Brexit Expertise
Brexit Experts
Academics from Queen’s have many years’ experience of researching European integration and its impact on such policy areas as: agriculture and rural development; border issues; the Brexit process and constitutional issues; competition policy; economic and social affairs; employment and social affairs; environmental affairs, health; human rights and legal affairs.

Professor Katy Hayward
Professor of Political Sociology
Areas of Research Excellence
- Impact of EU membership on Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Impact of the EU on cross-border relations and the NI peace process
- Border security/cooperation and scenarios for post-Brexit border management
- Technologies of border security and customs controls
Contact
- k.hayward@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 3189
- @hayward_katy
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Professor David Phinnemore
Professor of European Politics
Areas of Research Excellence
- Article 50 negotiation process
- Negotiation position of the EU-27 and the EU institutions
- Implications and position of Northern Ireland/island of Ireland in the Brexit process
- UK government policy development
Contact
- d.phinnemore@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 3538
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Professor Lee McGowan
Professor of Contemporary European Politics
Areas of Research Excellence
- Institutions and policy making in the EU
- Northern Ireland as a region of the EU
- European integration history and theory
- Political populism and the rise of the far right in Europe
- Antitrust/competition policy
Contact
- l.mcgowan@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 1089
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Professor Colin Harvey
Professor of Human Rights Law
Areas of Research Excellence
- Human rights
- Equality law
- Constitutional law
- Migration and Asylum
Contact
- c.harvey@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 1004
+44 (0)7740 701 267 - Full Profile

Professor Christopher McCrudden
Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law
Areas of Research Excellence
- European Union Law
- Human rights in Northern Ireland
- European Economic Area

Professor Cathal McCall
Professor of European Politics and Borders
Areas of Research Excellence
- EU borders
- Ireland’s and Britain’s borders
- Cross-border cooperation and security
Contact
- c.mccall@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)7718 079 692
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Dr Viviane Gravey
Lecturer
Areas of Research Excellence
- Environmental policy
- Agricultural policy
- New governance arrangements
Contact
- v.gravey@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 1316
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Dr Graham Brownlow
Lecturer
Areas of Research Excellence
- Brexit and the political economy of Britain and Ireland
- Long-run economic development of Northern Ireland
- Productivity, supply-side reform and the UK economy
- Economic policy issues such as fiscal decentralisation and migration
Contact
- graham.brownlow@qub.ac.uk
- +44 (0)28 9097 4589
+44 (0)7842 798 819 - Full Profile