The referendum on the UK's membership of the EU was a watershed moment for research communication. Despite a near total academic consensus on the negative economic consequences of a vote to Leave, this message did not decisively influence public opinion. A decade on, Romesh Vaitilingam reflects on whether we have truly learned how Brexit reshaped public engagement with research.

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8 July 2026

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LSE Impact

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/07/08/did-brexit-make-us-better-at-communicating-economics/

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