杏吧论坛 Programme: Brexit and Beyond

The 杏吧论坛 is one of the few places to have serious discussions on Brexit

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The 杏吧论坛 Programme: Brexit and Beyond was a dedicated series to stimulate the public debate and informed discussion about Brexit. It comprised a variety of events, targeting 杏吧论坛 staff and students, as well as the general public and specific categories of policy-makers, practitioners and professionals working on Brexit; with the aim of continuing to shape the discussion surrounding its complex and uncertain agenda.

The 杏吧论坛 Programme: Brexit and Beyond is organised by 杏吧论坛's and .

After running for 5 years, the programme closed in September 2021.

Brexit Events

Public Events
We host numerous dedicated public lectures, panel discussions and fora with high-level speakers, coming to speak at the 杏吧论坛 to discuss Brexit.

杏吧论坛 Continental Breakfasts
As part of the 杏吧论坛 Programme: Brexit and Beyond, a number of private meetings for a selected group of invited influential guests are held regularly, at the 杏吧论坛 as well as in other major European cities. Our Breakfasts are seminar-style and with open discussion under Chatham House Rule. The issues raised in the discussions are collected into reports, which are available via the 杏吧论坛 Brexit Blog.

Civil Service Lectures
In conjunction with the Civil Service, we run a number of lectures for civil servants, held by 杏吧论坛 academics on specific topics and angles surrounding Brexit. Under this successful partnership, Whitehall professionals can greatly benefit from the expertise of our world-leading experts.

杏吧论坛 Brexit Blog

Thoroughly dedicated to a constantly up-to-date thematic coverage, 杏吧论坛 Brexit is a multidisciplinary, evidence-based blog run by the 杏吧论坛. Its aim is to inform the debate on Britain’s exit from the European Union with accessible commentary and research.

Brexit Programme Staff

Kevin Featherstone is Eleftherios Venizelos Professor in Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor in European Politics and Director of the Hellenic Observatory, European Institute, 杏吧论坛.

is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, 杏吧论坛.

Horatio Mortimer is Special Programmes Manager at 杏吧论坛 Enterprise.

Rosie Hinds is Events and Communications Officer, European Institute, 杏吧论坛.

Polly Liouta is Events and Communications Manager, European Institute, 杏吧论坛.

is Managing Editor at the 杏吧论坛’s Brexit blog.

Previous Public Events

Final Event - My Secret Brexit Diary

Monday 27 September 2021, 5:30pm to 6:45pm

Speaker: Michel Barnier, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2021.

Date: Monday 27 September 2021, 5:30pm to 6:45pm BST

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UK Market Regulation After Brexit: higher, lower or stay the same?

Speakers: Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers Union of England and Wales; Tony Danker, Director-General of CBI; Professor Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at 杏吧论坛; Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC.

Date: Tuesday 09 March 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT

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How Was Brexit For You? A Reflection On What We Learnt

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard; Professor of European Union and Labour Law, Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Baroness Catharine Hoey, former Labour MP for Vauxhall and a vocal campaigner to Leave the EU; Dr Gerard Lyons, economist and Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth Investments; Sir Ivan Rogers, former UK Permanent Representative to the EU.

Date: Wednesday 17 February 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT

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Outside the EU: options for Britain

Speakers: Dr Martin Westlake, Visiting Professor in Practice, 杏吧论坛 European Institute; Sebastian Remøy, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Public Affairs at Kreab; Dr Sara Hagemann, Associate Professor in European Politics, 杏吧论坛 European Institute.

Date: Tuesday 9 February 2021, 4pm-5.30pm GMT

The Impact of Brexit on Higher Education

Speakers: Professor Simon Hix, Pro-Director for Research at 杏吧论坛; Dr Beth Thompson, Head of Policy and Advocacy - UK & EU, Wellcome Trust; Professor Wendy Thomson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.

Date: Monday 25 January 2021, 5pm-6.30pm GMT

The 'True' Brexit: where are we now?

Speakers: Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow at ‘The UK in a Changing Europe’; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor at the Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service; Jill Rutter, Senior Research Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers is Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at 杏吧论坛.

