Dare to Ask: Brexit 100 Days

The panel

Sasha Langeveldt, Alumnus and Former Kent Union President and activist

Sasha is an environmentalist, humanitarian and activist. She was the first black woman to be elected Kent Union President in 2019 - 2020. She led alongside students and the young European society and People’s Vote Campaign on campus as well as nationally. She graduated from Kent in 2018 with a 2:1 in Philosophy.

Neva Sadikoglu-Novaky, Business Sustainability Lead, private sector

Neva is a University of Kent Alumna. She completed her Master’s degree at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and has an exchange diploma from SciencesPo Paris. She now works in the private sector as the business sustainability lead for Africa and the Middle East for an agriculture company prior to which she had a decade long career in the EU. She worked in the Commission, Parliament and Committee of the Regions and was the youngest person to become Secretary General. Neva has also worked at the United Nations Development Programme and the Washington DC based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank. She is a visiting fellow at a London-based Localism think tank.

Professor Jeremy Carrette, Dean for Europe at the University of Kent

Jeremy is Professor of Philosophy, Religion and Culture and Dean for Europe. He is responsible for European strategic planning and for the management of the University European Centres in Brussels and Paris. He is the Chair of the University Brexit Working Committee, overviewing and coordinating the response to the local and sector wide challenges of Brexit. As part of his European work, he is involved in setting up a regional university network across northern France and Belgium for links with regional government, business, and universities.

Dr Miriam Sorace, Lecturer in Quantitative Politics at the University of Kent

Miriam holds a PhD in Political Science and an MPhil in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin, as well as a BA in Foreign Languages from Università degli Studi di Cagliari. Miriam specialises on quantitative research methods, European political behaviour and public opinion, gendered political behaviour, comparative political institutions and decision-making, and the politics of Brexit.

Professor Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent

Richard is the Director of the Global Europe Centre and Professor of Politics and International Relations. He is also an Associate Fellow and former Head of the Europe Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. His current research interests include Brexit and especially the future foreign and security and defence policies of the UK and the EU. He has regularly been called to give evidence to the UK Parliament on UK and EU foreign and security issues. Richard is the author and editor of many published works on European integration and UK foreign and security policy.