Courtney is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University; Associate Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; and Associate Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Her research focuses on emerging powers and global security governance. Currently, Courtney studies why emerging powers contribute to peacekeeping and how these states shape the norms and rules governing cyberspace. She is committed to policy-facing scholarship in international relations.
Courtney’s Fulbright research examines how Australia and the United States can best cooperate, as emerging powers reshape the United Nations agenda. Her work contributes to strengthening the Australia-U.S. Alliance, which is underpinned by a commitment to a robust United Nations.