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Events

Book talk: Iranian Foreign Policy and the Empowerment of Ansar Allah

12 May 2025, Zoom

Emotions and the right – navigating feeling in the study of populism and reactionary politics

13 May 2025, Zoom

Astropolitics Working Group annual general meeting

15 May 2025, Zoom

Book talk: Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security

15 May 2025, Zoom

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Take Five - 9 May 2025

Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.

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Call for submissions - BISA sponsored panels/roundtables to ISA 2026

BISA is invited to submit up to four panels/roundtables annually for inclusion in the ISA programme.

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Call for papers: BISA-ISA joint workshops - Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities

Submit your paper proposal for the BISA-ISA joint workshops taking place in October 2025.

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Unlock the power of academic blogging: Storytelling, tips and tools

If you missed Global Souths Hub academic blogging masterclass, find the recording and slides here.

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Global Aid Rethink - Episode 1

Listen to the new podcast from the conveners of the Global Politics and Development Working Group.

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Improving EDI in funding and prizes - What are the challenges and how do we overcome them?

Laura McLeod reflects on our funding and prize awarding processes and their improvement.

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Executive Committee candidates 2025 announced - vote now!

Voting is open for elections to our Executive Committee. View all the nominations and how to vote.

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Early-Career Environment and Climate Politics Paper Prize

A new prize for early-career researchers who present at BISA's main, in-person conference.

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