Posted by Professor David Phinnemore
Queen's Policy Engagement
In the run-up to next week’s UK referendum on EU membership, Professor David Phinnemore reflects on what would happen if there were a Brexit but the UK changed its mind down the line…
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
In the run-up to the UK referendum on continued EU membership, opinions are divided and very pronounced. With such an important decision ahead, come along to Queen’s University on 7 June and hear everything you wanted to know about the EU but were afraid to ask!
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
Is Free Movement, or mobility, of Persons in the European Union still maintained as a fundamental principle under the UK’s threat to withdraw from the EU? Or will the EU betray its principles and foreswear equal treatment of free moving citizens? An afternoon seminar chaired by Professor Dagmar Schiek, Queen’s.
Posted by Professor Dagmar Schiek
Queen's Policy Engagement
In the second of three blogs on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the role of the EU in the Northern Ireland peace process and highlights the barriers for continuing this process without the common membership of the UK and Ireland in the EU.
Posted by Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh
Queen's Policy Engagement
Following a year of elections on both sides of the border, Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh looks at how the results of the elections have brought about not just a change of personnel in the respective parliaments but also a structural change in how they will operate.
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
The latest Seminar in the KESS series will be delivered by key academics from Queen’s University who will outline some of their thoughts around key issues in the Brexit debate and how they could impact on Northern Ireland.
Posted by Professor Dagmar Schiek
Queen's Policy Engagement
In the latest of a series of QPol articles around the forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership, Professor Dagmar Schiek asks what does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically in terms of border issues and highlights some legal truths that are being neglected in the debate.
Posted by Professor David Phinnemore
Queen's Policy Engagement
With the enlargement of the EU back in the headlines thanks to the Brexit debate and the Syrian refugee crisis, David Phinnemore and Erhan İçener look at the lack of progress in Turkey’s application for EU membership and question whether Turkey, and indeed certain Member States, have the will for them to accede.
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
A packed house gathered recently at the Gibson Institute for Land, Food and Environment at Queen’s University to listen to EU Commissioner Phil Hogan deliver this year’s Gibson Lecture on Irish Agriculture and Brexit.
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
The 2016 Annual Gibson Lecture at the Gibson Institute, Queen’s University, will be delivered by the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan.
Posted by Professor Mark Lawler
Queen's Policy Engagement
As the Brexit debate ramps up in advance of the referendum on 23 June, Professor Mark Lawler looks at how cancer researchers and patients in the UK have benefitted from EU support and collaboration and he examines the possible ramifications of a Brexit vote on cancer care and research.
Posted by Kevin Fearon
Queen's Policy Engagement
Queen’s University Belfast was the venue this week for Northern Ireland’s largest public debate on the economic implications of a Brexit where Dr Edgar Morgenroth shared his thoughts and research findings of how a “leave” vote could impact on the Northern Ireland economy.