Inside the Deal: how the EU got Brexit done
Monday 06 February 2023
This event marked the launch of Stefaan De Rynck's new book, Inside the Deal inwhich he discusses and demonstrates how the EU-27’s unity held firm while the UK vacillated throughout, changing negotiators, prime ministers, their aims and tactics. A close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a ringside seat in the Brexit negotiations.
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One Party After Another: The Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Michael Crick, journalist and broadcaster, discusses with Professor Tony Travers his new biography One Party After Another: the Disruptive Life of Nigel Farage.
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UK-Turkey Trade Partnership Post-Brexit: Limits and Prospects
Wednesday 9 February 2022
The UK and Turkey signed a free trade agreement (FTA) in December 2020, almost simultaneously with the UK’s Trade and Cooperation agreement with the EU. This panel event will analyse the road to the FTA and its future from the perspectives of political economy, international trade law and business
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UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?
Tuesday 09 March 2021
Minette Batters, Tony Danker, Professor Sam Fankhauser, and Frances O'Grady, explore what model of market regulation the UK should seek after Brexit.
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How Was Brexit For You? A Reflection On What We Learnt
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Adapting to the 2016 referendum result has confronted established assumptions about the system while institutions struggle with new policy dilemmas. What are we learning and what do we still need to learn if the UK is to make a success of Brexit? This panel considers the changes occurring across government, the economy and society.
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Outside the EU: options for Britain
Tuesday 9 February 2021
In the debates about the UK’s future relationship with the European Union, all sorts of possible alternatives have been bandied about, but what do these alternative relationship models really consist of and would they be viable for the UK?
The Impact of Brexit on Higher Education
Monday 25 January 2021
Universities increasingly compete in globalised markets. How can the UK best compete internationally and what might universities themselves do to mitigate the impact of any new barriers from Brexit?
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The 'True' Brexit: where are we now?
Thursday 10 December 2020
Following the COVID-19 crisis, negotiations on Brexit have become ever more difficult. This event explored the realities of Brexit for government, the economy, and politics.
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After Brexit: the UK in the North Atlantic trade triangle
Thursday 12 November 2020
As the UK steers its post-Brexit future, it is placed between US and EU trade policies. Can the UK balance its US and EU interests or will it be squeezed out?
Brexit and Culture Wars: is this a new 'normal'?
Monday 05 October 2020
Brexit has divided Britain like no other political issue in a generation. It raises questions about our social cohesion and our national identity. As political campaigns around the world have elevated identity issues, we ask: is Brexit a symptom or a cause of a new culture war? How should we respond?
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Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?
Tuesday 30 June 2020
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the negotiations for the UK’s future relationship with the EU look even more challenging. This expert panel discussed where the UK might be heading.
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Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy
Monday 22 June 2020
What will be the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brexit? More particularly, how might it affect the strategy and interests of the UK as it negotiates a longer-term relationship with the EU. This panel of experts considered different scenarios for what might happen and what they might mean.
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Coronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine?
Thursday 30 April 2020
Speakers: Sir Simon Fraser, former Permanent Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service; Dr Sara Hagemann, Academic Director for the School of Public Policy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Professor Christian Lequesne, Professor at the Sciences-Po Centre for International Studies; Professor Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI).
Date: Thursday 30 April 2020, 14:00-15:30
Venue: Online Event
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Brexit and the Future of British Politics
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and Professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham; and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ School of Public Policy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: Monday 17 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond Brexit
Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS and professorial research fellow at the European Institute; Rt Hon Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Conservative peer in the House of Lords and former Minister for Security and Counter Terrorism; and Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag.
Date: Monday 3 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Brexit: third time lucky?
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of the The UK in a Changing Europe; John Mills, founder and Chairman of JML, economist and author; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; and Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union.
Date: Friday 31 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
The Implications of Brexit for the UK Economy
Speakers: Dr Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Strategist at challenger wealth manager Netwealth and Board Member of Bank of China (UK); Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, CEBR and Professor John Van Reenen, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Ronald Coase Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: Monday 27 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Brexit meets its Halloween? Assessing the Immediate Future for the UK and the EU
Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economics Service; Sir Ivan Rogers, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union, and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: Thursday 31 October, 18:30-20:00 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
What Might the European Elections Mean for the Future of the EU?
Speakers: Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, European Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: Thursday 16 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit: re-thinking the future of higher education in the UK
Speakers: Julia Black, Strategic Director for Innovation, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Edward Byrne, President & Principal, King’s College London; Nick Hillman, Director of Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
Date: Wednesday 1 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit: what have we learnt? What can we expect?
Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law, University of Cambridge; Sir Charles Bean, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and former Deputy Governor, Bank of England; Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government.
