230. Brexit: What Happens Next? Prof. Katy Hayward
20 July 2026
About This Episode
Ten years after the Brexit referendum, what has actually changed? In the final part of this three-part conversation, Prof. Katy Hayward explores Brexit's lasting impact on Northern Ireland, the Union, UK-Ireland relations and the future of these islands. We discuss whether Brexit has made a united Ireland more likely, who has benefited, how the Windsor Framework fits into the constitutional picture, and how historians may judge Brexit in years to come. Rather than revisiting the arguments of 2016, this conversation asks what Brexit means today - and what happens next.
Prof. Katy Hayward
Prof. Katy Hayward is Professor of Political Sociology at Queen's University Belfast. Her research focuses on Brexit, Northern Ireland, the Irish border, the Windsor Framework and UK-EU relations. She is one of the leading academic voices on the constitutional and political consequences of Brexit.