Post-Brexit UK and territorial fissures: Northern Ireland and the prospects of a united Ireland

在这一年的过程中，我继续，虽然有点慢，建立我的历史和当代知识的政治爱尔兰和北方爱尔兰。这导致了2023年3月在欧盟-九州年度会议上的会议演讲，题为“在贝尔法斯特/耶稣受难日纪念日25年后审查统一的爱尔兰的前景”。这份报告是在过去一年里两次前往爱尔兰岛进行研究旅行之后发表的，这使我能够：与共和国的政治家和政党官员以及北方爱尔兰的爱尔兰政治专家进行一些精英访谈;参加在贝尔法斯特举行的关于统一爱尔兰前景的重要公开会议;并进行档案研究和收集材料。在过去的一年里，我还参加了一些网上活动，其中包括来自各个政治派别的政治家和评论员。我目前正在写一篇学术论文，在这篇论文中，我意识到关于一个统一的爱尔兰的辩论是多么复杂和有争议。

During the course of this year I have continued, albeit a little slowly, to build my historical and contemporary knowledge of the politics of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This led to a conference presentation at the EU-Kyushu annual conference in March 2023 entitled 'Examining the prospects of a united Ireland 25 years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement'. This presentation came together in the wake of two research trips to the island of Ireland over the past year that enabled me to: conduct a number of elite interviews with politicians and party officials from the Republic and Irish politics specialists from Northern Ireland; attend a major public meeting in Belfast on the prospects of a united Ireland; and conduct archival research and collect materials. I have also attended a number of online events during the past year that have included politicians and commentators from across the political spectrum. I am presently in the process of writing up an academic paper where I have come to realize just how complex and contested the debate about a united Ireland is.