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Superdiversity, or super-diversity is a social science term and concept often said to have been coined by sociologist Steven Vertovec in a 2007 article in Ethnic and Racial Studies, but which he first used in a BBC article in 2005. It is used to refer to some current levels of population diversity that are significantly higher than before. Vertovec argues superdiversity in Britain 'is distinguished by a dynamic interplay of variables among an increased number of new, small and scattered, multiple-origin, transnationally connected, socio-economically differentiated and legally stratified immigrants who have arrived over the last decade.' It denotes increased diversity not only between immigrant and ethnic minority groups, but also within them. It has also been called the 'diversification of diversity.'

Parveen Akhtar, a sociologist at the University of Bradford, argues that the UK is no longer characterized by diversity but by superdiversity: 'Post-1945 you had large waves of immigration from fewer places in the world, largely from the former colonies. Now, since the 1980s, you’ve got smaller waves of immigration from a wider range of places.'

Key researchers working on superdiversity include Vertovec, Jan Blommaert and Jenny Phillimore. The University of Birmingham established the Institute for Research into Superdiversity in 2013. The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Gottingen is also an important centre for superdiversity research.

The concept has started to have an impact on the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.

References

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