Emily Carroll is a postgraduate student at the University of Sydney studying a Master’s of Media Practice. She has a background in research and policy analysis in Australian, European, East-African and South-East Asian contexts. She has worked in government and academia, including recently as an analyst and manager in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland. In 2005, she co-founded an NGO, Timor Leste Vision. Emily holds a Master’s of International Security and Conflict, and undergraduate degrees in Science and Behavioural Science from Dublin City University, Curtin University of Technology and the University of Notre Dame respectively.