Jenny Nielsen

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Jenny Nielsen is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland (Australia), researching the 'humanitarian initiative' leading up to the 2015 NPT Review Conference. Previously she was a Research Analyst with the Non-proliferation and Disarmament Programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a Programme Manager for the Defence & Security Programme at Wilton Park, and a Research Assistant for the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies (MCIS) at the University of Southampton. At MCIS, Jenny was tasked with the co-editing the 2004-2012 editions of the NPT Briefing Book. She holds a PhD from the University of Southampton which focused on U.S. nuclear non-proliferation policy vis-à-vis Iran in the 1970s.