Brexit - ten years on

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In partnership with The Centre for Public Policy, University of Glasgow

The vote to leave the European Union in 2016 marked a rupture in the politics, economics and social sectors of the UK and its relationship with the EU. A decade on, where does the UK, and Scotland, stand in its relationship with the European Union? What are the risks and opportunities in terms of politics, policy, the economy, and security in the coming years?

Chair: David McGill, Clerk/Chief Executive of the Scottish Parliament

Panellists:

Professor Nicola McEwen is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Glasgow, and Director of the university’s Centre for Public Policy. Nicola has published widely on devolution, multi-level government, territorial politics, and how these influence public policy and are shaped by electoral competition.

Professor Sir Anton Muscatelliis President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy. He is also Distinguished Honorary Professor in the Adam Smith Business School and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow. He is currently on the Board of the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Economic Society.

Professor Katy Hayward is Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University, Belfast, where she is also a Co-Director of the Centre for International Borders Research. She was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2023 and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She was a Europe’s Futures Fellow for 2023-24 and was a UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, leading a project on the post-Brexit status and future of Northern Ireland.

Professor Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College, London. He is a Director at Public First and is also Director of the UK in a Changing Europe project which has established itself as the leading source of impartial, research-based evidence on the UK and its relationship with the EU. He has published numerous academic books and articles and is a regular contributor to print and broadcast media.