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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 15d

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · 27d

Been very impressed with the standard of papers and panels at #apsa2025 - happy to chat if you’re keen to submit to @bjpir.bsky.social

Vancouver is also lovely - from flying in over the mountains to watching seaplanes taking off outside the conference

Brutal jet lag making the 8am panels easy!

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 29d

🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉

Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟

We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk

@visitbrighton.bsky.social
@simonrushton.bsky.social
@julietdryden.bsky.social

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Jonna Nyman @jknyman.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’ll be presenting tomorrow at 14.00 on Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative and then at 16.00 I’m on a Global IR panel talking about my forthcoming OUP book, Securing China: Worlding Security Studies #EISAPEC2025 come join!

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ordering breakfast in Bologna #EISAPEC2025

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · Aug 26

Strong opening panel at #EISAPEC2025!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · Aug 19

I am excited to share that I'll be presenting three times next week as part of the @europeanisa.bsky.social Pan European Conference. Please reach out if you're an IR or Security Studies scholar with an interest in race and IR or anticolonial theory. It'll be my first time there #EISAPEC2025

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Jan 6

Professor Jason Ralph recently joined the Hayseed Scholar podcast to talk about his path from school through university and into academia:

open.spotify.com/episode/3ByM...

Jason Ralph

The Hayseed Scholar Podcast · Episode

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 🎉 We are delighted to report that PSA journals have registered important growth, visibility and impact across #PoliticalScience and #InternationalRelations impact rankings @sagepub.com @polstudies.bsky.social @bjpir.bsky.social @politicsjournal.bsky.social.

PSA’s journals grow in impact, visibility & influence | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

The recently published 2024 Clarivate results show improvements in the rankings and impact factors for all four of the PSA’s journals.In reaction to this outcome, PSA Chief Executive Michelle Doyle…

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Mar 17

⭐️Become a BISA trustee!⭐️

We are thrilled to announce that we have six trustee positions up for election to the BISA Executive Committee.

Find further details here - www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-no...

@izbaron.bsky.social
@unamcgahern.bsky.social

#trusteeelection
#executivecommittee

Call for nominations to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025

We're pleased to announce we have six trustee positions up for election to the Executive Committee.

www.bisa.ac.uk

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4!

This achievement is also reflected in our rankings:
📌 14th out of 169 in International Relations
📌 36th out of 322 in Political Science

Thank you for your support!

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · Jul 4

BJPIR is 14th in IR

Thanks to a great team

Will have a beer to celebrate

Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

*PSA PUBLICATIONS* 🎉 We are delighted to report that PSA journals have registered important growth, visibility and impact across #PoliticalScience and #InternationalRelations impact rankings @sagepub.com @polstudies.bsky.social @bjpir.bsky.social @politicsjournal.bsky.social.

PSA’s journals grow in impact, visibility & influence | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

The recently published 2024 Clarivate results show improvements in the rankings and impact factors for all four of the PSA’s journals.In reaction to this outcome, PSA Chief Executive Michelle Doyle…

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Jun 20

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has achieved an outstanding score of 3.4 for its impact factor for 2024! 🥳 It also achieved a ranking of 14/169 in the International Relations category, and 36/322 in Political Science 🎊

@bjpir.bsky.social

#BJPIR #Impact

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Apr 24

🌟 Nominations close tonight!🌟
Last chance to submit your applications to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025.
Deadline - 11.59pm (UK time) TONIGHT.
link - buff.ly/ErPLmMh
@nickcaddick.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social
@profjackholland.bsky.social

Call for nominations to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025

We're pleased to announce we have six trustee positions up for election to the Executive Committee.

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · Apr 14

In Oxford today to visit a few libraries. Enjoying the guidance of previous readers!

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Jack Holland @profjackholland.bsky.social · Apr 7

@emilyfaux.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Adolescence team to remake Threads nuclear attack epic

Sheffield-based Warp Films firm plans to turn the 1984 movie Threads into a TV series, it says.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Apr 1

BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives part 2 just released w/ @profjackholland.bsky.social 🌟

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Huge thank you to all our contributors - we are massively grateful!

@usempire.bsky.social @rgwhitman.bsky.social
@bisasee.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social

BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Shaping a global IR to respond to global challenges

In part two of our discussions with former chairs, they discuss how BISA has shaped global IR.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Mar 28

BISA AspIRing Scholars Fund🌟
Just launched - a fund that will be entirely dedicated to providing vital grants for PhD students and early-career academics - every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference! buff.ly/ba1kXbR
@nickcaddick.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social

Donate | BISA

The British International Studies Association is a learned society that promotes the study of international relations and related subjects through teaching, research, and facilitation of contact…

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Mar 26

Register for our 2025 Postgraduate and early-career development day!

With panels including: @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social ,
@nickcaddick.bsky.socia l, @amnakaleem.bsky.social , @profjackholland.bsky.social and @drnickwright.bsky.social a must register 👉 buff.ly/hYKG2bu

@uk.theconversation.com

Postgraduate and early-career development day 2025

Register for the PG/ECR workshops taking place in Belfast in June 2025.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Mar 23

IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/1XMno5B

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky @sagepub.com

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Mar 18

📚SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT 📚

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 shortlist!

To read more about all the incredible books and their talented authors 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/lhm-lin...

#BookPrize #BookShortlist
@rkrystalli.bsky.social

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Mar 18

📈 Trending in BJPIR this week

'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social

Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@oupolitics.bsky.social

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Mar 17

📣 New BJPIR article out now!

'Reframing internationalism and patriotism: The Labour Party and the Ukraine–Russia war' by Jasper Miles

🧵 Find out more below and access the article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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Euan Raffle @euanraffle.bsky.social · Mar 14

Come join us! Funded PhD project on popular culture and US foreign policy, supervised by Dr Ryan O'Connor, @dranthonymay.bsky.social, and myself @mybcu.bsky.social Further details here: www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...
Please share with anyone who might be interested!

USMEC : US Military-Entertainment Complex from the Cold War to the War on Terror

This research project examines how American popular culture, including movies, TV shows, and other media, intersects with U.S. military and foreign policy messaging from the Cold War to today. The PhD...

www.bcu.ac.uk

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Feb 27

📈 Trending in BJPIR this week

'Imaginaries of trauma and victimhood: The role of the ‘China threat’ in Trump’s populism of the privileged' by Alexandra Homolar and Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado

🔓 Find the #OpenAccess article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481241259383

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Feb 25

📣 New BJPIR article out now!

'Storytelling in the Australian 2023 voice referendum campaign' by @ariadnevromen.bsky.social, @serrinrp.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social

🔓 Find the article in #OpenAccess here: https://buff.ly/3EQ1f1Q

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Feb 22

IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/418UVdc

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · Feb 22

Anyone else lose like 5% of their Google Scholar citations?

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Feb 18

If, like me, you are a UCU member and agree the union should stop wasting time and effort on a fruitless round of pay strikes at a time when tens of thousands of academic jobs are at risk, then please consider signing this open letter (link early on the document): ucucommons.org/2025/02/13/m...

Motion to HEC: Focus on Defending Jobs and Reforming UK HE

Two UCU Commons HEC members are bringing the following motion to the special HEC meeting on Wednesday 19th February. We are looking for UCU members in HE to add their names in support of the motion…

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Our new Special Issue is out now!

BJPIR Volume 27 - Issue 1 includes:

🔹 8 articles including an introduction to: 'Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World'

🔹 Several articles available in #OpenAccess

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