Brexit Contributions
Ulster University's contributions to the academic, political and public debate about Brexit.
June 2019
Facing Uncertainty: An entrepreneurial view of the future?
Article by Professor Simon Bridge (MLM Visiting Professor at UUBS).
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October 2018
How Brexit will affect the UK constitution, the Irish border, EU-UK relations.
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May 2018
Oral evidence: Devolution and Exiting the EU
Ordered by the House of Commons to be published on 22 May 2018.
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March 2018
The implications of Brexit for public services
Public service challenges - taking stock.
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February 2018
Public Spending and Services in Scotland after Hard Brexit
Emergent view of challenges and opportunities ahead for public services
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January 2018
Bracing for Brexit: lack of clarity creating uncertainty for NI business community
Ulster University has asked stakeholders to identify the key risks – and opportunities.
December 2017
Brexit and the Border Corridor
Report by Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre.
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December 2017
The ongoing lack of clarity around Brexit continues to create uncertainty for the Northern Ireland business community and this is likely to be the ‘new normal’ for the foreseeable future. Ulster University senior economist Jodie Carson writes.
November 2017
Brexit Negotiations and Public Services
Emergent view of challenges and opportunities ahead for public services.
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November 2017
Report on Ulster University Brexit Symposium
Constitutional and political; Business and the economy; Healthy Communities; Education
The symposium report brings together the ideas generated and solutions proposed by participants over the course of the event.
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June 2017
Northern Ireland and Brexit: Three effects on 'the border in the mind'
In this paper, Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Professor Arthur Aughey examine the ‘border in the mind’ according to its effects on identity, politics and the constitution and their implications for political stability in Northern Ireland.
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June 2017
Waking up in a different country: Brexit and Northern Ireland
In this paper published in June 2017, Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Professor Arthur Aughey and Dr Paula Devine explore attitudes to Brexit based on data from the 2016 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey.
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April 2017
Brexit and Dealing with the Past
Dealing with Northern Ireland’s past is of fundamental importance to its future. Since 2013, Northern Ireland’s main political parties have been involved in painstaking negotiations to develop a comprehensive approach to do this.
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March 2017
World Trade Organisation, Brexit and the NI Economy
In March 2017, Dr Eoin Magenis of Ulster University’s Economic Policy centre delivered this presentation looking at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) option in relation to Brexit and the NI economy.
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January 2017
BREXIT, repeal of the Human Rights Act and the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
Ulster University’s Dr Anne Smith, Professor Monica McWilliams and Priyamvada Yarnell explore the potential opportunity for Brexit to re-open the debate on a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights. This paper was published in January 2017.
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January 2017
BREXIT: Leaders face uphill struggle to make Northern Ireland's voice heard
In an opinion piece for the Belfast Telegraph in January 2017, Ulster University’s Professor Rory O’Connell shares his thoughts on the need for devolved political strategies following the Supreme Court judgment on the triggering of Article 50.
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December 2016
Impact of Brexit on the North West
In December 2016, Dr Eoin Magennis and Professor Neil Gibson of Ulster University’s Econmic Policy Cente concluded research on the potential impact of Brexit on the North West. This presentation provides an overview of their findings.
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September 2016
BREXIT and the implications for Ulster University
A briefing paper developed in September 2016 on our early views on the potential implications for Ulster University following the vote to leave the European Union.
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Reflections from NI on result of UK referendum on EU membership
Ulster University’s Professor Paul Carmichael writes in August 2016 on 'reflections from Northern Ireland on the result of the UK referendum on EU Membership'. This piece formed a chapter in ‘The Future of the UK: Between Internal and External Divisions’, a book developed and published by Humboldt University of Berlin in autumn 2016.
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August 2016
Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research
Ulster University’s written response to the inquiry of the House of Commons Select Committee: Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research, prepared in August 2016.
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Professor Neil Gibson gives evidence to the House of Commons NI Affairs Select Committee
On 3rd February 2016, Professor Neil Gibson, Director of Ulster university’s Economic Policy Centre gave evidence to the NI Affairs Select Committee as part of their inquiry into Northern Ireland and the EU Referendum.
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