Julian graduated from Edinburgh University in 1992 with a degree in economics. After pursuing graduate work in economics (leading to two masters degrees), he worked at the Institute of Economic Affairs and in 1998 was appointed Director of the IEA’s Environment and Technology Programme. In his spare time, Julian completed a Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of Westminster in 1999.
In 2001, Julian founded International Policy Network, a think-tank based in London that works on global policy issues relating to health, environment, trade, and development. In 2002, he was appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Buckingham.

 

Julian is the author or editor of many papers and books, including Environment and Health: Myths and Realities (co-edited with Kendra Okonski; International Policy Press, 2004), Sustainable Development: Promoting Progress or Perpetuating Poverty (Profile Books, 2002), Ideal Matter: Globalisation and the Intellectual Property Debate (co-written with Rosalind Mowatt, Duncan Reekie, and Richard Tren; Centre for the New Europe, 2002) and Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999).
Julian is co-editor, with Indur Goklany, of the Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development and is also a member of the editorial board of Energy and Environment. His articles and book reviews have appeared in The Financial Times, The Sunday Times (UK), The Australian, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Economic Times (India), Business Day (South Africa), The Daily Telegraph (UK), Economic Affairs, Nature, Toxicology, and various other newspapers and journals. He also regularly appears on TV and radio.