Reader in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
Katy Hayward is Reader in Sociology and Senior Research Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast. She has 20 years’ research experience on the impact of the EU on border conflicts and cross-border cooperation, most particularly on the Irish border. This includes research as part of the EU FP5-funded EUBorderConf [EU & border conflicts] project, the RCUK-funded TRUST [Tracing Risk and Uncertainty in Security Technology], and the current Canadian SSHRC-funded ‘Borders in Globalization’ programme. She has presented widely on the topic of Brexit and Northern Ireland/Ireland, and has given evidence on this before parliamentary committees in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
UK ‘taking back control’ of its borders risks rolling back human rights protections
May 20, 2024 09:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
The High Court in Belfast has ruled that key elements of the UKs Illegal Migration Act are incompatible with the Windsor framework and should not be applied in Northern Ireland. Once again, Northern Ireland appears to be a...
Where the UK's Brexit plan (and Customs Bill) leave Northern Ireland
Jul 19, 2018 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The status of the Irish border after Brexit is the most complicated and contested part of the UKs withdrawal from the EU. The UK government insists the issue can only be addressed in the formulation of a new UK-EU...