Simon Klee graduated in 2020 with an LL.M. from the University of Ottawa and a Master degree from Aix-Marseille Université (France), specializing in public international law. Since 2021, he has been a Ph.D. student in an international co-tutelle program at the Universities of Ottawa and Aix-Marseille, under the supervision of Professors Craig Forcese and Rostane Mehdi.
His research focuses on how intelligence-gathering activities conducted by states are influenced, limited, or framed by international law. As part of his work on the "points of contact" between intelligence and international law, he is particularly interested in cyberespionage, the protection of fundamental rights against intelligence collection through European supranational jurisprudence, and the legal framework governing intelligence-sharing between states.
Additionally, between 2020 and 2022, he worked as a parliamentary assistant to a French Member of Parliament and as a teaching assistant at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (France).