Professor Simon Halliday

Professor Of Socio-Legal Studies

Law

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I joined the Law School at the University of Strathclyde as Professor of Socio-Legal Studies in 2023. Prior to this I worked at York Law School (2011-2023). Before York, I was at the University of Strathclyde (2005-11) and at the University of Oxford (2000-05). During 2016-17, I was also Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Since 2015, I have been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

I have two main research interests. First, I conduct work on administrative justice, focusing particularly on street-level decision-making and public perceptions of administrative fairness. With Joe Tomlinson and Jed Meers (University of York), I am a founding member of the Administrative Fairness Lab. Second, I conduct work on legal culture, focusing especially on issues of legal consciousness and law in everyday life. In this regard, I have conducted projects relating to environmental, medical and social welfare issues.

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Publications

Reforming the Public and Private Law of the Tenement
Carr Daniel J, Halliday Simon
Juridical Review Vol 2025 (2025)
An ‘interface first’ bureaucracy : interface design, universal credit and the digital welfare state
Meers Jed, Halliday Simon, Tomlinson Joe
Social Policy and Administration Vol 59, pp. 119-134 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13053
Governmental influence over rights consciousness : public perceptions of the COVID-19 lockdown
Halliday Simon, Jones Andrew, Meers Jed, Tomlinson Joe
Journal of Law and Society Vol 51, pp. S83-S101 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12498
How does legal culture matter for climate mobilities? A case study in an unplanned coastal settlement in urban Mozambique
Halliday Simon, Hoddy Eric, Ensor Jonathan, Wamsler Christine, Boyd Emily, Macome Amelia
Social and Legal Studies, pp. 1-21 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639241288822
Thought styles on administrative justice systems
Arvind TT, Halliday Simon, Stirton Lindsay
Socio-Legal Generation Essays in Honour of Michael Adler (2024) (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67244-6_6
Introduction
Halliday Simon, Cowan Sharon
Socio-Legal Generation Essays in Honour of Michael Adler (2024) (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67244-6_1

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Professional Activities

Procedural Legitimacy Logics in the Digital Welfare State
Speaker
4/7/2024
Governmental Influence over Rights Consciousness
Speaker
26/6/2024
What is Bureaucratic Justice (and why does it matter)?
Speaker
13/6/2024
Conducting qualitative interviews
Speaker
8/5/2024
Research Masters Dissertation Examination
Examiner
10/4/2024
Finland Research Council Grants Panel (Event)
Peer reviewer
3/2024

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Projects

Administrative Fairness and Social Security for Adults with Disabilities
Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator) Deeming, Chris (Co-investigator) MacIntyre, Gillian (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Debt by Design: Universal Credit, Deductions and Administrative Justice
Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator) Tomlison, Joe (Co-investigator) Meers, Jed (Co-investigator)
This ESRC studentship project will investigate the lived experience of Universal Credit benefit deductions, exploring its impact on claimants’ lives. In partnership with a prominent legal NGO, the Public Law Project, it will use this analysis to ground policy work to make deductions decision-making fairer.
25-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
Over-policed and Under-Protected: Administrative Justice, Criminal Justice, and Positive Obligations to Protect 'Legally Vulnerable' Groups
Halliday, Simon (Co-investigator) Tomlinson, Joe (Principal Investigator) Meers, Jed (Co-investigator) Martin, Richard (Co-investigator) Cook, Elizabeth (Co-investigator) Weir, Ruth (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
From Everyday Forms of Resistance to Transformational Climate Change Adaptation of the Urban Poor (TRANSIST)
Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator)
20-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
Administrative fairness in the digital welfare state
Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator)
20-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Administrative Fairness in the Digital Welfare State
Halliday, Simon (Co-investigator) Tomlinson, Joe (Principal Investigator) Meers, Jed (Co-investigator) Seyd, Ben (Co-investigator) Cichocka, Aleksandra (Co-investigator) Bins, Reubin (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024

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Professor Simon Halliday
Professor Of Socio-Legal Studies
Law

Email: simon.halliday@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3878