EU Referendum London, Duncan, CC-BY-NC-2.0
The Edinburgh Europa Research Group is pleased to invite you to its upcoming event:
Making Sense of Brexit: Implications for Domestic Social Policy using British Election Study Electoral Data
Tuesday 7 February 2017
5pm – 6pm
Appleton Tower · Room M2B
George Square · Edinburgh EH8 9LE
Dr Kathryn Simpson
Lecturer in Politics and Public Services
Manchester Metropolitan University
The UK’s vote to leave the EU articulated an ambivalence to European integration in a manner both unexpected and unprecedented. While it is tempting to simply assign the Leave vote to low-information, immigration fears and/or nationalism, a fuller analysis of electoral data from the referendum suggests that the anti-EU vote is symptomatic of a UK electorate inherently fragmented across a wider range of domestic social policies such as immigration, the economy and health. Brexit will impact more than UK-EU relations and bring social policy areas up for debate. Using data from the British Election Study’s Internet Panel Study, this presentation will offer an assessment of the potential impact of Brexit on some apparent – and possibly some less apparent – domestic policy areas.
Dr Jan Eichhorn | Discussant
Chancellor’s Fellow in Social Policy
The University of Edinburgh
Cleo Davies | Chair
Europa Research Group Co-Convenor
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Edinburgh
This event is free and non-ticketed
All are welcome
PARTICIPANTS
Kathryn Simpson (@DrKathrynSimps)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Kathryn Simpson is Lecturer in Politics and Public Services at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests include comparative European politics, political behaviour, public opinion and Brexit. She is Co-Editor Journal of Contemporary European Research (JCER).
Jan Eichhorn
(@eichhorn_jan)
The University of Edinburgh
Dr Jan Eichhorn is Chancellor’s Fellow in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include subjective well-being, political participation, political culture and survey methodology. He is Founding Partner and Research Director of the think tank d|part.
Cleo Davies
(@CleoDavies2)
The University of Edinburgh
Cleo Davies is Co-Convenor of the Europa Research Group and PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include European integration, the politics of financial market supervision/regulation and International Political Economy.
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