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2018

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

2017

Chaired ‘The New Nationalism: The Rise Of The Populist Right In The West,’ Birkbeck Department of Politics, 8 November 630
Douglas Todd, ‘Reducing immigration not seen as racist by most, global survey shows,’ Vancouver Sun, November 4
‘Why Values, not Economics, Hold the Key to the Populist Right – and to Crafting New Migration Narratives,’ International Organization for Migration (Geneva: IOM, 2017)
With Mark Levene, Trevor Fenner and George Loizou, ‘A multiplicative process for generating a beta-like survival function with application to the UK 2016 EU referendum results,’ International Journal of Modern Physics, accepted October 27, 2017
Can narratives of white identity reduce support for Hard Brexit and Trump?: a comparative survey experiment,’ Political Studies, accepted 13 October, 2017
My review of James Tilley and Geoffrey Evans, The New Politics of Class
Talk at International Organization for (IOM), Geneva, 28-9 September 2017 slides
On ‘Talking Migration’ show with Clara Sandelind (alongside Garvan Walshe) discussing my Policy Exchange report on racism and racial self-interest, 19 Sept
Cited in Jo Swinson’s speech to Liberal Democrat Party Conference, 17 Sept: http://www.libdemvoice.org/55295-55295.html
‘Do Remainers move to Islington?: partisan residential sorting in the UK,’ ePoP conference, University of Nottingham, 9-11 Sept slides
‘Immigration and White Identity in the West: how to deal with declining majorities,’ Foreign Affairs, 8 September 2017
‘Can Narratives of National Identity reduce support for Hard Brexit and Trump? : a survey experiment,’ American Political Science Association, San Francisco, Sept.1 slides
‘Brexit and Trump: why it’s NOT the economy, stupid,’ at “What’s Next for the UK, EU, and the US?” conference, U.C. Berkeley, Aug.30 slides
‘Contact with difference or ‘white flight’?: why whites in diverse places tend to vote Remain,’ Understanding Society (EU referendum project), University of Essex, 28 June slides
Guest on BBC Talkback discussing Orangeism and sectarianism, 25 July
Cited in Justin Caruso, ‘Most Trump Voters Don’t Think It’s Racist To Limit Immigration For Cultural Reasons,’ Daily Caller, July 17
‘Is tribalism racist? Antiracism norms and immigration,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 9 July 2017
In CapX debate, ‘This house believes Britain should open its borders after it leaves the EU,’ London, Houses of Parliament, 11 July (feat. Nicky Morgan, MP, Sunder Katwala, Garvan Walshe and I) podcast
Cited in Ed West, ’13 Things we have learnt about Britain since the Referendum,’ Spectator, 23 June
Cited in Karl McDonald, ‘What is an Orangeman?’ iNews, 22 June
In discussion at Centre of Pan African Thought, ‘Is Britain a post-racial society?’, 15 June, Swedenborg Hall, London
Cited in Ben Southwood, ‘Tories need to sell young people a vision of the future,’ Times, June 13
Talk to group of 12 German MPs, Chatham House, on immigration and integration in UK and Europe, Chatham House/Robert Bosch Siftung, 12 June slides participants
Cited in ‘Manchester attack brings Muslim integration into focus,’ Financial Times, 12 June
‘Guilt Edged-Bonds’, my review of Douglas Murray’s The Strange Death of Europe, Literary Review, June issue
Cited in Martin Collacott, ‘Canada replacing its population a case of wilful ignorance, greed, excess political correctness,’ Vancouver Sun, 4 June
Interviewed on Stephen Quinn “On the Coast” Show, CBC Vancouver, June 1
Interviewed on Kirk LaPointe Show, Roundhouse Radio, Vancouver, June 1
With Simon Hix and Thomas Leeper, ‘UK voters, including Leavers, care more about reducing non-EU than EU migration’, LSE British Politics and Policy blog, May 30
Cited in Douglas Todd, ‘Almost 7 in 10 Metro residents will be non-white in two decades,’ Vancouver Sun, May 30
My article “Levels or changes?: Ethnic context, immigration and the UK Independence party vote,” on early view in Electoral Studies
Interviewed as part of BBC World Service Inquiry radio programme on ‘How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK?’, 18 May 2017 (my section from from 18:50)
‘Values and the Brexit Vote,’ Convention on Brexit and the Political Crash, Central Hall, Westminster, London, May 12 –13
Mention in Sunny Hundal, ‘The rise of the far right has nothing to do with economic policy, and the left needs to accept that,’ Independent, 7 May
‘Cosmopolitan Cities and their country cousins,’ UK in a Changing Europe, 2 May
“Values and Cited in Simon Kuper, ‘My comeback on Trump, Le Pen, Brexit, climate change…‘, 27 April
Demography: Explaining Brexit, Trump and the European Populist Right,” Social Market Foundation (SMF), London, 27 April blog summary
Cited in Uri Friedman, ‘What is a Nativist?’, The Atlantic, Apr 11
Quoted in podcast, ‘The Rise of Europe’s Far Right, as told through a small German suburb,’ Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, 29 Mar
Cited in Amanda Taub, ‘How a Sleepy German Suburb Explains Europe’s Rising Far-Right Movements,’ New York Times, 20 Mar
published new article, ‘Complexity and Nationalism,’ Nations and Nationalism, online open access
Mention in David Goodhart, ‘Why I left my London Tribe,’ Financial Times, 17 Mar
Guest on BBC Newsnight, with Evan Davis, 16 Mar link to clip
‘Why the fear of Islamization is driving populist right support, and what to do about it,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, Mar 16
Spoke at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) “A ‘United’ Kingdom?’ ” Policy Forum, 16 March slides
Cited in David Aaronovitch, ‘Defending White Interests Can Never be Right,’ Times, 15 Mar
Cited in Zack Beauchamp, ‘No easy answers: why left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism,’ Vox, 13 Mar
‘Are we to assume whites do not have group preferences?’ letter, Financial Times, 8 March
Spoke at “Emu and the New Challenges Ahead for the European Union,” Euro 50 Group, European Commission, Brussels, 6-7 March 2017
Author of report ‘Racial Self-Interest is not Racism,’ Policy Exchange, 3 March 2017 (pp. 1-60)
Co-author and cited in Goodhart, David. ‘White Self-Interest is not the Same Thing as Racism,’ Financial Times, 3 March 2017
Spoke at Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) Policy Leaders Fellowship Roundtable meeting on “Social Cohesion”, University of Cambridge, 24 February
‘The Populist Backlash in Western Politics,’ roundtable event, Department of Politics, Birkbeck College, 23 Feb podcast
Interviewed about white nationalism on Sky TV, 21 Feb, 7:30-7:45pm
‘Two Britains’, at ‘ “Brexit means Brexit”, but what does that mean?’ event, UEA Norwich, 16 Feb. 2017 slides webcast
Spoke at City Forum ‘Policing a Perplexed Society,’ 9 February, London slides
Submitted brief to Home Office Select Committee on Immigration Enquiry, 2 Feb
Spoke at LSE Institute of Public Affairs Event, The New Nationalism, 30 January, London School of Economics slides podcast
Spoke on panel with Yvette Cooper, Trevor Phillips and Ayeesha Hazarika at Fabian Society New Year 2017 Conference, 14 January, Friends House, London podcast

