📘 "The result is a convincing case for the importance of discourse and ideology for understanding the evolution of Canada’s immigration policy and its effects on those who fall under it." @uoftpress.bsky.social Check out this #ERSBookReview by Jennifer Elrick here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

🐣 #ERSNew research explores how perceptions of deservingness shape the acceptability of discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, and language in Belgium. @brispo-vub.bsky.social @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

#NewIssue: The final issue of Vol. 49 is live! 📣 Featuring original articles on climate change, migration, CRT, and Palestine, two book symposia, and 20+ book reviews. Next up: our 50th anniversary volume begins with the next issue! Explore this issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/4...

🐣🔓 In this piece, Tyerman & Massey develop the concept of borderwork of sexual violence in detention to illuminate how sexual violence enforces detention’s coercive purpose, constructs incarcerated subjects as racialised “others”, and reinforces and polices racialised & sexualised national borders.

#ERSBookReview 📕 Unwelcome Shores is an important study that refuses the disciplinary division between refugee scholarship and the sociology of race and immigration. @rutgersupress.bsky.social Read review by Jake Watson here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

🎬 Coming soon! Our Editor-in-Chief John Solomos sat down with @thibogossian.bsky.social to mark our 50th anniversary in 2027. They chat about the field's evolution, the journal's role today, and some behind-the-scenes stories. Here's a sneak peek from the shoot - Full interview dropping soon!

#ERSNew 🐣 🔓 This piece seeks to bring the study of race, racialisation, and racial formations to the forefront in Czech society, where Czechness is imagined as monolingual, culturally homogeneous, and racially unmarked as “white”. Read this #OpenAccess article here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

This week's Editor's Pick on ResearchGate curated by Z. Vathi pairs two papers on race across scales: Vallejo on national belonging among people of colour in the US & Anthony Jack & Lee on invisible labour, race, and gender among highly skilled faculty. A reminder that race works both big & small.

🐣 🔓 How do Syrian refugees experience belonging in Germany? This #ERSNew study unpacks internalized racism, the guest–host metaphor, and how integration discourses shape and are shaped by pre-existing imaginaries from the Syrian context. A must-read on the affective politics of inclusion.

See what @peterhopkins.bsky.social had to say about Ethnic and Racial Studies in this insightful endorsement! Publish your research with us. Check out instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

#Trending #OpenAccess 📈 🔓 Over the past 30 years, the label “economic migrant” has become widely used, but it has not been subject to sustained scrutiny. In this paper, Maya Goodfellow examines some of the core ways the “economic migrant” is conceptualized in British political discourse.

#ERSNew 🐣 Research shows that women and scholars of color do more invisible labor in the academy than their peers. While previous research focuses on race and gender, this study employs open-ended survey responses from 478 faculty members to examine how social class shapes their experiences.

More good #ERSNews! 🗞️ Ethnic & Racial Studies has held its Q1 CiteScore of 5 for another year running. That puts us in the top 25% of journals in our field, a reflection of the quality and reach of the scholarship we publish. Grateful to our readers, authors and reviewers for making this possible!

✅️ Using a database of court orders, Deirdre Oakley, Jacob Stowell, and John R. Logan examine the impact of mandated desegregation on black teachers. Due to increased media attention, we have turned this 2009 paper #FreeAccess until 31st July. Grab your copy here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Check out this thoughtful endorsement from Professor @mlamont.bsky.social of @harvard.edu!

#ERSNew #OpenAccess 🐣 🔓 What drives radicalization? Not just disadvantage, but resentment. A study of 1,887 Muslims with a migration background in Germany finds 20% fall into a resentment profile – young, highly religious, and linked to both violent and non-violent radicalization.

New from Ethnic and Racial Studies 🎥 "…they can change their mind about anything." Dr Kindy Sandhu on the Windrush Scandal, temporal violence, and the fragility of citizenship. Watch the video abstract 👇

#ERSNew 🐣 Diasporic mobilization and empowerment are not only a function of structural conditions, but for members of formal groups, they are also shaped by organizational dynamics. Diaspora organizations also need to adapt and innovate internally to inspire and retain the loyalty of their members.

#ERSSymposium 📘 We’re not post-racial yet. The growth of mixed-heritage populations does not necessarily diminish racial hierarchies. Read contribution by @danrodriguezgarcia.bsky.social to the symposium of 'Mixed Heritage in the Family' here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

🐣 Liberal White Americans often perceive positive stereotypes of Black and Native Americans as helpful, with limited recognition of how these stereotypes may have a negative impact on interaction and legitimate oppression. Check out #ERSNew study here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

🐣 In this #ERSNew paper, Sophie Marois examines the trial for the 2021 vehicle-ramming attack that killed three generations of a Muslim Canadian family in London, Ontario—and the designation of these murders as “white nationalist terrorism” for the first time under Canadian law.

Honouring Martin Bulmer (d. March 2026), former editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies. He led ERS from 1989–2020, diversified our board, & built our editorial office. We will miss him. This collection celebrates his legacy. Edited by John Solomos (Editor-In-Chief) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rer...

🐣 Albert Garcia @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social examines the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as a strategic effort to preserve white racial status. Check out this #ERSNew paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

#Trending 📈 Check out the most cited article in our journal over the past 3 years. Grounded in the anti-apartheid context, the article foregrounds the centrality of South African scholars in advancing global conversations on #RacialCapitalism. We're honoured to publish work that shape the field.

#ERSNew 🐣 The “Afghan” identity is neither singular nor universal; rather, it is historically situated and continuously constructed through the diaspora. Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Martin Bulmer, Former Editor of ERS. We are profoundly grateful for his decades of dedication to the journal and his immense contribution to the study of race and ethnicity. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.

How does refugee resettlement function not just as a process, but as an institution shaped by a complex web of actors, relationships and practices? Join us tomorrow for the launch of the Special Issue Refugee resettlement as an institution @compasoxford.bsky.social Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🐣 In a #ERSNew study examining Census results in Puerto Rico, Ricardo Lowe Jr. finds support for Vargas-Ramos’ “racial statistics puzzle” thesis, highlighting the growing instability of racial measurement on the island. Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

A huge thank you to Philip Kasinitz, Professor at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social, for this thoughtful endorsement of ERS. It means a lot to have our work’s impact and relevance acknowledged by a respected expert in the field.

Next Friday, 27th, we're closing our Anti-Racism in Education webinar series with: #Decolonization as Praxis: On Safe(r) Spaces and Counter-Narratives Grab your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-racis...