Country people are white and racist.

University of Leicester experts have been commissioned by The Leverhulme Trust to develop a ground-breaking study on racism in rural England.

Neil Chakraborti is a Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester. He has published extensively within the fields of hate crime, policing and ‘othering’, and has been commissioned by numerous funding bodies including Amnesty International, the Economic and Social Research Council (EHRC), the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Leverhulme Trust to lead research studies which have shaped policy and scholarship.

Neil is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Chair of the Research Advisory Group at the Howard League for Penal Reform. He has received awards for his work from a variety of sources, including the Royal Television Society, Learning on Screen and the President’s Award from the University of Leicester. He is series editor of Palgrave Hate Studies, an Associate Editor for Criminology and Criminal Justice, and a member of the ESRC’s Grant Assessment Panel. He also holds a diverse range of advisory positions which include roles with the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network, BLM in the Stix, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Human Dignity Trust, the IARS International Institute, the International Network for Hate Studies, Oxford University Press and Protection Approaches.