2016

Cited in Oystein Langenberg, ‘We must cultivate unity rather than diversity and multiculturalism, researchers report,’ Aftenposten, 19 Dec 2016
Letter re Casey Review, published in Times, 11 Dec
‘White Avoidance’ at Child Poverty Action Group ‘Maintaining a social mix locally’ event for London councillors, City Hall, 9 Dec slides
‘Brexit and the new values divide in the West,’ Birkbeck College Department of Politics, 7 Dec slides
‘Holier than thou’, review of Marzouki, McDonnell and Roy, Saving the People: how populists hijack religion, Literary Review, December preprint
‘Majority Avoidance: one of the few holes in Casey’s strong report,’ Policy Exchange blog, 5 Dec (2:15:00, or 8:15) link
Mention by Dame Louise Casey on BBC Radio 4 Today programme, 5 Dec
‘Abnormal,’ Adam Smith Institute (ASI) Forum, 3 Dec slides
‘The Indicators that show who voted for Trump and Brexit,’ Prospect, 29 Nov
Interviewed on Liz Green Show, BBC Radio Leeds on segregation, 28 Nov
‘Positive contact or “white flight”? Why whites in diverse places are more tolerant of immigration,’ Asian Fire Service, 25 November slides
Lecture on ‘Brexit and Trump: Rising Nationalism,’ University of Winchester, 22 Nov
Interviewed on white nationalism on Michelangelo Signorile Sirius XM Show (New York City), 21 Nov
Cited in Amanda Taub, ‘White Nationalism Explained’, New York Times, 21 Nov
Chaired panel on ‘The New Minority: white working class politics in an era of immigration and inequality,’ LSE, 21 Nov
Spoke on panel on ‘A World in Crisis: climate change, violence, demography and the world economy,’ Birkbeck College, 17 Nov podcast
Cited in Matthew Parris, ‘Don’t Panic: Trumpism is just a passing fad,’ Times, Nov. 12
Cited in Doug Saunders, ‘Whitewashed: The real reason Donald Trump got elected? We have a white extremism problem,’ Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov 12
Cited in Tom Chivers, ‘How Trump And Farage Won By Promising The People The World’, BuzzFeed, Nov 12
Trump/Brexit analysis cited in Zack Beauchamp, “These 2 charts explain how racism helped fuel Trump’s victory,” Vox, Nov 10
Cited in Amanda Taub, ‘Trump’s Victory and the Rise of White Populism’, New York Times, 9 Nov
‘Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid,’ New Statesman blog, Fabian Society, LSE British Politics blog
Cited in Charedi ‘segregation’ may breed ‘intolerance and prejudice’, Israel Times, Nov. 7
Also cites in Mirror, Express, Mail and regional papers
Cited in John Denham, ‘What’s the leftwing answer to the integration problem? Nation-building,’ New Statesman Staggers blog, Nov 2
Cited in ‘UK Cities that show how big the racial divide has become,’ Metro, Nov 2
Cited in ‘Britain’s White Flight,’ Daily Mail, Nov 2
Interviewed on LBC radio in connection with segregation report, Nov 2
Cited in Richard Ford, ‘UK becoming more divided as ‘white avoidance’ takes hold,’ Times, November 2
Cited in Amanda Taub, ‘Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity,’ New York Times, November 2
Work mentioned in Chuka Ummuna, ‘Foreword to “Is segregation on the increase in the UK?”, Guardian, 2 November
with Ted Cantle, ‘Is segregation on the increase in the UK?’ openDemocracyUK, 2 November
Work cited in ‘Britain becoming more segregated than 15 years ago, says race expert,’ Guardian, 2 November
‘The Soft Brexit Majority’ The New European, Oct. 31 uncut version
Work cited in David Aaronovitch, ‘Ugly truth about the rise of Trump and Brexit,’ The Times, Oct. 19
‘It’s NOT the economy, stupid: the causes of Brexit,’ University of Roehampton, 17 October slides
‘Can narratives of national identity reduce support for Brexit and Trump?: a survey experiment’, Nuffield College, Oxford, 11 October slides
Spoke at Conservative Party conference Westminster Council immigration and integration policy event, 4 October, Birmingham
Spoke at Conservative Party conference Policy Exchange immigration and integration policy event, 3 October, Birmingham
‘Assimilation and the immigration debate: shifting people’s attitudes,’ LSE British Politics blog, 1 October
On Andrew Pierce show discussing Centre for Social Justice/Legatum Institute report on causes of Brexit, LBC radio, 30 September
‘Hard Brexit?: only if it’s free,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 28 September
Spoke at ‘Integration and segregation after the Casey Review’, Labour Party conference event, 27 September, Liverpool
‘Assimilation: why it needs to become part of the immigration debate,’ Fabian Society, 26 September
My blog post on the drivers of the Brexit vote at the Fabian Society and LSE British Politics finding that capital punishment, not economic position, explains Brexit voting was cited as an influence by Tim Stimpson, producer of the September 11, 2016 episode of BBC’s The Archers which decided Helen’s fate. The episode is here with a key passage from 15:00 to 15:33.
“The Tipping Point: Do whites flee neighbourhoods once minorities exceed 20% of the population?,” British Society for Population Studies conference, 15 September presentation
