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.

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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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Latest Articles, Appearances and News

Upcoming 

• ‘Immigration in a Fragile World: Between Nationalism & Humanitarianism,’ Provost’s Forum, Duke University, Durham, SC, Oct 17
• Hannah Arendt Center Race and Antisemitism conference, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, Oct 10-11
• Riley Center, Furman University, Greenville, SC, Sept 6
• On Federalist Radio Hour podcast, Aug 31
• American Political Science Association conference, Washington, Aug 29, 31 (2 panels)
• On National Public Radio (NPR) station KQED San Francisco Forum, August (tbc)
• On Matt Lewis and the News podcast, Aug 22
• ‘UK Immigration Policy After Brexit’ event, hosted by Henry Jackson Society, Aug 22 (tbc)
• On Two for Tea with Iona Italia podcast, July 1 [release tbc]

Previous

• • 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
  • 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
  • On BBC Radio 4 Immigration and Religion: a Sunday programme special, with William Crawley, from 14:11 (with commentary from author Shelina Janmohamed @loveinheadscarf and Dr Anna Rowlands of Durham University), 30 Dec clip
  • Cited in Munira Mirza, ‘Why have two books about populism caused such outrage among academics?,’ Telegraph, 22 Dec
  • Cited in Camilla Cavendish, ‘Britain’s immigration debate is not only about economics,‘ Financial Times, 21 Dec
  • The Myth of White Exceptionalism, Spectator, 21 Dec
  • Cited in Thomas Edsall, ‘White Identity Politics Aren’t Going Anywhere,’ New York Times, Dec. 19
  • Nick Spencer, ‘Interview with Eric Kaufmann: race on a professor’s whiteboard,’ Church Times, 14 Dec 2018
  • ‘Trigger Warning Happy’, my review of Haidt & Lukianoff’s Coddling of the American Mind, and Campbell & Manning’s Rise of Victimhood Culture, Literary Review, December
  • with Matthew Goodwin, ‘What Happened When We Tried to Debate Immigration,’ Quillette, 8 Dec, 2018
  • Spoke on panel, ‘Immigration and Diversity Politics: A Challenge to Liberal Democracy?,’ with Matthew Goodwin, David Aaronovitch, Claire Fox and Trevor Phillips, Conway Hall, London, 6 December youtube video
  • Interview on CapX podcast (with Oliver Wiseman) on Whiteshift, 30 Nov
  • Contributor to ‘Populism and nationalism in a comparative perspective: a scholarly exchange,’ Nations and Nationalism, 30 Nov 2018
  • Listed as Sunday Times Best Book of 2018
  • Listed as a Financial Times Best Book of 2018 (Gideon Rachman, Politics)
  • Listed as an Evening Standard Best Book of 2018
  • Listed as Times Best Book of 2018 (Current Events/Big Ideas)
  • Spoke on religion and demography in London, St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, 28 Nov slides
  • Mention in ‘Why racism is so hard to define and even harder to understand‘, The Conversation, 27 Nov
  • Mention in Nesrine Malik, ‘Hillary Clinton’s chilling pragmatism gives the far right a free pass,’ Guardian, 23 Nov
  • On panel featuring Jonathan Haidt (re new book), Policy Exchange, 22 Nov video
  • ‘Get Used to It: the white majority disappears in melting-pot Europe,’ review in Trouw newspaper (Netherlands), 21 Nov
  • On BBC 3 Freethinking show with Philip Dodd, 21 Nov podcast (from 7:00 in programme)
  • Spoke at European Ideas Network (EU think tank) seminar on migration issues in Central and Eastern Europe, European Parliament, Brussels, 20 Nov
  • Official Launch of my book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin Allen Lane), Birkbeck College, London, 15 November podcast
  • Cited in Anoosh Chakelian, ‘Do academics need pseudonyms to protect their freedom?,’ New Statesman, 16 Nov
  • ‘Facing down the whitelash,’ Philip Collins’ review of Whiteshift (alongside National Populism), Prospect, 14 Nov
  • ‘Understanding the Populist Voter,’ John Lloyd’s review of Whiteshift (alongside National Populism) in The Financial Times, 9 Nov
  • ‘Majority Report’, Michael Burleigh’s review of Whiteshift in The Literary Review, November 2018 Issue
  • On BBC Asian Network speaking about US midterm results, 7 Nov clip
  • On BBC Radio 4 “World at One” about white identity, Trump and midterms, 6 Nov clip
  • Spoke on panel on ‘Is Global Democracy Dead?’, Tomorrow’s Democracy conference, 5 November, Newport, Wales
  • Book reviewed in ‘Why is “populism” a dirty word’ (alongside Eatwell & Goodwin, National Populism), Telegraph, 4 Nov
  • Mention in Kenan Malik, ‘Myths about shared culture have no place in the citizenship debate,’ Guardian, 4 Nov
  • Book reviewed in ‘Two New Books Explain the Brexit Revolt,’ Economist (Bagehot), 3 Nov
  • Mention in ‘9 White Nationalists Running for Office,’ 1 Nov, Care2.com
  • Guest on hour-length Triggernometry show with Konstantin Kisin and Frances Foster, aired 28 Oct video
  • Whiteshift listed as Times ‘must read: our pick of recent books’, 28 Oct
  • My article ‘White Privilege Is Real, but Well-Meaning White Liberals Are Helping to Perpetuate It,’ Quillette, 27 Oct
  • Spoke about ‘The Religious Will Inherit the Earth’ on Things You Should Ngo podcast, 26 Oct
  • My article ‘How to Compromise with Populism’, Foreign Policy, 26 Oct
  • Review in Times: ‘Review: Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities by Eric Kaufmann — are white people really in decline?,’ David Aaronovitch, Times, 26 Oct
  • Birkbeck official press release, 25 Oct
  • Interview in E-International Relations, 25 Oct
  • Review of book in Swedish daily  Svenska Dagbladet by Per Gudmundson, 25 Oct
  • with Matt Goodwin, ‘Rising ethnic diversity in the West may fuel a (temporary) populist right backlash,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 25 Oct
  • Release of my book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin Allen Lane), 25 Oct
  • Review of my book in Evening Standard, 25 Oct
  • My article ‘Success of AfD and Greens: Is Germany on the verge of a cultural war?,’ HuffPost Germany, 23 Oct, 2018
  • Review of book in Guardian, by Kenan Malik, 21 Oct
  • Spoke on integration at Local Government Association, London, 19 Oct
  • My article ‘White majorities feel threatened in an age of mass migration and calling them racist won’t help,’ New Statesman, 17 Oct
  • 11-minute segment on NewsTalk with Sean Moncreiff (Dublin, Ireland), 15 Oct clip
  • On BBC Radio 4 Start the Week with Andrew Marr and Francis Fukuyama to discuss Identity Politics, 15 October (main portion at 21:05, also commentary at 9:50 & 17:55)
  • Review of my new book Whiteshift, by David Goodhart, Sunday Times, 14 Oct
  • Feature on me and my new book Whiteshift, by Martin Hemming, Sunday Times, 14 Oct
  • Spoke at panel on ‘Identity Crisis‘, Battle of Ideas, Barbican, London, 14 October clip of my talk [full video of event]
  • Discussant for ‘Post-Brexit Immigration Policy: Reconciling Public Perceptions with Economic Evidence’, National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, 11 October
  • Cited in Giles Fraser, ‘Remainers’ Immigration Hypocrisy,’ Unherd, 5 Oct
  • Coverage of my research with Matthew Goodwin in ‘Rising Ethnic Diversity Increases Whites’ Fears: but effect depends on context‘, Scientific American, Oct 2, 2018
  • On panel at Bright Blue fringe event on ‘Britain’s post-Brexit immigration system’, Conservative Party Conference, 30 September, Birmingham UK
  • Spoke on ‘Pricing Immigration: the egotropic and sociotropic costs Britons will pay to reduce migration,’ (paper with Thomas Leeper and Simon Hix) at Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (ePoP) conference, Royal Holloway University of London, 16 September slides paper
  • On BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight, with Ritula Shah, speaking on research into UK public opinion on EU and non-EU migration, 25 September, 2018
  • Cited in ‘Online platforms have been too cautious when it comes to banning hate speech,’ The West Side Story, Sept 21, 2018
  • ‘Who is America?,’ Literary Review, September 2018
  • ‘Eric Kaufmann on Right-Wing Populism, Octavian Report, Sept.12, 2018 podcast
