UDkt. Burkins unguMqondisi we-Institute of Arctic Studies, Umqondisi Omkhulu Ohlangene e-John Sloan Dickey Centre for International Understanding, kanye noProfesa Oyi-Adjunct Wezifundo Zezemvelo e-Dartmouth. Uphinde asebenze njengoSihlalo we-UArctic kuDiplomacy yeSayensi kanye Nokufakwa e-Dartmouth, ilungu leKomidi Eliqondisayo le-ISC leNgqungquthela Yokuhlela Yokucwaninga Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yesine (ICARP IV), USihlalo Odlule Webhodi Le-US National Academies' Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO), kanye USihlalo Odlule Wekomidi Likazwelonke lase-US Lesayensi Yomhlaba (USNC-GS).
Ngomsebenzi ohlanganisa isikole nohulumeni, uBurkins waziwa “njengesazi sesayensi” esimela umfundaze obambe iqhaza kwinqubomgomo, imfundo yediplomacy yesayensi, kanye nokuzibandakanya kwezinhlelo zolwazi ezihlukene, amazwi omphakathi, kanye nentsha ekuthatheni izinqumo ze-Arctic kanye nomhlaba wonke. Isimo sezulu kanye nenqubomgomo yentuthuko esimeme.
Ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala ne-ISC, uBurkins ufake isandla emibikweni eminingi nasezinhlelweni ezigxile ekuthuthukisweni kwezinhlelo zesayensi yomhlaba wonke ezibandakanya wonke futhi ezimeme. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukubuyekezwa kombiko we-UN Global Sustainability Development Report 2019, insizakalo yeHhovisi Le-UN Lokuncishiswa Kwezinhlekelele Umbiko Wokuhlola Umhlaba Wonke (UNDRR-GAR) Ibhodi Lokweluleka, indima yokweluleka ngesayensi ku-ISC. 2021 Missions Yesayensi bika ku-Global Forum of Funders (GFF), iminikelo yokuhlela ohlelweni lwe-ISC lwe Ukulwa Nobandlululo Oluhlelekile Kwezesayensi, kanye nensizakalo Yeqembu Elizimele Elizimele Le-UNESCO Elinamalungu E-Global Independent kumaNyuvesi kanye ne-Ajenda yowezi-15 (EGU2030).
Ubheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wokudala izinhlelo zesayensi ezibandakanya wonke umuntu nezilinganayo, idiplomacy yesayensi, kanye nokuphatha isayensi ohambweni lwakhe lwesibili kuBhodi Eliphethe I-ISC.
Ikhasi labuyekezwa ngoMeyi 2024.
