The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, May). The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor. Presented at International Communication Association, Boston

This paper undertakes an exploration of the current, and likely future, significance of the European Union as an actor in the emerging communication policy area of Next Generation Networks. In so doing, it explores the key approaches taken by the EU... Read More about The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor.

The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, April). The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework. Presented at UK Political Studies Association Annual Conference ‘Transforming Politics – New Synergies’. Panel: ‘The Public Interest and EU Information Society Policy: the Role of Soft Governance’,, London

The paper has two key findings. First, the EU’s employment of soft governance as a policy tool to stimulate effective transposition and implementation of agreed measures in telecommunications has been utilised alongside the threat (and use of) hard l... Read More about The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework.

The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, February). The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications. Presented at International Political Science Association/European Consortium for Political Research conference, ‘Whatever Happened to North-South?’, Sao Paulo, Brazil

This paper focuses on the recent evolution of global regulatory policy agendas in two key parts of communication media: the Internet and telecommunications. It explores the key regulatory governance ideas and practices that have come to the fore in s... Read More about The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications.

‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications? (2011)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2011). ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?. West European Politics, 34(5), 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.591108

This article makes a contribution to research on soft or ‘new’ governance in EU policy
making by examining the recent history of telecommunications policy as a case study, a
sector hitherto not widely recognised for displaying this kind of governan... Read More about ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?.

The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet (2011)
Journal Article
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2011). The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet. Journal of European Public Policy, 18(2), 241-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.544505

Whilst the global governance architecture of the Internet has evolved
at pace in the last 10 years, the European Union’s (EU) role and influence in its
development has been relatively understudied. This article contributes to closing
this gap in t... Read More about The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet.