European Integration and the United Kingdom, 1951-2015

About the lecture

In this module, we look at the history of European integration in relation to the UK from 1951 to 2015. In particular, we will focus on: (i) what the EU is; (ii) the political and economic goals of the EU; (iii) the different institutions of EU, including a discussion of the Single Market and Customs Union; (iv) the history of integration and how the EU created the Single Market; and (v) immigration within the EU.

About the lecturer

Thomas Sampson is an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and a Research Affiliate of the CEPR. He specialises in international trade, growth and development, with a particular focus on the economic effects of Brexit. With this in mind, he has written widely on these subjects, including Expecting Brexit (Annual Review of Economics, 2022) and The Brexit Vote, Inflation and UK Living Standards (International Economic Review, 2022).