EEA Public Services Research Clinic: EEA PSRC

EEA 公共服务研究诊所：EEA PSRC

• 批准号: ES/S007385/1
• 负责人: Charlotte O'Brien
• 金额: $ 77.57万
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS007385%2F1
• 关键词: EEA; Public; Services; Research; Clinic

What does transition mean for EEA nationals in the UK? How will future uncertainty affect their ability to claim existing rights now? And will they face administrative obstacles, or discrimination when accessing public services? This project seeks to tackle these questions, to avoid the problems posed by transition from being neglected as researchers look beyond transition. In theory, legal rights will remain mostly unchanged during transition. In practice, however, the perception and anticipation of change can create uncertainty and confusion, which affects how easily rights are accessed. The PI's recent research on the EU Rights Project suggested that risks to administrative justice become more acute in periods of legal transition, making this study vital. The period of transition could be administratively intense, with a lot of people attempting to secure rights, through congested decision-making machinery. In the face of time pressure, insufficient capacity, hastily-produced guidance and confusion over the law, there is a risk that EEA nationals will face obstacles to accessing public services, and these factors could disempower those at greatest risk of social exclusion. This project will capture the human dimension of transition, documenting how guidance, confusion and changes in attitudes play out in accessing public services. We will set up the first ever national EEA legal action research clinic, receiving cases from advice organisations working with EEA nationals, in order to document the problems in accessing public services like social security, housing, health and social care, as a result of, e.g. administrative hurdles, erroneous decisions, poor guidance, or changing administrative culture and attitudes. The clinic will, in parallel, offer specialist, second tier advice and drafting support to advisers from around the UK, on the rights and entitlements of EEA nationals during transition.EEA PSRC will push the boundaries of legal research, embedding legal action research within EU legal studies, as a means to uncover obstacles to justice that would otherwise remain invisible. It will draw upon the methodology pioneered by the EU Rights Project - advice-led ethnography, which produces rich, compelling data, and important evidence of law in action. EEAPSRC builds on this - to produce a legal action research clinic in its own right, with a national reach, clinic student teams, and a focus on systemic administrative problems arising from the state of transition, and a study of the effects of uncertainty upon administrative justice. This empirical work bridges a gap between academic legal theory and practical advice work, by bringing together the PI's technical knowledge of both EU law and UK public law, her Citizens Advice case work experience, her clinic directorship experience, and the resources of the YLS clinic team. The project also bridges disciplinary gaps; in order to gather as wide a range of reported problems as possible, clinic fieldwork will be synthesised with interviews with MPs, MEPs, NGOs, and representatives of EU institutions - all have experiences of working with many EEA nationals. To get a sense of the potential scale of the problems identified through the clinic and interviews, we will also analyse new data sets as they are released during the course of the project, on public service eligibility and access. Together these elements will form a rich, nation-wide, interdisciplinary analysis of the effects of transition upon EEA nationals' rights, with significant impact potential. In gathering data from around the UK on how transition plays out in EEA nationals' relationships with UK public services, and on institutional practices that impede access to justice for EEA nationals, while offering expertise to nationwide networks of legal advisers, EEA PSRC will be a national hub - and a European leader - for legal action research.

对于在英国的欧洲经济区国民来说，过渡期意味着什么？未来的不确定性将如何影响他们现在主张现有权利的能力？他们在获得公共服务时会遇到行政障碍或歧视吗？该项目旨在解决这些问题，以避免由于研究人员超越了过渡而被忽视的过渡所带来的问题。理论上，法定权利在过渡期间基本保持不变。然而，在实践中，对变化的感知和预期可能会造成不确定性和混乱，从而影响权利获得的容易程度。PI最近对欧盟权利项目的研究表明，在法律过渡时期，行政司法的风险变得更加严重，这使得这项研究至关重要。过渡时期可能是行政上的紧张时期，许多人试图通过拥挤的决策机制来确保权利。面对时间压力、能力不足、仓促制定的指南和对法律的混淆，欧洲经济区国民在获得公共服务方面面临障碍的风险，这些因素可能会剥夺那些最容易被社会排斥的人的权力。该项目将捕捉转型过程中的人的层面，记录指导、困惑和态度变化如何在获取公共服务方面发挥作用。我们将建立第一个国家欧洲经济区法律行动研究诊所，接收来自与欧洲经济区国民合作的咨询组织的案例，以便记录由于行政障碍、错误决定、指导不力或行政文化和态度变化而导致的在获得社会保障、住房、卫生和社会保健等公共服务方面的问题。与此同时，该诊所将为来自英国各地的顾问提供专家、二线建议和起草支持，帮助他们了解欧洲经济区国民在过渡期间的权利和待遇。EEA PSRC将推动法律研究的边界，将法律行动研究嵌入欧盟法律研究中，作为一种揭示司法障碍的手段，否则这些障碍是不可见的。它将借鉴欧盟权利项目（EU Rights Project）开创的方法——以咨询为主导的民族志，该方法将产生丰富、令人信服的数据和重要的法律行动证据。EEAPSRC在此基础上建立了自己的法律行动研究诊所，具有全国范围，诊所学生团队，并专注于过渡状态引起的系统性行政问题，以及对行政司法不确定性影响的研究。通过将PI在欧盟法律和英国公法方面的技术知识、公民咨询案例工作经验、诊所主任经验和YLS诊所团队的资源结合起来，这项实证工作弥合了学术法律理论和实际咨询工作之间的差距。该项目还弥合了学科差距；为了尽可能广泛地收集报告的问题，诊所实地工作将与对国会议员、欧洲议会议员、非政府组织和欧盟机构代表的采访相结合——他们都有与许多欧洲经济区国民合作的经验。为了了解通过诊所和访谈发现的问题的潜在规模，我们还将分析在项目过程中发布的关于公共服务资格和获取的新数据集。这些因素加在一起，将形成一个丰富的、全国性的、跨学科的分析，分析过渡对欧洲经济区国民权利的影响，具有重大的影响潜力。通过从英国各地收集数据，了解欧洲经济区国民与英国公共服务机构之间的关系如何发生转变，以及阻碍欧洲经济区国民诉诸司法的制度做法，同时向全国法律顾问网络提供专业知识，欧洲经济区PSRC将成为法律行动研究的全国中心和欧洲领导者。

项目成果

EU Settlement Scheme: Barriers to Accessing Public Services for Vulnerable Adults

欧盟定居计划：弱势成年人获得公共服务的障碍

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Evemy J

Local Authority Delivery of the EU Settlement Scheme

地方当局交付欧盟定居计划

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Evemy J

EU migration to and from the UK

往返英国的欧盟移民

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Sumption M

How Secure is Pre-Settled Status for EU Citizens After Brexit?

英国退欧后欧盟公民的预定居身份有多安全？

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Fernandez Reino M

Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Vulnerable EU citizens cast adrift in the UK post-Brexit

在魔鬼与深蓝大海之间：脱欧后弱势欧盟公民在英国漂流

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Common Market Law Review
• 影响因子: 2.3
• 作者: O'Brien C