Lobbying Brexit Negotiations: Who Lobbies Michel Barnier?
A new paper, co-authored by Professor of Public Policy and GGI Director听
David Coen听and听Dr Alexander Katsaitis听(London School of Economics), focuses on the role of interest groups in the Brexit negotiations. It explores which groups have the greatest access to the EU鈥檚 Chief Negotiator, by drawing from theories on deliberative democracy and institutional legitimacy. The authors argue that different groups are given access to the Chief Negotiator depending on the resources they can contribute.听
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UCL Laws academics'听argument led听Gina Miller to victory
A blog co-written by
Professor听Jeff King (Professor of Law, UCL Faculty of Laws) and听
Dr Tom Hickman (Professor of Public Law, UCL Faculty of Laws), alongside Nick Barber (Fellow at Trinity College Oxford) wrote: . The blog is regarded to be the 鈥榦rigins of the litigation鈥� in the Brexit Miller ruling delivered on 24 January 2017 according to an article written in The Times by听Lord David Pannick QC. It was argued in the blog听that it would be incompatible with the European Communities Act 1972 for the Prime Minister to trigger the Article 50 process without a further act of parliament.
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The Wightman Case
In late 2018,
Professor Piet Eeckhout,听Dean of听
UCL Laws听and Academic Director of the听
UCL European Institute, published a journal article titled
Article 50: A Constitutionalist Reading, which led to an advisory role in
Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The case concerned the European Court of Justice (CJEU) clarifying the legal status on whether a member state which has notified the EU of its intention to leave can unilaterally revoke that Article 50 notification. The article began as a UCL European Institute Working Paper,听
Brexit and Article 50 TEU: A Constitutionalist Reading听published in January 2017.听
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Brexit 鈥� Past, Present and Future
The
UCL European Institute听and the Global Policy Institute (University of Durham) are preparing a Special Issue of the Journal Global Policy (Wiley Blackwell) on 鈥淏rexit 鈥� Past, Present and Future鈥�, due out in 2021. The project brings together various internationally recognised authors from political science, history and law. In preparation for the publication, contributors met in three webinars听鈥� on 17 June, 1 July and 15 July 2020 鈥� to analyse the constitutional and political ramifications as well as the prehistory of Brexit from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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UCL Academic co-authors a report on research and innovation
, Chair of Science and Research Policy, co-authored a report with Professor Sir Adrian Smith titled 鈥楥hanges and Choices:听advice on future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation'
听in July 2019. The report was commissioned by the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation to explore future frameworks for international collaboration on research and innovation after the UK left the EU. The government published the report in November 2019, shortly before the UK formally left the EU. .'Parliament and Brexit' Report
罢丑别听UCL Constitution Unit听launched 鈥楶arliament and Brexit鈥櫶齣n March 2020, a听joint report with the UK in a Changing Europe. The report analyses听parliament鈥檚 role in the听Brexit听process to听date, and asks听what changes may be needed to ensure that parliament is ready for phase two of the Brexit negotiations听and beyond.听Unit Director and Professor of British and Comparative Politics听Meg Russell, provides the first main chapter in the report emphasising parliament's unique and central role in the country's political system, while Unit researcher听Lisa James听reviews the passage of two key Brexit bills.听Find out more.Brexit and Beyond
Dr Uta Staiger, Executive Director at the UCL European Institute and , Dahrendorf Fellow and Former Research Associate at the UCL European Institute have co-edited, (2018). The book draws on the expertise of 28 leading scholars from a range of disciplines,听offers various different perspectives on the future of Europe, charting the likely effects of Brexit across a range of areas, including institutional relations, political economy, law and justice, foreign affairs, democratic governance, and the idea of Europe itself. .'Brexit - What Next' Event
The UCL Faculty of Laws hosted a public event discussing the issues arising from the next stage in the Brexit process in January 2020. The event featured leading academics from Laws that have made huge contributions to the Brexit debate, in areas ranging from trade relations, labour rights,听environmental policy, and听core constitutional issues. They were also听joined by leading figures in the Brexit process, 听(senior advisor of Michel Barnier, Chief EU Negotiator for Brexit) and 听听(Former Member of Parliament and Attorney General). .UCL Academic acts as听Specialist Advisor to House of Lords
, Chair of Science and Research Policy, acted as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee for two enquiries. One led to the report, , published in April 2016 (before the European Union membership referendum took place). The other report by the same Select Committee, 鈥樷��, published in December 2016. Both the reports were the subject of debates in the House of Lords. .UCL Academic contributes to UKICE Report
Meg Russell, Director of the UCL Constitution Unit and Professor of British and Comparative Politics at UCL, has contributed to the UK in a Changing Europe鈥檚听publication, , published in January 2021. Professor Russell discusses the past, present and future of Parliament鈥檚 role in Brexit. .For the latest on Brexit-related听research and expertise听across UCL, visit the UCL Brexit Hub.
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