Cleo Davies
Senior Research Fellow
Room: E1.04
With expertise in European politics, EU decision-making, and the role of international organisations in transnational governance, I currently work on the UK-EU relations in a comparative perspective as part of the ESRC funded project 'Living with the Neighbours'.
I take a keen interest in knowledge exchange activities between researchers and decision-makers and regularly produce policy-relevant output and present research to stakeholders and decision-makers.
Before academia, I worked for over five years in European politics and policy making in Brussels.
Reports
- Cleo Davies and Jannike Wachowiak, UK-EU Relations Tracker Q4: UK in a Changing Europe, 23 Jan 2024
- Cleo Davies and Jannike Wachowiak, UK-EU Relations Tracker Q3: UK in a Changing Europe, 31 Oct 2023
- Cleo Davies and Jannike Wachowiak, UK-EU Relations Tracker Q2, UK in a Changing Europe, 27 July 2023
- Cleo Davies and Sophie Stowers, UK-EU Relations Tracker Q1, UK in a Changing Europe, 28 March 2023
- Hussein Kassim, Cleo Davies, Sean Ennis, Andrew Jordan (eds.), Regulation After Brexit Revisited, October 2022
- Cleo Davies and Hussein Kassim (2021) ‘Conclusions’, in Kassim, S. Ennis and A. Jordan (eds.) UK Regulation after Brexit, February 2021
Papers
- Towards a Progressive Geopolitical EU: Principles and Recommendations (forthcoming), Foundation for European Political Studies (FEPS), Brussels
- Davies C. and Kassim, H. How does the EU organise and manage its relationship with the UK post-Brexit? (10 October 2023), Explainer for UK in a Changing Europe
- Davies, C. (2023) ‘The impact of Brexit: Polity, politics, policy’, Journal of European Integration, 45:6, 963-969, (open access)
- Davies, C. and Kassim, H. ‘UK Bilaterals with EU member states since Brexit’, April 2023
- Davies, C. (2023) 'Negotiating the future: Understanding the absence of a UK-EU agreement on civil justice cooperation in family law', UK in a Changing Europe Research Paper, 04/2023
- Davies, C. and Kassim, H. ‘Institutions and governance of the EU-UK relationship’, UKICE working paper, May 2022
- Davies, C. and Kassim, H. ‘Unfinished Business? The Trade and Cooperation Agreement, UKICE working paper 2022, May 2022
Memberships
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Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh SCOTLAND-EUROPE INITIATIVE series of workshops
- Member of The Academic Association for European Studies Association (UACES) since 2016
- Member of the Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh (former steering group member) and former Co-convenor of the Edinburgh University Europa Research group (2016-2018)
- Member of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) Young Academic Network (FEPS YAN)
Some more background
I recently finished a project as a Research Associate on a joint Royal Society of Edinburgh - University of Edinburgh project on Rethinking Policy Impact and also teach at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Social and Political Science.
Education
- PhD in Politics, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science. Title: ‘Instrumentalism, Power Maximisation, or Legitimation? Understanding the European Commission’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis, 2008-10’
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Master’s Degree in European and International Studies (2008-2010), Institute for European Studies, University Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France (First)
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Degree in History, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France (2:1); ERASMUS (2006-2007), Humboldt University Berlin