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The European Institute is a dedicated centre for the interdisciplinary study of processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. With multidisciplinary academic staff, a world-leading centre for research, exceptional postgraduate programmes and a strong platform for events, there has never been a better place to study Europe.

25/06/2026

A key argument from the Leave campaign was the need for the UK to “take back control” from the EU, notably to reduce net migration across the channel. 🌍🚫Ten years on, has this promise been realised? And is net migration a useful metric when speaking about migration governance?

Continuing with our interview series this month, 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩, today Dr Eiko Thielemann shares his reflections on how Brexit has shaped the UK’s and policies and trends, including relative to the .

📚 Dr Thielemann is Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Policy at the LSE European Institute, and Co-Director of our MSc International Migration and Public Policy programme: https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/graduate/msc-international-migration-and-public-policy

Discover his teaser lecture below! 💭

👉 Missed our other episodes? Catch up on our reflections at lse.ac.uk/ei (🔗 link in bio)

23/06/2026

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Today marks exactly 10 years since the referendum: the vote which forever altered the course of British and European politics.

As part of our exclusive interview series, 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩, we asked our experts at the to take us back to the 23 June 2016 and how they reacted to the results at the time.

👉 Want to hear more from our 10 experts on 10 years of Brexit? Watch our full interviews on our Brexit hub at lse.ac.uk/ei (🔗 link in bio)

22/06/2026

Today we invite you to take a look beyond EU-UK relations with Professor Yaprak Gürsoy, Professor of European Politics and Chair in , who shares her reflections on the impact of Brexit from the Turkish perspective. 🇬🇧🇹🇷

Ten years on, what has been the impact of Brexit on Turkish-UK relations? How did the question of Turkish EU membership shape the referendum? Has the UK’s departure affected Turkish-EU relations? 💭

Watch to find out 🎬

👉 For more thought leadership from the LSE European Institute around , visit our Brexit hub at lse.ac.uk/ei (🔗 link in bio)

19/06/2026

For our fifth interview, Professor Nicholas Barr looks back on a blog he wrote 10 years ago on his decision to vote Remain - and which crashed the LSE Blogs server.

A Professor of Public Economics at and , Nick Barr explains why he thinks his piece had such an impact at the time, and why Leave won the referendum, despite warnings from economists like himself.

👉 To explore our collection of interviews and blogs in the lead up to the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum, visit our Brexit hub at lse.ac.uk/ei (🔗 link in bio)

17/06/2026

We had a wonderful evening at last night’s Summer in the City drinks ☀️🥂

Together, we celebrated the end of the exam period, a successful academic year, and had the opportunity to reconnect with our wonderful alumni. It was lovely to spend the evening outdoors, catching up over drinks and nibbles and marking the start of summer together.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us ✨

16/06/2026

For today’s episode of our interview series, 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩, we spoke with our Visiting Fellow (and alumna) Dr Marta Lorimer, Lecturer in Politics at the Cardiff School of Law and Politics, about the impact of on the political agenda of far right parties in the EU.

These parties have traditionally been strongly Eurosceptic, calling for alternative political projects in the EU, yet in the 10 years since the Brexit referendum, their calls for or seem to have largely been abandoned.

Watch our latest interview to hear Dr Lorimer’s analysis 🎬

🗓️ Only one week to go now until the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum, on 23 June 2026.

👉 Stay tuned for more commentary from our academics at the LSE European Institute on video and in writing for the LSE European Politics EUROPP blog Brexit anniversary collection, all featured on our Brexit hub: lse.ac.uk/ei

15/06/2026

For our third episode, Professor Simon Glendinning, Head of , shares his reflections on what went wrong with Britain’s remain campaign, what he believes to be the most surprising outcomes of Brexit, and finally, the challenges the UK would face in rejoining the European Union.

👉 For more commentary from our academics leading up to the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum this month, visit our Brexit hub at lse.ac.uk/ei

11/06/2026

Who better to kick off our interview series on than Professor Kevin Featherstone OBE, Emeritus Professor, who served as Head of the at the time, and led on the “LSE Programme: Brexit and Beyond” together with Professor Tony Travers, to engage with thought leadership across the .

Looking back on 10 years since the 2016 , we asked Professor Featherstone to remind us how LSE actively shaped the debate around Brexit in London and beyond, as well as his reflections on the impact of Brexit today, 10 years on.

👉 To look back on our activities and see our upcoming ones this month, visit our Brexit hub: lse.ac.uk/ei

09/06/2026

What has been the most surprising outcome of ? 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit this month, we set out to speak with 10 of our experts on Europe to hear their reflections on the vote which forever altered the course of and politics.

We are delighted to present an exclusive interview series with you, 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩, featuring 10 voices from the , including key organisers of our LSE Referendum Night on 23 June 2016, then co-hosted with .

Watch this space for our full in-depth interviews, to be shared throughout this month and leading up to the anniversary of the 2016 referendum on 26 June 2026 ✍

Next episode coming soon... 🎬 👀

08/06/2026

📚 💭 Wondering what our MSc students get up to once teaching concludes in the Winter Term?

Maliha, a candidate on our MSc Political Economy of Europe in the World programme, takes us along her busy Spring Term routine so you can see what a typical day in the life of an LSE European Institute student looks like during and season.

As you can see, campus is still buzzing with activity, including from our free and public programme: lse.ac.uk/ei/events

Wishing all our students best of luck for this final week of exams! Almost there! 🫂👏

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