Negotiating the future. The UK's repositioning in Europe: processes and consequences

英国脱离欧盟对英国、欧盟和更广泛的欧洲大陆来说都是一个历史性的发展。该项目将研究未来三年英国与欧洲邻国关系的评估：它将研究和报告英国和欧盟对未来英欧关系谈判的方法的三个方面-每个人的立场，以及各方包括和排除的行为者；它将监测谈判的进展，并研究两种最可能的情况对两国关系的“宏观”模式（“挪威模式”及其变体，加拿大经济贸易协定，瑞士式双边“无协议”）和关键政策部门的治理的影响，包括航空、竞争政策和金融服务，这些都将根据政治宣言的条款进行谈判；并将研究英国加强与欧盟成员国关系的双边战略，英国与欧盟以外欧洲国家的关系，以及英国脱欧对涉及安全和其他关键领域的国际安排的影响。该项目将提供一份权威性的发展报告，从根本上重塑英国在欧洲的地位。研究活动将首先以综合现有研究为基础，但由于过去的工作只能为分析快速发展和复杂的发展提供基础，该项目还将包括新的研究，特别是对主要文件和评论的分析，以及对欧洲关键决策者、利益相关者和知情观察员的采访。通过对欧盟与成员国之间关系的研究，作为该计划第一轮呼吁的高级研究员的经验，以及通过esrc资助的“谈判英国脱欧”项目的领导，该项目汇集了15个成员国、欧盟主要机构、英国和挪威（欧洲自由贸易联盟最大的国家）的专家观察站，将建立访问PI的联系网络。通过参与和知识交流活动的雄心勃勃的计划，该项目将利用各种渠道和产出产生和传播知情分析，以满足公众的需求，以及来自英国和其他地方的决策者、议员、权力下放当局、监管机构、企业、工人和其他利益相关者的更专业的要求。因此，它将推进“变化中的欧洲中的英国”的使命，为有关英国脱欧的高质量研究信息提供权威和独立的参考点。这种分析尤其重要，因为正如《里斯本条约》第50条谈判所显示的那样，英国的政治辩论往往忽视欧盟27国的立场，媒体报道也主要关注英国政府。在整个项目期间，研究团队将积极与用户互动。对英国与欧盟的关系感兴趣的决策者、企业、记者、民间社会组织、教育机构和普通公众都可以很容易地获得研究综合、报告、博客和其他材料。这些出版物将通过一个专门的项目网站和伦敦国王学院的“变化中的欧洲中的英国”知识中心提供。传播计划包括地方，国家和国际活动，包括“市政厅”，公开讲座，与诺里奇六年级学生的谈话，以及关于谈判的年度国际会议，以及社区团体组织的会议发言，参加小组讨论。作为一名高级研究员，我将与“变化中的欧洲中的英国”主任和其他研究员密切合作，为出版物撰稿，参加活动，并与当地、国内和国际媒体合作。

The UK's departure from the European Union will be a historic development for the UK, the EU and the wider continent. This project will examine the evaluation of the UK's relationship with its European neighbours over the next three years: it will research and report on three aspects the approach of the UK and the EU to the negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship - what position each takes, and the actors who are included and excluded on each side; it will monitor the progress of the negotiations and examine the implications, both of the most likely scenarios for the 'macro' model of the relationship - the 'Norway model' and its variants, the Canadian Economic and Trade Agreement, a Swiss-style bilateral, 'No Deal' - and for the governance of key policy sectors, including aviation, competition policy, and financial services, that are up for negotiation under the terms of the Political Declaration; and it will examine the UK's bilateral strategy to strengthen relations with EU member states, its relations with European countries outside the EU, and the impact of Brexit on international arrangements covering security and other key fields.The project will deliver an authoritative account of developments that will fundamentally recast the UK's position in Europe . Research activities will be based in the first instance on synthesising existing research, but since past work alone can provide only a foundation for the analysis of fast-moving and complex developments, the project will also include new research, in particular the analysis of primary documentation and commentary, and interviews with key decision-makers, stakeholders, and informed observers across Europe. It will build to gain access on the PI's network of contacts, developed over a career of researching the relationship between the EU and the member states, experience as a Senior Fellow in the first round of calls under the programme, and through leadership of the ESRC-funded project, 'Negotiating Brexit', which brought together an observatory of experts covering 15 member states, the main EU institutions, the UK, and Norway as the largest state in EFTA.With an ambitious plan of engagement and knowledge exchange activities, the project will produce and disseminate informed analysis using a variety of channels and outputs that will meet the demand from the public, as well as more specialist requirements from decision makers, parliamentarians, the devolved authorities, regulators, business, workers and other interests in the UK and elsewhere. It will thus advance the 'UK in a Changing Europe's mission of providing an authoritative and independent reference point for high-quality research-based information on Brexit. Such analysis is especially important, since, as the Article 50 negotiations have shown, the political debate in the UK has tended to neglect the positions of the EU27 and media coverage to focus on largely on Westminster.The research team will actively engage with users throughout the project's duration. It will deliver research syntheses, reports, blogs, and other material that are easily accessible to policy makers, businesses, journalists, civil society organisations, educational institutions and the general public, interested in the UK's relationship with the EU. These publications will be made available via a dedicated project website and the 'UK in a Changing Europe' knowledge hub at King's College London. The dissemination programme includes local, national and international events, including a 'town hall', public lectures, and talks to sixth-formers in Norwich, and and an annual international conference on the negotiations, as well as addresses to meetings organised by community groups, participate in panels. As a Senior Fellow, I will work closely with the Director of 'The UK in a Changing Europe' and other Fellows, contributing to publications, participating in events, and working with the local, national and international media.