Raising concerns on the dangers of linking biological invasions to human migration
A recent paper by Ahmed et al. (2025. "Parallels and Discrepancies between non-native Species Introductions and Human Migration." <em>Biological Reviews</em> 100 (3): 1365–1395), published in <em>Biological Reviews</em>, 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 "<em>untapped potential in interdisciplinary research</em>". 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." <em>BioScience</em>. 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.
Authors
- Giovanni Vimercati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-8088)
- Pip Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-691X)
- Florencia A. Yannelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1544-5312)
- Remus Gabriel Anghel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8534-1434)
- Sam Durrant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-9715)
- Hannah Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-2045)
- Roxana Barbulescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-4840)
- Louise M. Waite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9056-6996)
- Jonathan David Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4092-1491)
- Philip Eric Hulme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-0474)
- Ben Gidley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2492-1384)
- Manuela Boatcă (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1255-9955)
- Simone Guareschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-0863)
- Wolf‐Christian Saul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3584-6159)
- Florian Ruland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5785-1733)
- Esther Regina Neira Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5981-3303)
- Camille Musseau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-2384)
- Ayu Kusumastuti
- Alison M. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4855-1077)
- Josie South (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6339-4225)
- Jérôme M. W. Gippet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1952-028X)
- Antonio Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2431-5176)
- Rossano Bolpagni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-2821)
- Majella Kilkey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0842-7290)
- Nando Sigona
- Tina Heger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-5632)
- Ross T. Shackleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5628-4506)
- Elena Zambelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5293-4321)
- Michaela Benson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-5741)
- Zana Vathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9091-8637)
- Anne Lavanchy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-948X)
- Rosa Mas Giralt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5229-2848)
- Li Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-9505)
- Zarah Pattison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5243-0876)
- Sue Hill
- Claudia Finotelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-8662)
- Bridget Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-4709)
- Joshua Hobbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5478-3117)
- Sara González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3958-2119)
- Marie‐Andrée Jacob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6975-3156)
- Rafael L. Macêdo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5086-0170)
- Dumisani Khosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-4797)
- Diego Colón
- John Solomos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1274-9310)
- Thomas Faist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-0135)
- Sven Bacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-7165)
- Rashida Bibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-7549)
- Ulrike M. Vieten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6397-0528)
- Anna F. Probert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-4716)
- Maud Bernard‐Verdier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4240-9560)
- James Souter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-3430)
- Tesfalem Yemane
- Catarina Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9561-8994)
- Hannah Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-0284)
- Giuseppe Sciortino
- Simona Sokolovska
- Glenda Garelli
- George Holmes
- Jean-Paul Demoule
- Mona Makinejad
Institutions
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- University of Parma (IT)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Migration Policy Institute (US)
- South African National Parks (ZA)
- Universidad de Deusto (ES)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Fribourg (CH)
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth (IE)
- Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (AR)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- University of Brawijaya (ID)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Lincoln University (NZ)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Bielefeld University (DE)
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (CH)
- Leeds Arts University (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Lincoln University - Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- HES-SO Genève (CH)
- Gender Studies (CZ)
- School of International Relations (IR)
- Scientific Services (ZA)
- Romanian Institute For Research on National Minorities (RO)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (DE)
- Department of Social Sciences (RU)
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (FR)
- Naturstoff-Technik (Germany) (DE)
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (FR)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of New England (AU)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2527906
- Primary Topic
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00