About Jon Burnett

Dr Jon Burnett works at the Institute of Race Relations, where he carries out research into racial violence, domestic race policy in the UK and the economics of migration. 

Articles by Jon Burnett

Twenty years after the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, what has changed?

The Institute of Race Relations examines racial violence in Britain since 1993.

'The town the Poles took over’ — Peterborough, behind the headlines

The routine demonisation and vilification of migrant workers is underpinning the spread of racist violence into new areas in the UK. But it is rarely politically acknowledged.

Abandoned to the far right

Specific patterns of ‘hate’ are emerging and the far right is mobilising and making inroads in smaller towns and cities: often rural places, once-industrial, where the experience of marked inequalities and relatively recent demographic change go hand in hand.

New geographies of racism

As new patterns of racial violence emerge throughout the UK, anti-racist campaigners need to forge new solidarities based on an understanding of local realities

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