Articles by John Erik Fossum

October 17, 2023

Britain’s post-Brexit illusion of sovereignty and the lessons it can learn from Norway

John Erik Fossum

Britain exited the European Union because it wanted to reclaim its sovereignty. Learning from Norway’s EU experience, Britain must be cognisant of the limits on its autonomy, even as a non-member, write Johanne D. Saltnes, Merethe D. Leiren, Arild A. Farsund, Jarle Trondal, John Erik Fossum and Chris Lord

John Erik Fossum

Professor, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

John Erik has worked and published widely on issues of identity, democracy and constitutionalism in the EU and Canada.

He is project co-ordinator for the H2020-project EU3D – Differentiation, Dominance, Democracy (2019-2023), PI for the Horizon Europe projects REGROUP and REDIRECT and was substitute co-ordinator for the 5-year EU FP6-funded RECON (Reconstituting Democracy in the European Union, 2007-2011) project, and co-director of the NORCONE project, which focused on the Europeanisation of Norway.

He tweets @JohnErikFossum

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