Ethnic and Racial Studies

The leading journal for the analysis of race, #racism, ethnicity and #migration worldwide. EIC: @BaggieJohn, Publisher: @tandfhss

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Explore the full volume 49, issue 2 here: https://t.co/NYrpCtlICg

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We’re proud to present our second issue of 2026: Mechanisms and Mechanics of Racial Hierarchy, guest edited by E. Bonilla-Silva & A. E. Lewis.

This SI examines the how behind racism's mechanics, offering insights into the structures that sustain racial inequality.

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Check out this paper here: https://t.co/NWhAN1lg77

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#ERSNew research flips the script on #development in Thailand’s uplands.

Despite poor roads and land restrictions, Lahu & Hmong villages thrive via cash crops, showing stable/growing populations.

A story of resilience, identity, and complex paths to modernity.

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Check out this study below and feel free the scale in your research or teaching.

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This new study presents the Everyday #Colourism Scale-Adolescents and shows that it demonstrates good reliability and validity for use with Black and South Asian adolescents in the UK.

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#ERSBookReview 📘

In Bordering on Indifference Irene Vega delves into the intriguing world of US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents – many who are Mexican American themselves.

Check out review by @NikkOstrand here: https://t.co/9RpM1UV1Qh

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@sotonpolitics @uclspp Check out this #OpenAccess study below, one of our 3 most-read of 2025.

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Using the case of the UK Conservative Party, Donatella Bonansinga @sotonpolitics and Charlotte Forrest @uclspp demonstrate the powerful influence populist ideas can exert on mainstream parties, even when their original proponents have little electoral success.

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This 2025 top-read study presents robust evidence that workplace diversity training effectively reduces prejudice and promotes action.

Read the #OpenAccess paper by Susanne Ilanius Göransson and colleagues at @lunduniversity here: https://t.co/i2Xz8gkN8S

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@Enid_Logan @UMNSociology Check out this #FreeAccess paper here: https://t.co/10y2kRHCWa

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What racial dynamics were mobilised during the election and how are they unfolding under the Trump rule?

The introduction to the Special Issue: The 2024 U.S. presidential election & the politics of race by @Enid_Logan @UMNSociology was one of 2025's #MostRead ERS articles.

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This paper is part of our forthcoming Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on #AntiRacism in West-European Education

Read this #ERSNew study here: https://t.co/DhkiPWrGFz

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Lamia Mellal offers a reflexive analysis of how a sound-based co-production workshop operated as a counter-space within a high school in France, tracing how this process enabled racialized students to be heard, to engage in inquiry, and to co-produce anti-racist knowledge.

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@educ_research @EducationUoM @OSCH_Mcr @McrMuseum Check out this #ERSNew #OpenAccess paper below:

https://t.co/bx3iMmSzS3

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#Museums have a representation problem. Colonial narratives & institutional whiteness exclude young people from racialised backgrounds.

Sadia Habib @educ_research shows how #poetry can be a tool for anti-racist change. @EducationUoM @OSCH_MCR @mcrmuseum

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@ERSjournal I think you’ll be interested in the new Mixed Messages.@DrJarryd has spent years in Multiracial studies. He defines fluid identity, rights to identify & shares his own story showing how Mixed people have unique journeys & shared understanding. https://t.co/FDfsHAQnjZ

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@SarahGerwens @LSEEI Part of the forthcoming Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Anti-Racism in West-European Education

Check out this #ERSNew #OpenAccess paper here: https://t.co/NOEWRhaPHg

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Drawing on a case study from Germany, @SarahGerwens @LSEEI shows how anti-racism can become operationalised as (and consequently reduced to) “correct” learning and speaking, which motivates more equitable language use, but ultimately protects white innocence.