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Dr Juline Beaujouan

Senior Research Fellow

MA International Studies, University Paris-Sud XI
MSc Defense, Development and Diplomacy, Durham University
Certificate of Arabic and History of the Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Ph.D in Politics, Durham University

Email: j.beaujouan-marliere@ed.ac.uk

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Juline Beaujouan is a passionate researcher and educator with transdisciplinary experience in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies and a keen interest in collaborative and responsible research practices. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep), based at the University of Edinburgh. Juline is also a Senior Researcher with Open Think Tank (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute Defense and Security Program (Washington D.C.).

Juline combines academic expertise with evidence-based policy-making and community inclusion and engagement, which she developed over eight years of field experience across Europe and the Middle East and North Africa. She uses her permanent engagement with the ground to provide contextual and need-based analysis that informs European foreign affairs and public diplomacy policy priorities. She also delivers tailored training to governmental and intergovernmental institutions on geopolitical and humanitarian issues in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and Syria.

Juline is the co-editor of the volumes Syrian Crisis, Syrian Refugees – Voices from Jordan and Lebanon (Palgrave, 2020) and Vulnerability and Resilience to Violent Extremism – An actor-centric approach (Routledge, 2023) and co-author of Islam, IS and the Fragmented State: The Challenges of Political Islam in the MENA Region (Routledge, 2021).

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Saving our Seas through Law - Strengthening the legal framework for the Protection of the Marine Environment

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The Saving our Seas through Law (SOS-Law) project aims to explore how the legal framework can be better used or reformed in order to achieve enhanced protection of marine ecosystems.

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There is a growing awareness that the impacts of human activities on the world's oceans are reaching such a level that important marine ecosystems are at risk of collapsing, with little chance of short-term recovery. With a coastline of more than 10,000 miles, Scotland has access to a rich diversity of marine resources, but also a responsibility to ensure their long-term sustainable use.

The Scottish legal framework for the protection of the marine environment has evolved significantly within the last few years, but there remains a concern that the law may be lagging behind developments at the regional and international levels. Moreover, existing legal powers may not be being utilised to their full extent.

About the SOS-Law project

The SOS-Law Project involved a collaboration between a research team at Edinburgh Law School, led by Prof James Harrison, and the Community of Arran Seabed Trust, a community organisation working for the protection and restoration of the marine environment around Arran, the Clyde and Scotland.

The objective of this collaboration was to exchange knowledge on the existing legal framework for marine environmental protection on the one hand and the extant practical challenges in implementation of the law at the local level on the other hand, with a view to recommending ways of strengthening the Scottish legal framework.  Recommendations were also discussed with a broader stakeholder group at a workshop hosted by Edinburgh Law School on 11 July 2019.

The project was supported by a grant from the University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Impact and Knowledge Exchange Scheme. 

SOS-Law Policy Briefs Series

The SOS-LAW project has developed policy briefs exploring the key legal tools that are available to protect the marine environment in Scottish territorial and internal waters, with a view to identifying opportunities for effectively using tools and detecting gaps in the legal framework which could be remedied by legal reform.

Briefing No. 1 - The Establishment and Expansion of the Scottish Marine Protected Area Network (2019) (PDF)

Briefing No. 2 - The Enforcement of Fishing Restrictions in Marine Protected Areas (2019) (PDF)

Briefing No. 3 - Using Marine Spatial Planning to Support Marine Protected Area Management: A case study of the Clyde Region (2019) (PDF)

Briefing No. 4 - Legal Tools for the Management of Marine Protected Areas in Scotland (2019) (PDF)

Briefing No. 5 - Strictly Protected Marine Protected Areas: International Policy and National Practice (2021) (PDF)

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The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) aims to: produce high quality, internationally recognised research in relation to crime and criminal justice; advance understanding of crime and criminal justice through theoretical, empirical and applied research; work with communities, policy makers and the wider public to collaboratively build just societies; and support the development criminological research capacity across Scotland and provide an inclusive forum for this regardless of SCCJR membership.

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