SOAS School of Methods – 'A view from somewhere': Situatedness, ‘truth’, and the power of honest humiliation
Phoebe Malone reflects on the first SOAS School of Methods for which she was sponsored to attend.
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SOAS School of Methods - Refining methodological approaches to prepare for fieldwork
Daniel Bioh discusses valuable highlights from the course in preparing for fieldwork in Ghana.
The politics of partisan memory: Last letters of anti-fascist resistance in Italy and France (1943–2003)
Alexandra De Ciantis and Daniel R. Brunstetter discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Spotlight on: Tom Richardson
Tom Richardson shares his research interests and future plans with the Gendering IR Working Group.
The best books about the politics of controversial statues
Rahul Rao gives us his best books as part of our Book DNA partnership series.
Spotlight on: Ana Pandal De La Peza
Ana Pandal De La Peza shares her research interests and future plans.
The latest in IR - spring book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
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.
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
Spotlight on: Aishwarya Sanas
PhD candidate Aishwarya Sanas shares her research interests and future plans.
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.
Of statues, struggles, and subaltern memory: The aesthetics of commemorating Birsa Munda
Ananya Sharma discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Spotlight on: Chris Saltmarsh
PhD candidate Chris Saltmarsh shares his research interests and future plans.
Epistemic inertia in human rights expert bodies: Continuity amid pluralisation
Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz and Juanita Uribe discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Leaning into this difficult political moment for climate mitigation
Caroline Kuzemko discusses her new book on the politics of climate change mitigation
The inescapable future of AI-enabled security: Imagining future terrorism and counterterrorism in UN technocratic governance
Alice Martini discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Migration diplomacy in Mexico–United States relations: Decision-making under asymmetric structures
Natalia Saltalamacchia discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Conspiracy theory as counter-securitization: Contestation and resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ugo Gaudino discusses the key points from his new RIS article co-authored with Tim Aistrope.
One cheer for the WTO: Reflections from the field on MC14
Erin Hannah and James Scott talk about their attendance at the Ministerial Conference in Cameroon.
The best books on queering global politics
Caitlin Biddolph gives us her top books on queering global politics as part of our Shepherd partnership.
Spotlight on: Mir Wafa Rasheeq
PhD candidate Mir Wafa Rasheeq shares her research interests and future plans.
The benefits of trusteeship for early-career researchers
BISA EDI lead Jamie Hagen discusses the benefits for early-career researchers acting as trustees.
New Books Network podcast - African climate futures
Pauline Heinrichs talks to Carl Death about his latest book.
‘If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad’: Liberal enjoyment and complicity in popular culture
Zoë Jay discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Between the national and the personal: The interactional production of agency in diplomacy
Roni Berkowitz, Gadi Heimann and Zohar Kampf discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Reconstructing imperialism: From the new imperialism to the new geopolitics
David K. Johnson discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Spotlight on: Margarida Gama
PhD candidate Margarida Gama shares her research interests and future plans.
Great power competition for global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI): Reconstructing AI narratives of the United States, China and the European Union
Jakob Landwehr-Matlé, Kai Oppermann and Daniel Lambach discuss key points from their RIS article.
Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms
Jan Eijking discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Feminising diplomatic work: Driving devaluation?
Bahar Rumelili and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
The latest in IR - winter book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
The Ford Foundation and the development of international relations in China
Shuhong Huo, Inderjeet Parmar, and Ferran Perez Mena discuss key points from their new RIS article.
Keeping the human in the loop: Reassuring educators in the age of AI
A briefing drawing on insights from one of our 2025 BISA-ISA joint Workshops.
Everyday casteism in cyberspace and what it means for cybersecurity
An article about caste and casteism in the context of cybersecurity.
Imperial mobilities, errantry, and the displacement of the Chagos Islanders
Alice Engelhard discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Mapping the margins: A decolonial exploration of Kenyan women’s encounters with violent extremism
Sahla Aroussi and David Duriesmith discuss the key points from their new co-authored RIS article.
Overlooked dimensions: Emotions in environmental movements and green politics
Dr Efser Rana Coşkun on her new book Unraveling Emotions in Environmental Movements and Green Politics.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode eight
In the eighth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses 'Seeing and sensing world politics' with Professor Roland Bleiker.
Pakistani conflictual world-making in international politics: The Afghan–Soviet War, Cold War counter-insurgency, and the struggles for decolonisation
Asad Zaidi discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe
Bart-Jan Zandee and Salvador Santino Regilme discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
New Books Network podcast - States of transition
Pauline Heinrichs talks to Peter Newell about his latest book.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode seven
In the seventh podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Katrina Lee-Koo's new editors selection.
The best books on queer movement building
Jamie Hagen gives us her best books to understand queer movement building.
Fan club world politics: Reinterpreting international relations beyond the state
Thomas Davies discusses the key points from his new RIS article with the video abstract
Saprobic politics: Decomposing colonial cosmologies in international relations
Gabriella Colello discusses the key points from her new RIS article with the video abstract.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode six
In the sixth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Restraining War with Thomas Gregory.
Review of International Studies podcast - episode five
In the fifth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Global Environmental Issues with Poppy S. Winanti
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige
Elif Kalaycioglu discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
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