📣 We are very excited to share that the 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations will take place in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026! ⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R 🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025

1/4 #EISAPEC25 was a blast! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who made it such a success! It also marked the end of @besteisleyen.bsky.social term as @europeanisa.bsky.social President and of #JoanaRicarte's role as ECD portfolio holder. Thank you both for your unwavering support of the #EISAECD community ✨🚀

If my job didn’t also involve teaching incredible students with incredible colleagues like @martijndekker.bsky.social and @brunildapali.bsky.social then I think I’d just give up… (The whole thread is excellent)

Thank you Beste! Very happy to start my term as President of the @europeanisa.bsky.social here at #EISAPEC25

And my role as the President of the EISA has come to an end. Happy to pass it to Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social

📣 Welcome to the three new members of our Early Career Development group: Franca Elena Kappes, Matteo Cianforlini, and Marion Foster! @ecdeisa.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more about how EISA creates opportunities for early career researchers: buff.ly/ORLijhW

My new article is out in Third World Quarterly: ‘Governing Kurds through Spatial Design: Turkey in Afrin’ It is open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @aissr.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Postdoctoral Bridge Grants winners: Khaled Alosaimi, Paulo Victor Zaneratto Bittencourt, Silvia Carenzi, Merve Erdilmen, Yuliia Khyzhniak, Reda Mahajar, and Maro Pantazidou 🔗 Read more about their research: buff.ly/k7xfzmw

👏 As we wrap up another successful set of workshops, we are excited to share that #EWIS2026 will take place at the İzmir University of Economics, 1-3 July 2026! 👀 Keep an eye out over the coming months as we begin to share more details...

We have just finished this year’s European Workshops in International Studies. Great organisation by our local host - the Jagiellonian University. Thanks to all colleagues and student assistants for making #ewis2025 a big success. See you next year in İzmir for #ewis2026!

🎉 Welcome to #EWIS2025 in Krakow!

🌟 After two successful plenary sessions and our welcome reception yesterday, we are excited to kick off day 2 of #EWIS2025 with our first workshop sessions!

#EWIS2025 has kicked off! Happy to announce İzmir University of Economics as #EWIS2026 location. With Umut Can Adısönmez (co-chair) and Serhun Al (local host) @europeanisa.bsky.social

Greetings from #EWIS2025 where @europeanisa.bsky.social president @besteisleyen.bsky.social gives an overview of the grants EISA has been able to give out as part of our redistributive policies

Congrats to the recipients!

👏 Congratulations to @mdgoede.bsky.social, Professor of Politics of Security Cultures, on her €2.5M @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant for her research 'Colonial Financial Infrastructures', exploring colonial roots of modern finance 💰 🔗 Read more: www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

We've been thrilled by the strong interest in the three open positions within the @europeanisa.bsky.social #ECD group. We truly appreciate the effort & enthusiasm shown by all applicants. 🙏🏻 We are now carefully reviewing each application. We’ll be in touch soon with updates on the next steps.

⏰ Don't forget to apply to be a part of EISA's Exploratory Symposia at Rapallo this October! 🔗 Find more details here and apply by 16 June: bit.ly/4j4VP1i

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance. More info: edu.nl/9admd Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

🚨 Jobs 🚨 Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in IR and EU Politics over at UvA (Amsterdam, NL). Check them out here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

💻 The recording of our online event 'Unlocking Innovative Research Techniques: Exploring Computational Analysis Potential in International Studies Research' is now available on our YouTube channel! 🔗 Watch and subscribe here: bit.ly/3H0PZkx

#suriçi #diyarbakır

📢 NEW VACANCY: Assistant Professor of Political Science 📢 The Institute of Political Science at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Political Science and/or International Relations. Read more here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

🗓️ The registration deadline for #EISAPEC25 has been extended by four days to 18 May, 2025! 🔗 Register via our online portal: bit.ly/4cB8W8N

🎉 We are excited to announce that the #CfP for EISA's 12th Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo is now open! 🇮🇹 Join us on 26-29 October 2025 to pursue collaborative work in a beautiful location 🔗 bit.ly/4j4VP1i ⏰ Submit proposals by 16 June

This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right. It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵

NRC sprak zeven gerenommeerde genocide-onderzoekers over Gaza. Zij zijn lang niet zo verdeeld als de publieke opinie: zonder uitzondering kwalificeren ze de Israëlische acties als ‘genocidaal’. En volgens hen zijn nagenoeg al hun collega’s het daarmee eens. buff.ly/mMUvNBS

Join us tomorrow at Utrecht University: ‚Protest & Authoritarianism: Turkey’s Disintegration of Democracy & Europe’s Silence‘ Register here: turkeystudiesnetwork.org/2025/05/06/1... With: Berk Esen Müge Kınacıoğlu Rana Kechrioti Organized by @turkeystudies.bsky.social

It was great to record this with @rahulraothariel.bsky.social and discuss his new book. Give it a listen!

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Congrats and welcome to the @europeanisa.bsky.social Governing Board!

This looks like a great project!

🔥Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn

📣 EISA's Early Career Development group is looking for three new members! 🔗 Read more about the roles here, and apply by 26 May 2025: bit.ly/4jMy6Uj

Many @europeanisa.bsky.social colleagues have received phishing emails from me. Do not reply to these emails, delete them and report as spam.

📣 My NWO-VIDI project “Breaking the Silence: Politics, Workers’ Rights and the Future of Senior Care in Europe” has officially started! I'm currently recruiting two project members to come and work with us at the Political Science Department of the University of Amsterdam: (1/3)

Happy to be one of the awardees ‘Dî/WAR’ documentary is forthcoming! Dî/WAR (dîwar means ‘wall’ in Kurdish) explores how the recently erected Syria-Turkey wall is perceived and experienced by citizens of Turkey in the country’s Kurdish-majority border towns. Details to be shared soon…

📣 Debbie Lisle, Editor-in-Chief: "We are delighted that the first book published in the Voices in International Relations series has won the STAIR award! We look forward to publishing many more excellent books that push the limits of International Relations. Well done Columba!”

🏆 Congratulations to Columba Peoples for winning the ISA STAIR Book Award for 'Security in Crisis: Planetary Emergence and the Technopolitics of Crisis Management' 📚 'Security in Crisis' is the first book in our series with OUP, Voices in International Relations

⏰ Upcoming deadlines ⏰ 💸 Dissertation Support Grant applications are due on 11 April (in 3 days!) 🗳️ Members can vote in the Governing Board Elections until 21 April 📋 EWIS 2025 registration closes on 22 April

New special issue on ‘The Racism Debate in Germany’, tracing the continuities & transformations of racism, its denial & structural entrenchment, the neglected importance of anti-racist struggles & critical theorizing, and the need for solidarity against division www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/4...

✅ Geopolitics of AI Governance: Actors, Norms and Trends ✉️ Anna Nadibaidze and Justinas Lingevičius 🗓️ Deadline: 20 April 2025

✅ Navigating Sovereignty: States as Economic Agents in Fragmenting World Order(s) ✉️ Matias Lennart Castrén and Helena Drdlová 🗓️ Deadline: 25 April 2025 @castrenmatias.bsky.social

✅ Dangerous Intimacies: Race, Coloniality, and Materiality in Global Politics ✉️ Italo Brandimarte and Tarsis Brito 🗓️ Deadline: 26 April 2025

📣 Early Career Workshops at PEC 2025: Call for Abstracts is Open! 🎉 We're pleased to announce the workshops selected for PEC 2025... 🔗 Full workshop descriptions and submission details can be found here: bit.ly/4hlGM3p

✅ EISA members have 3 weeks left to vote for our next Governing Board! ⬇️ Link to candidate profiles below...

Yesterday we hosted our first collective online writing event. More than 50 scholars joined the conv' led by the stellar @samarjit.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social & #JoanaRicarte, who shared their insights on how to deal w/ #ShittyFirstDrafts and taking it #BirdByBird. @europeanisa.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone for your commitment, time and labour! Thank you especially to #EISAPEC2025 co-chairs, local hosts and PEC Liaisons of the EISA governing board. See you in Bologna this August! @gioagostinis.bsky.social @delfrothe.bsky.social

✅ Štěpánka Zemanová (Prague University of Economics and Business) bit.ly/candidatepro...

✅ Rens van Munster (Danish Institute for International Studies) bit.ly/candidatepro...