Roland Bleiker is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland. His current research examines how images, and the emotions they engender, shape responses to humanitarian crises. Recent publications include Aesthetics and World Politics (Palgrave, 2009/2012) and, as co-editor, a forum on ‘Emotions and World Politics’ in International Theory (volume 3, 2014).

Constance Duncombe is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. Her current research examines how representations trigger emotions that drive the struggle for recognition, with a particular focus on the Iran-US relationship. Her work has appeared in Global Change, Peace and Security (2011), Global Discourse (2014), and in the edited volume The Contemporary Middle East: Revolution or Reform? (2014).