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Workshop on Brexit

4 November 2016, Florence (Italy)

On 4 November 2016 the Schuman Centre in conjunction with the ‘UK in a Changing Europe’ initiative by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, organised a workshop with the aim to explore a number of dimensions of the process from both the perspective of the UK and the future European Union of 27.

Session 1 - The People have Spoken

Chair: William Paterson, Aston University

Speakers:

John Curtice, University of Strathclyde: “A Revolt Against Globalisation? Why the UK voted to Leave”
Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey: “The Referendum Campaigns as a Foretaste of the UK Leaving the EU”
Anand Menon, King’s College London: “Brexit Means Brexit: Room for Manoeuvre?”

Session 2 - Brexit means Brexit: What does that mean?

Chair: Stefaan De Rynck, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin

Speakers:

Simon Bulmer, University of Sheffield: “Organising for Brexit: UK Central Government”
Derrick Wyatt, University of Oxford: “Brexit Means Brexit: The Legal Dimension”
Jonathan Portes, The National Institute of Economic and Social Research: “The Economics of Brexit”

Session 3 - The Disunited Kingdom and Ireland

Chair: His Excellency Bobby McDonagh, Irish Ambassador to Italy

Speakers:

Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen: “Will the United Kingdom Survive Brexit?”
Katy Hayward, Queen’s University Belfast: “Brexit and the Irish Border”
Paul Gillespie, The Irish Times and University College Dublin: “Ireland and Brexit”

Session 4 - The EU at 27

Chair: Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute

Speakers:
Douglas Webber, European University Institute: “EU 27: Prospects of Disintegration”
Miguel Maduro, European University Institute: “EU 27: Legal and Political Dimensions”
Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute: “Sovereignty and ‘the Glorious Joy of Free Trade’: 21st Century Realities”
Brigid Laffan, European University Institute: “EU 27: Changing Balances, Changing Membership”

Interviews:

Irish Ambassador to Italy Bobby McDonagh talks about Ireland's main concerns in relation to Brexit, in particular for the Peace Process in Northern Ireland and how to preserve the common travel area.

Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London, speaks about how the recent Brexit ruling by the High Court can affect the way the UK will leave the EU.

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