Episode 2
What Do We Know and What Should We Do about the Irish Border?
In the second episode of this new podcast series, Professor Richard English speaks with Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology and Fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast.
The discussion focuses on her book What Do We Know and What Should We Do about the Irish Border? (Sage, 2021)
Themes discussed include:
- the experience of those who live in border areas
- the best ways to avoid further polarization regarding border disagreements
- the relationship between the Irish border and political identities and legitimacy
- the role of contingency or inevitability in political devlopments regarding the border
Podcast produced by Colm Heatley.
Professor Katy Hayward
Professor Katy Hayward is a sought-after expert on Brexit, the Irish border and the peace process, and a leading political sociologist on the island of Ireland.
Professor Richard English
Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Professor Richard English is an internationally recognised historian, academic and author having conducted extensive research in Irish politics and history, political violence and terrorism.