Fight, Flee or Join: the White majority response to ethnic change in the West
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- 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
- Mention in David Goodhart, ‘Why I left my London Tribe,’ Financial Times, 17 Mar
- Guest on BBC Newsnight, with Evan Davis, 16 Mar
- ‘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
- 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
- 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 630 pm
- Participated in Casey Review of Integration roundtable, Home Office, 21 January
- ‘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
- ‘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
Media Coverage
- Quoted in Doug Todd, ‘Tears are not enough: migrant crisis calls for reality check’, Vancouver Sun, Sept 19, 2015
- 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
- Interviewed about UK election on Global TV (Canada), 6 May clip
- 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
- 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
- Interviewed on BBC London radio 94.9 Drivetime on European immigration to London, 16 Feb 2015
- Discussing decline of the Far Right in Britain on Islam Channel, 15 January 2015 (from 3:29)
- On BBC 94.9 London radio Breakfast Show with Penny Smith & Paul Ross, 12 December (from 1:14:00)
- On LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari, discussing Conservatives’ overshoot of immigration cap, 27 November
- Mention of our research in Harcharan Chandhoke, ‘These are not good times to be an immigrant in Britain’, News Statesman, 30 Oct
- On LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari, discussing foreign offenders, 22 October
- On LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari, discussing Cameron EU reform proposal on immigration, 16 October
- On LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari, discussing UKIP and immigration, 13 October
- On Sky News re Clacton and Heywood by-elections, 430 pm, 10 October
- Mention in ‘How will ‘super diversity’ affect the future of British politics?,’ Guardian, 8 October
- Despite a degree of accommodation to change, white British citizens remain largely opposed to increased ethnic diversity,’ Democratic Audit, 6 October
- ‘Tabloid readers, nationalists and the distrusting are most likely to be anti-immigration’, coverage of report in New Statesman, 2 October
- ‘Distant Concerns’, Progress Online, 4 September 2014
- ‘Go West?’, part of ‘Immigration: A Balanced Agenda’ series, Bright Blue, 30 August 2014
- Research mentioned in ‘The typical ukip voter has little experience of immigration,’ Independent on Sunday, 10 August
- Interviewed on Nick Ferrari, LBC morning radio show, 27 June (link: around 7:20 am)
- Interview with O Globo newspaper (Brazil)
- ‘The typical ukip voter has little experience of immigration,’ Independent on Sunday, 10 August
- ‘Ukip does reflect voters’ concerns,’ Evening Standard, 28 April
- ‘White Londoners, seaside and countryside,’ Guardian, 23 January
- TV interview on white flight in England in ‘Going Underground’ programme, Russia Today, 2 January 2014 (from 00:57)
- ‘Decoupling Immigration and Race in Britain,’ Aljazeera, 24 January 2014
- ‘London’s population: boom, change and churn’, Londoncitybreaks.org.uk, 23 December
- ‘What’s the truth behind white flight?’, Guardian, 1 December
- BBC Asian Network Reports coverage of our White Flight research, (from 4:47-8:30)
- ‘Comfortably segregated: UK creeping towards ‘color-coded society’ ‘, Russia Today, 26 November
- ‘When it comes to diversity, most of us vote with our feet,’ Spectator, 26 November
- ‘UK ‘becoming colour-coded society’ because races don’t mix, says ex-equality chief‘, Mail Online, 25 Nov
- ‘Britain heading towards a ‘colour-coded society’, says Demos’, Telegraph, 25 Nov
- Demos press release for ‘White Flight?’ research, 25 November 2013
- ‘Polite white flight as culture divides us,’ Sunday Times, 24 November
- Coverage of our nonwhite PM finding on BBC Asian Network, 6 November [from 14:40]
- ‘34% of electorate uncomfortable with ethnic minority PM,’ YouGov News [our poll data here]
- ‘One in three Britons uncomfortable with prospect of non-white Prime Minister,’ Independent, 3 October
- ‘One in three Britons ‘uncomfortable’ with prospect of ethnic minority PM,’ Guardian, 3 October
- ‘Race Poll: Nearly Half of Ukip Members Against Idea of Non-white PM,’ Hope not Hate, 3 October
- ‘Unease over prospect of non-white PM at No 10,’ Yorkshire Post, 3 October
- ‘Property Agent Says Londoners Fleeing Foreign Influx,’ Voice, 27 June
- Mention of research in Jonathan Portes v David Goodhart, ‘An Exercise in Scapegoating,’ London Review of Books, 20 June
- Eric Randolph, ‘Racial factors are not causing white flight’, Times of India, 26 May
- ‘Everyone Out: whites are fleeing Britain’s inner cities. But so is everyone else,’ Economist, 11 May
- ‘Jump In Minorities Becoming Majority Across Country,’ Voice, 7 May
- ‘How rise of ‘white flight’ is creating a segregated UK: Study reveals white Britons are ‘retreating’ from areas dominated by ethnic minorities,’ Liveleak, 6 May
- ‘White Britons abandon ethnic minority areas,’ Express, 6 May
- ‘Warning bells ring as white Britons ‘retreat’,’ Yorkshire Post, 6 May
- ‘White Britons ‘in retreat’ from racially mixed areas, reveals study by think-tank Demos,’ Independent, 6 May
- ‘Demos: White Britons ‘in retreat’ from ethnic minority areas,’ Metro, 6 May
- ‘Ethnic majority’ areas growing, says report,’ Telegraph, 6 May
- ‘How rise of ‘white flight’ is creating a segregated UK: Study reveals white Britons are ‘retreating’ from areas dominated by ethnic minorities,’ Daily Mail, 6 May
- ‘White Britons Culturally Segregated Due To Retreat From Minority Areas,’ Huffington Post, 6 May
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘Many Different Englands,’ Prospect, April 29, 2013
- Coverage of our ESRC-Demos workshop in ‘Poverty tsar Frank Field: white, working class need own citizenship ceremonies,’ Independent, 4 April 2013
- Eric Kaufmann Interviewed as part of CNN feature on segregation and Islamist patrols in London, 1 Feb 2013
- ‘White Flight’: the emerging story, Understanding Society
- 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,’ Daily Mail, 27 January 2013
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘London and the English”, Huffington Post (and Demos Blog), 15 January 2013
- Mention in David Goodhart, ‘London’s “White Flight” Deserves Attention,’ Financial Times, December 26, 2012
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘White Flight from London?’, Huffington Post, (and Prospect Magazine Blog, Demos Blog, LSE Politics Blog), 12 December 2012
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘London: an Island of Religion in a Secular Sea,’ Huffington Post (and Demos Blog), 21 December 2012
Working Papers
- Kaufmann, E. and G. Harris, ‘White Flight’ or Positive Contact?: Local Diversity and Attitudes to Immigration in Britain, 2009-11‘
- Kaufmann, E. and G. Harris, ‘White flight’?: Opposition to Diversity and Mobility Decisions in Britain, 1991-2012′
Previous Presentations and Articles
- Segment on Birkbeck video advertising nationalism programme
- Panelist on Guardian/British Academy roundtable on immigration, 29 September, Tory party conference, 730 am
- ‘London and the White British’, Centre for London, 18 September slides
- ‘The Demography of Religious Change in the West’ at ‘Diversity Rising: The Changing Face of Religion in Europe,’ symposium of the International Association of Religion Journalists, Birkbeck College, University of London, 17 Sept slides
- Gareth Harris, ‘The white British working classes and responses to ethnic diversity,’ for Flawed Consumers, Representations and Policy Responses event, Coventry University, 16th September 2014 slides
- ‘ ‘White Flight’ or Positive Contact?: Local Diversity and Attitudes to Immigration in Britain, 2009-11,’Elections, Parties and Public Opinion (ePop) conference, Edinburgh, 13 September slides
- ‘Working Class Tories not Labour Traditionalists: why UKIP is damaging the Conservatives,’ Elections, Parties and Public Opinion (ePop) conference, Edinburgh, 12 September slides
- ‘White Flight in Britain?’, British Society of Population Studies (BSPS), Winchester, 8-10 September slides
- ‘White Flight’, talk at Conspire ‘Flight’ performance/art event, 47-49 Tanner St, London, 22 July
- Kaufmann, Eric, ‘London is less integrated than the rest of the country, a report finds,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog] [Institute for Social Integration blog] [Huffington Post] 2 July
- ‘UKIP, immigration and national identity in England,’ for RSA-ESRC-U. Manchester, ‘Individual Interests and Collective Values: Increasing cooperative behaviour and constructive communication’ policy conference, Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London, 19 June 2014 slides programme
- ‘ “It’s the Demography Stupid”: Ethnic Change and Immigration Restriction in England’, for Political Quarterly roundtable on The Politics of Immigration: UKIP and Beyond, Birkbeck College, University of London, 5 June slides
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘Tackling Endogeneity in research designs: the case of white flight and opposition to immigration’, Birkbeck College, SSHP seminar 19 May slides
