I’m very happy to announce the forthcoming publication, ‘The Credential Reversal: Blocked Credentialism, Ethnic Penalties, and Institutional Trust among British Muslims’, in Ethnic and Racial Studies with my colleague Özge Onay of the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. This short blog is a summary of its key findings and contribution to current debates. For…… Continue reading Degrees of Distrust: How Higher Education Alienates British Muslims
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The Secular Paradox: Why Britain’s Non-Religious Aren’t as Tolerant as You Think
The Hook: A Nation in Transition The prevailing “Progressive Secular Narrative” has long suggested that as the foundations of “Christian Britain” crumble, they are naturally replaced by a more inclusive, tolerant civic identity. The logic is enticingly simple: as religious dogma and “blood and soil” nationalisms fade, the frictions associated with them should vanish. We…… Continue reading The Secular Paradox: Why Britain’s Non-Religious Aren’t as Tolerant as You Think
The Geography of Discontent Revisited
New Publication: The Geography of Discontent RevisitedAccepted at National Identities I’m pleased to share that my latest paper, The Geography of Discontent Revisited: Decoupling Attitudinal Clustering and Affective Intensification in Urban Britain, has been accepted for publication in National Identities. This piece represents several years of work as scientific coordinator for the Horizon 2020 DRIVE…… Continue reading The Geography of Discontent Revisited
How I get the best out of ‘free’ AI/LLM tools. I’ve done the research so you don’t have to.
Everyone is using LLMs to help with their work – why wouldn’t you? Well, there is a good answer to that – which is that it is not possible to rely on the outputs it produces when it thinks for itself, even at your request. It literally guesses and often hallucinates. It cannot know enough…… Continue reading How I get the best out of ‘free’ AI/LLM tools. I’ve done the research so you don’t have to.
From Nakba to Today: Tracing 75 Years of Israeli-Palestinian Turbulence
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a deeply complex and sensitive issue with a long history of violence, grievances, and disputes on both sides. It is essential to acknowledge that perspectives on this conflict can vary widely, and the topic is highly polarised. I highlight some significant events and actions on both sides. It is important to…… Continue reading From Nakba to Today: Tracing 75 Years of Israeli-Palestinian Turbulence
“The king is dead; long live the king!”
I am sitting on my balcony in The Hague, sipping Americanos and watching King Charles III’s coronation, pondering its implications for the monarchy, the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth. The last televised coronation in colour was in 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II assumed the role of monarch and head of the Commonwealth. Charles has awaited…… Continue reading “The king is dead; long live the king!”