Principal Investigator: Dr Athanasia Chalari
Duration: July 2025 – June 2026
Overview
This study aims in comparing the impact of Brexit on identity formation between two different groups of Greek diaspora in UK: i) Greeks residing in UK under the settlement scheme and ii) Greeks having received the British citizenship.
The first phase of this research had been focused on 30 in-depth interviews conducted with Greeks of the first category focusing on a) the multilayered effects of Brexit, b) immigration identity formation of EU nationals residing in the UK, and c) their sense of belonging in British culture. This study concludes that a contradictory and yet harmonised co-existence of feelings of not-belonging, albeit not feeling unwelcome, may portray the place of Greek (and possibly any EU-born) immigrants in British culture, especially after Brexit.
Currently the project has moved into its second stage, including 30 additional in-depth interviews with Greeks belonging to the second category (having received the British citizenship) in order to further explore: a) the different impact of Brexit on this category of participants, b)the difference in their identity formation as British citizens and lastly c) their sense of belonging in the British culture. This project focuses in producing comparative accounts between the ways Brexit has affected the participants’ place of Greek Diaspora in contemporary Britain.
The project has lead to a number of academic outputs, including:
Presentations
This study forms part of our wider research within our Society, Identity & Rights cluster.
Funding: funded by the Hellenic Observatory - Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus (HOC Research Fund)
Research Team
Principal investigator
Athanasia Chalari, Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