Sophia Dingli is a Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Glasgow. Her work is at the intersection of critical theory and political realism and she has conducted research on the concept and the phenomenon of silence in international politics, gender and security and peace processes. Her work has appeared in Politics, EJIR, edited volumes and online forums.

Thomas N. Cooke is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s University. Cooke’s research interests are in data, privacy, surveillance, as well as sound studies.