Jennifer Cassidy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1987 (age 37) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Substitute Lecturer in International Politics, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Digital diplomatic crisis communication: diplomatic signalling and crisis narratives in an age of real – time governance (2017) |
Jennifer Agnes Cassidy (born 13 May 1987) is an Irish writer, and substitute lecturer in International Politics at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. Her PhD focused on technology, diplomacy, political crisis and international relations.[1][2][3]
Background
editFrom Dublin, Ireland, Cassidy attended secondary school at Wesley College where she completed her Leaving Certificate in 2005.[citation needed] She read history and political science at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts degree in 2010.[citation needed] During her undergraduate studies she spent a year at the University of Sydney researching gender and human rights. In 2011, Cassidy graduated from the University of Oxford with a Master of Science degree in global governance and diplomacy. She then undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in international development and digital diplomacy, receiving her doctorate in 2016.[4][2] Her thesis was on the topic of digital diplomatic crisis communication.[5]
Career
editIn 2011, Cassidy worked as a research assistant at CNN and as an attaché to Ireland's permanent mission at the United Nations. In 2012, she was a government and human rights attaché to the European External Action Service in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, before joining the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs as a political attaché. In 2016, she spoke at TEDxOxford. She has written for The Conversation, Grazia, the Business Post and has appeared on BBC News.[6][4][7][8][9][10][11] She was the series editor of Brill Research Perspectives in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy.[12]
Cassidy was a stipendiary lecturer at St Peter's College, Oxford in 2019. She is a member of the advisory council of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy.[6][13][14][3]
Cassidy is an active Twitter user, with a following of over 157,000 as of September 2022.[15] Her social media commentary has been widely noted, including by Al Jazeera, The National newspaper, and The Daily Telegraph.[16][17][18]
Publications
edit- Brill Research Perspectives in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (editor-in-chief, 2017-2021)
- Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age (with Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor, 2019), in the Hague Journal of Diplomacy
- Gender and Diplomacy (editor, 2017)
References
edit- ^ "Diplomatic Studies staff profiles". Department for Continuing Education. University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b McCausland, Nelson (24 January 2019). "Nelson McCausland: Academic's tweeted poem a reminder of the problems facing those who crave a shared future". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2022 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ a b "SPC tutors nominated for teaching awards". St Peter's College. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Interviews - Trinity Development & Alumni - Trinity College Dublin".
- ^ Cassidy, J. (2021). Digital diplomatic crisis communication: diplomatic signalling and crisis narratives in an age of real – time governance (Thesis). University of Oxford.
- ^ a b "Advisory Council". CFFP.
- ^ Lynch, Donal (17 May 2020). "Holding tech giants to account and taking on Covid-19 - meet Dr Jennifer Cassidy". Independent.ie.
- ^ "Jennifer Cassidy". The Conversation. 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Jennifer Cassidy". Business Post.
- ^ Cassidy, Jennifer (7 April 2020). "'I Couldn't Think Anything Other Than, "Just Keep Breathing". How It Feels To Be Hospitalised With Coronavirus". Grazia. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Kaonga, Gerrard (6 August 2019). "BBC news guest claims UK doesn't understand 'dangers' of removing Brexit backstop". Express.co.uk.
- ^ "Brill Research Perspectives in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy". Brill. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Dr Jennifer Cassidy - New Speaker on Digital Diplomacy & Feminist Foreign Policy". Connect Speakers Bureau. 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Cassidy | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
- ^ "@OxfordDiplomat" on Twitter
- ^ "Business as usual in Munich: White men rule the world".
- ^ "'Excruciating' moment as Kay Burley exposes Liz Truss's endless U-turns". 5 August 2022.
- ^ Strimpel, Zoe (12 February 2022). "There's nothing new about the sexist Remainer elite sneering at Liz Truss". The Telegraph.
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