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘Local Context and UKIP support,’ British Future event, 8 May, London 1.slides 2. UKIP Local Elections 2010-12 vote map 3. UKIP predicted vote map
- ‘Pen portrait: white flight,’ Policy Exchange (video), 6 May
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White Flight in England?’, contribution to Policy Exchange report on British Minority dynamics, 6 May, p. 32
- ‘White Flight? Opposition to Diversity and Mobility Decisions in Britain, 1991-2012,’ Population Association of America, Boston, May 3, 2014 slides
- ‘Turning off the European migration tap may actually hasten ethnic change in Britain, ironically leading to an own-goal for UKIP’, LSE British Politics Blog and Huffington Post, 30 April
- Kaufmann, E. ‘UKIP, White Flight and Integration’, Political Studies Association conference, Manchester, 15 April slides
- Harris, G. ‘Integration or Habituation? The impact of Ethnicity and Immigration on Support for the British Populist Right‘, Political Studies Association conference, Manchester, 15 April
- ‘Complexity and Nationalism,’ Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, LSE, London, 3 April, 2014 slides
- ‘Anti-Immigrant Nativism as Sons of the Soil Conflict: the role of immigration and ethnic change in stimulating ethno-nationalism in Britain,’ International Studies Association conference, Toronto, March 28, 2014 slides
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White Flight from London?’, LSE London “How is London being transformed by migration?” conference, London School of Economics, 24 March slides
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘UKIP, White Flight and Integration: The White British Response to Ethnic Change’, 19 March, 2pm, Birkbeck College, Department of Politics slides
- ‘The Politics of Population Change’, at Population Matters “A Tale of Sex and Money: the 21st Century Population Challenge Issues” conference, St George’s House, Windsor, 12-13 March
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White Exit and How to Stop It,’ in D. Goodhart (eds), Mapping Integration (Demos, 2014), pp. 71-78
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White Flight: the Emerging Story’, Understanding Society Findings case study
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White and Minority Mobility in England and Wales,’ Longitudinal Study-Census Link Event, Church House, Westminster, London, 6 March
- Kaufmann, Eric. ‘White Flight and Attitudes to Immigration in England,’ Demos Integration Hub launch event, 26 February, House of Commons
- ‘White Avoidance or Attraction?: why white British tend to leave diverse wards’, Ethnic Diversity, Population Change and ‘Integration’: Exploring the Evidence and Considering Future Research and Policy, Leverhulme Trust/University of Liverpool, Dept of Geography, 24 January slides
- ‘Understanding White Flight,’ Demos Quarterly, 17 January
- ‘White Flight in England?: White attraction rather than repulsion seems to be the story,’ LSE British Politics and Policy blog, December 17, 2013, also reprint at Huffington Post, 23 December
- 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 slides
- Eric Kaufmann, review of Paul Collier, Exodus, and David Goodhart, The British Dream, Literary Review, Christmas Edition, December 2013
- Eric Kaufmann and Gareth Harris, ‘White Flight from London?’, National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, 28 November slides
- Demos press release for ‘White Flight?’ research, 25 November
- 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 [slides]
- Eric Kaufmann at ‘Belonging: Solidarity and Division in Modern Societies by Professor Montserrat Guibernau‘, 26 November, Queen Mary University of London
- ‘JFK and American National Identity‘, 10-Gower-St blog, 22 November
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘Complexity and Nationalism,’ University of Berne, Switzerland, 6 November [slides]
- Eric Kaufmann [slides] and Gareth Harris on ‘The Fortunes of Right-Wing Parties’ at None of the Above event, Birkbeck College, U. London, 19 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]
- Gareth Harris on “White Flight or Counter-Urbanisation?: the Effect of Ideology and Neighbourhood Perceptions on White British Mobility Decisions, 1991-2011,” Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London, Aug. 28, 2013 [presentation]
- Gareth Harris on ‘Residential mobility decisions amongst the white UK-born population and ethnic diversity’, Understanding Society Research Conference, University of Essex, 24 July
