Anthony Heron

Anthony Heron is a Research Associate on The Arctic Institute’s Editorial Team. He is currently undertaking a PhD at Queen Margaret University, investigating how embassies use social media to shape and contest political narratives during international crises, alongside working as a Managing Editor for Springer Nature’s Humanities and Social Sciences Communications journal.

He also holds an MSc with Distinction in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London. Following completion of a BA (Hons) in Film and Media from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Anthony worked as a Parliamentary Assistant at the House of Commons and wrote for publications including The Royal United Services Institute, The National (Scotland), and Helsinki Times, covering Scotland’s growing Arctic connections. He was later tasked by Frontiers to help launch two of its academic journals: Energy Efficiency Policy and Nuclear Safety.

Anthony’s research interests include Arctic geopolitics, maritime security, and the evolving role of Scotland in the Arctic.