Dr Joe Burton
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: BScEcon (Aberystwyth), MInt.St, PhD (Otago)
About Joe
I am Senior Lecturer in the Political Science and Public Policy Programme and the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science. My research focuses on regional responses to transnational security challenges, most notably cyber security, and with a focus on the Euro Atlantic and Asia Pacific regions. My doctoral research analysed NATO’s durability in the post-Cold War era and how the alliance was able to adapt to a changing security environment.
Research Supervised
In 2018 I will be teaching the following courses:
300 level - Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet
500 level - Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare
500 level - International Security, Strategy and Technology
Research Interests
I am interested in research collaborations and supervision in the following areas:
Cyber Security; US Foreign Policy; NATO and Transatlantic Security; Information Warfare and Strategic Communications; Science, Technology and International Security (including Artificial Intelligence and Drone Warfare); Asia Pacific Security; Terrorism and Failed States.
Recent Publications
Steff, R., Burton, J., & Soare, S. R. (Eds.) (2020). Emerging technologies and international security machines, the State and war. Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology.
Okpaleke, F., & Burton, J. (2020). US Grand Strategy and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles during the George W. Bush Administration. In Emerging Technologies and International Security: Machines, the State and War. Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology.
Burton, J., & Lain, C. (2020). Desecuritising cybersecurity: towards a societal approach. Journal of Cyber Policy, 5(3), 449-470. doi:10.1080/23738871.2020.1856903
Burton, J. (2020). Histories of technologies: Society, the State and the emergence of postmodern warfare. In Emerging Technologies and International Security Machines, the State and War. Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology.
Find more research publications by Joe Burton
Keywords
American Politics; Asian Politics; Cyber Security; East Asian Studies; Eastern Europe; European Union; Human Computer Interaction; International Relations; New Zealand Politics; Politics; Security; Technology; Terrorism; Violence
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton, Dr Joe | 4724 | jburton | J.2.23 | Political Science & Public Policy | ||||
| Burton, Dr Joe | 4724 | jburton | J.2.23 | Institute for Security and Crime Science |
You can contact staff by:
- Calling +64 7 838 4466 select option 1, then enter the extension
- Extensions starting with 3, 4, 5 or 9 can also be direct dialled:
- For extensions starting with 4: dial +64 7 838 extension
- For extensions starting with 50, 51, 52 or 56: dial +64 7 858 extension
- For extensions starting with 53: dial +64 7 577 extension
- For extensions starting with 9: dial +64 7 837 extension
- For extensions starting with 3: dial +64 7 2620 + the last 3 digits of the extension e.g. 3123 = +64 7 262 0123
- Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
- Using the hamilton campus map to locate their room