This is the second part of the third Constitutional Conversation 'Constitutions and these Islands: Beyond Brexit', in a series of six conversations themed around the constitution.
Northern Ireland at the Edge: What's next after Brexit? focuses on the consequences of the UK’s future relationship with Ireland, north and south. Should the UK withdraw from the EU (as announced by its government), the EU’s external border might be located in Ireland. Our first panel offers suggestions on a special status for Northern Ireland maintaining its membership in the EU or a Common Travel Area in Ireland. The second panel analyses existing relations between the EU and European States not in the EU which, among others, also avoid extensive border controls between those states (Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) and the EU.
Part one of this conversation took place on 6 May 2016 and was entitled ‘A New Relationship? Brexit, Ireland and Northern Ireland’. The report of that conversation can be found here
The Chatham House Rule applies to all the conversations in this series.
Two bursaries of €50.00 each are available to post-graduate students. To make an application for a bursary contact John Morison MRIA, atj.morison@qub.ac.uk Include a CV and up to 500 words outlining your reasons for wishing to attend the conversation, and how your attendance would assist with your studies.
Programme
2.00–2.15 Opening
John Morison MRIA, Professor of Law, Queen's University Belfast, UK; Chair of the Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee, RIA
Introduction
David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet chair in European Political Science, Queen's University Belfast, UK
2.15–2.15 Inside, Outside and the possibilities of ‘special status’
Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, Edinburgh University
Trevor Redmond, Assistant Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
Ulrik Pram Gad, Associate Professor Cultural and Global Studies, Alborg University, Denmark
CHAIR— Dagmar Schiek, Professor of Law, Jean Monnet ad personam Chair for EU Law and Policy, Queen's University Belfast, UK
3.15–3.45 Tea break
3.45–4.45 Alternatives to EU membership—EEA, EFTA and special arrangements
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Professor and Director of Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, with special expertise on Liechtenstein
Ulf Sverdrup, PhD, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Christine Kaddous, Professor of Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland
CHAIR- Lee McGowan, PhD, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast, UK
4.45–5.00 Conclusions
TBC
The complete Constitutional Conversations series has been sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran
This Brexit conversation has been co-organised and co-sponsored by JMCE Tensions at the EU Fringes (TREUP) and by The UK in a Changing Europe.