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A recent paper by Ahmed et al. (2025. “Parallels and Discrepancies between non-native Species Introductions and Human Migration.” Biological Reviews 100 (3): 1365–1395), published in Biological Reviews, suggests a comparative analysis of biological invasions (concerning interactions between different species) and human migration (concerning interactions among members of the same species) presenting prospective similarities between the two phenomena and proposing the existence of an “untapped potential in interdisciplinary research”. In this commentary, we assemble scholars from migration and biology domains to raise concerns on the conceptual inconsistencies present in said article and discuss implications for social sciences, migration, ethnic and racial studies. South et al. (2025. “Parallels between Biological Invasions and Human Migration Are Flawed and Undermine Both Disciplines. Response to Ahmed et al.” BioScience. Advance online publication), in turn, review the limitations from a biological science perspective. In this way, we seek to provide an interdisciplinary response and reach audiences across disciplines. |
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https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/56810/1/56810.pdf; Barbulescu, R. and South, J. and Byrne, B. and Solomos, J. and Benson, M. and Silva, C.C.V. and Yemane, T. and Zambelli, E. and Anghel, R.G. and Bacher, S. and Torres, A.M.B. and Bernard-Verdier, M. and Bibi, R. and Boatcă, M. and Bolpagni, R. and Colon, D. and Demoule, J.-P. and Dunn, A.M. and Durrant, S. and Faist, T. and Finotelli, C. and Garelli, G. and Gidley, Ben and Gippet, J.M.W. and Gonzalez, S. and Guareschi, S. and Heger, T. and Hill, S. and Hobbs, J. and Holmes, G. and Hulme, P.E. and Jones, H. and Jacob, M.-A. and Khosa, D. and Kilkey, M. and Kusumastuti, A. and Lavanchy, A. and Lewis, H. and Macêdo, R.L. and Giralt, R.M. and Musseau, C.L. and Makinejad, M. and Castro, E.R.N. and Pattison, Z. and Probert, A. and Roberts, J.D. and Ruland, F. and Saul, W.-C. and Sciortino, G. and Shackleton, R.T. and Sigona, N. and Sokolovska, S. and Souter, J. and Sun, Li and Vathi, Z. and Vieten, U. and Vimercati, G. and Waite, L. and Wilson, P. and Yannelli, F.A. (2025) Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration. Ethnic and Racial Studies 48 (13), pp. 2496-2501. ISSN 0141-9870. |