Brexit

In Post-Brexit Britain, is Migration a Crime?
Public Policy
November 2, 2016

In Post-Brexit Britain, is Migration a Crime?

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Making the Best of Brexit’s Impact on Science and Research
Academic Funding
September 22, 2016

Making the Best of Brexit’s Impact on Science and Research

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Brexit: Well-Behaved Liberals Seldom Change History
International Debate
July 22, 2016

Brexit: Well-Behaved Liberals Seldom Change History

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Multiplying Social Divisions: The Psychology of Us, Them and Rivalrous Cohesion Following the EU Referendum
International Debate
July 14, 2016

Multiplying Social Divisions: The Psychology of Us, Them and Rivalrous Cohesion Following the EU Referendum

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A Post-Mortem: Social Sciences and Brexit

A Post-Mortem: Social Sciences and Brexit

The UK’s referendum on remaining in the European Union or leaving it generated an avalanche of campaign information, including hundreds of interventions by social scientists. David Walker casts a sceptical eye over the experience, asking whether the wafer-thin majority for Leave signals a failure of social scientists input.

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Britain and Europe: Tragedy or Farce?

Britain and Europe: Tragedy or Farce?

The result of the second UK referendum on membership of the European Union appeared immediately as a tragedy, says Robert Dingwall. It has rapidly degenerated into a farce, which may yet have tragic consequences.

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The Sociology of Brexit

The Sociology of Brexit

Public conversations about Britain’s EU membership could have involved wide-ranging discussions of British and European politics, economics and society, argues our Daniel Nehring. They did not. Instead, they were dominated by oversimplifications, stereotypes and lies.

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After the Referendum – What Next for UK Social Science?

After the Referendum – What Next for UK Social Science?

in the wake of the leavers winning the Brexit vote, the British Academy of Social Sciences predicts uncertainty for the social science community, ‘with implications for research funding, international collaboration, freedom of movement, and capacity building.’

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Voters Demand Facts But Do They Want Them?

Voters Demand Facts But Do They Want Them?

Imagine a crystal ball that could provide us with graphs of levels of house prices, migration, the value of the pound, or the number of EU laws, from now into the far future, suggests Nick Chater about the results of the Brexit vote. He suspects this crystal ball would not help many voters come to any firm conclusions.

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Academics on Brexit: Phony War is Over

Academics on Brexit: Phony War is Over

A collection of academic articles from three journals published by SAGE examine the questions whirling around the Brexit vote. As Angus Armstrong and Jonathan Portes say, ‘The phony war is over!’

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Academy Looks at Implications of EU Referendum

Academy Looks at Implications of EU Referendum

A briefing from the Academy of Social Sciences concludes that ‘given the available evidence, compared to other sciences in the UK and to social scientists in other EU member states, over the past two decades UK social scientists may have benefitted to a greater extent from the EU funding and capacity building opportunities provided by EU programmes.’

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Migrants Ate My Guinea Pig

Migrants Ate My Guinea Pig

German-born Daniel Nehring insists that the upcoming Brexit vote is founded less on reason and more on xenophobia, and argues that the toxic atmosphere surrounding the vote is already doing harm to Britain’s fabled academic enterprise.

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