Dr. Burke is the founder of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic initiative and is currently a Fellow of the JR Smallwood Foundation and Ext. Lecturer based at the Center for War Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
Dr. Burke holds a PhD in International Politics from the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, a Master of Arts degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Political Science from the Department of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland.