Emma Hutchison is a Research Fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on emotions and trauma in world politics, particularly in relation to security, humanitarianism and international aid. She has published widely on these topics in a range of scholarly journals and books. Together with Professor Roland Bleiker, Dr Hutchison edited the Forum on ‘Emotions and World Politics’ in International Theory in 2014. Her recent book, Affective Communities in World Politics: Collective Emotions After Trauma (Cambridge University Press, 2016) was awarded the British International Studies Association Susan Strange Prize for 2017.