Workshop - Implications of Brexit for EU migrants

A research dissemination event for policy-makers and practitioners ahead of the forthcoming EU referendum, to hear and discuss our latest research on EU migrants living in the UK, migrants’ attitudes to the referendum, and the resulting social policy implications.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:15 Registration and coffee

10:15 - 10:30 Welcome and Introduction
Jonathan Portes, National Institute of Economic and Social Research

10:30 - 11:15 'Characteristics of EU population in UK'
Professor Jane Falkingham OBE, FAcSS and Professor Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton with discussant Professor Helga de Valk, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

11:15 - 12:00 'Investigating migrants' attitudes to a changing EU'
Professor Derek McGhee, University of Southampton with discussant Professor Anne White, UCL

12:00 - 12:45 'Migrants entitlements in the context of changing social policies'
Professor Paul Bridgen and Professor Traute Meyer, University of Southampton with discussant Dr Ann Morissens, University College Leuven (UCLL)

12:45 - 13:00 Closing remarks
Adrian Favell, University of Leeds

13:00 Networking lunch

The event will be held at the Abbey Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, Westminster.



In addition to this closed morning session, we are hosting a public panel debate on the same day, where around 100 members of the public are invited to discuss these pressing issues with the following panel members:

Mark Mardell (Chair), Presenter, BBC Radio 4 World this Weekend
Professor Jane Falkingham OBE, FAcSS, Director, Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton
Don Flynn, Director, Migrants' Rights Network
Professor Derek McGhee, Professor of Sociology and Head of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
Professor Traute Meyer, Professor of Social Policy, University of Southampton
Dr Athina Vlachantoni, Associate Professor in Gerontology, University of Southampton

Further details and registration information are available here.

These events form part of the Economic and Social Research Council's 'The UK in a changing Europe' initiative, which aims to provide an independent source of information and insight about UK-EU relations ahead of the EU referendum.