Making sense of Brexit

副主任的工作是扩大和加强“联合王国在不断变化的欧洲”方案的工作，该方案自成立以来结构不断变化，这意味着显然需要增加能力，以支持传播和影响的工作，特别是因为对其权威和公正的信息来源的需求急剧增加。此外，还有机会将这一形象扩大到威斯敏斯特和白厅以外，遍及整个联合王国，因此，我的任命将使该方案能够对政治家、公务员、媒体和一般公众的要求作出反应，为其工作和辩论提供详细的投入。这将包括一些更有条理的干预措施。首先，将有一个原创研究的元素，关于其他欧盟成员国对英国退欧讨论的态度和立场，特别关注社交媒体上的产出。这项工作建立在我在欧盟公投期间作为该计划高级研究员进行的先前工作的基础上，并扩展了目前作为英国脱欧优先拨款研究员进行的研究。鉴于英国对其他成员国的多样性和范围的认识水平较低，这项工作为建立对第50条谈判可能发生的情况的任何理解提供了重要组成部分。其次，将有一系列的七个“协同活动”来讨论第50条谈判中和围绕第50条谈判的关键问题。这些将汇集来自不同国家和背景的发言者-政策制定者，智库，记者，学者和其他人-考虑如何进行谈判的特定部分可能会工作，并将在英国各地举行，在所有四个国家，以产生与当地的知识产权持有人的接触。具体议题将由谈判本身决定，但可能涉及任何财务解决办法、公民权利或过渡安排等事项。这些活动将是公开的，并在各种媒体上制作摘要，以便更广泛地传播，第三，将努力在目前方案内的各种个人和项目之间建立新的联系。这将包括委托在该方案已经出版的出版物的基础上，出版新的联合出版物，涵盖诸如过渡制度、批准和英国-欧盟关系的未来道路等热点问题。此外，计划成员将被邀请接受采访-个人或小组-为一系列播客，以展示他们的工作的深度和范围。第四，将有大量的更一般的传播和参与工作，包括参与公开演讲活动，媒体采访，提交议会询问，在政党会议上发言，以及向政界人士、公务员和媒体介绍情况。这方面的一个具体活动领域将是利用博客、播客和推特方面的现有优势，在社交媒体上进行高水平的宣传。确保善用本署的资源，以达致长远的策略目标-所有这些工作都将以我在欧盟政治、欧洲怀疑主义和谈判实践方面的特定专业领域为基础，所有这些领域都与当前的政治局势高度相关，并补充和扩大了主任的研究活动。

The work of the Deputy Director is to extend and enhance the work of the "UK in a Changing Europe" Programme.The changing structure of the Programme since its inception means there is a clear need for additional capacity to support the work of dissemination and impact, especially as demand for its authoritative and impartial source of information has risen steeply. Moreover, there is also an opportunity to expand that profile outside of Westminster and Whitehall, reaching across the UK.Thus my appointment will allow for a substantial increase in the ability of the Programme to respond to demands from politicians, civil servants, media and the general public for detailed input to their work and debates. This will include a number of more structured interventions.Firstly, there will be an element of original research, on the attitudes and positions of other EU member states to the Brexit discussions, focusing in particular on outputs on social media. This work builds on previous work I conducted during the EU referendum as a Senior Fellow on the Programme, and extends current research being undertaken as a Research Investigator on a Brexit Priority grant. Given the low level of awareness in the UK of the diversity and scope of other member states, this work offers an important part of building any understanding of what might happen in the Article 50 negotiations.Secondly, there will be a series of seven "Synergy Events" to discuss key issues in and around the Article 50 negotiations. These will bring together speakers from different countries and backgrounds - policy-makers, think tanks, journalists, academics and others - to consider how particular parts of the evolving negotiations might work and will be held across the UK, in all four nations, to generate engagement with local stake-holders. Specific topics would be driven by the negotiations themselves, but might cover such matters as any financial settlement, citizens' rights or transitional arrangements. These would be open events, with summaries produced in a variety of media for wider circulation.Thirdly, there will be work to make new connections between the various individuals and projects currently within the Programme. This will include the commissioning of new joint publications, on the lines of those already produced by the Programme, covering topical issues such as transitional regimes, ratification and future paths for the UK-EU relationship. In addition, members of the Programme will be invited to be interviewed - individually or in small groups - for a series of podcasts to showcase the depth and range of their work.Fourthly, there will be a substantial amount of more general dissemination and engagement work, including contributions to public speaking events, media interviews, submissions to Parliamentary enquiries, presentations at party conferences, as well as briefings to politicians, civil servants and the media. One particular area of activity here will be a high level of social media presence, using current strengths in blogging, podcasting and tweeting.Finally, I will work closely with the Director, the new Leadership coordinator and the central team on the overall management of the Programme, to ensure optimal use of the Programme's resources to achieve strategic objectives over the time-frame of the role.All of this work will be grounded in my particular areas of expertise in EU politics, euroscepticism and negotiation practice, all of which are highly relevant to the current political situation and which complement and expand the research activities of the Director.