Researching Brexit Symposium

Spanning Political Science, Law, Biological Sciences, Agri-food, Marine Planning and more, the Researching Brexit group is interested in exploring how Brexit affects research. Focussing on specific subject areas such as Agri-food, or more generally considering questions of methodology and positionality this cohort will push the boundaries of knowledge in this volatile research and political climate.

Holding our first symposium, sponsored by the NINE DTP, on 25th-26th doctoral researchers from universities across Europe will explore these issues. Details of the conference programme and registration can be found on the Symposium page on our website.

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A draft programme is included below.

Day one

10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and Introduction

10.15 – 11.30 Panel 1 – Agri-food and the environment

Scientific Advice, Agri-food Policy, and Brexit by George Asiamah (University of Sheffield)

Land Ownership and Nature Conservation: Reconceptualising Property Rights to further Environmental Protection in NI by Brona McNeil (Queen’s University Belfast)

Investigating the effect of agri-environment schemes post-Brexit by Amy Arnott (QUB)

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee and Tea

11.45 – 1.15 – Panel 2 – The role of the researcher

Where do Emotions Fit into Fieldwork: Epistemological Challenges of Native Ethnography by Ana Maria Cristea (University of Durham)

Researching Brexit through the lens of belonging by Hannah Fletcher (University of Sheffield)

‘Brexit’: resurrecting expertise? by Lisa Claire Whitten (QUB)

Opportunities that Brexit presents to the Political Theory Community by Dan Nichols (Durham University)

1.15 – 2.15 Lunch

2.15 – 3.30 Panel 3 – The referendum, meaning and its aftermath

Bordering the EU: an investigation into the meaning of EU membership by Jane Greening (Newcastle University)

Brexit the Re-Narration of Discord: A Multimodal Experiment in Researching Affective Aftermaths by Alexander Kirby-Reynolds (University of Sheffield)

Brexit, incivility and digital contestation by Anne Bailie (University of Sheffield)

3.30 – 4.00 Tea and Coffee

4.00 – 5.00 Panel 4 – The Research Lifecycle

‘The Era of Truth and Sentimentality’ - Samuel Beckton & Annelieke Mooij (DCU)

Instrumental Europeans: An Analysis of the Scottish National Party’s Independence in Europe Strategy by Louise Wily – University of Manchester

Day Two

8:30 Leave from Queen's University Belfast for Armagh

9:30 Arrive at the border, with various stopping points on both sides of the border as well as a lecture throughout.

12:30 Make the way to Armagh Visitor Centre.

1:30 Go on a tour of the city.

2:30 Make our way to the Cross Border Studies Centre

3:00 Cross border Studies Centre (Talk on the work they do and how they research). 45 min talk time for Q and A as well as making sure anyone needs the toilet or anything.

5:30 Back in Belfast