Everyone at BISA would love to wish you a very Happy Holidays! 🎉 Wishing you all a lovely end to the year and a huge thank you to everyone who helped us have such a wonderful year with BISA! See you all in 2026! 🌟

Check out my piece on the @mybisa.bsky.social blog. I reflect on The best books on queer movement building: +Queer Migration Politics +Transnational LGBT Activism +But Some of Us Are Brave +Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique +The Revolution Starts at Home www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/bes...

The BISA staff will now be on vacation until the 5th of January! 🌟 We would all like to wish you all a lovely festive period and we look forward to returning and getting back to you all in the new year! 🎉

🌟 New call for papers! 🌟 European Security Working Group is looking for papers for their 9th annual conference on 27 Feb 🎉 Entitled 'European Security in the Age of Trump and Putin' the deadline for abstract applications is 19 January 👉 buff.ly/uVUtmg9

Upcoming BISA Africa and International studies WG book talk! 🌟 ‘Nigerian Security - The Tragedy of Latent Great Powers’ with Manu Lekunze looking at “How secure is Nigeria? Put differently, can Nigeria survive?” 🌎 Taking place 28 Jan: Sign up now! 👉 https://ow.ly/PIZP50XN3T6

Royal Society for Asian Affairs travel awards! ! Funding  travel elements of practical projects & research which have the potential to contribute to scholarly advances 🎉 More information on the attached PDF and the link below! Applications close 31 January 2026 👉 https://ow.ly/E1CU50XN3Bz

Review of International Studies podcast - ep. seven 🎉 In this episode Katrina Lee-Koo talks to Seb Kaempf about her editors selection exploring '25 years of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security agenda' a significant international policy agenda 🌟 Listen now 👉

Job opportunity! 🎉 1-year vacancy (paternity cover) as Lecturer & Researcher in British Politics (PhD/Postdoc level @humboldtuni.bsky.social 🌟 Deadline: 27 December ⏰ German job description: https://ow.ly/7Om950XN1qI English job description: https://ow.ly/veAV50XN1qJ

'Saprobic politics: Decomposing colonial cosmologies in international relations' Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 🌟 Review of International Studies and video abstract by Gabriella Colello 🎉 Find both the video and full article here 👉 https://ow.ly/CUpj50XM8YT

Join us on February 27th 2026 for our Annual Workshop at @mybisa.bsky.social European Security Working Group! This year's event, "European Security in the Age of Trump and Putin", welcomes contributions on several contemporary themes (see call for papers below ⬇️). Any questions? Message me!

Upcoming event with the BISA International Law and Politics WG 🌟 'Ideas workshop and introduction' to introduce the convener team, discuss shared research interests, and begin planning activities for the year ahead! 🎉 Taking place on 8 January 👉 https://ow.ly/wbyN50XLpZk

New Review of International Studies article and article summary out now! 🌟 Entitled 'World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige' by Elif Kalaycioglu 🌎 Find the full article at this DOI: https://ow.ly/YZOH50XLpSZ And Elif's written summary here: https://ow.ly/r8Bl50XLpSY

Submit your proposals to Review of International Studies for a new special issue! 🎉 To be published in a 2027 special edition the deadline to submit is 3 Feb 2026 🌟 Find out more information on submissions 👉 https://ow.ly/JfzH50XGS1e Seb Kaempf Andy Hom Dahlia Simangan

Restraining War - a @risjnl.bsky.social selection by @tom-gregory.bsky.social - cup.org/48dqrvD cc @mybisa.bsky.social

Remember to check out Thomas Gregory's new Review of International Studies editors selection 🌟 Entitled 'Restraining War' ft Moya Lloyd, Joanna Tidy, Maja Zehfuss and more! 📚 All free to read until end of Feb 👉 https://ow.ly/a0PA50XGJ2f Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR

Join us at BISA TODAY 🎉 For anyone with an interest in International Studies and politics we want you to come & gain access to our wide range of benefits and opportunities! 🌟 Sign up now 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/become-a-mem... @julietdryden.bsky.social Simon Rushton

🎉Event recording: Global Politics and Development WG 'Global development cooperation at a crossroads - ground rules for partnership in a fragmented world?' held on 28 November joint with EADI 🌎 Find and watch the recording here! 👉 https://ow.ly/Q1jM50XKGRt Andrea Ordonez Andy Sumner

Great to see this piece published by @hepi-news.bsky.social its one of the outputs from a @mybisa.bsky.social workshop organised with HillaryBriffa and @annaplunkett.bsky.social We look at the lessons #UKHE can learn on regulating #Al from global partners www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/12/16/g...

