Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of
- Brexit and UK-EU relations
- Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland / Windsor Framework
- EU enlargement
- EU external relations/governance
- EU treaty reform
Public outreach & key achievements
Professor Phinnemore has provided evidence to parliamentary/assembly committees on Brexit and EU enlargement, and is engaged in promoting public understanding of Brexit and in particular the challenges and issues it raises for Northern Ireland, particularly with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland / Windsor Framework.
He is currently leading the four-year ESRC-funded project on Governance for 'a place between’:
the Multilevel Dynamics of Implementing the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges) where he teaches a postgraduate course on EU enlargement and UK withdrawal from the EU.
He has extensive media experience and has contributed comment on and analysis of Brexit and the Protocol/Windsor Framework to a range of print media and online platforms.
Research students
| PhD Title | Regional integration and democratisation: the European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| Name | Matthew Foster, 3 years |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Lobbying in the European Union: exploring the influence of interest groups in Northern Ireland on the Brexit negotiations |
| Name | Niall Robb |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Brexit and the Northern Ireland Constitution |
| Name | Lisa Claire Whitten |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow |
| PhD Title | Kaliningrad and Europeanisation - A review of environmental cooperation and governance (2003-2010) |
| Name | Guido Müntel |
| Country | Germany |
| Current Position | Diplomat |
| PhD Title | Explaining European union enlargement: a comparative study of Romania and Turkey (2003-2007) |
| Name | Erhan İçener |
| Country | Turkey |
| Current Position | Professor of Politics and International Relations |
Discover More
- Professor Phinnemore is currently coordinating the ESRC-funded project "Governance for 'a place between’: the Multilevel Dynamics of Implementing the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland": https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/post-brexit-governance-ni/