I was born and raised in rural Newfoundland, Canada and completed my undergraduate studies in Political Science and Business at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I completed my graduate studies in Political Science at Memorial and then my PhD at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK.
I am based at the Center for War Studies (CWS) University of Southern Denmark (SDU). I started there as a Carlsberg Foundation Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow. Then I was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow. Presently, I am an External Lecturer and a Research Fellow at SDU while holding a JR Smallwood Foundation Fellowship.
For over a decade I have focused my studies and research on exploring different dimensions of international relations, with an empirical focus on the Arctic region. For my research I have travelled extensively in many states, including the eight Arctic states, speaking with diplomats, civil servants, NGO representatives, Indigenous Peoples representatives and community leaders, as well as other researchers.
I have also had the opportunity to do archival research at the Library and Archives Canada and the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland. These experiences and opportunities to meet and talk with some of the most interesting people cooperating, campaigning, living, and representing their people in the Arctic region have enriched my research and helped broaden my appreciation of just how dynamic and important the Arctic and the study of the region is in the 21st century.
If you would like to learn more about my work, or would like to contact me, you can find me on twitter @DanitaBurke1 or you can contact me by email (burke@sam.sdu.dk).
For additional information on my research, please visit (https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/persons/burke) and (https://southerndenmark.academia.edu/DanitaCatherineBurke).
Some of my publications and outputs are:
Burke, Danita Catherine. (2020) “Re-establishing Legitimacy after Stigmatization: Greenpeace in the North American North.” Polar Record 56(e26): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247420000285
Burke, Danita Catherine. (2019) Diplomacy and the Arctic Council. Montreal and Kingston. McGill-Queens University Press. https://www.mqup.ca/diplomacy-and-the-arctic-council-products-9780773559196.php
“Interview with Danita Burke about her new book Diplomacy and the Arctic Council“
Burke, Danita Catherine. (2018) International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic: Arctic Sovereignty in the National Consciousness. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319619163.
Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland – 30 April 2018
Burke, Danita Catherine and Andre Saramago. (2018) “Singapore’s use of Education as a Soft Power Tool in Arctic Cooperation.” Asian Survey 58(5): 920-941. https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2018.58.5.920.
Burke, Danita Catherine. (2017) “Leading by Example: Canada and its Arctic Stewardship Role.” International Journal of Public Policy 13(1/2): 36-52. https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=81050.
Phelps Bondaroff, Teale and Danita Catherine Burke. (2014). “Bridging Troubled Waters: History as Political Opportunity Structure.” Journal of Civil Society 10(2): 165-183. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17448689.2014.919179?journalCode=rcis20&#.Va1ua_lViko.
Arctic Summer College
I am the founder of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (WiAA) initiative and I started the WiAA initiative while funded by a European Union Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (grant agreement # 746312).
