Dr Miranda Simon
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Email
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Location
5.413, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Thursday 14:00-16:00
Profile
Biography
Miranda Simon is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. Her research and teaching interests are international relations and comparative politics with a focuses on migration, refugee movement, immigration policy and international development. Methodologically, she specializes in computational methods, field and survey experiments.
Qualifications
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PhD Political Science/ Security University College London, (2019)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex (1/10/2021 - present)
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Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex (2/9/2019 - 1/10/2021)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Global Politics and Economic Policies (GV120)
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Development, N.G.Os and Foreign Aid (GV216)
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Migration, Politics and International Development (GV554)
Publications
Journal articles (13)
Gerver, M., Simon, M. and Ghosn, F., Refugee Resettlement and Preferences. Political Studies
Simon, M., Braithwaite, A., Frith, M. and Ghosn, F., (2024). How Governance Under the 'Grand Compromise' Affects Refugee Preferences for Relocation: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51 (7), 1812-1831
Gerver, M., Simon, M., Lown, P. and Duell, D., (2024). The immigration discrimination dilemma. Ethics and Global Politics. 17 (2-3), 27-50
Simon, M., Schwartz, C. and Hudson, D., (2024). Can foreign aid reduce the desire to emigrate? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
Christensen, J. and Simon, M., (2023). Using Aid to Control Migration. Political Studies. 72 (3), 883-902
Simon, M., Schwartz, C. and Hudson, D., (2022). Covid-19 Insecurities and Migration Aspirations. International Interactions. 48 (2), 309-326
Schwartz, C., Simon, M., Hudson, D. and VanHeerde Hudson, J., (2021). A Populist Paradox? How Brexit Softened Anti-Immigrant Attitudes. British Journal of Political Science. Online (3), 1-21
Ghosn, F., Chu, T., Simon, M., Braithwaite, A., Frith, M. and Jandali, J., (2021). The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return. American Political Science Review. 115 (3), 982-998
Schwartz, C., Simon, M., Hudson, D. and Johnson, SD., (2021). Law Breaking and Law Bending: How International Migrants Negotiate with State Borders. International Studies Quarterly. 65 (1), 196-196
Simon, M., (2019). Path Dependency and Adaptation: The Effects of Policy on Migration Systems. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 22 (2)
Frith, M., Simon, M., Davies, T., Braithwaite, A. and Johnson, S., (2019). Spatial interaction and security: A review and case study of the Syrian refugee crisis. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 44 (3-4), 328-341
Simon, M., Schwartz, C., Hudson, D. and Johnson, SD., (2018). A data-driven computational model on the effects of immigration policies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (34), E7914-E7923
Belur, J., Tompson, L., Thornton, A. and Simon, M., (2018). Interrater Reliability in Systematic Review Methodology. Sociological Methods and Research. 50 (2), 1-29
Grants and funding
2025
The spillovers of migration interventions - Impact leave
University of Essex (QR Impact Fund)
2022
The diffusion of development: Extending RCTs with agent-based modelling to understand spillovers of development interventions
Economic and Social Research Council
2019
Testing the impact of interventions on migration decision-making
International Organisation for Migration
Contact
Academic support hours:
Thursday 14:00-16:00
