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• Significant Publications
• Bhopal, K. (2006) ‘Issues of Rurality and Good Practice: Gypsy Traveller Pupils in Schools’, in S. Neal and Agyeman, J. (eds) The New Countryside? Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain. Policy: Bristol.
• Bhopal, K. (2004) ‘Gypsy Travellers and Education: Changing needs and changing perceptions’, British Journal of Educational Studies 52, 1: 47-64.
• Bhopal, K. (2003) ‘Patriarchy in the 21st Century: A Relevant or Redundant Concept?’ Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies 10, 1: 5-21.
• Bhopal, K. (2001) ‘Specialist Support for Gypsy Traveller Children in Primary and Secondary Schools’, in Jones, C. and Wallace, C. (eds) Making EMTAG Work. Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books.
• Books
• Bhopal, K and Myers, M (2008) Insiders, Outsiders and Others: Gypsies and Identity. Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press
• Journal Articles
• Bhopal, Kalwant (2009) Identity, empathy and 'otherness': Asian women, education and dowries in the UK. (In special issue: Black Feminisms and Postcolonial Paradigms: Researching Educational Inequalities). Race Ethnicity and Education, 12, (1), 27-39. (doi:10.1080/13613320802650923)

• Bhopal, K. and Myers, M. (2008) ‘Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils in the UK: inclusion and good practice’, International Journal of Inclusive Education.
• Bhopal, Kalwant (2008) Shared communities and shared understandings: the experiences of Asian women in a British university. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 18, (3 & 4), 185-197.
• Bhopal, K. (2002) ‘Teaching Women’s Studies: The Effects of ‘Race’ and Gender’, Journal of Further and Higher Education 26, 2: 109-118.
• Bhopal, K. (2001) ‘Researching South Asian Women: Issues of Sameness and Difference in the Research Process’, Journal of Gender Studies 10, 3: 279-286.
• Selection of International Conference Papers
• Myers, M., Bhopal, K., and McGhee, D. (2008) Gypsy and traveller families in West Sussex: Safety, community and identity. In, The 38th World Congress of International Institute of Sociology Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 26-29 Jun 2008. Southampton, UK
• Bhopal, K. and Henry-Waring, M. (2009) Being White and being Black: cross cultural understandings of identity for degree students in the UK and Australia. In, British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009, Cardiff, UK, 16-18 Apr 2009.
• Bhopal, K, Harris, R and Rhamie, J (2009) Student perspectives on ‘Race’, diversity and inclusion on ITE courses: a case study analysis. In, British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2009, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 2-5 Sep 2009.
• Bhopal, Kalwant (2009) ‘What about us?’: Gypsies, Travellers and white racism in schools. In, British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2009, Keynote Symposia: Race, Ethnicity and Education, Manchester, UK, 2-5 Sep 2009.
• Bhopal, Kalwant(2009) Asian women in higher education: communities and boundaries of belonging. In,Families and Social Capital Research Group Seminar Series: London South Bank University, London, UK, 21 Sep 2009.
• Bhopal, K, Harris, R and Rhamie, J (2009) ‘Race’, diversity and inclusion: student perspectives. In, ECER Annual Conference, Vienna, Austria, 28-30 Sep 2009.
• Bhopal, K. (2008) Insiders, outsiders and others: Gypsies and identity. In, East Sussex Gypsy and Traveller Forum Annual Conference, Town Hall, Eastbourne Borough Council, 24 Jul 2008. Southampton, UK
• Bhopal, Kalwant, Bhatti, Ghazala and Rhamie, Jasmine (2008) The experiences of minority ethnic groups in the South of England: migration, citizenship and identities. In, Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM), University of Surrey, UK, 30 Jun - 1 Jul 2008. Southampton, UK