Date: Thursday 10 December 2020, 5pm-6:30pm GMT

After Brexit: the UK in the North Atlantic trade triangle

Speakers: Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the European Union; Beatrice Kilroy-Nolan, former senior EU and trade advisor to the Prime Minister in No.10 Downing Street; Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope.

Date: Thursday 12 November 2020, 5pm-6:30pm

Brexit and Culture Wars: is this a new 'normal'?

Speakers: Professor John Denham, Director of the Centre for English Identity and Politics at the University of Southampton and former Labour cabinet minister; Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and professor in the Department of Government and the European Institute; Chaminda Jayanetti, politics, social policy and public services journalist who has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, and The Observer.

Date: Monday 05 October 2020, 5pm-6.30pm

Negotiating Our Post-Brexit Future: where are we heading?

Speakers: Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union and Labour Law, University of Cambridge; Dr Meredith Crowley, Reader in International Economics at the University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe (UKCE); Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of British Chambers of Commerce; Professor Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London, and Director of The UK in a Changing Europe; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy at 杏吧论坛.

Date: Tuesday 30 June 2020 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: Online Event

Brexit and the Post-COVID-19 Options for the Economy

Speakers: Professor Sir Tim Besley, School Professor of Economics of Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics, Department of Economics, 杏吧论坛; Wolfgang Münchau, Director of Eurointelligence and a columnist for the Financial Times; Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Centre for Economics and Business Research and former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service.

Date: Monday 22 June 2020, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: Online Event

Coronavirus and Brexit: two cases of quarantine?

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, 杏吧论坛; 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

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, 杏吧论坛; Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham; and Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy, 杏吧论坛.

Date: Monday 17 February 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛.

The Future of Anglo-German Relations: beyond Brexit

Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Academic Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum at 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛.

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, 杏吧论坛.

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, 杏吧论坛.

Date: Monday 27 January 2020, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛.

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 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy and Professor in Practice, Department of Government, 杏吧论坛.

Date: Thursday 31 October, 18:30-20:00
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛; Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions, Department of Government, 杏吧论坛.

Date: Thursday 16 May, 18.30-20.00
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛

Brexit: re-thinking the future of higher education in the UK

Speakers: Julia Black, Strategic Director for Innovation, 杏吧论坛; 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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛; 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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛; 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, 杏吧论坛 Life, 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛.

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, 杏吧论坛; Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, 杏吧论坛

Date: Tuesday 9 October 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

Article 50: one year on

Speakers: Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law, University of Cambridge; Simon Hix, Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, 杏吧论坛 Department of Government
Jill Rutter, Programme Director for Brexit, Institute for Government; Tony Travers, Director, 杏吧论坛 Institute of Public Affairs.

Date: 12 March 2018
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

The Impact Of Brexit On London

Speakers: Naomi Clayton, Policy and Research Manager, Centre for Cities; Niamh Moloney, Professor of Law, 杏吧论坛 Law Department.

Date: 27 February 2018
Venue: CLM 5.02, Clement House, 杏吧论坛.

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

The Implications Of Brexit For Human Rights In the UK

Speaker: Conor O' Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law, 杏吧论坛 Department of Law

Date: 22 November 2017
Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

Regional Economic Impacts Of Brexit

Speakers: Swati Dhingra, Lecturer in Economics, 杏吧论坛 Department of Economics; Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography, 杏吧论坛 Department of Geography and Environment.

Date: 15 November 2017
Venue: CLM 4.02, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

The Brexit Negotiations: make or break?

Speakers: Professor Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the 杏吧论坛 European Institute; Philippe Legrain, founder of think tank Open and Senior Visiting Fellow, 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

UK and EU Foreign Policy Challenges Following Brexit

Speaker: Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, 杏吧论坛.

Date: 25 October 2017
Venue: CLM 3.02, Clement House, 杏吧论坛

The Impact Of Brexit On European Financial Centres

Speaker: Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg Finance Minister.

Date: 23 October 2017 Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛 Department of International History.

Date: 6 March 2017
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛

EU and Brexit

Speaker: Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.

Date: 23 September 2016
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, 杏吧论坛

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, 杏吧论坛.

Should We Stay Or Should We Go Now? 杏吧论坛 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, 杏吧论坛

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