Public lecture: What feminists reveal when they investigate masculinities: The case of military ‘manpower’
Cynthia Enloe delivers public lecture at Queen's University Belfast to open #BISA2025.
Past events
Meet the editors: publishing and networking workshop for gender & international studies scholars
Join the Gendering IR Working Group for a publishing and networking workshop.
Public speaking workshop
Register for a half-day public speaking working shop led by voice coach Sarah Quist.
Global health research and pedagogy workshop
The Global Health Working Group are holding a research and pedagogy workshop in Belfast.
Postgraduate and early-career development day 2025
Register for the PG/ECR workshops taking place in Belfast in June 2025.
The future of NATO
Register for the War Studies one day workshop on the The Future of NATO
Workshop: ecocide in global politics
Join the International Law and Politics Working Group along with the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network.
Challenges of Peripheral Development in Open Economies: Financial Markets and Policy Space in Brazil
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the sixth session Financialisation in Latin America series.
The future of UK-Africa relations
Join the Africa and International Studies Working Group for a joint event with Chatham House.
Book talk: Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security
Join the Astropolitics Working Group for a book talk to discuss Dr Fiona Cunningham's newly published book.
Astropolitics Working Group annual general meeting
Join the Astropolitics Working Group for their annual general meeting!
Emotions and the right – navigating feeling in the study of populism and reactionary politics
Join the Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for an online roundtable.
Book talk: Iranian Foreign Policy and the Empowerment of Ansar Allah
Join the Foreign Policy Working Group for a book talk on Iranian Foreign Policy!
Postgraduate Network (PGN) Conference: Emerging knowledge from emerging researchers
The PGN announces our in-person conference at the University of Edinburgh, 8-9 May 2025.
Subordinate no more? Brazil’s financial strategy in a polarised world
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the fifth session of their financialisation in Latin America webinar series.
Effective peace and security approaches for the UK in a volatile world
New event from the Security Policy and Practice Working Group on
Effective peace and security approaches for the UK in a volatile world.
Effective peace and security approaches for the UK in a volatile world.
Unlock the power of academic blogging: Storytelling, tips and tools
Register for Global Souths Hub Academic Blogging Masterclass! Zara Qadir, Founding Editor, and Mira Mookerjee, Editor and Website Curator, will share what they've learnt from a year of running the Global Souths Hub blog!
Local-level peacebuilding: between theory and practice
Join the Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group for a one day in-person roundtable!
De-financialising higher education? The student loan ‘crisis’ and debt cancellation policies in Chile
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the fourth session of their financialisation in Latin America webinar series.
Global Nuclear Order annual conference 2025: Rethinking nuclear deterrence in an era of strategic uncertainty
Join the Global Nuclear Order Working Group for their annual conference
Circles of solidarity: Reimagining environment and climate politics scholarship in a crisis-ridden world
Join Environment and Climate Politics Working Group for an earth day keynote from Prakash Kashwan.
Publishing your first research article
Maria Mälksoo will unpack the intricacies of academic publishing and offer guidance for first-timers
Contemporary Research on International Political Theory postgraduate masterclass: theorising the global right
The Contemporary Research on International Research on International Political Theory Working Group are holding a postgraduate masterclass on theorising the global right.
Subordinate financialisation in Chile: banking dynamics in a Global Market-Based financial system
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the third session of their webinar series.
Foreign policy in Iraq: A way forward
Dr Hisham Al-Alawi and Mr Qubad Talabani speak at this Foreign Policy Working Group event.
EPIR seminar series: Dis-membering, re-membering: understanding the affective force of violence through fantasies in (post)war Sierra Leone
Join the Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for the second event of their seminar series.
Postgraduate/early-career researcher virtual workshop: Intersection of memory/trauma and the Politics of Emotions in IR
New workshop from Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for PG/ECRs.
PGN workshop: What is academic writing and how to get better at it
Join us in this participative workshop to reflect on our writing process and consider new techniques
20th anniversary workshop - Between continuities and ruptures: Exploring violence and resistance in the SEE
Join the South East Europe Working Group for their 20th anniversary in-person workshop.
Virtual workshop: engaging with academic journals in development studies and beyond
Join the Global Politics and Development Working Group for their first online workshop!
Crouching Tiger: India as an emerging Revisionist Power?
Join the International Relations as a Social Science Working Group for a new event!
Book launch: The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change
A book launch from the Environment and Climate Politics Working Group.
UG event series - Small islands, big players: Small island states and the UN climate negotiations
Part of our undergraduate event series, this session will be led by Carola Klöck from Sciences Po.
Book talk: Space Policy in the 21st Century
New book talk from the Astropolitics Working Group.
Should South Korea go nuclear?
Join the War Studies Working Group for a new event.
BISA/RIS/EJIS reception - #ISA2025 Chicago
This reception will showcase our journals - RIS and EJIS - and our book series. Join us for a drink.
Syrian foreign policy: Kurdish perspectives
New event from the Foreign Policy Working Group on
AI and academia: Navigating the future of research and teaching
Explore the evolving role of AI in academia, with expert insights on both research and pedagogy.
Lawfare: the utilisation of the law
New event from the War Studies Working Group, Lawfare: the utilisation of the law.
BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2025
Our annual flagship student event, run in partnership with the FCDO.
International Political Economy webinar series: Financialisation in Latin America - Session 2
Join IPEG for the second session of their webinar series: Financialisation in Latin America.
Emotions in Politics and International Relations seminar series: ' Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War'
Join the EPIR Working Group for their first research seminar of the term with Matthieu Grandpierron.
Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights teaching and learning forum
The PKPBHR Working group are running their first teaching and learning forum!
Political Studies Association and British International Studies Association head of department/head of school event
The political studies association and BISA are holding an event for head of departments and schools to discuss the British Academy’s report into ‘Politics and International Relations Provision in UK Higher Education’
Critical Studies on Terrorism work-in-progress session
New work-in progress session from the Critical Studies on Terrorism, discussing Saadia Gardezi’s paper on Nationalism as Anti-Americanism in Pakistani Political cartoons.
East Asian stability and power transitions in the 21st century?
New event from the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group.
Preparing for the Research Excellence Framework 2029
Online roundtable dedicated to preparing for the upcoming 2029 Research Excellence Framework
International Political Economy webinar series: financialisation in Latin America - session 1
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the first session in their new Webinar Series: Financialisation in Latin America.
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