Dr Joanne Hawkins
- Position: Lecturer in Law
- Areas of expertise: Environmental Law; Regulation; Public Participation; Trust; Risk; Planning Law and Policy; Placemaking; Infrastructure; Energy; Empirical Research; Hydraulic Fracturing/Fracking
- Email: J.Hawkins@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 9822
- Location: 2.32a Liberty Building
- Website: ORCID
Profile
I joined the School of Law in January 2016. Prior to this I was a PhD researcher at the University of Bristol.
Research interests
My broad interests lie in the areas of:
- Environmental law
- Regulation and regulatory decision making processes
- Democratic rights/public participation
- Public perceptions and public trust
- Uncertainty/risk regulation
- Planning law and policy
- Placemaking
- Empirical research
My research focuses on the ways in which law shapes decision-making. My work draws on my interests in expertise, public participation and environmental democracy. To date my research has explored these themes through empirical research projects on expertise and trust in the context of risk regulation and shale gas development, and on facilitating a low carbon infrastructure transition in the North of England. My recent Policy Support Fund project explores place-based approaches to sustainable development in Leeds, and I have recently contributed to the UK Earth Law Judgments project which challenges anthropocentrism in legal decision-making. My projects draw together different strands that reflect my interest in the relationships, and power dynamics, between the environment, communities, and decision-makers.
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Business Law and Practice