Professor Simon Halliday
Professor Of Socio-Legal Studies
Law
Personal statement
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.
Publications
- 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 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12498
- An ‘interface first’ bureaucracy : interface design, universal credit and the digital welfare state
- Meers Jed, Halliday Simon, Tomlinson Joe
- Social Policy and Administration (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13053
- Direct and vicarious administrative burden : experiences of UK public services as Homes for Ukraine host
- Tomlinson Joe, Kasoulide Eleana, Meers Jed, Halliday Simon
- Journal of Refugee Studies (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feae036
- Procedural legitimacy logics within the digital welfare state
- Halliday Simon, Meers Jed, Tomlinson Joe
- Journal of Social Security Law Vol 31 (2024)
- Does administrative law inhibit good government?
- Tomlinson Joe, Halliday Simon
- Edinburgh Law Review (2024)
- Why we need to rethink procedural fairness for the digital age and how we should do it
- Halliday Simon, Meers Jed, Tomlinson Joe
- Research Handbook on Law & Technology (2023) (2023)
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
Projects
- Administrative Fairness and Social Security for Adults with Disabilities
- Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator) Deeming, Chris (Co-investigator) MacIntyre, Gillian (Co-investigator)
- 01-Mar-2024 - 31-Aug-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-Sep-2023 - 30-Sep-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-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2024
- Administrative fairness in the digital welfare state
- Halliday, Simon (Principal Investigator)
- 20-Mar-2023 - 31-Aug-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-Sep-2022 - 31-Aug-2024
- The Law of Inheritance in Scotland
- Halliday, Simon (Co-investigator) Reid, Dot (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Apr-2022 - 31-Mar-2023
Contact
Professor
Simon
Halliday
Professor Of Socio-Legal Studies
Law
Email: simon.halliday@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3878