Roxana Barbulescu, Josie South, Bridget Byrne, John Solomos, Michaela Benson, Carlos Carlos Vargas Silva, Tesfalem Yemane, Elena Zambelli, Remus Gabriel Anghel, Sven Bacher, Anastasia Maria Bermudez Torres, Maud Bernard-Verdier, Rashida Bibi, Manuela Boatcă, Rossano Bolpagni, Deidre Colon, Jean-Paul Demoule, Alison M. Dunn, Sam Durrant, Thomas Faist, Claudia Finotelli, Glenda Garelli, Ben Gidley, Jerome M. W. Gippet, Sara Gonzalez, Simone Guareschi, Tina Heger, Sara Hill, Joshua Hobbs, George Holmes, Philip E. Hulme, Hannah Jones, Marie-Andree Jacob, Dumisani Khosa, Majella Kilkey, Ayu Kusumastuti, Anne Lavanchy, Hannah Lewis, Rafael L. Macêdo, Rosa Mas Giralt, Camille L. Musseau, Mona Makinejad, Esther Regina Neira Castro, Zarah Pattison, Anna Probert, Jonathan David Roberts, Florian Ruland, Wolf-Christian Saul, Giuseppe Sciortino, Ross T. Shackleton, Nando Sigona, Simona Sokolovska, James Souter, Li Sun, Zana Vathi, Ulrike Vieten, Giovanni Vimercati, Louise Waite, Pip Wilson, Florencia A. Yannelli
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. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
School of Sociology and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom; Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland; National University of Political Studies and Public Administration & Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Bucharest, Romania; Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; Department of Social Anthropology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain; Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France; School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Department of Sociology, Albert Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Gender Studies and Centre for Baltic and Eastern European Studies, Södertörn University, Flemingsberg, Sweden; Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, UFR Art et Archéologie, Paris, France; School of English, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; Department of Sociology II, Complutense University Madrid, Madrid, Spain; School of Social Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom; Biodiversity and Conservation Area, Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC), Madrid, Spain; School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; IDEA, The Ethics Centre, PRHS, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Bioprotection Aotearoa, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand; School of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Scientific Services, South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa; Department of Sociology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malanj Java, Indonesia; School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland HESSO, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; School of Geography and Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany; School of Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; School of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Stirling, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Zoology Discipline, School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia; School of Biology & School of History, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Náttúrustofa Vesturlands, Hafnargötü, Hafnargötü, Iceland; Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department for Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; Swiss Federal Institute for Forests, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Deusto, Basque Country, Bilbao Basque Country, Spain; School of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom; School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK; Argentine Institute for Dryland Research, CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