Just released! Review of International Studies podcast - ep. six 🎉 Talking to Seb Kaempf, Thomas Gregory discusses his selection entitled Restraining War trying to grapple with the phenomenon of regulating war 🌎 Listen to the episode here! 👉 https://ow.ly/HPnf50XK6ap

Last chance to sign up for tomorrow's PGN event! 🎉 From PhD to Postdoc: Strategies, fellowships, and real-world insights 📚 Thinking beyond your PhD? Learn how to turn your research into the next big step w Marcus Nicolson (Minority Rights - Eurac Research) 🌟 Sign up now: https://ow.ly/y6g050XzTce

Sign up now for one of our first events of 2026! 🎉 14 January Online workshop 'Teaching ethics in dark times' with Ethics and World Politics WG asking how we prepare students to engage ethically with complex global issues 🌟 Find the event here 👉 https://ow.ly/uvI850XK5GP Dr Anna Plunkett

Review of International Studies podcast - ep. five 🎉 In this ep Seb Kaempf talks to Professor Poppy S. Winanti about her editors selection exploring 'global environmental issues' to foster conversations about some of the most pressing issues of our time🌳 Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/tjP750XJyGZ

Event summary: Voices in learning and teaching with BISA PGN 🎉 Bringing together an engaged audience and two excellent speakers: Dr Maísa Edwards & Dr Leonie Jackson offering reflections on participatory pedagogies 🌟 Find the full event summary here 👉 https://ow.ly/pS2e50XJyx5

On 1 Dec our 5th annual #climatesim took place in partnership w/ Chatham House to engage students in a topical and important issue 🌎 Read what we got up to! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey @julietdryden.bsky.social Politics & IR @ De Montfort University POLIS UoM Politics LSE International Relations

The Review of International Studies has opened a call for special issue proposals 🌟 Inviting proposals to be published in a 2027 special edition 🎉 Deadline to submit: 3 Feb 2026 📚 Find out more information here 👉 https://ow.ly/JfzH50XGS1e Seb Kaempf Andy Hom Dahlia Simangan

New 'Take Five' w/ Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor 🚨 📚 Top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last fortnight! inc: Tom Stevenson, Bronwen Maddox, Jonathan Whittall The Conversation UK, Foreign Affairs & more🌟 👉 https://ow.ly/EKnX50XGLsX

Have your say on the future of BISA - Complete our member survey today! 🌟 Giving you the chance to give us feedback and be entered into our prize draw to win one of 3 £100 vouchers 🎉 Find the link in the email we sent on 2 December - it only takes a few minutes to complete!

Exhibit, sponsor and advertise at #BISA2026 🚨 We have packages to suit all budgets! 🌟 Find out more at 👉 https://ow.ly/QOUQ50XHaFP Yale University Press London 📖 Bristol University Press University of Westminster Press Bloomsbury Books UK Edinburgh University Press Liverpool University Press

📢We have kicked off todays virtual book talk with Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group ! 🌏Today we are joined by former convenor Phillip Cunliffe (@ucl.ac.uk) to discuss his recently published book "The National Interest: Politics After Globalisation".

Check out our new event recording from Nov 🌟 Revisiting the first ever BISA conference 'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' 🌎 Chaired by Inderjeet Parmar it is worth a watch! 👉 https://ow.ly/PlKa50XGTTN Pedro Perfeito da Silva Caroline Kuzemko

It is that time of the month: our December newsletter is out now! 🎉 Inc: 🌟 A festive message from BISA chair Juanita Elias 🚨 Introducing new BISA/ British Foreign Policy Group UG committee 🌎 5th #climatesim @ Chatham House Find here 👉 https://ow.ly/UtB050XGT3l @julietdryden.bsky.social

Our representatives, Cristina and Daisy have taken the time to make a short interview answering questions on their experience at @mybisa.bsky.social climate simulation! Here they answer how their views on international politics changed. #Politics #Climatesim #BISA #Internationalrelations

New @mybisa.bsky.social newsletter dropped! check it out for our latest special collection, the latest RIS research, and reflections on #BISA50. Remember that BISA members also get free access to RIS and our sister journal @ejisbisa.bsky.social 🥳

New Review of International Studies editors selection out now w Thomas Gregory 🎉 Looking at 'Restraining War' ft Moya Lloyd, Joanna Tidy, Maja Zehfuss and more! 📚 Free to read until end of Feb where not #openaccess 👉 https://ow.ly/a0PA50XGJ2f Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR

'Analysing recognition multidirectionally: Canada, United Nations membership, and the Algerian question' Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 🌟 A new Review of International Studies article and video abstract by Caroline Dunton 🌎 Find here 👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210525101514

Well done to Cristina and Daisy for taking part in the BISA Climate Negotiation Simulation at @chathamhouse.org, representing China and showcasing impressive negotiation and analytical skills! @mybisa.bsky.social #climatesim #BISA #DMU #ClimatePolitics

We had our BISA Security Policy and Practice WG event today entitled: 'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' Offering space for scholars and peace-builders working to end the violence and promote peace to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎

📢We have kicked off todays @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop at Durham University! ☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC) 🪡Follow this thread for more

We are looking forward to our 3rd In-Person Workshop tomorrow, kindly hosted by the Space Research Centre at @durham.ac.uk and supported by @mybisa.bsky.social *good weather not guaranteed, though it is lovely in Durham today!

The Review of International Studies (@risjnl.bsky.social) invites proposals for a special issue to be published in 2027. You can read the full call here - https://cup.org/49YZeOx RIS special issues contain 7-8 papers as well as an agenda setting introduction/conclusion. cc @mybisa.bsky.social

off to Durham for the @mybisa.bsky.social @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop! Looking forward to a day of discussing space and hopefully a reasonably positive reaction to the draft of chapter 2 of my book!

BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives w/ Professor Ruth Blakeley - the final in our BISA at 50 series! 🎉 'Democracy and human rights challenges' a look at the events that have shaped the discipline over the past 25 years 🌟 Check out this article and the whole series 👉 https://ow.ly/BFRR50XG6zl

Last week our 5th annual climate negotiation simulation took place in partnership w/ Chatham House 🌎 This year’s event was our largest yet - almost 120 participants from over 30 UK universities! 🎉 Read what we got up to & who won our awards! 👉 https://ow.ly/ok9Z50XFEey @julietdryden.bsky.social

Last chance to sign up for tomorrows Security Policy and Practice WG event 🚨 'Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict' a space for scholars and peacebuilders to share their perspectives about roadmaps for peace 🌎 Sign up now 👉 https://ow.ly/n5BV50XFzbS

New Special Issue competition for @risjnl.bsky.social just dropped: www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journal... Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea + a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way! @mybisa.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

A festive message to everyone at BISA from our chair Juanita Elias has just been published! 🌟 Wishing all members and trustees a restful and peaceful break and thank you for all your hard work in 2025 - looking forward to 2026! 😊 Find Juanita's full message here 👉 https://ow.ly/gfLK50XFyiu

Do not miss out on our #BISAFCDOModelNATO 2026 call for expressions of interest! 🌟 An amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉 More info here 👉 https://ow.ly/ts7850XCBQt Politics & IR @ De Montfort University International Relations & Politics, Liverpool John Moores Uni

Alexander Borum December IR career starters is out now & with Christmas round the corner there is no better time to grind away at those applications! 🌟 inc: OECD, Human Rights Watch, CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies, CEPS, RAND Europe & more! 🎉 Link - https://ow.ly/BF6S50XCBri

Upcoming International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG event! 🎉 Entitled 'The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro' its relevance and importance means it is not one to miss! 💸 Register now 👉 https://ow.ly/KmfG50XCBhc Ben Farrand IPEG-BISA

📢We have kicked off todays event by the International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group! 👉Today we are joined by Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami to explore evolving Syrian politics and the Gulf states’ strategies towards a post-Assad Syria 🌎