• Bhopal, Kalwant, Bhatti, Ghazala and Rhamie, Jasmine (2008) 'Stick to your own kind': citizenship and identity in schools in the South of England. In, British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 03-06 Sep 2008. Southampton, UK.
• Bhopal, Kalwant (2008) Asian Women in Higher Education: shared communities and shared belongings. In, British Educational Research Association, Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3-6th Sept 2008. Southampton, UK.
• Bhopal, Kalwant (2008) Arranged and forced marriages: the impact of education. In, Understanding the Issues around Forced Marriage: "16 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women", Stirling, Scotland, 26 Nov 2008.
• Bhopal, Kalwant and Henry-Waring, Milllsom S. (2008) Exploring the global and the specific language of 'race' through the discourses of Whiteness and Blackness: a cross-national comparison between university students in Australia and the UK. In, Re-Orienting Whiteness Conference 2008, Melbourne, Australia, 03-05 Dec 2008
• Henry-Waring, Millsom and Bhopal, Kalwant (2008) Race matters: cross-cultural understandings of whiteness and blackness in Australia and the UK. In, Re-Imagining Sociology: The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2008, Melbourne, Australia, 02-05 Dec 2008.
• Reports for External Body
• Lumby, J., Bhopal, K., Dyke, M., Maringe, F and Morrison, M. (2007) Integrating Diversity in the Leadership in Further Education. CEL Research Report.
• Bhopal, Kalwant, McGhee, Derek and Myers, Martin (2007) A pilot study to investigate the barriers to educational inclusion for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in West Sussex. Report to West Sussex County Council (Minority Ethnic Services). Chichester, UK, West Sussex County Council
• Bhopal, K and Myers, M (2006) Gypsy Traveller Pupils in schools in the London Borough of Greenwich: A Report on Good Practice. London Borough of Greenwich: Education and Inspectorate Advisory Council.
• Monographs
• Bhopal, K., Harris, R., and Rhamie, J. (2009) The teaching of 'race', diversity and inclusion on PGCE courses: a case study analysis of University of Southampton, Multiverse, TDA
• Bhopal, Kalwant and Myers, Martin (2009) A pilot study to investigate reasons for elective home education for Gypsy and Traveller children in Hampshire. Hampshire, UK, Hampshire County Council, 17pp.
• Morrison, Marlene, Lumby, Jacky, Maringe, Felix, Bhopal, Kalwant and Dyke, Martin (2007) Diversity, identity and leadership. Lancaster, UK, Lancaster University, 41pp.
• Working Papers
• Maringe, F., Lumby, J., Morrison, M., Bhopal, K., and Dyke, M. (2007) Leadership, Diversity and Decision Making. CEL Working Paper Series.
• Other
• Bhopal, Kalwant, McGhee, Derek and Myers, Martin (2008) A Pilot Study to Investigate Barriers to Educational Inclusion for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in West Sussex. Chichester, UK, Minority Ethnic Services, 23pp. (Report to West Sussex County Council)

Editorial Board member of Sociology, British Educational Research Journal, International Studies in Sociology of Education , International Journ0al of Inclusive Education 2009 - 2012, Gender and Education Board 2009-2012, British Journal of Sociology of Education 2009-2012, Women’s Studies International Forum and Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies.

Convenor for BERA Race, Ethnicity and Education Special Interest Group, convenor for sub-plenary British Sociological Association Conference, Social Divisions/Social Relationships.

Consultancies

• 2006 – West Sussex County Council, Ethnic Minority Achievement Service and Traveller Education Support Service (‘Race’ awareness and Gypsy and Traveller groups).
• 2003 – London Borough of Greenwich, Ethnic Minority Achievement and Traveller Education Service (social exclusion of Gypsy and Traveller groups in schools).
• 2000 – Surrey County Council (Raising literacy standards for minority ethnic groups).
• 1999- Cambridgeshire Traveller Education Service (Gypsy Travellers and attendance in schools).
• 1996 - Tower Hamlets Education Authority (‘Race’ and social inclusion).