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Olivia Hamlyn

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú Law School
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Dr Olivia Hamlyn was appointed Lecturer in Law at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú in September 2019. Prior to joining ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, Olivia was a Lecturer at the University of Leicester, having completed a PhD at University College London, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council. In 2013, she completed a training contract at Clifford Chance LLP.

    While at Leicester, Olivia conducted research for the European Parliamentary Research Service on the implementation of EU pesticides regulation for a European Implementation Assessment. In 2019, she co-organised a conference on law and economics, supported by the Independent Social Research Foundation, the Association for Heterodox Economics and Leicester Law School.

    During her PhD, Olivia worked as a tutor with The Brilliant Club and as a research assistant with the UK Hub for Responsible Research and Innovation, on the European Commission-funded RRI Tools project at UCL’s Department of Science and Technology Studies.

    She is an active member of the UK Environmental Law Association.

    Highlights


    • Hamlyn, O. ‘Assessing Member States’ Capacity for Reliable ‘Authorisation of PPPs’, and its Uniformity’, report annexed to (Ex-Post Evaluation Unit, DG EPRS, 2018)

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    Administrative responsibilities

    • Library Representative
    • LLB Law Part-Time Admissions Tutor
    • Programme Director LLM Environmental Law, Policy and Governance
    • Director, Environmental Policy Clinic (in association with the Environmental Law Foundation)

    Professional memberships

    • UK Environmental Law Association

    • Society of Legal Scholars

    • Fellow, Higher Education Academy

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Environmental law and policy
    • Technology, innovation and the law
    • Governance and regulation
    • EU law

    Research overview

    Dr Olivia Hamlyn’s research sits in the broader fields of environmental law and law and technology. She completed a doctoral thesis on the EU’s regulation of technologies that pose risks to the environment and human health, focusing in particular on regulatory decision-making regarding pesticides and synthetic biology. Since completing her PhD, she has published further on EU pesticides regulation, including a report on the implementation of the EU’s Plant Protection Product Regulation 2009 for the European Parliamentary Research Service.

    Olivia’s work draws heavily on research in science and technology studies on risk, innovation and public engagement with science and research in political science on governance and regulatory theory. She has particular interests in transparency and public participation in decision-making, as well as innovation governance and innovation policy and how these interact with the law and regulation. Her current research relates to the intersection between the economic and the environmental and the role of imagination in shaping environmental law.

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    I welcome PhD applications from students interested in the following areas:

    • Environmental law, regulation and policy
    • Risky technologies and environmental risk regulation

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Regulating Technology
    • Legal Systems and Methods
    • Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits)
    • Legal Systems and Methods (Senior Status)
    • Environmental Problems and the Law
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2024) . The Modern Law Review 87 (5), pp. 1258-1293. ISSN 0026-7961.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2022) . Journal of Law and Society 49 (3), pp. 577-602. ISSN 0263-323X.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2019) . Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 21, pp. 243-272. ISSN 1528-8870.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2015) . Journal of Environmental Law 27 (3), pp. 405-429. ISSN 0952-8873.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2011) . Environmental Law & Management 23 (1), pp. 7-19. ISSN 1067-6058.

    Editorial

    • Craven, R. and Hamlyn, Olivia (2022) . Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 72 (4), pp. i-vii. Queens University Belfast School of Law. ISSN 0029-3105.
    • Bell, J. and Bogojevic, S. and Hamlyn, Olivia (2021) . Journal of Environmental Law 33 (2), pp. 1-4. Oxford Journals. ISSN 0952-8873.

    Monograph

    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2018) . Brussels, Belgium: The European Union.

    Other

    • Craven, R. and Hamlyn, Olivia (2022) . Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 72 (4), pp. i-vii. Queens University Belfast School of Law. ISSN 0029-3105.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2015) . RRI Tools Blog Responsible Research and Innovation.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia (2015) . UCL Hub for Responsible Research and Innovation Briefing Note London, UK: University College, London.
    • Hamlyn, Olivia and Hiester, E. (2014) . UKELA e-law pp. 14-18. UKELA.