Simon Lee

Team member WP2, case study legal development
Professor of Law at Aston University and The Open University and Director of Citizenship & Governance Research, Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at Queen’s University, Belfast. His career includes positions at Balliol College, Oxford, Yale Law School, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, Rector of Liverpool Hope University and Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University. Lee is recognized for his pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process and has held several prominent advisory roles, including with the UK government and in various cultural and sports organizations. A prolific author, his influential works span law, morality, and free speech.