Join us this Wednesday in The MAC, when Hugh Linehan, Hugh Linehan delves into 'The Year of Elections' in Ireland with Alex Kane, Alex.Kane, Pat Leahy Pat Leahy, Freya McClements, Freya McClements and Lisa Claire Whitten, Lisa Claire Whitten
Book now: events.irishtimes.com/events/70110

Looking forward to reading this by Lisa Claire Whitten - Haus Publishing ought to do a series on the UK constitution as seen from different parts of the UK (including England)…

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It's publication day for the Society's first monograph. Northern Ireland and the UK Constitution offers an incisive narrative of the development of NI and its immediate constitutional future. Get your copy now!

...excited and honored that book number two is due to become a real and available thing this week... very grateful to the kind support of The Constitution Society and Haus Publishing for making it happen 📚✨

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If you’re in Belfast on April 10th join me, ⁦Pat Leahy⁩ ⁦Freya McClements⁩ & ⁦Lisa Claire Whitten⁩ at ⁦The MAC⁩ events.irishtimes.com/events/70110?a…

Regulatory alignment of Northern Ireland with the EU remains a contested issue as this week's Stormont debate showed

But how extensive and dynamic is this alignment?

In our latest Post-Brexit Governance NI explainer Lisa Claire Whitten reviews the first three years

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Hearing from Lisa Claire Whitten at NIA Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Cmte this morning - getting some understanding of the complexities of ‘Trivergence’….Not easy to unravel, even by the experts… especially as the first ‘applicability’ motion is supposed to be tabled next week QUB Policy Engagement David Phinnemore JPCampbellBiz

With the NI Assembly back, MLAs have the possibility to initiate the process for applying the 'Stormont Brake'.

But when can the Brake be used & what are the criteria for using it?

As Lisa Claire Whitten & I set out in a new Post-Brexit Governance NI Explainer...
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“Brexit: UK-EU divergence not being tracked by government”

‘dealing with divergence has tended to be 'reactive rather than strategic'’ - Lisa Claire Whitten
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⏰ A major part of the Windsor Framework agreed by the UK & the EU came into operation on Sunday.

✍️ In a NEW explainer, David Phinnemore and Lisa Claire Whitten set out:

👉What the Framework is
👉How it operates in practice
👉The 'Stormont Brake'
👉 & more

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How is the Scottish Government keeping alignment with EU law following Brexit?

We've just published the first in our new EU Law Tracker Report series, commissioned to help the Scottish Parliament follow progress on the commitment to align with EU law.

Read the report here➡️ow.ly/6Ne950PLC09

New guest paper from Lisa Claire Whitten on constitutional change in Northern Ireland. This is a must-read for anyone interested in how to improve power-sharing, full of concrete recommendations on how to do so 👇 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/re…

Many constitutional issues face Northern Ireland beyond 'the' constitutional question and the suspension of the executive, but these are too rarely discussed. In this blog Lisa Claire Whitten considers some of them. Read it here:

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With the Windsor Framework, what do voters in Northern Ireland think about the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland?

Out today, latest Post-Brexit Governance NI ‘Testing the Temperature’ report on LucidTalk polling earlier in June.

Full report: qub.ac.uk/sites/post-bre…

Highlights 👇

Today I gave evidence to the Senedd LJC on UK-EU governance arrangements and the role of the devolved governments and legislatures. Alongside the great Lisa Claire Whitten and Dr Elin Royles International Politics, Aberystwyth. Session available here. senedd.tv/Meeting/Clip/5…

And we're off! EJNI report launch on 25 years of GFA and environmental cooperation on the island of Ireland 🥳

Great to see my fellow co-authors Ciara Brennan Finbarr Brereton Alison Hough Lisa Claire Whitten - missing Hannah Gould & my Brexit & Environment colleague Mary Dobbs

A fantastic conference today on constitutional futures held in collaboration with Centre on Constitutional Change. Two great panels featuring Lisa Claire Whitten, Joanne McEvoy, Andrew McCormick, Coree Brown Swan - on social media hiatus - email!, John Curtice, and Nicola McEwen.

✅ To the LucidTalk(LT) online NI-representative Opinion Panel ✅ - A poll for HAPP at Queen's launches at 4pm today (9/6): Poll 8 (of 9), re. 'Brexit, the Protocol on Ireland/NI and the Windsor Framework', - watch for your personal private-secure-link email invite, to participate...