UK in a Changing Europe 2022-2025

由阿南德·梅农教授领导的“变化中的欧洲中的英国”（UKICE）倡议旨在促进严谨、高质量和独立的社会科学研究，并为那些寻找有关英国脱欧后和新冠肺炎后英国的信息、见解和分析的人提供权威、无党派和公正的参考点，包括其对外关系以及更广泛的国际体系变化对英国的影响。UKICE主要通过以下方式实现其目标：（包括社交媒体、播客、视频以及发布简报、评论和博客）;忙碌的活动方案（会议、简报、圆桌会议、小组讨论）;与其他ESRC Brexit相关投资密切合作，包括高级研究员，以及英国脱欧后的治理计划，并通过与一系列非学术利益相关者群体建立密切的合作关系。现在申请其第三阶段的资金，UKICE已经开发了一个声誉，作为“去”的地方，及时和可访问的研究为基础的见解相关的主机这样的群体，包括政治家，公务员，企业，第三部门组织，媒体和公众。它已经赢得了声誉，作为一个可靠的来源，领先的社会科学家谁可以作为值得信赖的评论家，解释往往是复杂的想法，在一个可理解的和迷人的时尚。通过这样做，UKICE通过展示基于事实的方法如何为公众和政治辩论提供信息，提高了社会科学的声誉，并在与媒体和政策制定者的关系方面为ESRC发展重要存在发挥了重要作用。虽然前两个阶段的资助目标是促进对英国-欧盟关系的研究，英国脱欧后的背景需要扩大这一重点。现在的目标是保留使UKICE在其努力中如此成功的基本要素，但扩大实质性的透镜，从而扩大其对更广泛理解的潜在贡献，不仅是联合王国内部的发展，而且是该国不断变化的国际地位。随着英国脱欧进程的性质发生变化，UKICE不得不适应几个不同的阶段。在公投之前和公投期间，UKICE的大部分活动都是面向公众的，为选民提供清晰和方便的信息。公投后，大量时间用于定期为国会议员和公务员举行私人简报，因为他们正在努力应对离开欧盟的复杂性。随着欧盟成员资格和随后的过渡期的结束，有必要在方法和实质内容方面进一步调整，扩大研究议程。具体而言，尽管英国脱欧进程（公投，退出，过渡）是近年来活动的不可避免的焦点，UKICE未来的潜在贡献在于解决英国退欧和全球COVID-19大流行对英国本身及其在其中的地位和参与的更广泛影响，世界超越国界。此申请是重新委托伦敦国王学院伦敦的UKICE主任中心，从2022年5月起再延长三年。其目的是：提高产出能力，（学术和非学术）利益相关者通过扩大团队参与;扩大我们的出版成果组合，包括对英国脱欧进程以外领域的研究，在此过程中创建来自更广泛的机构和学科的更广泛的社会科学家网络，包括来自英国以外的;保持我们的高调活动计划;并采取更多措施，鼓励早期职业研究人员以及海外学术和非学术合作者参与。

Led by Professor Anand Menon, the UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) initiative aims to promote rigorous, high-quality and independent social science research and to provide an authoritative, non-partisan and impartial reference point for those looking for information, insight and analysis about the post-Brexit and post-COVID UK, including its external relations and the impacts on the UK of changes in the wider international system. UKICE achieves its aims primarily through: an active online presence (including social media, podcasts, video, and the publication of briefings, commentaries and blogs); a busy programme of events (conferences, briefings, roundtables, panel discussions); working closely with other ESRC Brexit-related investments, including the Senior Fellows, and the Governance after Brexit programme, and via the development of close and collaborative relations with a range of non-academic stakeholder groups. Now applying for its third phase of funding, UKICE has developed a reputation as the 'go to' place for timely and accessible research-based insights relevant to a host such groups, including politicians, civil servants, businesses, third sector organisations, the media and the public. It has gained a reputation as a reliable source of leading social scientists who can act authoritatively as trusted commentators, explaining often complex ideas in an intelligible and engaging fashion. In so doing, UKICE has enhanced the reputation of social science by demonstrating how a fact-based approach can inform public and political debate, and has had a major role in developing a significant presence for the ESRC in terms of relationships with the media and policy makers.While the objective in the first two phases of funding had been to promote research into UK-EU relationship, the post-Brexit context brings a need to widen this focus. The aim now is to retain the essential ingredients that have made UKICE so successful in its endeavours, but to broaden the substantive lens, and thereby its potential contribution to the wider understanding of not only developments within the UK but also the country's changing international position. UKICE has had to adapt to several different phases as the Brexit process altered in nature. During the period leading up to and during the referendum campaign, much of UKICE's activity was public-facing, providing clear and accessible information for voters. Following the referendum, significant time was devoted to regular private briefings for MPs and civil servants as they wrestled with the complexities of leaving the EU. With EU membership and the subsequent transition period having ended, there is a need for further adaptation in terms of both methods and substance, with an expanded research agenda. Specifically, while the Brexit process (referendum, withdrawal, transition) was the inevitable focus of activity in recent years, UKICE's potential contribution going forwards lies in addressing the broader consequences of both Brexit and the global COVID-19 pandemic on the UK itself and its place in, and engagement with, the world beyond its borders.This application is to recommission the UKICE Director's Hub at King's College London for a further three years from May 2022. The intentions are: to provide enhanced capacity both for outputs and for enhanced (academic and non-academic) stakeholder engagement by expanding the team; to expand our portfolio of published outputs, including research on areas beyond the Brexit process, creating in the process a wider network of social scientists from a broader range of institutions and disciplines, including from beyond the UK; to maintain our high-profile events programme; and to do more to encourage participation from early career researchers and from academic and non-academic collaborators overseas.