  • ‘How Moderates Can Save Immigration Reform,’ Spectator USA, Sept. 10, 2018
  • with Matthew Goodwin, ‘The diversity Wave: a meta-analysis of the native-born white response to ethnic diversity,’ Social Science Research, online August 2018
  • My article ‘Good Fences Make Good Politics: immigration and the future of the West,’ Foreign Affairs, September/October 2018 Issue
  • Cited in Tom Jacobs, ‘Regional Immigration, Local Segregation: The Toxic Mix That Triggers Whites’ Fears,’ Pacific Standard, Aug. 1
  • Cited in Thiemo Fetzer, ‘How David Cameron’s welfare cuts led directly to the Brexit vote,‘ Independent, July 27
  • Cited in Stef Kight, ‘Being 30 then and now,’ Axios, July 22
  • Cited in Stef Kight, ‘How we arrived at a childless future,’ Axios, July 21
  • Cited in Bjarne Norum article on Northern Ireland violence for  Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark), 12 July
  • Moderated discussion, ‘Is Populism a Threat to Democracy?,’ featuring Yascha Mounk, Claire Fox, David Goodhart and Sasha Polakow-Suransky, Centre for the Study of Politics and Public Life, Birkbeck College, 5 July podcast
  • On Andrew Pierce show, LBC radio, June 28
  • Cited in Thomas Edsall, ‘Don’t Feed the Troll in the Oval Office,’ New York Times, June 28
  • Cited in Hanna Kozlowska, ‘Facebook forbids white supremacy, but allows white separatism and nationalism,’ Quartz, May 26
  • Provided data for graphic in Trevor Phillips, ‘My Princess Beverly has come to life — and happily nobody’s batted an eyelid,‘ Sunday Times, 20 May
  • Spoke on Politics of Immigration panel, Department of Politics, Birkbeck, London, 9 May slides
  • ‘Suppression, Tipping, Polarisation and Blowback: antiracism norms and the populist revolt,’ University of Manchester, Department of Politics, 8 May
  • Cited in Zoe Williams, Nationalism can be a good thing. We have to make the case for it, Guardian, May 8
  • Spoke at Thinking Allowed 2: ‘Good vs Bad Nationalism,’ discussion with Zoe Williams, Frontline Club, London, May 2
  • Cited in ‘ “Rivers of blood”: the lasting legacy of a poisonous speech,’ Economist, Apr 19
  • ‘Blowback: How Antiracism Norms set the stage for the Populist Revolt,’ Brookings Institution, Apr 19
  • ‘The Rise of the Populist Right in the US and Europe: why it’s NOT the economy, stupid,’ George Mason University, Washington, DC, Apr 18
  • ‘Ethno-Traditional Nationalism and the Challenge of Immigration,’ ASEN conference, LSE, London, 27 March
  • ‘The Populist Spiral: Ethno-Traditional Nationalism, Immigration and Antiracism,’ Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, Canada, Apr 2-3
  • Cited in Jo Swinson,‘It’s time to end the era of horns and halos,’ The New European, 22 March
  • Cited in Doug Todd, ‘Douglas Todd: Aboriginals and whites leaving Metro Vancouver,’ Vancouver Sun, Mar 12, 2018
  • Spoke at Hackney Labour Party branch meeting, Mar. 1
  • ‘Immigration debate is fuelling populism in Italy, but not for the reasons you think,’ Euronews,  Mar. 1
  • Spoke at ‘Brexit, Trump and the Media’ conference, University of Leicester, 22 Feb
  • Cited in John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker, ‘What’s driving populism? It isn’t the economy, stupid,’ Globe and Mail, Feb. 9
  • ‘Whiteshift: the white majority response to ethnic transformation in the West,’ University of Kent, 7 Feb slides
  • Cited in Kenan Malik, ‘That working-class lives are more fraught is not down to immigration,’ Guardian, Feb 4
  • Mention in Financial Times Brexit Briefing ‘Further Reading,’ Jan.31, 2018
  • ‘Why culture is more important than skills: understanding British public opinion on immigration,’ LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, Jan. 30, 2018
  • ‘Why Culture Trumps Skills: Public opinion on immigration,’ with David Goodhart), Policy Exchange blog, Jan. 28, 2018
  • Mention in ‘New Harvard Research Says US Christianity Is Not Shrinking, But Growing Stronger,’ The Federalist, Jan. 22, 2018

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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.