“The ‘Left Behind’? Reconciling individual and aggregate UK Independence Party voting”, at Elections, Public Opinion and Politics (ePop) conference, University of Kent, 9 September presentation paper
“Does Diversity Produce Hostility? A Meta Analysis, at Elections, Public Opinion and Politics”, (ePop) conference, University of Kent, 9 Sept paper presentation
Addressed All-Parliamentary Group on Integration, 5 September audio
‘The Diversity Wave: A Meta Analysis of ethnic diversity and native white backlash,’ in theme panel on “The Rise of the Radical Right in Europe after the Migrant Crisis and Paris,” American Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, Sept 1-4 presentation paper
“The ‘Left Behind’? Reconciling individual and aggregate UK Independence Party voting”, American Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, Sept 1-4 presentation paper
Anti-Immigrant Nativism as Sons of the Soil Conflict, American Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, Sept 1-4 presentation
with David Goodhart, ‘A Respectable Englishness,’ Fabian Society, 16 August
Mention in William Davison, ‘Brexit’s Confounding Conservatism Leaves the UK Left Upset and Adrift’, The Wire, Aug 12
Mention in Simon Wren-Lewis, ‘A Divided Nation,’ Aug 8
Mention in ‘Causes of Brexit’ page, wikipedia
Mention in Alexander Jan, ‘The whole UK will suffer if London loses out in the Brexit aftermath’, City AM 25 July
Spoke at ‘Brexit: What now for the UK and EU?‘, Birkbeck Department of Politics, 21 July podcast
cited in ‘The link between Brexit and the death penalty,’ BBC News, 17 July
‘What if minorities are willing to dance, yet the majority is not?’, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Integration blog, 11 July
‘It’s NOT the economy, stupid’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 7 July
‘It’s NOT the economy, stupid’ for event on Brexit at Policy Exchange, 4 July slides webcast
‘Celebrating Differences in our Commonality.’ Address to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Integration, 4 July, House of Commons link
Spoke on Monocle Daily radio show on nationalism and national identity, 4 July link
On SKY News re Nigel Farage resignation, 4 July
‘Green Identity, Nationalism and Climate Change,’ at BISR “The Challenge of Climate Change: What Can and Can’t Be Fixed?,” Birkbeck College, U. London, 28 June slides event
Mention in Ben Chu, ‘Why did people really vote for Brexit? If we don’t face the psychological reasons, we’ll never bring Britain together,’ Independent, 26 June
Mention in Cassidy, John, ‘Why the Remain Campaign Lost the Brexit Vote,’ New Yorker, June 24
‘Brexit Voters: NOT the Left Behind,’ Fabian Society blog, 24 June Italian translation for lavoce.info
On SKY News debate on immigration and Brexit, 22 June, 1pm
‘Majority Nationalism: from inclusion to exclusion’, keynote address at University of Nottingham conference on Majoritarian Nationalism and the rights of non-dominant groups, 15 June 2016 slides
‘The Religious Demography of London since 1980’ for David Goodhew and Anthony-Paul Cooper (eds), No Secular City: Church Growth and Decline in London, 1980 to the Present (Oxford, 2016)
‘Differences in Commonality’ at Social Integration: what is it? How do we promote it?, The-Challenge-Network event, UCL, 9 June video
On BBC TV News London, 24 May 2016 (from 6:46 pm)
Cited in ‘Integration Nation,’ The Economist, 21 May 2016
Keynote address at LSE Government Department retreat on theme of Integration, Cumberland Lodge, 29 April 2016 slides
‘Cracking Up: Immigration and the Polarization of Nations’, keynote speech at 26th ASEN conference on “Nationalism, Migration and Population Change”, London School of Economics, 20 April slides
From Multiculturalism to Multivocalism: complexity, national identity and political theory, Identities (in section on Building inclusive nations in the age of migration), April 2016 prepublication version official
‘The Political Background to the Migrant Crisis,’ in Migrants and Languages conference, Birkbeck College, U. London, 22 March slides
review of Goldstone, Kaufmann and Toft, Political Demography, Comparative Sociology, 45, 2, 2016
‘Nudging Integration’, Policy Exchange/Tower Hamlets Council, 1 March slides
Presented at ESRC project findings at Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) Showcase Event, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, 29 Feb
In Late@BBK Debate: London’s Future – Politics, People and Identity – Cinema, 25 February, Birkbeck College, University of London
David Willetts in Conversation with Tony Wright, Birkbeck Politics blog, 23 February 2016 podcast
‘Why majority cultural preferences should shape, but not determine, immigration policy’, Verfassungsblog, 18 February 2016
Submission to Casey Review on Integration and Extremism, 22 January 2016
Mention in Goodhart David, “When it comes to integrating immigrants, friendship is the key,” Telegraph, 24 Jan 2016
‘Ethnic Change in the West: White Responses,’ Be Birkbeck lecture, 25 January 2016
Participated in Casey Review of Integration roundtable, Home Office, 21 January 2016

