Networking in an age of social distancing
Peter Finn provides tips from a range of academics on how to network in an age of social distancing.
Articles
Here we bring you editorial and analysis on the hot topics in International Relations, including summaries from our two journals and research from our members and working groups.
If you’d like to contribute an article please get in touch with our Communications Manager, Chrissie Duxson: Chrissie.Duxson@bisa.ac.uk
Workshop report: Critical Mappings and Future Directions of South East Europe and the International
Our South East Europe working group discuss their latest workshop held in Belfast.
Best of the week - 24 April 2020
Juliet Dryden brings you the best podcasts and readings on COVID-19 this week, as well as other news
Books for the lockdown
BISA Chair, Mark Webber, asked academics and publishers what lockdown reading they would recommend.
Resources for online teaching
We pulled together a list covering online teaching, inclusion and help from publishers.
The tricky path from offline to online teaching; five misconceptions
Dan Hough shares best practice on the transition from offline to online teaching
How do colonial legacies shape the contemporary global political economy?
Nick Bernards, a BISA Early-Career Small Research Grant recipient, discusses his research
Effective teaching goes ‘Behind the Headlines’
The teaching strategies and innovations that made ‘Behind the Headlines’ a successful UG module
Interview with Jason Dittmer: Assemblage theory and comic book politics
Part five of the Post-Structural Politics interview series
Why study International Relations?
An International Relations degree will include insights from various intersecting disciplines, including Political Science, Economics, History and Sociology.
What is International Relations?
An article by Mark Webber, BISA Chair and Professor at the University of Birmingham, on the definition of International Relations.
Where did we come from? International Relations in Britain before BISA
The origins of BISA and International Relations in the UK.
BISA GNO Annual Conference 2019 - University of Portsmouth
BISA GNO Annual Conference, November 2019, Portsmouth: view the programme here
Interview with Maja Zehfuss: Critically reading war, politics and ethics
Part four of the Post-Structural Politics interview series
A look back at the Post-Structural Politics Working Group convenors
Here we look back at the past convenors of the Post-Structural Politics Working Group
Translation in/of World Politics: Language, Practices, Power
The Interpretivism in IR working group held a two-day event - Translation in/of World Politics: Language, Practices, Power - at SOAS, University of London, on 17 and 18 January 2020.
'The West and the Rest: Challenging the Emotions Research Agenda' - workshop review
Our Emotions in Politics and IR working group held a workshop 'The West and the Rest'.
Interview with Claudia Aradau: Self and Other in an age of algorithmic reason
Part three of the Post-Structural Politics working group interview series
Strategies and practices for teaching International Studies
Cornelia-Adriana Baciu - awarded the BISA Prize for Excellence in Teaching International Studies by a Postgraduate in 2019 – discusses the evaluation and teaching strategies she used.
Workshop review: the UK and UN peace operations after Brexit
The Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group organised a workshop which examined the United Kingdom’s relationship with United Nations peace operations.
Interview with Debbie Lisle: Polysemic Images, Bordering Imaginaries
Part two of the Post-Structural Politics Working Group interview series
Introducing the Post-Structural Politics Interview Series: Martin Coward on Network Metaphors, Atmospheric Assemblages
Part one of the Post-Structural Politics Working Group interview series
What can the face tell us about politics?
Images of the face are striking, whether they are snapshots or carefully composed portraits. What is it that makes these images so powerful?