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Chair Roundtable at BISA 2025 - 50 years and counting: reflecting on the discipline and profession of International Studies

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In celebration of our 50th anniversary, and as part of the #BISA2025 conference in Belfast, we held a roundtable of distinguished former BISA Chairs to discuss how international relations –  as a set of global relations and as a scholarly discipline -  has changed over the last five decades.

The roundtable featured:

  • Professor Barry Buzan (BISA Chair, 1988–1990)
  • Professor Chris Brown (1997-1999)
  • Professor Christopher Hill (1999-2001)
  • Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (2005 – 2007)
  • Professor Richard Whitman (2018 – 2019)
  • Professor Ruth Blakeley (2021-2023)
  • Chaired by Professor Mark Webber (2019-2021)