Jessica Urwin is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental History at ANU. Her research focusses upon Australia's nuclear history and its intersection with colonialism, politics, and the environment.
Experience
2023–present
Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
2019–2022
PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Education
2018
Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Publications
2022
“The old colonial power can stand proxy”: The Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia and the politics of the 1980s, Australian Journal of Politics and History
2022
The Radioactive Dr Mawson: Douglas Mawson and the quest for Australia’s radium riches, 1903-58, Australian Historical Studies
2022
The British Empire’s Dr Strangelove? Ernest Titterton and the British Nuclear Tests in Australia, History Australia