2015

‘Class, Englishness and the UKIP Vote’, for “English Issues’ in the 2015 General Election” conference, Centre for English Identity and Politics, University of Winchester, 18 January presentation
Review of White Backlash: Immigration, Race and American Politics, in Literary Review, Christmas edition unedited preprint [official version]
‘Changes Alarm, Time Disarms: Ethnic Context and the Political Demography of Anti-Immigration,’ at ‘Europe’s migration crisis and the Populist Response’ event, 23 November, Wolfson Suite, London, University of London slides podcast audio details
‘The White British response to immigration,’ at event on ‘Immigration and Asylum policies in Britain’, London School of Economics, 5 November presentation podcast
‘Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in Britain,’ presentation to Dutch parliamentarians, Netherlands Embassy, London, 19 Oct slides
Our project featured as an impact case in ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative magazine, 25 September
‘From multiculturalism to multivocalism,’ at Building Inclusive Nations in the Age of Migration symposium, University of Loughborough, 24 September presentation
Quoted in Doug Todd, ‘Tears are not enough: migrant crisis calls for reality check’, Vancouver Sun, Sept 19, 2015
Quoted in Reihan Salam, ‘White Fright: Does Donald Trump represent the ascendancy of white nationalism on the American right?‘, Slate, Septmeber 4, 2016
‘Contact Not White Flight’: contextual diversity and the UKIP vote in Britain,’ part of Theme Panel: “The Rise of the Populist Right?: Anti-Immigration Parties in Western Europe,” American Political Science Association conference, San Francisco, Sept 3-6 paper presentation
On Sky News 24 about migrant crisis, 1030 am, 16 Sept 2015
‘Shifting Demographics’, ESRC Society Now, Summer 2015 issue, p. 13
On Sky News 24 about Hungarian border fence and migrant crisis, 1040 am, 27 Aug 2015
Quoted in Sarah Glazer, ‘European Migrant Crisis: should the EU Open its Doors Wider?,’ Congressional Quarterly, 31 July
On Sky News 24 about Calais Migrant crisis, 930 am, 31 July 2015
‘Taxpayers and kippers: why the polls got it wrong’, at University of Kent Election Blues: Why Labour Lost event, House of Lords, 25 June slides
Cited in Nick Hellen, ‘Schools in Wider Racial Split than St. Louis,’ Sunday Times, 5 July 2015
BISR Political and Social Theory Seminar: “Complexity, Nationalism and Political Theory”, Birkbeck College, University of London, 10 June slide
Spoke at launch of Demos Integration Hub, 20 May slides
‘Reflections on UKIP and the 2015 Election,’ Political Quarterly, 18 May
‘White Flight’ or Positive Contact?: local diversity and attitudes to immigration in Britain, Comparative Political Studies, published May 15 on firstview
Interviewed on UKIP on BBC London 94.9 Vanessa Feltz show
The ‘shy’ English nationalists who won it for the Tories and flummoxed the pollsters, LSE British Politics blog, 12 May
Interviewed about UK election on Global TV (Canada), 6 May clip
‘Why winning back Ukippers won’t necessarily save Tories’, New Statesman May2015 blog, 6 May 2015
‘UKIP’s Effect on this Election’, Birkbeck College ‘Who Will Win?’ event, 30 April slides podcast slides
Interview on BBC Persian service on the election and multiculturalism, 27 April clip (from 4:20)
Keynote speech, ‘Nationalism and Complexity’ at Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism conference, LSE, 21-23 April slides
Talk on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Religious Conflict, IAPSS World Congress 2015, London, 16 April slides
Chaired launch of Paul Morland, Demographic Strategies in Ethnic Conflict, 26 March, 6pm, Birkbeck College, U. London podcast
Respondent to speech by Lisa Nandy, MP speech on ‘Patriotism and the Left’, Class (Centre for Labour and Social Studies), 25 March
Interviewed on ITV television documentary ‘Things We Don’t Say About Race That Are True ,’ hosted by Trevor Phillips, 19 March 2015
Interview on ITV on politics of immigration, 19 March 2015
Interviewed as ‘We Asked an Expert What Would Happen If Nigel Farage Quit As UKIP Leader,’ Vice.com, 17 March
On BBC Radio 3 Freethinking programme on Social Identity in a time of transformation with Philip Dodd, 25 Feb podcast
Cited in Doug Todd, ‘How immigration issue will help Labour win the May British election. What will it do in Canada?‘ Vancouver Sun, Feb. 25
‘The Myth of London Exceptionalism’: London not as invulnerable to UKIP as commonly reported‘, Demos Quarterly, Issue #5, 2014-15
‘White Flight’ in the West?: explaining the persistence of white-minority segregation, Alpine Population Conference, La Thuile, Italy, 25-28 January 2015 slides
‘Ukippers are likely to have voted Tory in 2010 – but Labour in the 1990s,’ New Statesman May 2015 blog

2014

‘Ethnic Dynamics in England,’ City Forum Creating police leaders for the 21st century, Reform Club, London, 27 November slides
‘Rochester and UKIP: We shouldn’t leap to the conclusion that this by-election is a bellwether for 2015,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, 21 November 2014
‘ Religious rebirth in Europe’s cities: Global demographics and the rise of ethno-religion,’ WIREL conference, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Human Capital, Vienna, 21 November
‘The White British Response to Ethnic Change: UKIP, White Flight or Integration?’ , Social Market Foundation’ Chalk & Talk, London, 20 November slides
“Dear Ukipper…” The letter the Prime Minister should write on immigration’, New Statesman, 19 November (2015 blog) (Staggers blog)
“Immigration and Integration in Britain: The Great Nationalism Debate,” Review essay of Tariq Modood, Multiculturalism, David Goodhart, The British Dream, and Ted Cantle, Interculturalism, Nationalities Papers, 42:6, pp. 1072-1077 download preprint
‘White Flight and the rise of UKIP’, Understanding Society podcast, 27 October 2014
‘Demystifying White Flight’, Understanding Society Insights 2014 , pp. 26-7
‘It’s the demography stupid: ethnic change and opposition to immigration’, Political Quarterly special issue on the Politics of Immigration
‘Introduction: The Politics of Immigration: UKIP and Beyond’, Political Quarterly special issue on the Politics of Immigration
‘Demystifying ‘White Flight’, Understanding Society Insights 2014, 30 Oct, pp. 29-30
My blog, ‘The lessons of Clacton and Heywood: Why UKIP will damage the Tories in 2015 but may ultimately harm Labour’, British Politics LSE blog, Huffington Post and Birkbeck blog, 10 October
Presentation at Demos (Mapping Integration meeting), 6 October slides
‘Changing Places: The white British Response to Ethnic Change’, Demos final report, launched 29 September 2014 at Tory Party Conference, 11 am download report free here

2013

‘White Flight in England?: White attraction rather than repulsion seems to be the story,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, December 17, 2013
Eric Kaufmann, ‘The White British Response to Ethnic Change,’ The First International Conference on Political Demography and Social Macro-Dynamics, Russian Presidential National Academy of Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, December 13-14
Eric Kaufmann, review of Paul Collier, Exodus, and David Goodhart, The British Dream, Literary Review, Christmas Edition, December 2013
Demos press release for ‘White Flight?’ research, 25 November
Eric Kaufmann and Gareth Harris, ‘White Flight from London?’, National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, 28 November (invitation only)
Eric Kaufmann and Gareth Harris, ‘ “White Flight” in London and the UK?’, Demos, London, 20 November (invitation only) slides
Eric Kaufmann, ‘Contact, Threat or ‘White Flight’?: local ethnic change, UKIP and anti-immigration sentiment in Britain,’ University of Reading, Politics Department seminar, 19 November, 430 pm, room URS 2s14
“Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth: the political demography of religious fundamentalism,” Dondena Center, Bocconconi University, Milan, Italy, 13 November
Eric Kaufmann, ‘Dominant Ethnicity and Immigration in Britain,’ University of Berne, Switzerland, 6 November [slides]
Coverage of our nonwhite PM finding on BBC Asian Network, 6 November [from 14:40]
Eric Kaufmann [slides] on ‘The Fortunes of Right-Wing Parties’ at None of the Above event, Birkbeck College, U. London, 19 October
My ‘Too Many People‘, in Literary Review, October edition [preprint version]
‘34% of electorate uncomfortable with ethnic minority PM,’ YouGov News [our poll data here]
‘One in three Britons ‘uncomfortable’ with prospect of ethnic minority PM,’ Guardian, 3 October
Eric Kaufmann and Gareth Harris, ‘White flight’?: Opposition to Diversity and Mobility Decisions in Britain, 1991‐2012,’ at British Society for Population Studies, Swansea, 9-11 September 2013 [presentation]
Eric Kaufmann, ‘Why China is Content to Stay at Home: Ethnic Fractionalization and Interstate Conflict,’ American Political Science Association, Chicago, Aug 28 [paper]
‘Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth’, at Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, August 26, 2013; Also spoke in ‘Battle of the Visions (defense of Social Science) and in GTV Treehouse on ‘How to restore confidence (powerpoint).’ (video tbc)
Mention of my work (with A. Goujon & V. Skirbekk) on US religious demography: ‘3 Reasons American May Become More Religious,’ Aug, 22 Christian Post
Appeared on BBC (TV) News at Ten re Belfast Twelfth and rioting in Ardoyne, 12 July clip
Spoke at: ‘Shifting Values: Nationalism and Identity in the UK and Japan’ seminar, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 10 July (podcast)
Mention of research in Jonathan Portes v David Goodhart, ‘An Exercise in Scapegoating,’ London Review of Books, 20 June
Eric Kaufmann and Gareth Harris, ‘Contact or ‘White Flight?’: Why Are Whites in Diverse English Wards More Tolerant of Immigration?,’ Cathie Marsh Centre, University of Manchester, 7 May 2013, 4pm
Chatham House event (where Eric will introduce and speak) on White Nationalism and White Flight: Transatlantic Perspectives, (other speakers John Logan, Brown U. on white residential and school dynamics in the US, and Marcel Lubbers, U. Utrecht, Netherlands, on European Far Right, June 13, 6pm
‘Many Different Englands,’ Prospect, April 29, 2013
Mention of book in Mary Eberstadt, ‘In the War Over Christianity, Orthodoxy is Winning,’ Time, April 29, 2013
‘Positive Contact or Selective ‘White Flight’? : Why Whites in Diverse British Neighbourhoods are More Tolerant of Immigration,’ University of Oxford, Department of Sociology, April 22, 2013
Spoke at Immigration Studies Initiative, University of Texas at Austin, March 21, 2013 slides
Talk at “Identity Politics: The New World versus New (and Old) Europe” conference, University of Texas, Austin, March 22, 2013 slides
Chairing and speaking at Birkbeck-Demos Roundtable, ‘Diversity and the White Working Class,’ London, April 3, 2013
Mention in Ed West, ‘Pope Francis is the first non-European pope since 741 AD: Christianity is becoming a non-European faith’, Telegraph, 15 March
Book launch of my co-edited book (with Brad Wilcox), Whither the Child: Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility at London School of Economics, 11 March 2013 podcast
Responded to Lord Carlile at Res Publica Briefing Event on Counter-radicalisation, Birkbeck College, 27 February
‘Responses to diversity among the white working class in England and Wales’, University of East Anglia, Norwich, School of Political, Social and International Studies, March 6, 1 pm
“To understand the present troubles in Belfast, we need to go back to the dying days of the old ‘Orange State’”, LSE Politics and Policy blog, 1 Feb 2013
Interviewed as part of CNN feature on segregation and Islamist patrols in London, 1 Feb 2013
Mention in Nick Hellen, ‘Britons ‘self-segregate’ as white flight soars,’ Sunday Times, 27 January 2013
Mention in Emma Reynolds, ‘Rise of ‘white flight’: British families are ’self-segregating’ as more Caucasians abandon urban areas for the countryside,’ 27 Jan 2013
Interview in El Iberico on Catalan nationalism in comparative perspective (Spanish), 26 January 2013
London and the English, Huffington Post (and Demos Blog), 15 January 2013
Interview on Radio 5 Live on Belfast loyalist flag riots, from 2:23:20 onward (9/01/13)