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘Multiculturalism or Integration?: Can Complexity and Localism Help Us Rethink National Identity’, Birkbeck Politics Blog, 16 July
- Eric Kaufmann, at Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, ‘Shifting Values: National Identity in the UK and Japan,’ 10 July
- Gareth Harris at ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI) Project Event, British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, Euston Road, London on Thursday 6 June and Friday 7 June, 2013
- Eric Kaufmann, ”White Flight’ in England and Wales?: Examining Ward-Level Mobility Decisions in a Longitudinal Sample, 1991-2011′, Canadian Population Society, Victoria, BC, Canada, 6 June, 1015 am
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘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
- ‘Half Full or Half Empty?: How Has Ethnic Segregation in England and Wales Changed Between 2001 and 2011,’ Demos press release, 5 May 2013 Demos report
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘Positive Contact or Selective ‘White Flight’? : Why Whites in Diverse British Neighbourhoods are More Tolerant of Immigration (slides),’ University of Oxford, Department of Sociology, April 22, 2013 **Podcast
- Gareth Harris and Eric Kaufmann, ‘Exit, Voice or Accommodation?: Diversity and the White Working Class in England and Wales,’ University of East Anglia, March 6, 2013 slides
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘White Flight and White Nationalism in the UK: is there a connection?,’ Immigration Studies Initiative, University of Texas at Austin, March 21, 2013 slides
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘Why America is Not Exceptional: Immigration and National Identity in the United States,‘ at “Identity Politics: The New World versus New (and Old) Europe” conference, University of Texas, Austin, March 22, 2013 slides paper
- Gareth Harris, ‘The Far Right, Class and Opposition to Immigration,’ Birkbeck/ESRC/Demos Roundtable, ‘Diversity and the White Working Class,’ Birkbeck College, London, April 3, 2013 slides paper
- Eric Kaufmann, ‘White Flight and White Nationalism in the UK: is there a connection?,’ at Birkbeck/ESRC/Demos Roundtable, ‘Diversity and the White Working Class,’ Birkbeck College, London, April 3, 2013 slides paper
Project-Sponsored Events
- 1. Chatham House Evening Event on White Nationalism and White Flight: Transatlantic Perspectives. June 13, 6pm
Ritula Shah, BBC Radio 4 ‘The World Tonight’ presenter, introduction.
Eric Kaufmann, Department of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK: ‘White Flight and White Nationalism in England: is there a connection?’
John Logan, Department of Sociology, Brown University, USA: ‘White Mobility Patterns in the metropolitan US’
Marcel Lubbers, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands: ‘Anti-immigration and the Radical Right in Geographic Context’
- 2. Prof. John Logan, ‘The Persistence of Segregation in the 21st Century American Metropolis,‘ room 532, Main Building, Birkbeck College, Malet St, London, 12 June, 330-5 pm slides podcast
Roundtable Programme and Prospectus
Papers from the Roundtable:
‘Decreasing segregation and increasing integration in England and Wales: what evidence of ‘White flight’?’, Dr. Gemma Catney, University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences slides for presentation
‘White Flight and White Nationalism in England: is there a connection?,’ Professor Eric Kaufmann, Birkbeck College, University of London, Department of Politics slides for presentation
‘The Far Right, Class and Opposition to Immigration,’ Dr. Gareth Harris, Birkbeck College, University of London, Department of Politics slides for presentation
‘What does history have to say about the ‘white working class’?’, Dr. Rebecca Taylor, Department of History and Classics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Department of Politics
Links
Demos: ‘Patriotism and Pride’ Project (Max Wind-Cowie); Violence and Extremism Project (Jamie Bartlett)
Dr. Matthew Goodwin’s Page (following the radical right in Britain, North America and Europe)
Ethnicity.ac.uk – facts and figures about ethnic difference and inequality in the UK (out of CCSR, U. Manchester)
University of Manchester, Cathie Marsh Centre, Population, Ethnicity, Migration (PERM) Group also Minority Internal Migration in Europe Conference (PERM)
Extremis Project – news and views on the radical right
U.S. Urban Research Ethnic Change Maps, 2000-2010
Brown University US 2010 Site segregation page
John Iceland’s Penn State Changing American Neighborhoods and Communities Site