Date: Thursday 28 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Taking Back Control? Brexit and the Future of Europe
Speaker: Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne
Date: Friday 15 March, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit: the future of Europe and the Franco-British relationships
Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs
Date: Thursday 7 March, 12.30-13.30
Venue: The Long Room, 1st Floor, 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Brexit: the Constitution and the future of the UK
Speakers: Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor, Centre for British Politics and Government, King's College London
Date: Tuesday 19 February, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit: with a little help from our friends
Speakers: HE Janice Charette, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; HE Foo Chi Hsia, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to the United Kingdom; HE Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ, New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Date: Thursday 7 February, 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
How Far Has Brexit Reached? Taking Stock of Progress and Risks
Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law at the University of Cambridge; Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Stephen Wall, Former British Ambassador to Portugal and Permanent Representative to the European Union.
Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit Forum: The UK and the EU; past, present and future
Speakers: Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor of Nationalism, European Institute and Department of International Relations, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Piers Ludlow, Professor of International History, Deputy Head of Department; Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Queen Mary University; Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Director of the European Foreign Policy Unit
Date: Monday 26 November 2018, 19:15-20:30
Venue: Workspace 4, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Life, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library
Brexit: Impact on Government and Parliament
Speakers: Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government, Kings College, London; Joe Owen, Associate Director, Institute for Government Working on Brexit; Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: Tuesday 23 October 18:30 -20:00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre. NAB
Banking on Markets; the transformation of bank-state ties in Europe and beyond
Speaker: Rachel Epstein, Professor of International Relations and European Politics, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Date: Tuesday 9 October 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
How To Lose a Referendum
Speakers: Jason Farrell, Sky News Senior Political Correspondent; Paul Goldsmith, Politics and Economics Teacher, Latymer Upper School and Author of the Goldblog
Date: Monday 4 June 2018, 18:30 - 20.00 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Article 50: one year on
Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of Cambridge; Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Government
Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government; Tony Travers, Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Institute of Public Affairs.
Date: 12 March 2018 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Brexit Negotiations: the view from Brussels
Speaker: Stefaan De Rynck, Senior Adviser to Michael Barnier (Chief EU Negotiator for Brexit) and Professor, College of Europe.
Date: 5 March 2018 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Brexit: what next?
Speaker: Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central and Chair of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union
Date: 1 March 2018 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Impact Of Brexit On London
Speakers: Naomi Clayton, Policy and Research Manager, Centre for Cities; Niamh Moloney, Professor of Law, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Law Department.
Date: 27 February 2018 Venue: CLM 5.02, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
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Clean Brexit: why leaving the EU still makes sense
Speakers: Liam Halligan, British economist, journalist and broadcaster; Dr Gerard Lyons, leading UK and international economist and writer.
Date: 17 January 2018 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Brexit Alternatives and Their Implications
Speakers: Joachim Blatter, Professor of Political Science, University of Lucerne; Erik O. Eriksen, Director of ARENA and Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo;
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe.
Date: 27 November 2017 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Implications Of Brexit For Human Rights In the UK
Speaker: Conor O' Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Law
Date: 22 November 2017 Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Regional Economic Impacts Of Brexit
Speakers: Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Economics; Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of Geography and Environment.
Date: 15 November 2017 Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Brexit Negotiations: make or break?
Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ European Institute; Philippe Legrain, founder of think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ European Institute; John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator for The Independent and Visiting Professor, King's College London.
Date: 2 November 2017 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
No More Cake and Eat It: making a Brexit deal for workers
Speaker: Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary
Date: 31 October 2017 Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
UK and EU Foreign Policy Challenges Following Brexit
Speaker: Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Date: 25 October 2017 Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Impact Of Brexit On European Financial Centres
Speaker: Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister.
Date: 23 October 2017 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
The Future Of Europe Post-Brexit
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt, Head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Brexit negotiation team
Date: 28 September 2017 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Managing the Complexity: what Brexit could mean for British business
Speaker: Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director General
Date: 6 July 2017
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
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Britain, Brexit and the EU: was this a love affair gone wrong or always an unhappy marriage of convenience?
Speakers: Sir Stephen Wall, former diplomat in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service; Piers Ludlow, Associate Professor, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Department of International History.
Date: 6 March 2017 Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
Britain and Europe: towards Brexit? European Institute 25th Anniversary Event
Date: 8 December 2016 Venue: Renaissance Brussels Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
2017: will the EU survive?
Speakers: Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, Professor Philippe Marlière, Professor Anand Menon, Bojan Pancevski, Michiel van Hulten.
Date: 1 December 2016 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
EU and Brexit
Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.
Date: 23 September 2016 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
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Britain After Brexit: will something continue to turn up?
Speaker: David Smith, Economics Editor for The Sunday Times.
Date: 20 September 2016 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.
Should We Stay Or Should We Go Now? ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ European Institute "Europe in Question" Annual Lecture 2016
Speaker: Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography and Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford.
Date: 10 May 2016 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