Profile

Biography

Julie completed her MA in Sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and then an MA in Criminology at the Université de Liège (Belgium), where she then worked as a researcher.  Julie went on to take a coordination role for the Belgian Ministry of Health for three years. She now also works for UKPopNet in order to assess the legacy of that network. For the last few years, she has been developing e-learning support for the Environment Department.

Research

Overview

Description of PhD

Title:  Science and policy: how do they interact? A social network analysis perspective on air pollution and biodiversity.

Supervisors:  Mike Ashmore & John Forrester (SEI)

TAC:  TBA 

Description of Thesis

Julie’s PhD research is the interface between science and policy. She focuses on air pollution and biodiversity in Europe and the UK. Her research interests lie in understanding the co-production of science and policy process and she is approaching this using social network analysis.

Addressing the consequences human activities inflict on environment is of major concern. To tackle these issues, two fundamental elements need to be brought together: science and policy. An integrated understanding of air quality and biodiversity is on the policy agenda, at all levels. A comparative approach that leads to the development of a paradigm for knowledge exchange and decision making in environmental issues is to be proposed.

Social network analysis reveals what is informally unfolding on the ground. It focuses on the importance of connections and interactions between people. It leads to an understanding of the informal ways through which people actually interact and it shows how connections between different organisations and actors can facilitate knowledge exchange. By comparing different science communities networks (biodiversity and air pollution), and how they interact with policy advisors/policy makers, some lessons will be learned allowing a better construction of science-policy interface in general.

Publications

Full publications list

Articles

Simon J.,  Criminal records and organised crime in Belgium , in Stefanou C. and Xanthaki H. (eds), Financial crime in the EU – Criminal records as effective tools or missed opportunities?, Kluwer, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2005, 103-117.

Berbuto S., Simon J.,  La nouvelle réglementation en matière de stupéfiants : beaucoup de bruit pour rien ?, in Jacobs A. (dir.), Actualités de droit pénal et de procédure pénale II, Larcier, Bruxelles, 2004, coll. CUP, 69, 87-157. 

Lemaître A., Simon J., Le profil de l’usager de méthadone entrant en prison, Revue de Droit Pénal et de Criminologie, 2003, 83, 4, 507-516.

Berbuto S., Simon J., Droit et prison : avec foi et loi, Revue de Droit Pénal et de Criminologie, 2003, 83, 2, 257-287.

Seron V., Simon J., La loi du 8 août 1997 relative au casier judiciaire central, Journal des Tribunaux, 2002, 6042, 97-107.

Dantinne M., Simon J., Les maisons de justice : une révolution tranquille?, Actualités du Droit, 2001, 1, 155-179.

Simon J., The Belgian criminal record : a step forward, a step backwards?, Working Paper, Présentation au congrès de la société européenne de criminologie, Toledo, Spain, Sept. 2002.

Dantinne M., Simon J., Community service as an autonomous sanction : a good or a risky business?, Working Paper, Présentation au congrès de la société européenne de criminologie, Toledo, Spain, Sept. 2002.

Reports

Forrester J., Nilsson M., Lee C., Moora H., Persson L., Persson Å., Peterson K., Simon J., Tuhkanen H., Getting to Policy Impact: Lessons from 20 Years of Bridging Science and Policy with Sustainability Knowledge, Research Report, Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009.

Simon J., Guide de bonnes pratiques pour le travail en réseau autour des personnes ayant un problème lié à l’alcool, Plate-Forme Psychiatrique Liégeoise, Liège, Belgium, 2005.