2012

Mention in David Goodhart, ‘London’s “White Flight” Deserves Attention,’ Financial Times, December 26, 2012
‘London: an Island of Religion in a Secular Sea,’ Huffington Post (and Demos Blog), 21 December 2012
White Flight from London?’, Huffington Post, (and Prospect Magazine Blog, Demos Blog, LSE Politics Blog), 12 December 2012
‘Why China is Content to Stay at Home: Internal Ethnic Diversity and International Power Projection,’ Department of War Studies, King’s College, University of London, December 6th, 6pm. [podcast & video here]
‘Why the Republicans Will Continue to Oppose Obama on Immigration,’ Huffington Post, November 13 (also reproduced on Extremis, 23 November)
At London Metropolitan University, Department of Politics and International Relations, November 21st
Web figures and description now live for my new co-edited book with W. Bradford Wilcox, Whither the Child: the Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility (Paradigm, 2012)
Judge in Debating Matters secondary school debate, Wandsworth Round, Oct 8
My new ESRC research project grant, ‘Exit, Voice or Accommodation?: white working-class responses to ethnic change in Britain,’ with Gareth Harris just announced, running for 18 months from October 2012
Spoke at ‘Diversity and Freedom in Present-Day Europe: Challenges and Opportunities’ conference, West Sussex, UK, September 6-9
New co-edited book, with Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods, Nationalism and Conflict Management (Routledge, 2012)
‘Mitt Romney, Mormons and America’s Anglo-Saxon Heritage’, Huffington Post, July 31
‘World Population Day and the Scandal of Anti-Malthusianism’, Huffington Post, July 11, also posted at London International Development Centre blog and Birkbeck College News
‘Numbers Count: Why Religious Population Growth Underpins the Islamist Surge,’ Huffington Post, July 2
Spoke at Engelsberg Seminar of the Ax:sson Johnson Foundation, near Stockholm, June 14-16 presentation
My Birkbeck Inaugural Lecture (as a new professor): ‘Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Jewish Antisemitism and the Fate of Western Civilization,’ hosted by Pears Institute, June 13, 6:00 pm at Birkbeck College podcast
See reference in Nigel Barber, ‘Atheism Will Defeat Religion by 2038,’ Huffington Post, June 5
Discussion in ‘A More Religious Future’, Mercator.net, May 24
30-minute show US nationwide Fairness Radio with Patrick O’ Heffernan and Chuck Morse podcast starts at point 17:50
‘Why Creative People Don’t Get Rich,’ Huffington Post, May 24
Review of my co-edited book, Political Demography, as part of ‘Demography: a new science of population – the digression of people power,’ Economist, May 19
Mention in ‘Demography is (not quite) destiny‘, First Things, May 16
Spoke at conference on ‘Armed Conflict in Comparative Perspective,’ National University of Ireland, Galway, May 18
‘Mormons: A Rising Force?,‘ Huffington Post, May 14
‘Demography and the Future of Secularism‘, Boston Globe, May 10
Republished Op-Ed: ‘Will Changing Demographics Make the U.S. More Conservative, Religious’?, National Journal, May 8
Op-ed article: ‘Why the Future Will be More Religious and More Conservative Than You Think’, American.com, May 8; republished in The Blaze.com, May 9
Academic journal article published, ‘Primordialists and Constructionists: A typology of theories of religion’, Religion, Brain and Behavior (available online May 4)
‘The New Population Bomb’, featuring Jack Goldstone, The Economist Globalisation Editor John Parker and myself, London School of Economics, May 1 LSE Podcast of event (also on iTunes)
I have just uploaded podcasts and transcripts for a conference I organised in 2006, ‘Libertarian Hawks or Cultural Communitarians?: Neoconservatism and the Legacy of the New York Intellectuals’
Mention in Joel Braunold, ‘Do the ultra-Orthodox want to be integrated into Jewish Israeli life?,’ Ha’aretz, April 30
London book launch of Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics (co-edited with Jack Goldstone and Monica Duffy Toft), 19 April at Birkbeck College, University of London. Podcasts of the full event are available here. Slides for my introductory talk, ‘Political Demography: Why Now? are here (powerpoint).
Interview on political demography of Northern Ireland, for blogger Slugger O’ Toole
Talks at Political Studies Association conference, Belfast, April 2-5 (including chairing special Political Quarterly panel on Northern Ireland Peace Process in an Age of Austerity – featuring Malachi O’ Doherty, Peter Weir of the DUP, Lord Paul Bew, Conall McDevitt of SDLP and Katy Hayward of Queen’s U. Belfast) Talk 1 on demography and conflict in NI webcast of paper 1 Talk 2 on Huntington and Clash of Civilizations

