Dr. Emily St Denny

Biography

Emily St. Denny works on policymaking in the devolved United Kingdom and France, with a broad focus on health, gender, and social policy. She teaches 'Knowledge' as part of the specialization in Evaluation, as well as electives such as 'Comparative Public Policy', 'Gender, Politics, Policy', and serves as the course coordinator for 'Gender Politics: Political Science Gender Perspective'. Emily is committed to research-informed teaching in public policy and social sciences. Her experience includes working as a policy consultant for the Welsh Government and as a Fellow associated with the Centre for Constitutional Change in Edinburgh, Scotland. Emily engages in research that highlights barriers to effective policy implementation in sectors of prevention. She has published a book with Professor Paul Cairney titled 'Isn’t Government Policy Preventive?' (Oxford University Press) and is involved in the Horizon2020 research programme IMAJINE, focusing on spatial justice and territorial inequalities in Europe. Her doctoral research examined how ideas of gender morality shape contemporary French prostitution policy. In addition, she is concerned with researching health issues for women during pregnancy, applying feminist research methods. Emily is also the associate editor of the European Journal of Gender Politics and co-convenor of the Political Studies Association French Politics and Policy network.

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