We had a great catch-up, talking about the challenges of book and article writing, particularly the all-important theory chapters/sections, where balancing and connecting relevant IR and trust scholarship can be difficult. It was great to share experiences, tips and advice.

It was great to start 2026 by catching up with some of our members and hearing about their current and future plans around trust research in international relations. We look forward to catching up with the rest of our network over the coming weeks. Wishing them all the best!

In our last meeting of 2025, we had a relaxing discussion with @drdavidjwilcox.bsky.social about his book project, situated at the intersection of official and unofficial diplomacy and trust. Best of luck to David, and we look forward to seeing the project develop!

We had a great discussion this morning with @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social and @dresztersimon.bsky.social about their emerging interdisciplinary project (History and IR) examining trust and confidence. We hope they received a lot of helpful feedback for their future grant applications. Best of luck!

We had a great "problem-solving" session yesterday, talking through several challenges that members are facing with their research on trust (and related concepts), from analyzing interviews to developing grant applications. Great to have a supportive community of researchers!

We had an excellent presentation from, and discussion with, and Nick Wheeler and Chiara Cervasio on their fantastic work with Mark Saunders, where they are developing a model to capture the process from distrust to trust and applying it to the 1998-1999 Lahore Peace Process.

A few of our members will be presenting at #BISA2025 in Belfast this week! If you are at the conference and interested in anything trust-related, do head over to hear our fantastic friends present their work. Also, happy 50th anniversary to @mybisa.bsky.social

We had a great gathering today, where we touched base on the research the group has been conducting this year and what they have planned for the future. It was good to celebrate successes (publications on the way!) and share frustrations over work-in-progress and grant applications!

We had a great discussion today as members of our group shared how their different research-focused projects (articles/book proposals/research grants) are developing, outlining the challenges and opportunities that exist in connecting their research on trust in IR within IR.

There is a great @isanet.bsky.social virtual event coming up! @dresztersimon.bsky.social and @drdavidjwilcox.bsky.social will be chairing alongside a stellar line-up of speakers: @andrewkydd.bsky.social, Deborah Larson, Nick Wheeler, @vckeating.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/2dr5n9by.

We had a great discussion today about future plans for our informal network and how we can develop our collaborative outputs. Great to hear all the emerging ideas and to see the collaborative dynamic we developed since 2020-21 at work! Watch this space.

A few of our network will be at #ISA2025 in Chicago this coming week. If you are interested in trust research in international relations, why not pop along to one of these panels where some of our friends and colleagues will be presenting their research.

We had a fruitful discussion today on the next steps for our network of trust researchers within (or with an interest in) the discipline of International Relations. Watch this space! If you are doing research on trust (or related concepts), we would love to connect with you.