Hillary Briffa Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies Education, Kings College London

Dr Hillary Briffa is Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies and Assistant Director of the Centre for Defence Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. She serves on the editorial board of Small States and Territories journal and the board of the London Defence Conference. Internationally, she is Academic Chair for the Circle-U Knowledge Hub on Climate, an alliance of nine research-intensive universities. A recipient of the U.S. State Department’s inaugural Emerging Young Leaders award, she previously led peace-building projects in Eastern and Central Europe and now regularly advises governments worldwide on defence and foreign policy.