Dr. Sally Burt is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Strategy and Diplomacy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. She earned her PhD from the Australian National University in 2011, focusing on US diplomatic history and foreign policy. Her research examines the development of US foreign policy processes historically and in contemporary settings, with particular emphasis on cybersecurity, information warfare, US relations with China, and dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region. Burt has held visiting fellowships at the University of Florida and West Point Military Academy in New York. She has authored key works such as At the President's Pleasure: FDR's Leadership of Wartime Sino-US Relations (Brill, 2015) and contributed chapters including 'The Gray Zone: Changing Our Understanding of National Security in the Information Age' (in National Security in the Digital and Information Age, BoD – Books on Demand, 2024) and 'China's Use of Public Diplomacy in the United States: From World War II to the Twenty-First Century' (IntechOpen, 2020). Her journal publications include 'President Obama and China: cyber diplomacy and strategy for a new era' (Journal of Cyber Policy, 2023), 'High and low tide: Sino-American relations and summit diplomacy in the second world war' (Diplomacy and Statecraft, 2018), and 'Explaining domestic student enrolment growth in Australian private universities and colleges' (Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022). Burt has edited volumes such as National Security in the Digital and Information Age (IntechOpen, 2024), Global Perspectives on US Democratization Efforts: From the Outside In (with D.A. Añorve, Springer, 2016), and Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy: From the Outside In (with D.A. Añorve, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Burt has presented her research at international conferences and summits, contributing to discussions on regional tensions, cyber strategy, and diplomatic history. Her current projects explore information warfare across historical and modern cyber contexts. She supervises postgraduate students in areas such as information warfare, political warfare, Sino-US relations, US foreign policy, and diplomatic history. Burt teaches courses including Introduction to Cyber Security, Cyber Policy in China, Australian Cyber Diplomacy, and Australia and Cyber War, enhancing understanding of cyber issues in international security.

Professional Email: s.burt@adfa.edu.au