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Academic Engagement in Febrile Times: The Case of the UK in a Changing Europe

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Vincent
Date01 June 2018
AuthorAnand Menon
Published date01 June 2018
DOI10.1177/2041905818779328
JUNE 2018 • POLITICAL INSIGHT 15
Well I got that wrong. In
early 2015, I was appointed
‘Research Coordinator
for the UK in a Changing
Europe’. I was looking forward to my new
one day a week role assessing the state of
research on UK-EU relations. At a minimum,
I gured, it would be an opportunity to
For more than two years, the UK in a Changing Europe has brought
social science research to non-academic audienc es across Britain and
beyond. Director Anand Menon ref‌lects on his personal exp erience of a
project that has contributed so much to the Brexit debate.
catch up with old friends round the country
and pick their brains about the gaps in our
knowledge. Then the ESRC Council decided
to turn the UK in a Changing Europe into a
major initiative. And David Cameron decided
to win the General Election.
And so, even before it had begun its
work, the UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE)
had changed profoundly in nature. Initially
largely a stock-taking exercise, it was
Academic Engagement
in Febrile Times: The
Case of the UK in a
Changing Europe
Political Insight June 2018 NEW.indd 15 02/05/2018 15:40

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