Review of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson’s Why Nations Fail: the Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, Literary Review, April
See my introduction to the Special issue I edited on ‘Northern Ireland Peace Process in an Age of Austerity,’ Political Quarterly, March 2012. Rest of issue.
19 March – talk at Birkbeck College, University of London (with interlocutor Karen Wells, of Geography): ‘The political and geographical boundaries of identity and ethnicity’ podcast
9 March – Spoke at Reason Week, Nuffield Lecture Theatre A, University of Southampton, 7 pm
7 March – presenting at LSE Religion Forum seminar, on ‘Primordialists and Constructionists: From Nationalism to Religion’, 6-730, in room 1.11 in Cowdray House (COW), Portugal Street, London WC2A 2AE
See discussion of the book in Lenore Skenazy, ‘The Allure of the Burka,’ Jewish Daily Forward, Jan. 30
Referred to in ‘Spengler’ (a.k.a. David Goldman of India Times) book, How Civilizations Die
Keynote speaker, Atlantic College (United World Schools) Peace Conference, Jan. 27, 2012
An abbreviated comment of mine on Craig Calhoun, the new LSE director, and the fact that his views on globalization, cosmopolitalism, elite capitalism and the nation are diametrically opposed to those of his predecessors (Giddens, Davies) and Giddens’ intellectual fellow traveller David Held, whose centre got in hot water over the Qaddafi scandal. They also don’t easily fit with the LSE reality, i.e. educator of the global elite. See ‘diary’ in current issue (191) of Prospect:http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/
Mention in Rich Cincotta, ‘Life Begins After 25: Demography And Societal Timing Of Arab Spring – Analysis,’ Eurasia Review, Jan. 18
Jan 11, 2012, Speaking at Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Jan 10, 2012, Speaking at Washington launch of Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics (co-edited with Jack Goldstone and Monica Duffy Toft), Paradigm Press, January 10, 2012,Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
See reference to book in Lenore Skenazy’s recent article on the Beit Shemesh riots: ‘What the well-dressed religious fanatic’s wearing’, Rockford Register-Star, Jan. 6, 2012 and Penfield Post, Jan. 9

