Eleonora Natale

Dr Eleonora Natale is a Lecturer in Environmental Security at King’s College London's Department of War Studies and coordinates the Latin American Security Research Group. She holds a PhD from Keele University's School of Politics, International Relations and Environment, with academic expertise in Latin American militarization, environmental security, and transitional justice.

• PhD in Politics and International Relations (Keele University)
• Visiting Researcher at Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College (2023)
• Visiting Researcher at Superior War College, Rio de Janeiro (2022)

Her research explores the 'everyday dimension' of militarization through ethnographic methods and oral history, emphasizing social/familial military structures. Current work investigates Brazilian military's role in Amazonian environmental policy while maintaining long-term collaborations with South American institutions.

Key article themes across 2019-2024 examine military kinship networks, transitional justice processes in Argentina, Falklands/Malvinas War legacy, and civil-military relations. She employs interdisciplinary frameworks combining military studies with anthropology and political science.

• Santander research grant recipient
• Argentine Ministry of Education funding
• Society for Latin American Studies grant

Dr Natale co-investigates King’s Brazil Institute's 'Military in Politics in Brazil' project and participates in European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS). Her teaching includes BA Conflict and Diplomacy, BA Security in Latin America, and MA Diplomacy and Foreign Policy modules.