Futures of Difference
Futures of Difference explores how social categories — race, gender, migration — are transforming. Essays & conversations with 30+ leading scholars. A scholarly platform from the Max Planck Institute, hosted by Steven Vertovec.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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The Paradox of Human Diversity
Bob White
We cannot talk about difference without reinforcing stereotypes, and we cannot handle people who refuse pluralism without betraying its own principles.
Anthropologist Bob White lays out these two paradoxes to argue that plur...
The Futures of Caste
Why Has Caste Become More Visible as India Has Modernised?
Sociologists long expected caste to fade with industrialisation, urbanisation and the growth of a market economy, giving way to a class system based on education and achievement...
Announcing a New Thematic Sub-Series: Futures of Difference - South Asia
Futures of Difference examines the processes, discourses, and future trajectories of key social categories across societies worldwide. Beginning 26 October 2026, we are launching a thematic series devoted to South Asia.
Few regions offer a...
Diversity Examples in Everyday Life
Yael Peled
What if the key to thinking about diversity's future lies not in predicting what comes next, but in recognizing what never changes?
Political philosopher Yael Peled draws on linguistic concepts of aspect and tense to refram...
“It’s a Two-Way Thing”: Inequality, Civility, and the Boundaries of Living Together in East London
Who Counts as an Insider in a Superdiverse Neighbourhood?
Newham in East London is one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain, and its residents do talk about Eastern Europeans, Muslims, white people and newcomers. But in her fieldwor...
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