| Author (Person) | Benson, Michaela |
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| Publisher | LSE European Institute |
| Series Title | EUROPP Blog |
| Series Details | 06.04.18 |
| Publication Date | 06/04/2018 |
| Content Type | Blog & Commentary |
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Further information BrExpats — a research project examining what Brexit means for UK citizens living in the EU27 - This innovative research project is led by Dr Michaela Benson, a sociologist internationally renowned for her research with British populations living in France, the project explores considers what Brexit means for UK citizens living in the EU27. The project has several dimensions including (a) interviews with UK citizens who have made their homes and lives in Spain and France—where the largest number of Britons reside; (b) opportunities for UK citizens resident across the EU27 can feed in their thoughts about Brexit and its impacts on their lives; (c) analysis of how UK citizens living in the EU27 are represented through the negotiations in the media, in policy deliberations, and in decision making; and (d) expert interviews with political representatives for the UK, the European Commission, and European Member State. This project is organised around three interrelated research questions: + What will be the consequences of Brexit for the political rights, social and financial entitlements and citizenship of such populations; how will the consequences be understood, communicated, managed and mediated by institutional actors in Britain and Europe as they unfold? + How is Brexit experienced by Britons resident in Europe, across a range of national and local settings; in what ways will this cause them they re-evaluate their lives and citizenship, re-negotiate their identities, (re)position themselves in relation to shifting political realities of Europe, navigate and manage the changing structural conditions that shape the possibilities for their continued residence and/or repatriations? + When and in what ways do these populations feature within the Brexit negotiations, and how are their experiences in turn shaped by the ways they are represented in policy, media and decision-making?There was a popular assumption that the majority of Britons living in the rest of the EU were pensioners, who had exercised their treaty rights to reside in another EU member state post-retirement. In fact, 80% of the UK citizens who had made their homes and lives in the EU27 were below retirement age. Discussing her fieldwork with Britons living in Toulouse, Michaela Benson examined the significance of European citizenship rights for the career and life choices of these Britons and asked what the current agreements on citizens’ rights post-Brexit mean for them. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/04/06/contrary-to-popular-assumption-most-britons-living-in-the-eu27-arent-retirees/ |
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