Carolijn van Noort is a PhD Candidate at the Politics Department at the University of Otago. Of Dutch nationality, Carolijn received a Master in Global Business Management at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, a Bachelor and Master in Media & Culture at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and she pursued by means of student exchanges, courses in International Relations and Communication at San Francisco State University and Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include strategic narratives and public diplomacy.