Brexit 101: The Consequences of Brexit for the UK & Ireland

Professor Peter Moloney graduated from University College Cork in 1995 with a BA in European Studies and Languages before completing a PhD in Modern European History at Boston College. Between these two degrees, he also studied French at the University of Lyon 3, Mandarin at The National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan, and Economics at the University of London. Moloney’s dissertation, “From Common Market to European Union: Creating a New Model State?” represents an interdisciplinary analysis of how the European Economic Community (EEC) of the 1960s transformed so dramatically into the European Union (EU) of the 1990s and how its unique hybrid mix of national and transnational governance redefined our traditional interpretation of what constitutes modern state sovereignty. Recently, Moloney has written on the issue of Brexit as a political and social phenomenon and its place among other populist resurgence movements throughout the world. He has published articles and provided commentary on the EU and the Brexit process in The Irish Times, CNBC.com, NPR, and The Boston Herald.