Zoomside chat: military victory beyond the battlefield: outside wartime
Join the Critical Military Studies Working Group for an event on Mirko Palestrino’s new book.
Past events
Africa and International Studies Working Group Annual General Meeting
Join the Africa and International Studies Working Group for their Annual General Meeting
Power and politics in the war machine: global social forces, local resistance
Public event at BISA 2026, organised in partnership with the Sussex International Relations Department, Pluto Press, and Lark and Bloom Library
Public lecture: Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order
Professor Ilan Pappe will deliver public lecture in Brighton to open #BISA2026.
UN Peace Operations in 2026: geopolitics, multipolarity and adaptation
The Peackeeping, Peacebuiliding and Human Rights Working Group held a roundtable in collaboration with the FCDO.
Mid-career professional development skills workshop 2026
Register for the mid-career professional development workshops taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
Undergraduate development day
Register for the first annual undergraduate development day to learn academic and professional skills.
Postgraduate and early-career development day 2026
Register for the PG/ECR workshops taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
Masculinity, micropolitics, and global (dis)ordering
Join the Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for their annual lecture.
LGBTQ+ rights in foreign policy and diplomatic practice during times of homophobic backlash
Join the Gendering International Relations Working Group for a virtual event.
Global Nuclear Order workshop: Un-siloing pedagogy and research
Join the Global Nuclear Order Working Group for an in-person workshop in Glasgow.
BISA/PSA research directors' forum - Thinking beyond articles and books: diverse and non-traditional outputs in REF 2029
We are hosting a joint reasearch directors' forum with the PSA!
Book talk - The politics of feeling: populism, progressivism, liberalism
Join the Emotions Working Group for a book talk with authors Ben Anderson and Anna J Secor.
UK National Security Strategy: progress, setbacks and priorities
The Security Policy and Practice Working Group are hosting an event with KCL and Rethinking Security.
Paganism in the Russo-Ukraine war: between extremism and empowerment?
Join the East Europe and Eurasian Security Working Group for a webinar on Paganism in the Russo-Ukraine War.
Book talk: Currency of nihilism
Join the Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group for a virtual book talk.
Modes of agency: how marginalised actors navigate inclusion and power
Join the Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group for a new webinar.
Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?
Register for a new event from the Astropolitics Working Group with speaker Mia Bennett.
After Yaoundé: what does WTO MC14 mean for development?
Join the Global Politics and Development Working Group for a discussion on MC14.
UK public opinion on security and military spending
Join the Security Policy and Practice Working for a hybrid roundtable.
Postgraduate Network (PGN) Conference: Supporting research by emerging scholars
PGN Conference at Northumbria University, Newcastle – Programme Now Live!
The future of EU-UK relations
This BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network event will take place at Warwick University.
Zoomside chat: pleasure and depletion in contemporary militarism
Join the Gendering International Relations Working Group for a joint event with Critical Military Studies.
The parts and the whole: 'Earthrise' and the politics of seeing everything from nowhere
Join Environment and Climate Politics Working Group for an earth day keynote from Joanne Yao.
Book talk - The psychic lives of statues: reckoning with the rubble of empire
join the EPIR Working Group and author Rahul Rao for a virtual book talk.
The politics of Latin America
Join the Undergraduate Network to learn more about this fascinating region, which often goes understudied.
The state of the world
Join the Undergraduate Network to decrypt the disinformation and untangle areas of political tension.
Policy Lab: Governance and artificial intelligence (AI)
We are holding our first policy lab
New thinking and new directions for global nuclear politics
Join the Global Nuclear Order Working Group for their virtual conference.
Critical Military Studies - Annual general meeting
Join the Critical Military Studies Working Group for their annual general meeting.
Imagining the future of research on South East Europe
The South East Europe Working Group are holding an in-person workshop in collaboration with LSEE and King’s College London
AI in academia: Reshaping qualitative methods and research practice
Join the Postgraduate Network for an engaging online session exploring how AI is transforming academic research.
Empire of the stars—not yet? China as a ‘partial’ great power in space
Register for the upcoming Astropolitics Working Group event!
The symbolic life of rebellion: Reading affective economies of contestation
Register for a new Critical Alternatives in World Politics Working Group virtual event.
BISA/RIS/EJIS reception - #ISA2026 Ohio
This reception will showcase our journals - RIS and EJIS - and our book series. Join us for a drink.
Energy cooperation and competition
Register for a new event from the Foreign Policy Working Group.
Traversing memories in global politics
Join the Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for a virtual roundtable.
Careers in foreign policy and international affairs
Join the BISA/BFPG undergraduate network for a virtual networking and careers session.
Iran, “Reverse savages, victims, saviours” politics, and the human rights moral maze
Register for a new event from the Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group
Research directors’ forum: What role for AI in international studies research?
Register for the next Research Directors’ Forum event.
The demise of conflict studies
Register for a new event from the Peackeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group.
Scotland’s role in foreign policy
Join the Undergraduate Network for their inaugural event at the University of Edinburgh!
Post-92 forum: Developing and advocating for politics and international relations research and teaching
Join Nick Caddick for BISA's first post-92 forum
Digitalisation in Africa: adapting to a changing global landscape
Register for an upcoming Africa and International Studies Working Group at Chatham House.
Book talk - UK foreign office and China
Register for a new book talk from the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group!
Speed networking: opportunities in security studies
Join the War Studies Working Group for in-person speed networking event.
European security in the age of Trump and Putin
Join the European Security Working Group for their ninth annual workshop.
Decoding ideas: Enhancing critical thinking, reading and writing in academia
Join the Postgraduate Network for a hands-on workshop exploring critical thinking, reading, and writing in academia.
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