Danita Burke

Biography

Dr Burke is from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She did her undergraduate and graduate studies in Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and completed her PhD in International Politics at the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University in Wales, United Kingdom. Dr Burke has been based in Denmark since 2016. From February 2016-2018 Dr Burke was a Carlsberg Foundation Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for War Studies at SDU. Her research focus areas include international politics, Arctic politics, diplomacy, and non-governmental organizations.

Danita Catherine Burke is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment (SPIRE) from March – August 2018. Dr Burke is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship based at the Center for War Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Odense, Denmark. While a visiting fellow at SPIRE, Dr Burke will work under the mentorship of Professor Brian Doherty and Mr David Scrivener.

Project

In her project, Dr Burke explores the non-governmental organization (NGOs) and their participation and integration into international forums and institutions in a world that is increasingly critical of their involvement in global politics. Dr Burke will examine whether factors such as where the NGOs are trying to become a member, the structure of NGOs, financial conditions, and organizational membership might be decisive in determining whether they are accepted into international forums and institutions and how well the NGOs are able integrate into them.