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BISA - British International Studies Association
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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
Last chance to sign up for tomorrows Security Policy and Practice WG event 🚨

'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎

Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
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
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
🚨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
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
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
'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
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
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
'Post-Assad Syria and the Gulf States: reflections on the past year'
5 December 🗓️

W/ International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia WG and Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami exploring evolving Syrian politics 🌎

Free and open to all: https://ow.ly/Cz3R50XzlcG
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict'
An upcoming Security Policy and Practice WG event offering space for scholars and peacebuilders working to end the violence and promote peace to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎

On the 9 Dec: sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/KJjM50XzlbP
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Aonpreeya Petchatchua from @ljmuirp.bsky.social takes a look at how students are preparing for Monday's BISA and @chathamhouse.org climate change simulation.
Over 30 UK universities will take part. #climatesim #COP30 @qmulsse.bsky.social @dmupoliticsir.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor 🚨

📚 Top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last fortnight!
inc: Jennifer Lind Simon Shuster Dr. Shannon Gibson 🌍 🕊️ ⚖️ The Conversation U.S. & more 🎉

👉 https://ow.ly/o9JW50XyVkO
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌟 Come and read Alexandros Koutsoukis's new Review of International Studies article and video abstract entitled: 'Legitimising international orders: The symbolic dimension of surrender'

"The role of surrender has been largely overlooked" 📚

Find it here! 👉 https://ow.ly/l0Ic50XyVva
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM