Brexit Team

Professor Eirik Bjorge
Professor Eirik Bjorge has appeared in Parliament in connection with the submission called ‘Treaties and Brexit’, and has been cited in a House of Commons report. His submission was widely cited in Parliament’s Select Committee Report on the topic. His analyses of the constitutional aspects of the Brexit process has been reported in the press.

Professor Philip Syrpis
Professor Philip Syrpis has been active in the debate around Brexit, both before and after the referendum. Prior, he chaired and acted as a panellist at a number of events across the UK - including Law School event, "The West Decides". Since the referendum, he has been involved in a diverse array of Brexit-related activities.

Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells
Albert has been actively influencing the Brexit debate through a series of blog posts and thorough legal analysis, including a research briefing of the House of Commons Library. Such engagement has lead to a direct request for written evidence on the impact of Brexit for UK-EU trade in services in an on-going enquiry of the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee.

Dr Clair Gammage
Clair's current research trajectory is shifting toward constructing the UK’s potential Brexit trade strategies and, in particular, its likely approach to the negotiation of international agreements.

Dr Judy Laing
Dr Judy Laing is involved in projects which examine the impact of Brexit on social divisions, and is identifying ways in which Bristol researchers can help groups affected by the change.

Professor Morag McDermont
Professor Morag McDermont has also been studying the impact of Brexit on social divisions, and is forwarding ways in which Bristol researchers can help groups affected by the change.

Professor Tonia Novitz
Professor Tonia Novitz was active in pre-Brexit debates, including writing for the Oxford Human Rights Hub blog, and representing University of Bristol alongside Professor Michael Ford QC at the Old Square Chambers' event on the topic of Brexit. She has also written relevant papers, published in the Industrial Law Journal 109.

Dr Georgina Tsagas
Following Brexit, Dr Georgina Tsagas has been looking into the government's plans for strengthening the UK's industrial policy, and how this may take form as actively intervening in foreign takeovers to protect British industry.

Professor Gavin Phillipson
Professor Gavin Phillipson has provided extensive expertise on constitutional law though media interviews including BBC News, 5Live, Newsweek, Radio New Zealand and others.