Brexit Brits Abroad

EP036 | What does Britishness mean to Britons living in the EU-27 in Brexit times?

Dec 14, 2018

Brexit has made many people pause to reflect on what it means to be British at this point in time. This is prominent theme in the interviews we have conducted with Britons living in the EU-27. In this episode, the project team reflect further on these conversations about Brexit, Britishness and belonging,...

EP035 | Narrative, storytelling, and a social science research project on Brexit and Britons living in the EU-27

Nov 30, 2018

This episode focusses on narrative and storytelling, focussing on the question of how we do justice to the what people have told us in the way we write and communicate the findings of the project. We focus on the importance, for us, of locating accounts of Brexit within the context of people’s lives, a concern that...

EP034 | Doing a very public sociology project about Brexit

Nov 16, 2018

This episode brings the project team together again to talk through the experience of doing a sociological research on Brexit while the withdrawal process if unfolding. They reflect on what it is like to do sociology on a topic that is so highly politicised, political and where the stakes are constantly shifting. They...

EP033 | What is qualitative research and why it is valuable in a project on what Brexit means to British people living in the EU27?

Nov 2, 2018

In this episode, the project team come together to talk through their experiences of working on the project and reflect back on the project design. In particular, we talk about what we mean when we say the project is a piece of qualitative research and the value of this approach to doing social research. In particular,...

EP032 | What does Freedom of Movement mean to British citizens living in the EU27?

Oct 19, 2018

Freedom of Movement is one of the four fundamental freedoms at the heart of the European project, permitting citizens of European Union member states the freedom to live and work on other European Union countries. It is the legal mechanism that facilitated the migration and settlement of many British citizens currently...