Author profile: Natalie Jester

Natalie Jester (she/her) is a lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research focuses on the relationship between identity and security in digital spaces. Common themes include gender, state identity, violence and the everyday. Her research interests are reflected in her teaching, which covers a range of modules related to international issues, identity, and digital methods.

Gun Violence in the United States

Natalie Jester • Dec 2 2023 • Student Features

Why is it common to perceive tanks crossing borders as a greater problem than large-scale loss of life due to guns in the United States, especially amongst schoolchildren and Black civilians?

Digital Decay and the Global Politics of Virtual Infrastructure

Natalie Jester • Jul 11 2023 • Articles

The inability to access information such as tweets may, perhaps, reflect an anti-democratisation of knowledge where previously the internet had opened it up to the masses.

International Security

Natalie Jester • Apr 12 2022 • Online resources

Security is a contested concept that has occupied minds for thousands of years. The central debate is whether security should be about protecting the state or the individual – or both.

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