Affiliated Researcher, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Dr Jill Campion is affiliated to the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Jill completed her PhD at Cambridge, researching how national infrastructure decision making has been undertaken by Government. The Case Study used for her research, which spanned the period from implementation of the post war planning system up to 2020, focused on the creation of and expansion at Heathrow Airport, with particular emphasis on the proposed addition of a third runway. The role of power and how rationality is framed within the political decision making process was central to Dr Campion’s analysis.

Dr Campion is currently conducting further research on national infrastructure decision making, undertaking a comparative study between English and French national infrastructure systems of decision making, employing a similar case study approach. She is interested in how the French state considers and implements its infrastructure decision making and whether lessons can be drawn from national differences, which might contribute to proposals to create a more effective infrastructure planning system in England. Dr Campion has the generous support of a Leverhulme Trust grant to conduct this research. During 2027, Dr Campion will be partly based at the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d’Evaluation des Politiques Publiques, part of Sciences Po, Paris, as a Visiting Researcher, for the purposes of conducting this research.