A year in working groups - 2024/25
Find out what each of our working groups achieved in 2024/2025 academic year.
A year in working groups - 2024/25 with BISA π
Come and read our article describing what all of our amazing working groups have been up to in the last academic year - we are extremely grateful to the conveners who are all volunteers π
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01.10.2025 10:14 β π 9 π 6 π¬ 2 π 1
Conference social media card with the BISA logo, #BISA2026, Brighton, UK, 3-5 June, submission deadline: 3 November, conference.bisa.ac.uk
π We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 π
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' π
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24.09.2025 11:00 β π 14 π 16 π¬ 4 π 6
BISA logo, #BISA2026, Brighton, UK, 3-5 June, conference.bisa.ac.uk
π Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW π
Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September π
We are so excited - more here π conference.bisa.ac.uk
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10.09.2025 16:39 β π 12 π 11 π¬ 3 π 4
Global Nuclear Order Working Group Annual General Meeting - Global Nuclear Order (GNO) | BISA
- Global Nuclear Order (GNO) Working Group
Sign up now: @gnobisa.bsky.social Annual General Meeting π
19 Sept on Zoom π»
Reflecting on the past year, discussing the groupβs direction & activities & marking the upcoming leadership transition π
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04.09.2025 14:01 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
New referral incentive scheme for BISA members β three months free membership!
Current members can receive three months free BISA membership for every new member they refer.
Our BISA referral scheme allows current members to receive three months free BISA membership added on to the end of their membership for every new member they refer! π
Refer somebody today! π
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01.09.2025 10:00 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
BISA ISA workshop flyer with the words:
PRE-REG DEADLINE - AUG 15TH
BISA-ISA Joint Workshops
October 10-12, 2025
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Reminder: the pre-registration deadline for accepted participants for the ISA-BISA workshops is TOMORROW! π¨
Make sure you register now! π
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14.08.2025 15:00 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Become a member
We welcome anyone with an interest in International Studies and Politics.
π¨ Become a BISA member today! π¨
Including access to our journals, member discounts, eligibility to apply for funding and awards, professional networking & so much more! π
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04.08.2025 10:00 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
π July newsletter! π
inc:
- BISA 2025 prize winners announced! π
- Early-Career @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social Politics Paper Prize - nominate now! π
- @e-international.bsky.social x BISA: podcast episodes from #BISA2025 in Belfast ποΈ
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17.07.2025 13:31 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Chair Roundtable at BISA 2025 - 50 years and counting: reflecting on the discipline and profession of International Studies
If you missed the chair roundtable at #BISA2025 watch the recording here
BISA 50 year roundtable Chair Event video out now! π
'Reflecting on the discipline and profession of International Studies'
Ft: @rgwhitman.bsky.social Ruth Blakeley, Mark Webber & more π
Watch now π buff.ly/igUF3il
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15.07.2025 11:00 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
We have joined with @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and @uaces.bsky.social
to write an open letter to the UK Government on the future of #InternationalStudies & funding pressures in #highereducation π
Read it at: buff.ly/mhbSR5b
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14.07.2025 08:00 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
π We're preparing our newsletter & want to include YOUR publications, events & updates! Email wswg.group@bisa.ac.uk BY 3 JULY for the chance to be featured π·
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27.06.2025 14:44 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Become a member
We welcome anyone with an interest in International Studies and Politics.
π¨ Become a BISA member today! π¨
Membership includes online access to our journals, exclusive member discounts, eligibility to apply for funding and awards and so much more! π
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24.06.2025 15:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
BISA 50 year logo
Check your emails because it is your last chance to fill in our conference survey! π
Filling it in would help us massively to know what to improve before #BISA2026 and 3 of you will be in with chance a win a free BISA membership for a year! π
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26.06.2025 10:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Don't miss the unofficial social at The Northern Whig!!
17.06.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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16.06.2025 20:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Roundtable 2: The Third Nuclear Age: Understanding and Addressing Contemporary Nuclear Challenges
Date: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 15:00-16:30
Place: Panorama, Grand Central Hotel
@rhyscrilley.bsky.social @carolinapanico.bsky.social @andrewfutter.bsky.social @cameronhunter.bsky.social Shivani Singh
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Panel 6: Stigma and Discourse in Nuclear Politics
Date: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 13:15-14:45
Place: Room 6, Assembly Buildings Conference Centre
Shivani Singh Nima Gerami @carolinapanico.bsky.social @tom-gregory.bsky.social Patricia Shamai
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Panel 5: Nuclear Deterrence and Coercion in the Era of Strategic Uncertainty
Date: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 10:45-12:15
Place: Penthouse Suite, Europa Hotel
Janini Mohan @ludovicacast.bsky.social @zohanaser.bsky.social Christoph Bluth Sarah Tzinieris
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Panel 4: Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security: Ideas and Challenges
Date: June 20 (Friday)
Time: 9:00-10:30
Place: Dublin, Europa Hotel
Patricia Shamai Natasha Karner @franziskastaerk.bsky.social Shounak Set Blake Lawrinson
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Roundtable 1: Pedagogical Approaches to Nuclear Politics
Date: June 19 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00-10:30
Place: Lagan, Grand Central Hotel
@rhyscrilley.bsky.social Anne Harrington Catherine Eschle @carolinapanico.bsky.social @emilyfaux.bsky.social
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Panel 3: Exploring the Climate-Nuclear Nexus
Date: June 18 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:15-14:45
Place: Panorama, Grand Central Hotel
@lauracon.bsky.social @franziskastaerk.bsky.social @nckc.bsky.social Matthew Rendall Robert Cullum Tom Vaughan Janina Dannenberg
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
Panel 2: Revisiting Nuclear Nonproliferation Disarmament
Date: June 18 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:45-12:15
Place: Panorma, Grand Central Hotel
Alan Kuperman @franziskastaerk.bsky.social Kenan Kadic Cornelia Hedloy @seyoungjang.bsky.social
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Panel 1: Rethinking Nuclear Order: Survival, Victimhood, and Resistance
Date: June 18 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00-10:30
Place: Room 1, Assembly Buildings Conference Centre
Catherine Eschle @lauracon.bsky.social Rhys Lewis-Jones @seowoohyeok.bsky.social
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The @gnobisa.bsky.social working group is exited to welcome everyone to #BISA2025 Annual Conference. We have 6 exciting panels and 2 roundtables lined up this year.
For more information on our panels, seeπ
16.06.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
πWe are still open for papers for our BISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2025! π
'Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities'
Submit now π buff.ly/hVecwF2
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11.06.2025 14:11 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
#BISA2026 conference to be held in Brighton
We are excited to announce that in 2026 our flagship annual conference will be held in Brighton.
We are delighted to announce that #BISA2026 is going to be held in Brighton! π
The call for papers for #BISA2026 in Brighton will be released early in September 2025! π
Read more π buff.ly/l7TlHu6
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02.06.2025 11:30 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 3
Really looking fw to these events - pop round if you're in Helsinki and interested in academic publishing, existentialism, or the intellectual and cultural underpinnings of the radical right @edinburghpir.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @gnobisa.bsky.social
28.05.2025 08:22 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
Donate | BISA
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19.05.2025 13:35 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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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 theβ¦
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23.04.2025 10:02 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Gendering IR Working Group of the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/girwg
Postgraduate Scholar (International Relations), South Asian University | Research interests: Critical War Studies, Changing Character of War, Technology & War.
Assistant Professor of Soviet History. Studying Russian organized crime, veterans, disability, and gender. Kluge Fellow 2025-2026
Critical Military Studies Working Group at the British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social
https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/cms
Conveners: @gabicosta.bsky.social, @lauramills.bsky.social, Hannah Richards and Alice Cree
Historian. International History and Intelligence Studies. AJI Postdoctoral Fellow. Former Press Secretary to the Premier of Nova Scotia.
International Security Studies Section (ISSS) of the International Studies Association (ISA). We share section-related information, calls for proposals, and the like. Tag us to amplify your work!
https://www.isanet.org/isa/sections/isss
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Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi; PhD CIPOD/SIS/Jawaharlal Nehru University
GeopolΓtica c rigor e justeza ;) Geography, Law, Security. Post-Doc Geography Dept @unicampoficial - Geosci Institute. Invited PhD Researcher @ CEIS20/@UnivdeCoimbra.
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An international initiative to bring wisdom to the world, based in applied philosophy, psychology and psychotherapeutic practice.
Annual online conference and yearly Socrates Medal.
Sapientia ad Mundum.
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She/Her β’ PhD KCL War Studies β’ Interested in space power, nuclear & WMDs πβ’οΈ β’ All views are my own
Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication
Research on intelligence, statecraft, and strategy β’ Writing a book on Lyndon Johnson, the CIA, and the Global Cold War β’ University of Warwick PhD
Iβm an editor, and some other stuff too. Senior Publisher at Bloomsbury.
Lecturer in International Relations & Diplomacy, Department of Politics/International Relations, Philosophy & Religion, Lancaster University. Fellow of Higher Education Academy. https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/anna-sophie-maass
PhD Student at the University of Leicester using wargaming to study the impact of AI on nuclear weapon decision making
Website: https://peterrautenbach.com/
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