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Events

UK National Security Strategy: progress, setbacks and priorities

18 May 2026, London, UK

Book talk - The politics of feeling: populism, progressivism, liberalism

21 May 2026, Online, Zoom

BISA/PSA research directors' forum - Thinking beyond articles and books: diverse and non-traditional outputs in REF 2029

22 May 2026, Zoom, Online

Global Nuclear Order workshop: Un-siloing pedagogy and research

26 May 2026, Glasgow, UK

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Latest from BISA

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Apply now for roles on the BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network Committee 2026/27

We are looking for up to six new committee members to lead our network for the next academic year.

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#BISA2027 conference to be held in Manchester

In 2027 our conference will be held in Manchester - the birthplace of the industrial revolution!

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The latest in IR - spring book round up

Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.

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Winners of the Colonial, Postcolonial, Decolonial Working Group Early-Career Researcher Paper Prize 2026 announced

Winners of the 2026 prize sponsored by Review of International Studies have been announced.

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Call for panels/roundtables: BISA submissions to ISA 2027 - Atlanta, Georgia

We invite members to submit your panels/roundtables for consideration as one of the partner events.

Participants round a table at the BISA policy lab on AI

Event summary: First BISA Policy Lab on governance and artificial intelligence (AI)

Sophie Stringfellow gives a summary of the discussions that took place at the Policy Lab in April 2026.

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Localizing the UN 2030 Agenda: IO technocracy’s engagement with territory-based approaches to data

Isabel Rocha de Siqueira discusses the key points from her new RIS article.

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Relationality and ‘peace listening’ in the Maputo Accord process in Mozambique

Julia Palmiano Federer discusses key points from her RIS article co-authored with Catherine Turner

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