Skip to content

Esther Kersley

Commissioning Editor

Esther Kersley is the Commissioning Editor at the European Leadership Network (ELN), responsible for managing the communication of the ELN’s policy positions and research, and commissioning publications and articles on topical issues related to multilateral arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, and Russia-West relations.

Prior to joining the ELN, Esther worked at the fact-checking charity Full Fact, where she managed their media relations. She has also worked at the London School of Economics (LSE), peace and security think tank the Oxford Research Group, and anti-corruption NGO Transparency International. She has also spent time in Israel-Palestine working on conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Esther holds an MSc from the LSE in Comparative Politics and a BA from SOAS in Politics. 

Esther is also a documentary photographer and holds an MA in Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.

Content by Esther Kersley

Commentary

The hooded man at the computer: What are cyber images telling us?

The importance of new technologies for conflict and security has grown in the past decade, but the images we use to represent them have remained the same. In this illustrated long-form commentary, ELN commissioning editor Esther Kersley interviews cyber security experts to explore what current cyber images are conveying and what impact this could be having on our ability to understand these issues and imagine the effects they may have on our future.

14 December 2022 | Esther Kersley