist Defends White Identity Politics,’ The New Yorker, Apr 30, 2019
  • Spoke on ‘Whiteshift: the Decline of White Majorities and the rise of National Populism,’ London School of Economics, Department of Government (Cumberland Lodge retreat), Apr 27
  • On ‘Whiteshift and the West‘, American Interest podcast, Apr 24
  • ‘The Contradiction at the Heart of Identity Politics,’ The American Mind (Claremont Institute), Apr 22
  • Featured in Robert Verbruggen, ‘Fear of a Nonwhite America,’ National Review, Apr 17
  • Review of Whiteshift in Kirkus Reviews, Apr 15
  • On Ezra Klein Show, ‘In defense of white backlash politics,’ Apr 15, 2019
  • Review of Whiteshift and Goodwin & Eatwell’s National Populism in London Review of Books, Apr 11-18
  • Mention in ‘Populism and identity crisis in the West‘, The Nation (e-paper), Apr 15
  • Featured in Megan McArdle, ‘Irish cultural pride gives this cosmpolitan second thoughts,’ Washington Post, Apr 12, also as ‘When a cosmopolitan is confronted by cultural pride,’ Everett Herald, Apr 14
  • Mention in ‘‘‘No Platforming’ At Bristol University In The 1980s And Now‘, Hatful of History,  Apr 13
  • Referenced in Andrew Sullivan, ‘The Opportunity of White Anxiety,’ New York Magazine Intelligencer, Apr 12
  • Featured in Megan McArdle, ‘Brexiteers are just like Trumpists – except on this,’ Washington Post, also in Deseret News, Apr 9
  • Featured in Bernard Lane, ‘White Fright: the Future of the West’s white majorities,’ The Australian, April 6. Also in same series: ‘Left losing migrant high ground‘, ‘Whites find their knight‘, ‘the last post‘, ‘we should celebrate the coming of a mixed race of human beings‘, ‘criticism of migration repressed‘ (to Apr 12)
  • Featured in Bernard Lane, ‘White Fright: Future Hopes,’ The Australian, April 5
  • “Saying you’re proud of your white color isn’t bad”, NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), April 5
  • Reference in ‘Bristol university students walk out of lecture in protest of speaker,’ Bristol Post, April 5
  • Coverage in George Yancey, ‘A Healthy White Racial Identity,’ Patheos, April 4
  • ‘Whiteshift: Identity Politics in an Era of Demographic Change,’ review by Theodore Kupfer, National Review, April 4
  • My new article, ‘Ethno-traditional nationalism and the challenge of immigration,’ Nations and Nationalism, Apr 4
  • My article with Andrea Ballatore, ‘New York Yankees and Hollywood Anglos: the persistence of anglo-conformity in the American motion picture industry’, Nations and Nationalism, April 4
  • Chair/introduction to Paul Morland – The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World (John Murray 2019) podcast
  • Review of Whiteshift, by Simon Tormey, Australian Book Review, April
  • Interview on Todd Lewis Praise of Folly Youtube show (audio quality an issue in parts), 1 April
  • Mention in Doug Todd, ‘Journey to the heart of a European West Coast,’ Vancouver Sun, Mar 28
  • On Science of Politics (Niskanen Center) podcast, ‘Is White Identity Causing an Immigration Backlash‘ (with Ashley Jardina, hosted by Matt Grossmann), March 27
  • Mention in Neil Munro, ‘New York Times Op-Ed: Progressives Claim Racism to Grab Power in 2020‘, Breitbart, Mar 25
  • Mention in John Rolfe, ‘Local groups unite to fight hate,’ Poughkeepsie Journal, Mar 25
  • Review of Whiteshift by Paul Delany in Los Angeles Review of Books, March 24
  • Mention by David Quinn in ‘We must turn tide against our naivety on Europe,’ Times, Mar 24
  • Mention in Alex Leo, ‘Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative ‘Facts’ ‘, Daily Beast, Mar 22
  • Spoke on panel for launch of Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson, Empty Planet, London, 21 Mar
  • Cited in Matt Kwong, ‘Despite Trump’s view, white nationalism is a growing threat, data shows,’ CBC News, March 19
  • My Op-Ed ‘Americans Are Divided by Their Views on Race, Not Race Itself,‘ New York Times, March 18, 2019
  • Mention in Clive Davis, ‘Radio review: Archive on 4: I’m Only Joking / The Integration Conversation / David Mellor‘, Times, 15 Mar
  • Cited in Lucinda Platt, ‘What does it mean to be British? And who defines it?,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 11 Mar
  • ‘The Integration Conversation – Beyond ‘Whiteshift’’. In Conversation with Trevor Phillips, Policy Exchange/Integration Hub, 7 March podcast
  • ‘When the racist weapon becomes unusable,’ article in Kvartal (Quarter), Sweden, 7 March. With knock-on coverage here and here
  • Cited in Paul Morland, ‘What’s the future of demographic history?,’ The Article, 7 March
  • Mention of Whiteshift in Robert Wright-Conor Friersdorf discussion, Bloggingheads TV, Mar 6, from 4:15
  • Spoke at Oxford Brookes University, 6 March
  • Review of Whiteshift in Liberales, Belgium, 5 March
  • Spoke at panel on ‘What does it mean to be British?‘, London School of Economics (LSE) Festival, London, 3 March podcast
  • Cited in Tom Wheeldon, ‘Despite Trump’s ‘wall’ fixation, Latino immigration to US has plummeted,’ France 24, Mar. 3
  • ‘A Different Way to Think About White Identity Politics,’ review of book in New York Magazine by Park Macdougald, Mar. 1
  • Spoke at University College London (UCL) Constitution Unit, London, 28 February podcast slides
  • On panel on Liberalism at student event, Wimbledon High School
  • “Whiteshift: why white demographic decline will fracture western politics in the twenty-first century,” University of Kent public lecture, 27 February 2019 slides
  • Cited in Zack Beauchamp, ‘The New Reactionaries,’ Vox, Feb. 26
  • ‘The Takeover of the American Mind,’ Spiked, Feb. 22
  • ‘We Need to Talk about White Identity Politics,’ Tablet, Feb 19
  • Cited in Roy MacGregor, ‘How hockey unites us in a time of division,’ Globe and Mail, Feb. 15, 2019
  • On ‘Populism and the Future of White Majorities,’ The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TV Ontario, Feb. 14, 2019
  • Cited in Doug Todd, ‘Why Populism hasn’t come to (English) Canada. Yet,’ Vancouver Sun, Feb. 14
  • In conversation with Trevor Phillips, Policy Exchange, London, Feb. 13 [podcast]
  • Cited in Margaret Wente, ‘Can Canada avoid a populist revolt?‘, Globe and Mail, Feb 8, 2019
  • “How ‘Asymmetrical Multiculturalism’ Generates Populist Blowback,” National Review, Feb. 6
  • Cited in Zack Beauchamp, ‘Trump’s 2019 State of the Union was an ode to an imaginary America,‘ Vox, Feb 6
  • Reviewed in Joan C. Williams, ‘Metro vs Retro: The rise of divisiveness in modern politics,’ Times Literary Supplement, Feb 5
  • Cited in Asle Toje, ‘Whiteshift: how immigration creates white identity politics,’ Minerva, Feb 1
  • Mention in ‘Prof: White people could retreat into a ‘1950s-style simulation’ to avoid diversity,’ College Fix, Jan. 30
  • Mention in Jasper Hamill, ‘Will racist white people ‘exit into a 1950s-style simulation’ to avoid diversity?,’ Metro, 30 Jan
  • Review and excerpts from Whiteshift in Tyler Cowen’s Marginal Revolution, Jan 28-29, 2019
  • ‘The demography of religion in London,’ at ‘De-secularisation of the City’ conference, King’s College, London, 25 Jan
  • Spoke at Housing, Communities and Local Government seminar, London, 23 Jan
  • Review (French), by Philip Wood, ‘The whites, soon majority minority,’ Le Point, 21 January
  • Review (German) by Ronald Asch, ‘White Majority in the West in Decline?, Tichys-Einblick, 14 Jan
  • Mention in Denise Bombardier, ‘Le Declin des blancs,’ Journal de Montreal, 11 Jan
  • Mention in Scott McConnell, ‘The Immigrants Challenging Europe’s Code of Silence on Islam,’ American Conservative, 11 Jan
  • Biographical interview on Whiteshift by Keiko Iizuka, Yomiuri Shinbun (Japan), 9 Jan link
  • Interview on Whiteshift by Thomas Mahler, Le déclin de la majorité blanche va renforcer les populismes, Le Point, 6 Jan
  • ‘Political scientist Eric Kaufmann: ‘White people may also be attached to their own group‘, interview in Dutch newspaper de Volksrant, by Peter Giesen, 4 Jan
  • Review of the book alongside discussion of immigration and integration by Svend Dahl in Goteborg Posten newspaper, Sweden, 3 Jan 2019

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Background

In 2014, Eric completed an ESRC project, Diversity and the White Working Class in England. The project involved a partnership with the think tank Demos, and its Politics of Demography project. Work on related concerns continues as part of the Demography, Integration and Immigration group at the think tank Policy Exchange.

Eric’s recent books have focused on political demography – the politics of population change. He  has a continuing interest in national identity and questions of dominant-group ethnic identity, as well as religious fundamentalism. His most recent trade press book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth argued that the more religious people are, regardless of income, faith tradition or education, the more children they have. Religious countries have faster population growth than secular ones which is why immigrants are typically much more religious than their secular host societies. The cumulative effect of immigration and religious fertility is to slow or reverse the secularisation process in the West.