The power of interpersonal relationships: A socio-legal approach to international institutions and human rights advocacy
Nina Reiners discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
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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.
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Infrastructure and the integral state: Internal Relations, processes of state formation, and Gramscian state theory
Daniel McCarthy discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Workshop summary: Global health science, technology and security
A review of the Global health science and security workshop held on 10 and 11 of May 2023.
Putting together a BISA conference: location, venue and costs
Juliet Dryden, BISA Director, shares some insights as to how the annual conference is put together.
A call for international dialogue: considerations of IR
Marianna Charountaki, Mary Hartford and Sarah Dorr consider meta-globalisation and associations.
Coloniality, gendered struggles and everyday politics of living
Niharika Pandit discusses the findings from her prize-winning PhD thesis.
Heidegger’s heritage: The temporal politics of authenticity, then and now
Andrew Hom discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
In discussion: Lee Jarvis
We talk to Lee Jarvis, a new BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.
Women’s discursive agency in transitional justice policy-making: A feminist institutionalist approach
Authors Denisa Kostovicova and Vesna Popovski discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
The Black Fantastic in International Relations
Lester Spence discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
In discussion: Una McGahern
We talk to Una McGahern, a new BISA trustee, to get to know her a little better.
Accommodating Nutopia: The nuclear ban treaty and the developmental interests of Global South countries
Andrew Futter and Olamide Samuel discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
How should IR deal with the “end of the world”? Existential anxieties and possibilities in the Anthropocene
Dahlia Simangan discusses the key points from her new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
In discussion: Simon Rushton
We talk to Simon Rushton, a new BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.
A field guide to International Studies
Becky Alexis-Martin shares insights into undertaking successful fieldwork, as well as the challenges
In discussion: Juanita Elias
We talk to Juanita Elias, the new BISA vice-chair, to get to know her a little better.
In discussion: Marianna Charountaki
We talk to Marianna Charountaki, a new BISA trustee, to get to know her a little better.
Designing a course with your students as an early-career teacher: Collaborative pedagogy in times of precarity
In this article Zoë Jay discusses implements student-led learning in her pedagogical practices.
Ontological security, myth, and existentialism
Authors Xander Kirke and Brent J Steele discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
The latest in IR - summer book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Crossed pandemics: Racism, police violence, and Covid-19 in Brazil and the United States
Marta Fernández discusses the key points of her new RIS article.
Presenting at #BISA2023: Interdisciplinary research in security studies
Tara Zammit gives a summary on her research and experience of presenting at #BISA2023.
The right to a healthy environment: A call beyond solidarity?
Susan Ann Samuel expands on the presentation she gave at the BISA 2023 conference.
Decolonising to reimagine International Relations: An introduction
Somdeep Sen discusses the key points from his new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Pan-African gender governance: The politics of aspiration at the African Union
Karmen Tornius discusses the key points from her new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Methodologies in International Relations: Doing systematic reviews
A recording of the online event which took place on 19 June 2023.
Review of International Studies Best Article Prize - Daniel Lambach in discussion
Find out more about RIS Best Article Prize winner Daniel Lambach and his award winning article.
Gendering IR Working Group sponsors Critical Perspectives on NATO workshop
A summary of May's GIRWG-sponsored Critical Perspectives on NATO workshop at Newcastle University.
After states, before humanity? The meta-politics of legality and the International Criminal Court in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine
Janis Grzybowski and Filipe dos Reis discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Actors, activities, and forms of authority in the IPCC
Hannah Hughes discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Imperial power, anti-imperial resistance, and the shaping of international hierarchies: Lessons from 1930s Persia
Evaleila Pesaran discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Event summary: Navigating conferences
We welcomed Ruth Blakeley and Kyle Grayson for an interactive session on navigating conferences.
Book presentation: Foreign policy aspects of international law
A recording of the online event which took place on 5 May 2023.
The latest in IR - spring book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Politics In Brackets - Episode one: What's critical about critical theory?
The first episode of a new podcast from the Post-structural Politics Working Group on critical IR.
Demystifying the academic publishing process - event summary
A summary of the publishing workshop held in April 2023 with speaker Dr Natalie Jester.
Rethinking international intervention through coeval engagement: Non-formal youth education and the politics of improvement
Katarina Kušić discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
EJIS conversations - Engines of power: Electricity, AI, & general-purpose, military transformations
In the latest EJIS conversation Jeffrey Ding discusses his article on electricity and the military.
Taking part in a climate negotiation simulation
We talk to Felix Smart about the skills he's developed, preparation for the simulation, and more.
The impact of the Founders' Fund for PhD students
Recipients of our Founders' Fund grants discuss how the award helped them to complete their PhD's.
The Idea of Terror: White Supremacist Violence and the Making of Counterterrorism
Anna Meier offers a summary of her BISA-funded research on white supremacy and counterterrorism.
Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes
Uygar Baspehlivan discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
Oh help! Oh no! The international politics of The Gruffalo: Children’s picturebooks and world politics
The authors discuss the key arguments from their Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
Why become a BISA trustee?
We asked former trustees about the role, the skills they learnt, and the benefits to their career.
Snapshots podcast: episode six - Professor Simon Rushton
Episode six of the Global Health Working Group's podcast features Professor Simon Rushton.
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.
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