Jenny Thornton

Jenny has a rich background in international development and international relations in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. She was part of the team to establish the University of Cambridge Cambridge Africa Research Centre and is a board member and former director of the Cambridge African Film Festival. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of St Andrews in Geography and Social Anthropology, and completed her Masters with Distinction in International Relations at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge in 2017. Her Masters thesis interrogated the politics and inequalities of research partnerships between Uganda, Rwanda and the UK, which involved three months of fieldwork. She is also interested in the decolonisation of knowledge. Jenny's professional area of expertise focuses on online safety, internet governance, and the politicised and moralised role of digital technology. Jenny has also taught on the Undergraduate Certificate and Diploma courses in International Relations at ICE.