Celebrate BISA's 50th anniversary with us 🌟 Revisiting the 1st ever BISA conference held in 1975 'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' 🎉 Sign up! 👉 https://ow.ly/cBVX50XnBcO @julietdryden.bsky.social Inderjeet Parmar Pedro Perfeito da Silva

This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨 Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions 🎉 Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

Our BISA/ISA joint workshops brought together people from all over the world 🌎 Find out all about them and why collaboration between associations is important in our review video 👉 https://ow.ly/Uo1A50Xk7Xj Dr Skyler Hawkins @chrisfeathers.bsky.social International Studies Association Audie Klotz

Remember - our Early Career Small Research Grants are open now! 🎉 "The Grant has helped me lay the groundwork for future impact." Alex Gilder Receive up to £3,000 to cover the cost of research expenses! 💵 Eligibility requirements 👉 https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/funding Anna Katila Nisan Alıcı

Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international @isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social #BISAISA2025

Lovely atmosphere at day 2 of our BISA and @isanet.bsky.social joint workshops in Newcastle! #BISAISA2025 @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

🚨NEW🚨 We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR & Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group for undergrads across the UK to learn, engage, and network in ways that go beyond the classroom 🌟 First meeting on Weds 👉 https://ow.ly/b3jw50XajTR Evie Aspinall @julietdryden.bsky.social

Meet our new BISA PGN committee! 🎉 We're delighted to introduce you to the new PGN committee for the next academic year: Konstantinos Manakos, Iris Magne David Cardillo and CJ Simon 🌟 Read more about our new team! 👉 https://ow.ly/X69B50XbCiP @julietdryden.bsky.social Juanita Elias

We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR and Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group 🎉 For undergrads across the UK interested in IR, diplomacy, and foreign policy 🌟 Join our first meeting to find out more about the network 👉 https://ow.ly/4nNu50X8uR7

Come and read about what all of our amazing working groups have been up to in the last academic year! 🌟 We hope this shows the strength, depth and hard work of each of the working groups 🎉 👉 buff.ly/9o2b934 @julietdryden.bsky.social

Make sure you get your #BISA2026 submissions in 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 ‼️Find out more about #BISA2026 & how great Brighton is - a creative, sustainable welcoming and diverse city: https://ow.ly/M0Tu50X5tt7 @julietdryden.bsky.social

Could at least two of you be the next BISA Foreign Policy WG convener team - we are looking for a team of at least two conveners to join! 🎉 Interested? Please send an expression of interest to [email protected] by 30 September 🌟 @julietdryden.bsky.social Juanita Elias Sharad Joshi

🚨Looking for institutions!🚨 Partnering with Chatham House we are looking for universities to take part in our annual climate negotiation simulation event 🎉 Deadline to apply is 19 October #climatesim 🌳 Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/x78g50X4oVl @julietdryden.bsky.social

Could you be the next BISA Foreign Policy WG convener? 🌎 Looking for a team of at least two new conveners to join the team - an opportunity to shape your area of research and expand your networks! 🎉 Interested? Please send an expression of interest to [email protected] by 30 September 🌟

'Susan Strange meets the everyday: The mundane sources of structural power' 🌎 🎉 Read a summary of this fascinating new @kasperarabi.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social article 👉 buff.ly/96iK4c2 🌟 Want more? Read the full article: buff.ly/sm0UU7q @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org @warwickpais.bsky.social

Wonderful opportunity for UG and taught PG students to really experience what it’s like to negotiate refinements to international climate change agreements.

Reminder that our #BISA2026 call & homepage is OPEN NOW - we can't wait to see you in Brighton! 🎉 🌟 Our call for papers is here with submissions for papers opening on the 24th of September - buff.ly/MzLS1aT @simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

BISA and @shepherdbooks.bsky.social have a new call and we want to feature you! 🎉 Read more about this amazing opportunity to highlight yourself down below! 🌟 👉 buff.ly/46vMhXe @ipegbisa.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Just published - our #BISA2025 conference video featuring the best highlights 🎉 We would love you to watch it - spot yourself down below! 🌟 👉 buff.ly/znA2PGP @julietdryden.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @bleiker.bsky.social @debbielisle.bsky.social

@shepherdbooks.bsky.social and BISA needs you! 🎉 We have a new call for our Shepherd book partnership and we want to feature you! Giving you a chance to highlight your book and other IR texts this is an opportunity not to miss! 📚 Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/c2CD2lt @julietdryden.bsky.social

Calling all postgrads! Please consider putting your name forward as a committee member of BISA’s post graduate network. Over 550 members and your chance to shape the agenda and make new contacts. See below.

Brighton here we come! Very excited for BISA2026. Let’s start thinking about panels and roundtables to submit and see if we can reach the 375 that were accepted onto the 2025 programme. See our call below. @mybisa.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social

🌟 BISA Aspiring Scholars Fund 🌟 'Fostering the future of International Relations scholarship' by supporting research 🎉 "This is an assistance I will forever cherish." - Promise Frank Ejiofor to donate 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/give/donate @julietdryden.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

There were plenty of young scholars who could not attend our conference due to lack of funds. Please consider donating! Every tenner helps!

We like to express our gratitude to our wonderful ambassadors at #BISA2025 who came from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and were a key part of how we were able to host and run the conference 🌟 From everyone at BISA - thank you so much for all your hard work 🎉 @julietdryden.bsky.social

📚Introduction to book publishing! 📚 w/ @julietdryden.bsky.social Isobel Cowper-Coles, Fiona Richman, Don Jacobs, John Haslam & @atifajiwa.bsky.social #BISA2025

🌟A huge thank you to everyone from BISA for #BISA2025 in Belfast - this conference was only made possible with all your work and contributions and we could not be more grateful. 🌟 We had the best time and we hope you did too - roll on #BISA2026 in Brighton! 🎉 @julietdryden.bsky.social

We are excited to be working with Simon on #BISA2026 and although a year away, work will begin almost as soon as we wrap up #BISA2025. See you all next week!

After our open letter with @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and @uaces.bsky.social to the UK Government we have now created an MP template for you to contact your local MP and detailed how BISA is responding! 🌟 find it here - buff.ly/oKRVLDm @julietdryden.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

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 Read it at: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/open-le... @julietdryden.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

Postgraduate Network and first-timers meet up at #BISA2025 🎉 🌟Come and join the Postgraduate Network & meet fellow first-timers, postgraduates and ECRs! 🌟 Sponsored by BISA PGN on 17 June at the Sunflower Pub 🌻 More details 👉 buff.ly/8t8P90k ‪@bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social‬ ‪@epir-bisa.bsky.social‬

We are delighted to announce that #BISA2026 is going to be held in Brighton! 🎉 The call for papers for #BISA2026 in Brighton will be released early in September 2025! 🌟 Read more 👉 buff.ly/l7TlHu6 @epir-bisa.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @bisa-global-health.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social

💵 Nominations now open for the @ipegbisa.bsky.social Book Prize 2025! 💵 One most prestigious awards in the field of IPE in the UK and beyond 🎉 To be eligible, the book must have been published in 2024 📚 Nominate now 👉 buff.ly/GOT5wTk ‪ @dasilvapp.bsky.social‬ ‪ @juliacalvert.bsky.social‬

PG & ECD day 2025 🌟 The programme for our PG & ECD day at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social (17 Jun) has been released! Join academics & professionals from HE, the FCDO & @uk.theconversation.com to share skills & knowledge Register now! www.bisa.ac.uk/events/postg... @julietdryden.bsky.social

DON'T FORGET! We celebrate our 50th anniversary with the #BISA2025 Conference in Belfast! Come join us 17-20 June for an amazing list of speakers inc. Prof Cynthia Enloe! Register for single day or 3-day tickets : conference.bisa.ac.uk @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @bisawarstudies.bsky.social

For our 50th anniversary & as part of the #BISA2025 conference in Belfast, we're holding a roundtable of distinguished former BISA Chairs Feat. Barry Buzan, Christopher Hill Caroline Kennedy-Pipe +more! 👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/news/bisa-50-reflecting-discipline-and-profession-international-studies

#DidYouMiss 👀 ANNUAL PRIZES - OPEN NOW! 🌟 Our annual prizes recognise excellence & achievement through research and teaching in International Studies. Make a nomination now: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/prizes @julietdryden.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers – BISA PGN Conference 2025 The PGN's first in-person Conference is here! A space for PhD students & ECRs to share research, exchange experiences, and build a community. This May in Edinburgh! 🔗Submit your abstract: t.co/H1BAOKd9Db @mybisa.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Very excited to be bringing BISA and ISA members together with these joint inaugural workshops on such important themes @mybisa.bsky.social

As a member of the advisory group for this, heartily recommend this report on where Politics/IR teaching and research stands @uaces.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

For our 50th anniversary & as part of the #BISA2025 conference in Belfast, we're holding a roundtable of distinguished former BISA Chairs! It's a chance to hear from a gathering of excellent & influential academics including Barry Buzan and @rgwhitman.bsky.social 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/bisa-50...

To make #BISA2025 more accessible we're offering bursaries for PGs and ECRs! With huge thanks to the Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast for their contribution! Applications close 28 Feb More Info: conference.bisa.ac.uk/about-confer... @nickcaddick.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social

Take a look at this new report from the @britishacademy.bsky.social on #politics and #IR in UK HE. Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social sat on the advisory committee alongside @polstudiesassoc #advocacy

🔊NEW January newsletter is out! Incl. - Call for @risjnl.bsky.social special issue - Prof Michael Cox #BISA2025 @bisawarstudies.bsky.social keynote speech + more Read👉https://mailchi.mp/bisa/bisa-newsletter-17449822?e Subscribe👉bisa.ac.uk/subscribe @julietdryden.bsky.social

📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!! All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email [email protected] @julietdryden.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social

We’re going to Belfast. A stellar lineup of panels by the BISA US Foreign Policy Working Group, a book roundtable, and a cracking panel on security & temporality in IR with @malteriemann.bsky.social, @therealisthom.bsky.social, @alexhlar.bsky.social, Norma Rossi and Maria Mälksoo #BISA2025.

Very excited to be bringing BISA and ISA members together with these joint inaugural workshops on such important themes @mybisa.bsky.social

#ICYMI: The @mybisa.bsky.social virtual conference at the University of Sheffield is next week! There is still time to register as an observer and to join RIS for a meet the editors chat. Find out more about the conference & register👉https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk

🌟Into 2025 - Happy Birthday to BISA! 🌟 At the start of a new year, BISA director @julietdryden.bsky.social takes a look back at 2024, the history of BISA, and what we have to come! Read Juliet's message here: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/2025-ha... @eeeswg.bsky.social @bisawarstudies.bsky.social

🚨Model NATO 2025 BISA will once again be holding a model NATO with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Department 32 universities will be chosen to take part! Complete an expression of interest form here: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-ex... Deadline: 2 Dec (5pm GMT)