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In the fifth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses Global Environmental Issues with Poppy S. Winanti

The Africa and International Studies Working Group are running a new prize with RIS!

Join the Postgraduate Network for a discussion about careers outside of academia.

Join the ISMMEA Working Group for a virtual event about the pressing issues in Iran.

The Learning and Teaching Small Grants are provided to support a discrete piece of international studies related teaching activity and/or pedagogic research. The value of the award is up to £3,000.

We launched the Early Career Small Research Grants (ECSRG) in 2015 in celebration of our 40th anniversary, and provide up to £3,000 per grant.

We are bringing together leading academics and policy makers to generate insights that inform policy

In the eighth podcast episode, Seb Kaempf discusses 'Seeing and sensing world politics' with Professor Roland Bleiker.

Public event at BISA 2026, organised in partnership with the Sussex International Relations Department, Pluto Press, and Lark and Bloom Library

Dr Efser Rana Coşkun on her new book Unraveling Emotions in Environmental Movements and Green Politics.

Announcing Global Nuclear Order's Paper Prize for Early Career Researchers, in conjunction with EJIS

An expression of interest form for academic experts for BISA policy labs.

Join the ILAW Working Group for an event on Trump and foreign policy.

Join Nick Caddick for BISA's first post-92 forum

Our annual flagship student event, run in partnership with the FCDO.

The #BISA2026 conference in Brighton will commence with a lecture given by Professor Ilan Pappe.

The Michael Nicholson Thesis Prize is awarded annually for the best doctoral thesis in International Studies. The prize is named after the late Michael Nicholson, formerly Professor of International Relations at the Universities of Kent and Sussex.

The call is open for the upcoming South East Europe Working Group and LSEE workshop.

Our new post-92 forum will connect and support Politics and IR colleagues and is led by Nick Caddick

A form for UGN members to apply to present their research at the undergraduate development day.

Register for a new event from the Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group

A briefing drawing on insights from one of our 2025 BISA-ISA joint Workshops.

Apply now for one-to-one feedback on a draft paper at the BISA 2026 conference in Brighton.

Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.

Register for a new book talk from the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group!

Bahar Rumelili and Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm discuss the key points from their new RIS article.