The emotional politics of social movements in global politics: Postgraduate/ECR virtual workshop
A Postgraduate/ECR Virtual Workshop from the BISA Emotions in Politics and IR Working Group.
Past events
Iraq: 20 years on
The speakers will examine the politics of Iraq twenty years after the US invasion.
Scholars in conversation: Cerwyn Moore and Nir Arielli on foreign fighters
A PVCTA Working Group event discussing Dr Moore and Dr Ariellii's work on 'foreign fighters'.
Book talk: Pitching, revising, and publishing ‘Blue Helmet Bureaucrats’ by Margot Tudor
Dr Tudor presents her new book joined by chair Dr David Curran of the PKPB Working Group.
Women in Foreign Policy making
A Foreign Policy Working Group event discussing the role of women in foreign policy making.
Book talk - Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space by Bleddyn E. Bowen
Dr Bowen presents his new book with discussant Dr Aaron Bateman of George Washington University.
BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2023
Our annual flagship student event, run in partnership with the FCDO.
Understanding emerging world (dis)orders: Research networks and new paradigms in foreign policy research
A discussion between scholars from the Politics of Disorder research network, University of Lincoln.
Global Nuclear Order Working Group Annual Conference
Details of the GNO Annual Conference, held virtually and hosted by Aberystwyth University.
Doing IR differently? Pluriversal relationality
A joint event brought to you by BISA and the Department of International Relations, LSE. Open to all
Inaugural Astropolitics Working Group annual lecture: Professor Dr Kai-Uwe Schrogl
Professor Schrogl will be lecturing on space policy followed by a Q&A session.
Multidisciplinary futures of United Nations peace operations: A two-day hybrid conference
A two-day hybrid conference sponsored by the PKPB Working group and the Open University.
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' with Dr David McCourt.
Next research directors' forum
Private zoom meeting for research directors to have an open discussion.
European Security Working Group 7th annual workshop - The Ukraine War and the remaking of European security
Registration is now open for the 7th annual European Security Working Group workshop.
Postgraduate Network writing workshop
Writing workshop for postgraduate and early-career researchers.
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' with Dr Vishwas Satgar.
Teaching skills event
Teaching skills opportunities for PhD students and early career researchers
Astropolitics Working Group AGM 2022
The first annual general meeting of the Astropolitics Working Group.
Foreign policy in times of conflict: Research without field work
A discussion on the impact of security concerns on field work research.
Intervention and Responsibility to Protect Working Group annual conference
IR2P Working Group annual conference 2022.
Book talk: 'NATO 2030: Towards a New Strategic Concept and Beyond'
The three editors will present their recently published edited volume.
Civilian resistance: everyday digital technologies in the Russian-Ukrainian war
The second European Journal of International Security annual lecture, to be given by Olga Boichak.
Event Series: Understanding IR as Social Science
The first of a series of IRSS talks discussing 'IR as a social social science'.
Feminist solidarities in times of crises
An event to highlight some of the ways in which recent crises have impacted women and/or minorities
Global Health Working Group AGM 2022
The Annual General Meeting of the Global Health Working Group
International and regional foreign policies in action: Armenia and the EU
A Foreign Policy Working Group discussion about the priorities of the Armenian Foreign Policy
BISA/PSA Heads of Department meeting
In the next Heads of Department meeting we will be discussing the QAA Subject Benchmark Review.
BISA book club - Proscribing peace: How listing armed groups as terrorists hurts negotiations
Sophie Haspeslagh's 'Proscribing peace: How listing armed groups as terrorists hurts negotiations'.
International political theory postgraduate masterclass
IPT Postgrad Masterclass The Trouble with Critique: Questioning in International Political Thought
The Civil Condition in World Politics roundtable
We will discuss The Civil Condition in World Politics: Beyond Tragedy and Utopianism
Explorative workshop 'Worlding from South East Europe, remaking International Relations'
A workshop to bring together methodologically, conceptually, and topically innovative interventions.
#TouchBaseTuesday: Let's chat about the BISA PGN
Start of year event to meet the new PGN committee, discuss future events, and socialise.
Next research directors' forum
Private zoom meeting for research directors to have an open discussion.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding AGM 2022
The BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group Annual General Meeting
International Political Economy Working Group Annual Book Prize lecture: Susanne Soederberg
Susanne Soederberg will be speaking live about her award-winning book - Urban displacement.
Care and the Pluriverse roundtable
We will discuss the recently published 'Care and the Pluriverse' by Maggie FitzGerald.
Working group conveners meeting - #BISA2023
A virtual meeting to talk you through the submission and review process for 2023
Ukraine, Russia and the US - LJMU and BISA US Foreign Policy symposium
A symposium looking at US foreign policy towards Russia and relationships with Putin's Russia.
Colonial Postcolonial Decolonial Working Group (CPD) annual workshop: Refusing carcerality
This year's workshop will be held at KCL and continues the theme abolition as an unanswered question
Critical Studies on Terrorism annual conference
The Critical Studies on Terrorism annual conference takes place at the University of Warwick.
Africa's imprints: Historicising African contributions to International Relations
The webinar seeks to remedy some of the neglect of African scholars' theoretical contributions to IR
The Ethics of border control in a digital age
Join the Ethics and World Politics Working Group for panels and a special issue discussion.
BISA book club - Imagining Afghanistan: The history and politics of imperial knowledge
Second BISA book club meeting discussing a book by Nivi Manchada.
BISA 2022 working group convener meeting
Working group convener meeting at the BISA 2022 conference.
BISA 2022 conference reception
BISA 2022 conference reception at the Wylam Brewery Address Palace of Arts
The East Coast Blitz: A history of Newcastle during WW2
Join the War Studies Working Group for this free public event as part of #BISA2022.
BISA and PSA Workshop: Gender, race and the intersections of precarity - an interactive workshop
BISA and PSA workshop at BISA 2022 to follow up on our findings about career trajectories.
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