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Overview

Kalwant Bhopal is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Education, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, and Communication.

The main topics covered in Bhopal's work include Critical Race Theory in Education, Higher Education Research Studies, Global Education and Multiculturalism, Higher Education Governance and Development, Race, History, and American Society, Gender Diversity and Inequality, and Gender Politics and Representation.

Frequent publication venues for Bhopal's research include:

  • British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • British Educational Research Journal
  • Race Ethnicity and Education
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Annual Review of Sociology

Among their recent papers are:

  • 'Same old story, just a different policy': race and policy making in higher education in the UK (2020), published in Race Ethnicity and Education
  • Confronting White privilege: the importance of intersectionality in the sociology of education (2020), published in British Journal of Sociology of Education
  • Academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA: the 'unspoken system of exclusion' (2022), published in Studies in Higher Education
  • 'We can talk the talk, but we're not allowed to walk the walk': the role of equality and diversity staff in higher education institutions in England (2022), published in Higher Education
  • Critical Race Theory: Confronting, Challenging, and Rethinking White Privilege (2023), published in Annual Review of Sociology

Bhopal frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Karl Kitching
  • Martin Myers
  • Kenzo K. Sung
  • Clare Pitkin

Best Publications

  • Connecting Children: Care and Family Life in Later Childhood

    Julia Brannen;Ellen Heptinstall;Kalwant Bhopal

  • White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Gender, 'Race' and Patriarchy: A Study of South Asian Women

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Gypsy Travellers and Education: Changing Needs and Changing Perceptions

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Insiders, Outsiders and Others: Gypsies and Identity

    Kalwant Bhopal;Martin Myers

  • Gender, identity and experience: Researching marginalised groups

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Intersectionality and 'race' in education

    Kalwant Bhopal;John Preston

  • ‘Same old story, just a different policy’: race and policy making in higher education in the UK

    Kalwant Bhopal;Clare Pitkin

  • The Experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic Academics: A comparative study of the unequal academy

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Researching South Asian Women: Issues of sameness and difference in the research process

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Initial teacher training: understanding ‘race,’ diversity and inclusion

    Kalwant Bhopal;Jasmine Rhamie

  • Competing inequalities: gender versus race in higher education institutions in the UK

    Kalwant Bhopal;Holly Henderson

  • South Asian Women in East London

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  • ‘This is a school, it's not a site’: Teachers' attitudes towards Gypsy and Traveller pupils in schools in England, UK

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA: the ‘unspoken system of exclusion’

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  • At the Crossroads: Gypsy and Traveller Parents' Perceptions of Education, Protection and Social Change.

    Martin Myers;Derek McGhee;Kalwant Bhopal

  • South Asian Women and Arranged Marriages in East London

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in schools in the UK: inclusion and ‘good practice’

    Kalwant Bhopal;Martin Myers

  • South asian women in east london

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • South Asian women within households: Dowries, degradation and despair

    Kalwant Bhopal

  • The experiences of Black and minority ethnic academics: multiple identities and career progression

    Kalwant Bhopal;June Jackson

  • Special educational needs and disability

    Kalwant Bhopal;Martin Myers

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia Brannen
Julia Brannen University College London
Christine E. Sleeter
Christine E. Sleeter California State University, Monterey Bay
David Gillborn
David Gillborn University of Birmingham

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