Research Interests
I am 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, now 'Windsor Framework'.
He recently lead a 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 and Tirana).
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.
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
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
- The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
- Post-Brexit Governance NI
- Bluesky profile: @dphinnemore.bsky.social