Ep.14 (S4): Mathew Creighton discusses the resilience of xenophobia

The Migration Podcast

Announcement: The deadline for submitting a paper proposal for IMISCOE’s 2025 conference has been extended to October 8. All information can be found here: https://www.imiscoe.org/events/imiscoe-events/2117-22nd-imiscoe-annual-conference ************** In this episode, you’ll hear Asya Pisarevaskaya’s conversation with Mathew Creighton about his recent book “Hidden Hate: The Resilience of Xenophobia.” Mathew talks about how our opinions and behaviours, for example when it comes to race and ethnicity, can vary greatly whether they are being expressed in public or not. In other words, people may have an opinion or belief, but they may show another one, through “masking”. The research behind the book helps us understand anti-immigrant attitudes in countries including in Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the US, and how we can go beyond a “majority vs the minority” perspective to better understand the persistent marginalization of minority groups. Mathew Creighton is associate professor in the School of Sociology at University College Dublin. He is also the national coordinator of the European Social Survey in Ireland and the principal investigator of a Horizon Europe project, EqualStrength, which assesses prejudice in work, childcare, and housing throughout Europe. If you enjoy the Migration Podcast, please consider “liking” and “following” us. Thank you for listening!