Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100411 [ 2019 - 2023 ]

Research Grant

Researchers Dr Adam Hochman

Brief description This project aims to show that there are no races, only racialised groups. Race was once thought to be biologically real, a position which is increasingly rejected by specialists. Now race is commonly believed to be a social construct, which is often taken to mean that races are real social groups. This project aims to demonstrate that when race is defined socially it loses its conceptual and historical specificity, and that racial classification should be abandoned altogether. An expected outcome of the project is a scholarly and public shift away from racial classification. This project develops and defends the category of the racialised group as an alternative to one of history’s most misleading and dangerous ideas.

Funding Amount $408,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Early Career Researcher Award