Dr. Julie Berg

Biography

Julie Berg is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow, specializing in the study of criminology and governance. She joined the university in January 2018, after holding a full-time research teaching appointment at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she was a senior research fellow in the Global Risk Governance Programme. Her research predominantly addresses polycentric governance and 'whole-of-society' approaches to sustainable development within the African context. Julie has developed theoretical concepts such as 'harmscapes' and 'governing-through-harm', focusing on how to analytically account for converging everyday harms within Southern contexts. She has co-led the development of 'southern blue criminology', which applies a decolonized perspective to oceanic harm and seeks to understand the human-nonhuman entanglements in these environments. Julie actively collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of scholars in various prestigious research groups aiming to enhance security governance in small island jurisdictions. Her esteemed research contributions have led to several successful project grants, aimed at understanding the complexities of crime, violence, and governance in the Global South, thus reinforcing her position as an influential figure in her field.

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