Lagana, Giada
Dr. Giada Lagana is a Research Associate at the Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. She is currently working on the ESRC ‘Between Two Unions’ project with Professor Daniel Wincott, examining the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) on the UK’s internal constitutional and intergovernmental arrangements. As part of this research, she is exploring the role of sub-state authorities during the withdrawal process, focusing on the extraterritorial cooperation between Wales and the Island of Ireland since the 2016 referendum.
Giada was awarded a PhD in Political Science and Sociology, in February 2018. Her thesis was submitted under the supervision of Professor Niall O’Dochartaigh and looked at the role of the European Union in the Northern Ireland peace process. She started out as a historian, completing her undergraduate sutdies in Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Pavia (Italy). She then obtained an MA in International Relations and History, under the joint supervision of Didier Poton (Université de La Rochelle) and Michel Catala (Université de Nantes).
Research Interests: International Organisations, Conflict resolution (special attention to Northern Ireland).
Listing Details
| Institution: | Cardiff University |
| Fields of Expertise: | Borders Collective Identity Defence and Security EU Foreign Policy and External Relations International Relations and Foreign Policy |
| Research groups: | RG ECSA-C Foreign Policy and Security,The ECSA-C members |
| Email: | laganag@cardiff.ac.uk |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, French, Italian |
| Publications: | Lagana G., White T. (2021), “Cross-border Cooperation on Cultural Heritage in European Border Regions: Sites and Senses of ‘Place’ on the Border of Ireland and Northern Ireland”, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. (Forthcoming) Lagana G. (2020), ‘Has the European Union empowered the regions? A pre and post Brexit preliminary investigation of the United Kingdom’, European Urban and Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776420972159 Lagana G. (2021), ‘EU Structural Funds programmes on the island of Ireland: Interreg and the cross-border dimension’ in Simpson K., Holmes M., Ireland and the EU: Economic, Political & Social Crises, Manchester, Manchester University Press. Lagana G., Wincott D. (2020), "The Added-Value of the Ireland- Wales Cooperation Programme", Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-09/Ireland-Wales-cooperation-Brexit-policy-Report.pdf Lagana G. (2020), "Ireland" in UKIIN, The future of the European Union: new perspectives, The UK in a Changing Europe, p. 24 – 25. |
