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British International Studies Association - Engaging the global international studies community. We're known for our working groups, journals, postgraduate network, funding, conference and more!
Website: www.bisa.ac.uk
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🎉 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
Do not miss out on our #BISAFCDOModelNATO 2026 call for expressions of interest! 🌟
An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉

More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt

Politics & IR @ De Montfort University
International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Alexander Borum December IR career starters is out now & with Christmas round the corner there is no better time to grind away at those applications! 🌟

inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉

Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Upcoming International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG event! 🎉

Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸

Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc

Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📢We have kicked off todays event by the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group!

👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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New blog!

Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.

@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social

www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In discussion: Jamie J. Hagen 🎉

Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟

Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH

@julietdryden.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔉We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social!

🌏We are joined by Carl Death to discuss his new book 'African Climate Futures' followed by a roundtable with Farai Chipato and Audra Mitchell on alternative ecological futures.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions' 🌳

Review of International Studies article & video abstract by Sylvain Maechler co-authored w/ Jacqueline Best 🎉

Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/2jmh50XBOSk

Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do you know somebody that wants to join you at BISA ⁉️

Look no further than our BISA REFERRAL SCHEME 🌟
For every new member you refer you will receive 3 MONTHS FREE MEMBERSHIP 🎉

Make sure they put your name in the referral box here: https://ow.ly/ZXjQ50XBHh4

@julietdryden.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Earlier this week I took two of our amazing @astonpress.bsky.social students to a model COP climate negotiation organised by @mybisa.bsky.social at Chatham House.

They did a great job representing the EU in the simulation, and learnt a great deal about international diplomacy and COP. #ClimateSim
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There is a new BISA Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG book talk coming up! 🎉

'The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century' with Philip Cunliffe on 11 December

Free and open to all - sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/LoGn50XBaKv
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Global Nuclear Order Working Group this year! Wishing everyone a lovely winter break. We’ll be back in the new year with plenty ahead, including our online conference and the 2026 @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton 🌍✨ See you next year!
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🚨LAST CHANCE for our Environment and Climate Politics Working Group event tomorrow!🚨

'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination' the role of art and creativity in imagining alternative ecological futures 🌟

Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/2tPJ50XxVaE
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'Outsourcing anti-dependency: Brazil’s fraught embedded-autonomy approach to China' 🌟

New Review of International Studies article and video abstract OUT NOW 🚨
By Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva co-authored with Joel Atkinson 🎉

Read and watch here! 👉 https://ow.ly/vovQ50XB999
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Our CPD paper prize is open - until 31 December!
🏆Our BISA Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial WG Prize for Early Career Scholars is open again! 🏆

Supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work 🌟
Deadline: 31 December

Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/UPL650XtT4j

niharika pandit Sarah Gharib Seif
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Upcoming Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group event 🚨

W/ Todd McGowan presenting his new Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 'Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan'🌟

10 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/7s9p50XAuAg
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Be sure to also check out the video abstract below! 📺👇
'Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia' 🌎

New Review of International Studies article and video abstract by Neil Christopher Renic and Jessica Wolfendale co-authored with Christopher Elliott 🌟

Read and watch it here! 👉 https://ow.ly/WIKs50XAtge
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Help us make a difference today! 👉 https://www.bisa.ac.uk/give/donate

“Having seen the incredible talent of young BISA scholars, and knowing the difficult situation they face at the beginning of their career, the AspIRing Scholars Fund is a cause well worth supporting.” - Roland Bleiker 🎉
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Last chance to register for Thursday's event!

'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.

Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.

More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...

@mybisa.bsky.social
Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia' 🌎

New Review of International Studies article and video abstract by Neil Christopher Renic and Jessica Wolfendale co-authored with Christopher Elliott 🌟

Read and watch it here! 👉 https://ow.ly/WIKs50XAtge
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
From PhD to Postdoc: Strategies, fellowships, and real-world insights 🎉

Thinking beyond your PhD? Learn how to turn your research into the next big step! 🌟
Taking place on 17 December w/ BISA postgrad network & Marcus Nicolson (Minority Rights - Eurac Research) 📚

Sign up: https://ow.ly/y6g050XzTce
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is our 12th annual BISA Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial workshop and we are so excited! 🎉

A massive good luck to the whole CPD team for today - 'Recalibrating our ethical compass: academia in times of crisis' @ School of Society Environment at Queen Mary🌟

👉 https://ow.ly/zKbu50XzSNk
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🚨NEXT EVENT🚨

📖 Seminar series session with Todd McGowan (U of Vermont), presenting his new ‘Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan’ and introducing Lacanian psychoanalysis for politics & IR.

🗓️ Wednesday 10 December, 4pm BST (online)

🔗Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: An introduction to Jacques Lacan- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) | BISA
- Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM