Julie Urquhart currently works at the Countryside & Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire. Julie is an environmental social scientist with research interests in plant biosecurity, human-environment relationships, public engagement and ecosystem services. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with a focus on research that has applied policy relevance and the public understanding of environmental challenges. Recent work involved exploring public risk perceptions in the context of tree pests and diseases. Julie is currently working on the EU Horizon 2020 project “Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems (SURE-Farm)”. The 4-year project (2017-2021) aims to develop a resilience-enabling framework that can be implemented in the EU agricultural sector.