• Question: did you vote brexit?

    Asked by anon-247910 to Martha, Jennifer, Dan, Ben, Baptiste on 6 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Dan Brunsdon

      Dan Brunsdon answered on 6 Mar 2020:

      I did not no, I think especially working in science you see a lot of collaboration and team work that happens between researchers in the UK and across Europe, so I am a believer in closer ties and the ideals of the EU 🙂

    • Photo: Baptiste Ravina

      Baptiste Ravina answered on 6 Mar 2020:

      As an EU citizen I wasn’t allowed to vote on the Brexit referendum. It’s not my place to comment on politics, but I can already tell you about a very real effect: a number of my colleagues, top European experts on particle physics, have moved away from or been unable to find a job in the UK. This is a problem if we want to keep working on cutting-edge science in the UK and provide high-level education.
      Being able to travel freely across Europe for conferences and meetings has been a privilege for me, and I hope it continues to be!

    • Photo: Jennifer Carroll

      Jennifer Carroll answered on 9 Mar 2020:

      I did vote and I voted to remain.

      Being part of the EU brings in so many opportunities for collaboration with other scientists, and I’ve been involved in a study recently for the development of green hydrogen using electricity generated at a nuclear power station. But that’s not going to stop with Brexit because for the nuclear industry at least, we have so many scientists and engineers that are leaders in their field, supporting and continuing to support nuclear projects across Europe and the rest of the world.

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      Ben Rowsell answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      No I didn’t, I was a remainer. I think that as the others have said, in Science we need to be collaborative across Europe and as lot of funding comes from there it is important to keep that alive. However, the full effects of Brexit are unknown so it’s hard to say what will actually happen and how all of this could effect us.

    • Photo: Martha Jesson

      Martha Jesson answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Nope, I voted to remain. I agree with the other Scientists here to be honest. Social Sciences definitely benefit from being interactive and collaborative across many countries. The EU allowed this to be pretty easy. But as Ben said, the effects of Brexit are yet to be seen.

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