The Union versus Unification: Putting the Debate into Perspective

What do the public in Northern Ireland think about the Union? And how do they feel about possible Irish unification? And what about the public in Britain: what, if anything, do they feel about the place of Northern Ireland in the Union? And how do the debates about Northern Ireland’s constitutional future compare to previous dramatic changes: specifically, how would possible Irish unification compare to German unification?

“Attitudes to Irish unification: North and South”: Garry/Pow

“Attitudes to the Union”: Henderson/Wyn Jones

“And what about the German angle?”: Wagner

Each talk is 20 minutes, with 30 minutes of questions at the end.

• John Garry, Professor of Political Behaviour, QUB
• Jamie Pow, lecturer in Political Science, QUB
• Sarah Wagner, lecturer in Quantitative Political Science, QUB
• Ailsa Henderson, Professor of Politics, Edinburgh University,
• Richard Wyn Jones, Professor of Politics, Cardiff University

Organised and sponsored by QUB Democracy Unit.