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Biography

I previously taught at the universities of Portsmouth and Greenwich and worked as a researcher at the University of Southampton and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Prior to entering academia I was a Senior Policy Advisor at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with responsibility for architecture and design policy.

My book Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring race and class in global educational economies co-authored with Kalwant Bhopal was winner of the .

My most recent book , was published in 2025 by Routledge/Society For Research in Higher Education:

Expertise Summary

I am a sociologist interested in the lives and identities of marginalised communities. My research explores the impact of race/racism and social class in different educational contexts including Higher Education (HE) and homeschooling.

My research has often focused on Traveller, Gypsy and Roma families, in particular their experiences of education and schooling, relations with non-Gypsy neighbours and understandings of mobility. My current research in this area concentrates on European policy making and educational inequalities faced by Travellers, Gypsies and Roma people.

I have conducted extensive research with homeschooling families. In particular exploring the impact of race, class and religious affiliation on understandings of risk in relation to these families. My work in this area is interested in theorising how homeschooling (home education) is understood in public, media and political discourse.

My work in HE explores transitions into and out of universities in relation to race/ethnicity and social class. I am in the final stages of a project that analyses the experiences of non-traditional students studying at elite universities in the United States and the UK. This focuses on the global role of neo-liberal higher education economies, the reproduction of elites and mobilities, and the persistence of racism within HE. It uses theoretical positions drawn from Critical Race Theory and the work of Pierre Bourdieu.

Media

LSE Impact Blog, 20 February 2023

Schools Week, 10 February 2023

The Guardian, 30 January 2023

Nottingham Post, 4 October 2021

THE: Times Higher Education, 25 February, 2021

The Conversation, 15 February 2021

Fabian Review, Spring 2020

Selected Publications

• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL. K., 2024. Routledge.
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2023. Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies Routledge.
• MYERS, M., 2023. Sociology. 57(5),
• MYERS, M., 2022. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 43(4), 584-602

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Martin is a member of the Centre for Research in Educational Leadership and Management (CRELM)

Broadly his research supervision areas include work interested in exploring structural inequalities of race/ethnicity and class in education.

Specific areas of interest:

Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: educational and social inequalities; European policy-making and GRT

Elite universities: Higher education, mobility, race/ethnicity and class, knowedge production

Bourdieu: Bourdieu and race/ethnicity; elite universities

Home schooling/home education: specifically in relation to race/ethnicity, class, religious affiliation

Please contact Martin if you wish to discuss a potential research project: Martin.Myers@nottingham.ac.uk

• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL. K., 2024. Routledge.
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2023. Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies Routledge.
• BHOPAL K and MYERS, M, 2023. British Educational Research Journal. 49(1), 142-157
• MYERS, M., 2023. Sociology. 57(5),
• MYERS, M., 2022. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing. In: MAHMUD, A. and SATCHELL, L., eds., Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds Routledge. 37-47
• MYERS, M., 2022. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 43(4), 584-602
• MYERS, M, 2022. ‘You can leave me on the shelf’: The death of The Fall and Mark E. Smith. In: DEVEREUX, E. and POWER, M., eds., Always Different, Always The Same: Critical Essays On The Fall Rowman & Littlefield. (In Press.)
• MYERS, M., 2022. Gypsies, Mobilities, and Schools in the United Kingdom. In: PINK, T.P., ed., Oxford Encyclopedia of School Reform
• MYERS, M., 2021. The Conversation UK. Available at: <https://theconversation.com/homeschooling-links-with-inequality-are-far-from-new-154406>
• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL, K., 2021. British Journal of Sociology of Education.
• MYERS, M., 2020. Research In Education: Theory, Policy and Practice. 107(1), 55-71
• BHOPAL, K., MYERS, M. and PITKIN, C., 2020. British Educational Research Journal.
• MYERS, M., 2020. At: Fabian Review
• MYERS, M., 2020. . In: WARD, M.R.M. and DELAMONT, S., eds., Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education Edward Elgar Publishing.
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2020.
• MYERS, M., 2019. Oxford University Press. Available at: <https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264093-e-854?rskey=6klKx9&result=2>
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2018. Routledge.
• MYERS, M., 2018. Race, Ethnicity and Education. 21(3), 353-369
• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL, K., 2018. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 39(2), 212-226
• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL, K., 2017. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 38(2), 125-143
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2015. British Educational Research Journal. 42(1), 5-20
• MYERS, M., 2015. . In: BHOPAL, K. and DEUCHAR, R., eds., Researching Marginalized Groups Routledge. 227-240
• MYERS, M., 2012. Gypsy and Roma Families. In: COWAN, P. and MAITLES, H., eds., The Challenges Of Teaching Controversial Issues in the Classroom: Key Issues and Debates Continuum. 200-210
• MYERS, M., MCGHEE, D. and BHOPAL, K., 2010. Race, Ethnicity and Education. 13(4), 533-548
• MYERS, M., 2010. The Fall, Mark E. Smith and 'The Stranger': Ambiguity, Objectivity and the Transformative Power of a Band from Elsewhere. In: GODDARD, M. and HALLIGAN, B., eds., Mark E. Smith and The Fall: Art, Music and Politics Routledge. 133-146
• MYERS, M. and BHOPAL, K., 2009. British Journal of Educational Studies. 57(4), 417-434
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2009. International Journal of Inclusive Education. 13(3), 299-314
• BHOPAL, K. and MYERS, M., 2008. UHP.