Constitutional Futures after Brexit:

In 2019, IBIS established the Constitutional Futures after Brexit (CFaB) as a three year project funded by the DFAT to conduct research on the implications of the UK’s decision to withdraw from the EU for the constitutional futures of these islands (UK and Ireland). The project addresses the principal levels of possible constitutional change in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the EU and is implemented across three substantive pillars: 1) analysis, 2) deliberation, and 3) public policy proposals. 

To advance the deliberation pillar – aimed at ensuring greater citizen engagement in public policy and political decisions through an inclusive, fair and accurate consultation process open to multiple perspectives - IBIS organized  “Mini-Public Deliberative Forum on Constitutional Futures” with 50 randomly selected citizens of the Republic of Ireland. The Mini-Public Deliberation Forum was implemented by the IBIS-led expert team consisting of deliberative democracy specialists, policy advisors and constitutional futures experts from UCD, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Pennsylvania  It took place in April 2021 and was supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

You are invited to the launch event where researchers from University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Pennsylvania will share the findings of the Mini-Public Deliberative Forum.

An attendee link will be sent to registered attendees in advance of the event.

Event Agenda available here.

Full project details here.

Institute for British-Irish Studies | University College Dublin

The Institute for British-Irish Studies is an interdisciplinary resource, established in 1999 and based in the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin.

The Institute provides a platform for academics, politicians, public servants, NGOs, civil society groups and citizens to share perspectives on a range of aspects of the evolving British-Irish relationship. It operates an active research and outreach programme, to stimulate debate and advance understanding of this relationship (including Northern Irish, North-south, East-west, European and international dimensions). For more information see: https://www.ucd.ie/ibis/

The Democracy Unit | Queen's University Belfast

The Democracy Unit provides a vibrant intellectual space for academics who conduct research on the subject of democracy and wish to discuss their work with other researchers, the public and the policy community. Established as a research centre in 2019, The Democracy Unit organises seminars, public lectures, colloquia and major international conferences. For more information about the Democracy Unit see:

https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/the-democracy-unit/