Meet the team
Simon Joss
Simon Joss is the Associate Director of Policy Engagement at UBDC and also leads on our Urban Governance research. He is Professor of Urban Futures at the University of Glasgow and co-founder of the International Eco-Cities Initiative.
Simon gained his PhD from Imperial College (University of London) in the field of science and technology studies. He joined the University of Westminster in 1997 as Research Fellow. From 2003 to 2009 he was Head of Department (Centre for the Study of Democracy, then Department of Politics and International Relations); and from 2008 to 2013 he acted as Director of Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He was appointed Reader in 2007, and Professor in 2008. From 2013 to 2018 he was the Director of the Graduate School at the University of Westminster, where he co-ordinated the University’s doctoral degree programmes and support postdoctoral researcher development.
Positions
- Professor of Urban Futures (Urban Studies), School of Social and Political Sciences
Publication links
Publications
Discovering smart: early encounters and negotiations with smart street furniture in London and Glasgow.
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Urban transformation through national innovation competitions: lessons from the UK’s future city demonstrator initiative.
Eco-neighborhoods and the question of locational advantage: a socio-spatial analysis of French ‘ÉcoQuartiers’
Bibliometric dataset (1990-2019) concerning 35 city labels dealing with sustainable urbanism.
Crisis as driver of digital transformation? Scottish local governments' response to COVID-19.
Past, present, future: engagement with sustainable urban development through 35 city labels in the scientific literature 1990-2019.
Smart Publics: Public Perceptions of Smart Street Furniture in London and Glasgow: Insights for Policy and Practice.
The smart city as global discourse: storylines and critical junctures across 27 cities.
Explaining city branding practices in China's three mega-city regions: the role of ecological modernization.
Smart cities: towards a new citizenship regime? A discourse analysis of the British smart city standard.
Sustainable–smart–resilient–low carbon–eco–knowledge cities; making sense of a multitude of concepts promoting sustainable urbanization.
Tomorrow’s City Today: Prospects for Standardising Sustainable Urban Development.
The eco-city as urban technology: perspectives on Caofeidian International Eco-City (China)
Towards the ‘ubiquitous eco-city’: an analysis of the internationalisation of eco-city policy and practice.
Tomorrow's City Today: Eco-city Indicators, Standards and Frameworks: Bellagio Conference Report.
Eco-cities: the mainstreaming of urban sustainability - key characteristics and driving factors.
Eco-city governance: a case study of Treasure Island and Sonoma Mountain Village.
Accountable governance, accountable sustainability? A case study of accountability in the governance for sustainability.
Making technology accountable - citizen’s conferences in the era of public accountability.
Zwischen Politikberatung und Öffentlichkeitsdiskurs: Erfahrungen mit Bürgerkonferenzen in Europa.
Toward the public sphere—reflections on the development of participatory technology assessment.
Considering the concept of procedural justice for public policy-and decision-making in science and technology.
Public participation in science and technology policy- and decision-making — ephemeral phenomenon or lasting change?
Danish consensus conferences as a model of participatory technology assessment: an impact study of consensus conferences on Danish Parliament and Danish public debate.
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