In this episode, Michaela is joined on the line by Christine Barwick (Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt University) to talk about her and her students’ recent research with British citizens living in Berlin.
Category: The Brexit Brits Abroad Podcast!
Our fortnightly Brexit Brits Abroad podcast raises awareness of the key issues facing Britons living elsewhere in Europe as the United Kingdom prepares to leave the European Union. It answers questions about who the British living and working in Europe are. It highlights what led to their migration. And it considers the implications of Brexit for their everyday lives. Keeping a finger on the pulse of the negotiations, the series responds to issues as they unfold, providing up-to-date information and expert advice.
It is hosted by Dr. Michaela Benson and produced by Emma Houlton at Art of Podcast.
You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes.
Episode 51: What does it mean to be European in a changing Europe?
Returning to a familiar theme of European and Europeanness, Michaela talks with guest Hannah White. Over the past two years, Hannah has been cycling around Europe on her bike,...
August 23, 2019
Episode 50: Brexit and No Deal from the end of the British retirement dream to the Spanish citizens in London
In this episode Michaela is joined by Helen McCarthy to discuss how Spanish officials have been preparing for Brexit’s impacts on British retirees. We talk pensions, healthcare, taxation… and what is involved in securing the post-Brexit lives of Britons in Spain.
August 9, 2019
Episode 49: Brexit and family ties between Britain and the EU
In this conversation with Sean Rowlands, who was born and brought up abroad, moving to London to attend university, Michaela discusses the family ties between Britain and the EU. Thinking about global migration regimes, they question what work Brexit may and may not do to disrupt the privileges of being British within hierarchies of mobility.
July 26, 2019
Episode 48: From Brexit’s impacts on British citizens in the EU-27 to questions of citizenship, migration and belonging
In this episode Michaela reflects back on the Brexit Brits Abroad research project, drawing out some of its key take away messages. She talks through the different factors that...
June 21, 2019
Episode 47: What does Brexit mean for British families and children in the EU-27?
Michaela welcomes back Aliyyah Ahad (Migration Policy Institute Europe) to talk about her recent Policy Briefing about the issues Brexit presents for British families living in the EU-27. This...
June 7, 2019
Episode 46: Meanwhile in Belgium… becoming Belgian to stay European?
In this episode Michaela is joined by Djordje Sredanovic. They talk about his recent research into the impact of Brexit on the experiences and orientations toward naturalisation.
May 24, 2019
Episode 45: Brexit, British People of Colour in the EU27 and Everyday Racism in Britain and Europe
This week, we’re bringing you something a bit different. Recorded at the recent British Sociological Association conference, Michaela and Chantelle present their recently published work on what Brexit means to British People of Colour living in the EU27.
May 13, 2019
Episode 44: British-Irish migrations, Brexit and the Common Travel Area
We’re thinking about Ireland again this week in an episode devoted to thinking about Free movement between Britain and Ireland and the long history of migration between the two countries. Ever wondered what the Common Travel Area actually is? Michaela talks to Professor Imelda Maher about what it is (and isn’t), and what Brexit might mean for the future of this agreement.
April 26, 2019
Episode 43: Brits Abroad experiencing Brexit with Complex Health and Social Care Needs
In this episode, we talk about migration, daily life and Brexit for Britons living in the EU27 who have complex health and social care needs. In conversation with Roy...
April 12, 2019