This half-day symposium focuses on the consequences of the UK’s future relationship with Ireland, north and south, including the potential of the EU’s external border crossing the island of Ireland.

Two panels will discuss options of maintaining EU membership for parts of the UK, the Common Travel Area and existing relations between the EU and other European States.

This event is jointly organised with the Royal Irish Academy.

Programme

2.00–2.15 Opening and Introduction:

• John Morison MRIA, Professor of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
• David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics, Jean Monnet Chair European Political Science, Queen’s University Belfast

2.15–3.15 Inside, Outside and the possibilities of ‘special status’

• Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh
• Trevor Redmond, Assistant Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
• Ulrik Pram Gad, Ass. Professor Cultural & Global Studies, Alborg University, Denmark

Chair Dagmar Schiek, Professor of Law, Jean Monnet ad personam Chair EU Law & Policy, Queen’s University Belfast

3.45–4.45 Alternatives to EU membership—EEA, EFTA and special arrangements

• Sieglinde Gstöhl, Professor & Director of Studies, College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium
• Ulf Sverdrup, PhD, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway
• Christine Kaddous, Professor and Director of the Centre d’études juridiques européennes (CEJE) of the University of Geneva, Switzerland

Chair Lee McGowan, PhD, Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, Queen’s University Belfast

4.45–5.00 Conclusions

Rory Montgomery, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU

This event is co-organised by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Tensions at the EU Fringes (TREUP) at Queen’s University Belfast, in cooperation with “The UK in a Changing Europe”.