Snapshots podcast: episode six - Professor Simon Rushton
Episode six of the Global Health Working Group's podcast features Professor Simon Rushton.
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Creating Colonisable Land: Cartography, ‘Blank Spaces’, and Imaginaries of Empire in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Zeynep Gülşah Çapan and Filipe dos Reis discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Why take part in Model NATO?
We talk to students who took part in the 2023 BISA/FCDO Model NATO about their experiences.
Understanding IR as Social Science Series: Beyond History-as-Data-Set: Theory and history in the social science of International Relations
The third of a series of IRSS talks discussing 'IR as a social science' on 9 February 2023.
Doing IR differently? Pluriversal relationality
A recording of the popular event held on 20 February 2023.
China builds influence using African parliaments
China donated a parliament building to Lesotho to gain influence through access to political elites.
How to: LinkedIn and International Relations
Alexander Borum gives advice on how to make your International Relations LinkedIn profile stand out.
The latest in IR - winter book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Reflections on convening the Environment Working Group
Environment Working Group founder John Vogler reflects on his experience in convenership.
International politics of migration in times of ‘crisis’ and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
A new open access Research Note on how the pandemic has shaped trade-offs in migration governance.
Gothic visibilities and International Relations: Uncanny icons, critical comics, and the politics of abjection in Aleppo
The authors discuss the key points from their new RIS article on gothic visibilities in Aleppo.
How to: International Relations tests and interviews
Alexander Borum gives advice on recruitment tests and interviews in International Relations.
The multispecies experience of wartime: White phosphorus and the toxic time of war
Matthew Leep discusses the key points from his Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Understanding IR as Social Science Series: The planetary challenges that require IR to come to terms with natural and earth relations
The second of a series of IRSS talks discussing 'IR as a social science' on 17 January 2023.
Writing workshop event summary
Missed the PGN writing workshop?Catch up on key points from the event with Dr Clare Lynch now.
How to: International Relations cover letter
Alexander Borum gives advice on successful International Relations cover letters
The A.I.R. Club: research with African adolescents
A case for engaging young Africans not only about 'youth' but more broadly in research about Africa.
How to: International Relations CV
Alexander Borum discusses aspects of successful International Relations CVs.
Why you should give up your valuable time to be a working group convener
We asked conveners about the role, the skills they learnt, and the benefits to their career.
Constructing victims: Suffering and status in modern world order
The authors discuss the key points from their Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Teaching skills event summary
A summary of the key points from the PGN workshop on teaching skills for PGRs and ECRs.
Do diplomats trust online - and if so, how?
Kristin Anabel Eggeling & Larissa Versloot discuss new RIS article on online diplomacy and trust
In discussion - Christopher Hill
Distinguished Contribution Prize winner Christopher Hill discusses his research and career.
Postgraduate Network speed mentoring- Event summary
A write up from the first Postgraduate Network speed mentoring event in November 2022.
Capacitating militarised masculinity: Genitourinary injuries, sex/sexuality, and US military medicine
Jenn Hobbs discusses the key arguments from her Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
IR's Roads to Freedom: Rereading Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy as an International Relations text
Lucian Ashworth discusses the key points from his Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Global intellectual history in International Relations: Hierarchy, empire, and the case of late colonial Indian international thought
Martin Bayly discusses the key points from his Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Intervention and Responsibility to Protect annual conference – event review
Event review of the Intervention & Responsibility to Protect WG conference
From follow the money towards infrastructural geopolitics: How financial technologies enable (changing) security regimes
Carola Westermeier discusses the key points from her Review of International Studies article.
Civilian resistance: everyday digital technologies in the Russian-Ukrainian war
The second EJIS and CGSC annual lecture took place on 17 November 2022 with Olga Boichak.
IPEG 2022 Book Prize winner announced
The winner of the 2022 IPEG Book prize for best IPE book published in 2021 has been announced.
The Anthropocene rupture in international relations: Future politics and international life
Tom Lundborg discusses the key points from his Review of International Studies article.
Event Report: ‘The Future Of (Post)-Pandemic Health Security – A Global Perspective’
A summary of the Global Health Working Group’s online event held on the 12th of May 2022.
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Problematising war: Towards a reconstructive critique of war as a problem of deviance
Author Christine Andrä summarises her Review of International Studies article in a short video.
Snapshots podcast: episode five - Dr Stephen Roberts
Episode five of the Global Health Working Group's podcast discusses health security and data.
Unlearning as pedagogical practice: relational, embodied and place-based shifts
Claire Timperley and Kate Schick discuss their their pedagogical practices and research.
Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia: Insights from War Crimes Trials
Dr Iva Vukušić introduces here recent book, Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia.
Coalition of the unWilling and unAble: European Realignment and the Future of American Geopolitics
John R Deni talks about his recent book on European realignment and American geopolitics.
EJIS conversations - The evolution of the international peace architecture
Ted Newman talks to Oliver Richmond about his EJIS article on international peace architecture.
Partnering internationally to provide opportunities for students in international studies
An innovative project in peacebuilding with students from Royal Holloway and the IPCS in Somalia.
On being Chinese and being complexified: Chinese IR as a transcultural project
Inho Choi discusses the key arguments from his Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
In discussion: James Rogers
Juliet Dryden interviews James on the War Studies Working Group, drone research, Ukraine and more.
In discussion - Shirin Rai
Distinguished Contribution Prize winner Shirin Rai discusses her research, career and more.
Astropolitics Working Group Mission Statement
The mission statement of the Astropolitics Working Group
Making sense of the State: Citizens and state buildings in South Africa
South African citizens understand and construct the state by seeing and feeling its buildings.
Why should I edit an academic journal or book series?
The BISA Exec answer questions on the benefits of editing journals and books. Why should you bother?
Addressing the global challenge of mass atrocity crimes: Looking ahead to the 2022 BISA IR2PWG annual conference
A reflection on the past decade of the IR2PWG and an overview of the conference to come.
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