2011

Article in Political Insight magazine featured on LSE Politics blog, ‘What do the social sciences have in common with baseball? The story of Moneyball, academic impact, and quantitative methods’
Launch of Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics (co-edited with Jack Goldstone and Monica Duffy Toft), Paradigm Press, December 13, 2011, Foreign Policy Research Institute (link to event details), Philadelphia
Mention in Allan Carlson, ‘Demography, Destiny and New Foreign Policy Challenges for the 21st Century,’ Foreign Policy Research Institute, Dec. 12, Philadelphia, PA
See my recent review, ‘Peace in our Time’, of Steven Pinker’s new book on the decline of violence in human history, ‘The Better Angels of our Nature’, Literary Review, December.
I discuss the lessons of the Oakland A’s use of statistical analysis, featured in the new movie ‘Moneyball’ (starring Brad Pitt) for social science as ‘Moneyball: Can Sports Statistics Save Political Studies?’, Political Insight, December
Talk on ‘The Lenses of Nationhood: an optical model of identity,’ at Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, Nov. 17
Talk at Royal Holloway University of London, History Seminar, Nov. 7 podcast here
My Op-Ed on Malthusians, Cornucopians and 7 billion people: ‘Rural and religious fuel the world’s population boom,’ Providence Journal, Nov.6, 2011
Academic journal article, with Vegard Skirbekk and Anne Goujon, ‘American political affiliation, 2003–43: A cohort component projection,’ Population Studies, published online Nov. 5
Mention in Nigel Barber, ‘ When Will Atheism Prevail Over Religion?,’ Huffington Post, Nov.3, 2011
‘Northern Ireland: Fragile Peace in an Age of Austerity’ , invite-only roundtable I organised at Birkbeck College, Council Room, Oct. 14, 2011. Basis of special issue of Political Quarterly in early 2012 and special panel on Northern Ireland at Political Studies Association, Belfast, 2-6 April 2012. Participant biographies Programme
‘Religious revival: Western societies are being dramatically reshaped by the strong birth rate of religious people,‘ Bright Blue, Autumn 2011, p. 37
Interviewed as part of Alan Greenblatt, ‘As Europe Ages, Its Economies Look Vulnerable,‘ NPR.org, September 24
Interview on Clay Naff’s radio show, ‘Science Odyssey: Demography Shows How Religion Drives Population Growth’, September 10
Academic journal article, ‘Reflections on the Swiss Sonderfall,’ Nations and Nationalism, vol. 17 (September 2011), pp. 815-20
Academic journal article, with Eric Woods and Robert Schertzer, ‘Ethno-national conflict and its Management,’ Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 49.2, April 2011, pp. 153-61
Academic journal article, ‘The Demography of Ethnic Conflict,’ Journal of Ethnopolitics (also Editor of special section on ‘The Politics of Ethnic Demography’) vol.3, no. 4, September 2011, pp. 367-8
Academic journal article, ‘Demographic Change and Conflict in Northern Ireland: Reconciling Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence,‘ Journal of Ethnopolitics, vol. 3, no. 4, September, 2011
Conference paper, ‘Ethnic and State History as Determinants of Ethnic Fractionalization,‘ American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 2
Academic journal article, with Anne Goujon and Vegard Skirbekk, ‘The End of Secularization in Europe?: A Socio-Demographic Perspective,’ Sociology of Religion, published online August 8
‘Demography and the Future of Religion: Eric Kaufmann’s Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?’, Vox Nova, August 3
Discussion in Sharperiron.org, June 12, 2011
Discussion in Blaze.com, June 11, 2011
Television Interview on Fox News Live, June 10, 2011
Discussion of my (and colleagues Vegard Skirbekk and Anne Goujon) predictions for US religion in 2043 in David Briggs, ARDA ‘Ahead of the Trend’ and Huffington Post, May 25
‘Book Review: Between Religion and Politics’, Muhammad Khan, Muslim News, May 27, 2011
Professor: the Religious Population will inherit the earth, Hal Boyd, Deseret News, May 24, 2011
Review of the book by Frank Ellis, Quarterly Review, Spring 2011
May 20, 2011, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 2:30 pm
May 18, 2011, New America Foundation, Washington, DC, 12:15 pm
May 16, 2011, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC, 3 pm overview clip Arab spring clip photos on flickr
May 2011 – Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth launches in USA
April/May 2011 – review of book by Allan Carlson in The Family in America, Winter issue
Along with colleagues at IIASA, I helped write the Europe section of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ‘The Future of the Global Muslim Population’ report, which was widely cited in the press
Note my question to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the PSA/Hansard Debate (minute 30:20). Did he answer it well? In part. See minute 36: 50 for his response.

2010

26 December, Andy Walton, Sunday Breakfast Show, Premier Christian Radio, 8:00 am.
‘The Future of Religion’, Studies, December
1 December, at Open Discussions, Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP
Mention of book in ‘Survival of the Godliest: Does strong religious belief provide an evolutionary advantage?’, Philip Longman, Big Questions Online, 12 November
17 November, LSE Forum on Religion, Cañada Blanch room, London School of Economics, 5:30-7 pm
21 October, Razib Khan, ‘The Wheel of History turns to the gods’, Discovery Magazine
7 October, 6:30 pm – appeared on Battle of Ideas Satellite panel, Papal plots, burqa bans: what does it mean to be secular today? , Foyle’s Bookshop, London
3 October, 11 AM at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House
2 October, Miriam Cosic, ‘Religious baby boom primed to send shock waves through secular world’, The Australian
Hear me on Philip Adams Late Night live, ABC radio, Wednesday 29 September, in Sydney, Australia
Hear interview on Sunday Night Safran, Triple J radio, Sydney, Australia
See my Op-Ed, ‘Out of mouths of babes – religious will rise as secular birth rates fall‘, Sydney Morning Herald, September 20, 2010
My review of Doug Saunders’ ‘Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World’ was published in Literary Review in September
I review Pascal Bruckner’s excellent book, ‘Tyranny of Guilt’, in the August issue of Prospect magazine
See my recent piece for the Irish Times on the book, ‘Population boom in third world provides a boost for religions’, 20 July
Note my question to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the PSA/Hansard Debate (minute 30:20). Did he answer it well? In part. See minute 36: 50 for his response.

Past Media Appearances and Talks:

8 July 2010 – my article on this year’s Twelfth marches, ‘Why Orangemen must put best foot forward’, Belfast Telegraph
11 July – 11 am – South Place Ethical Society, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square London
10 June – 8- Iona Institute, Dublin
6 May- 3pm – ICSR (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation), King’s College, University of London
5 May – 630 pm – Reading Public Library
15 April: Debate on the book with Dominic Lawson of The Sunday Times at RSA, London, 6 pm. Moderated by Laurie Taylor and co-sponsored by New Humanist magazine
14 April, 4 pm: Afternoon Show with Sean Moncreiff, RTE Radio (Ireland)
12 April: BBC World Service ‘Politics UK’. Debate with Lord Robert Skidelsky and Mehdi Hasan, political editor, New Statesman, on immigration in the UK and Europe
7 April, 4-430 pm : Appearance on BBC Radio 4 ‘Thinking Allowed‘ with Tariq Ramadan and Rebecca Goldstein
1 April, 11-12 am: Today Show with Pat Kenny, RTE (Ireland) Radio 1. Hear interview podcast.
29 March: BBC World Service, World Update, 11-12 AM
28 March: BBC Radio Scotland (religious affairs programme)
Book Launch & reception: 25 March 2010, room 403, 6pm, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London