Dr Jennifer Hunt

Dr. Jennifer S. Hunt is a lecturer in the National Security College and a Research Associate at the US Studies Centre. Her current research projects examine cyber security (particularly cyber enabled information operations), and disinformation.  She has published on comparative national security policy in the US, Australia, and the Arab Gulf. Dr. Hunt holds a PhD and Master’s Degree in International Security from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (USA) where she was captain of the Women’s Sabre Fencing team. Dr Hunt has provided expert commentary on ABC’s Q&A, The Project, BBC, and the History Channel. She has served as a delegate at the Shangri-La Security Dialogue and attended the World Economic Forum in Abu Dhabi. Along with her academic areas of specialisation, Dr. Hunt also publishes on applied research methods. Dr. Hunt also holds a private pilot’s license.

Dr Jennifer S. Hunt currently leads two grants:

• Foreign Interference and Cyber war (Defence Strategic Policy Grant 2018),
• Tracking Disinformation Across Terrains with computer scientist Dr. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu at UTS(ANU Policy Greenhouse Grant 2019)