Dokta Burkins shi ne Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Arctic, Babban Mataimakin Mataimakin a Cibiyar John Sloan Dickey don fahimtar duniya, da kuma Farfesa Farfesa na Nazarin Muhalli a Dartmouth. Har ila yau, ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar UArctic a Diflomasiya na Kimiyya da Haɗawa a Dartmouth, memba na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na ISC na Babban Taron Shirye-shiryen Bincike na Arctic na Duniya (ICARP IV), Tsohon Shugaban Hukumar Kwalejin Ilimi ta Amurka akan Ƙungiyoyin Kimiyya na Duniya (BISO), da Tsohon Shugaban Kwamitin Kimiyyar Kasa na Amurka (USNC-GS).
Tare da aikin da ya shafi ilimi da gwamnati, Burkins an san shi a matsayin "diflomasiyyar kimiyya" mai ba da shawara ga ilimin kimiyyar siyasa, ilimin diflomasiyya na kimiyya, da kuma haɗin kai na tsarin ilimi daban-daban, muryoyin al'umma, da matasa a cikin yanke shawara ga Arctic da duniya. yanayi da manufofin ci gaba mai dorewa.
A lokacin wa'adinta na farko tare da ISC, Burkins ta ba da gudummawa ga rahotanni da yawa da himma da aka mayar da hankali kan ci gaban tsarin kimiyyar duniya da ya haɗa da ɗorewa. Wannan ya haɗa da bita na Rahoton Ci Gaban Dorewa na Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 2019, sabis akan Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Ofishin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Rage Risk Risk Reduction Report (UNDRR-GAR), rawar ba da shawara ta kimiyya akan ISC 2021 manufa don Kimiyya bayar da rahoto ga Global Forum of Funders (GFF), gudunmawar edita ga shirin ISC na Yaki Tsakanin Wariyar launin fata a cikin Kimiyya, da sabis a cikin memba na Member UNESCO na duniya kan jami'o'i da 15 ajanda (Egu2030).
Tana fatan ci gaba da aikinta don samar da ƙarin tsarin kimiyya mai haɗa kai da daidaito, diflomasiyyar kimiyya, da gudanar da ilimin kimiyya a ziyararta ta biyu kan Hukumar Mulki ta ISC.
An sabunta shafin a watan Mayu 2024.