European Politics and Society Research Group
Our significant expertise on European and EU politics draws on diverse methodologies and theoretical approaches, with a particular focus on: good governance, lobbying, procurement and anti-corruption; resilience and capacity-building; institutional change and reform; and populism and the politics of Brexit.
Looking to join us?
We welcome staff and postgraduate students from across SPAIS.
If you are interested in joining our group, then please email us with details of your relevant research interests: michelle.cini@bristol.ac.uk
Members
Related project: The Politics of the UK’s post-Brexit Subsidy Policy
This project starting on October 1st 2022 is funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants Scheme. It will track UK subsidy control policy over its first year to investigate the factors that drive policy change. The research will analyse both the new UK (English, Scottish and Welsh) subsidy control regime, as set out in the UK Subsidy Control Act, and the Northern Irish-EU state aid regime, as determined by the "Northern Ireland Protocol" and EU law. It will ask to what extent domestic policy goals, domestic political preferences and international obligations explain the evolution of subsidy control in the UK over its first year. State aid policy was one of the most contentious issues during the UK-EU trade negotiations of 2020. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) signed in December that year offered a compromise, allowing for the setting up of a new UK framework for subsidy control.