Danita Catherine Burke

Dr. Burke is a Senior Research Fellow based at the Center for War Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the founder of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic. She is the principal investigator of the project "Seals, Stigma and Survival" funded by the Nordic Arctic Programme. Dr. Burke is the author of "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" (Routledge), "Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement" (Routledge), "WWF and Arctic Environmentalism: Conservationism and the ENGO in the Circumpolar North" (Manchester University Press), "Diplomacy and the Arctic Council" (McGill-Queens University Press) and "International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic: Arctic Sovereignty in the National Consciousness" (Palgrave Macmillan).

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Research fellow, University of Southern Denmark

Education

  • 2016 
    Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, PhD

Publications

  • 2023
    Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement, Routledge
  • 2022
    WWF and Arctic Environmentalism: Conservationism and the ENGO in the Circumpolar North, Manchester University Press
  • 2019
    Diplomacy and the Arctic Council, McGill-Queens University Press
  • 2018
    International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic: Arctic Sovereignty in the National Consciousness, Palgrave Macmillan

Professional Memberships

  • Founder of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic

Contact Danita for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision