'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

📢We have kicked off another event in our undergraduate event series! ⭐️Today we are joined by @glodesblum.bsky.social to discuss 'Geographies of escalation - Disputes on territory, sovereignty and control in an ever-changing international system'

🚨 Event summary: Navigating the publishing landscape with BISA Africa and International Studies WG 🚨 Addressing the crucial steps in ensuring the effective navigation of the publishing process with Dr Tarela Ike 📚 Find the recording of this informative event here 👉

Our next event! 17th October, 1pm-2.30pm. Online, and free to attend. 'Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy' with speakers Professor Rosaleen Duffy, Dr Kai Heron and Dr Jane Clarke. @kaiheron.bsky.social @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social www.bisa.ac.uk/events/pathw...

📢We have kicked off the first ISET WG event with new conveners Ben Farrand and Mike Bourne! 👉Todays event introduces their future plans for the group as well as a talk from Ben on the question 'What does the von der Leyen II Commission hold for EU digital sovereignty?'

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Everyone at BISA wants to extend huge congratulations to BISA member @mghacademic.bsky.social who has just been welcomed as a fellow at @acadsocsciences.bsky.social 🎉 She joins 63 leading social scientists to the Fellowship this autumn! 🌟 Read the full list here 👉 buff.ly/9XuoiCq

Last chance to sign up! ⏰ Sign up to join the new International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG convenors as they introduce themselves, give a short presentation and set the agenda for this year! 🎉 Register here 👉 buff.ly/4nl02IH @benfarrand.bsky.social

Announcing our first winner of the Early-Career Environment and Climate Politics Paper Prize! Congratulations to John Donovan (OU), for his winning paper 'Commercial Gains, Climate Losses: Unpacking the Environmental Costs of Lunar Industrialisation'. www.bisa.ac.uk/news/early-c...

Call for #climatesim expressions of interest open NOW! 🌟 We are looking for institutions to take part in our annual climate negotiation simulation event - once again partnering with @chathamhouse.org 🎉 Deadline to apply is 19 October #climatesim 🌳 Info 👉 buff.ly/zPti35m @julietdryden.bsky.social

In discussion: New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize 2025 winner w/ Zoha Siddiqui 🌟 Discussing her findings from her dissertation 'Motherhood-Based Advocacy for Transitional Justice in Northern Ireland' & more w/ @julietdryden.bsky.social and @sonicwhirls.bsky.social 🎉 👉 buff.ly/0u2hdDq

📅 Events this week! ISET WG - 'What does the von der Leyen II Commission hold for EU digital sovereignty?' 🇪🇺 UG event: 'Geographies of escalation - Disputes on territory, sovereignty and control in an ever-changing international system' 🌎 Info 👉 buff.ly/vMQ8mrT @julietdryden.bsky.social

🕊️ On this #InternationalDayOfPeace, we’re re-sharing Celestina Atom's blog on peacebuilding after conflict, drawn from @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025 Conference. This year’s theme reminds us how peace requires collaboration across divides. Read here 🔽

#ICYMI: Brighton is calling! ☀️ Please consider submitting an abstract or panel for the upcoming conference - we'd love to see you there. ⤵️ buff.ly/1PI0yyU @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026

The deadline to join the BISA PGN Committee for 2025-2026 is TOMORROW! 🎉 Find out more and get your applications in now 👉 buff.ly/ErTFNhU @interpolaber.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social @culawandpolitics.bsky.social @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

Jamal Barnes and Samuel M Makinda have written a short blog to accompany their latest RIS article! Check it out on the @mybisa.bsky.social website ⤵️ buff.ly/ySTNMIP

@ipegbisa.bsky.social is looking to recruit up to 6 new co-convenors! 🎉 Deadline 3 November 2025! 🌟 💵 Find out more about the role & submissions here. Join the supportive network of over 400 international scholars & students! - buff.ly/8znoZky @drscottjames.bsky.social @juliacalvert.bsky.social

'Geographies of escalation - Disputes on territory, sovereignty and control in an ever-changing international system' an UG event w/ Dr Gustavo Glodes Blum 🌟 25 Sept Zoom 💻 Sign up now for free! 👉 buff.ly/vMQ8mrT @kcl-spe.bsky.social @cais-exeter.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social

🌟New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor! 🌟 📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month! inc: @foreignaffairs.com @chathamhouse.org @theatlantic.com @economist.com & more:

I feel like putting together a Loss and Damage panel I think. Time to think about it still, but feel free to reach out if you want in.

It's time to start planning for next year's conference! Get in touch if you want information on the process, or if you'd like us to share a call for papers!

In memoriam: Professor A J R (‘John’) Groom It is with sadness that we bring the news that former BISA Chair Professor A J R Groom has passed away. Here @rgwhitman.bsky.social outlines some of Professor Groom's main contributions and achievements. Read here - buff.ly/8Kl7Cc5 @kent.ac.uk

🌟It is that time of the month - our Sept newsletter is out! 🌟 inc: - REF2029: Update on Politics and International Relations 📚 - Join the BISA PGN committee! 🎉 - @cawpbisa.bsky.social launches 🌎 - In discussion: Andrew Dorman 📝 Read here 👉 buff.ly/8fiM71R

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

Abusing the international solidarity principle: Human rights, international solidarity, and the EU’s bilateral migration deals 🌎 A summary of Jamal Barnes & Samuel M Makinda @risjnl.bsky.social article - buff.ly/ySTNMIP Want more? Read the article - buff.ly/OYHdaJx @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

🚨 @astropoliticswg.bsky.social annual lecture! 🚨 'Space as a 21st century mixed economy: An old concept for a new space' ☄️ 21 October on zoom! Delivered by Dr Xavier Pasco director of Foundation for Strategic Research 🌟 Sign up for free now 👉 buff.ly/nZgnTzh @bleddb.bsky.social

In our latest issue, Jack Duffield uses a narrative approach to analyze covert action. Check out his article AND video abstract on our website! 📘 👉 buff.ly/01VcfvE

📑🚀 New and open access: "Finding the thieves amongst the liars: Thinking clearly about cyber-enabled influence operations" from Christopher Whyte & Ugochukwu Etudo. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢CALL FOR CONVENORS 📢 Hello everyone 😊We are looking for a co-convenor and a PhD convenor to join our team at the new Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group! More details below: 👇 Deadline: 10th of October 📆 @mybisa.bsky.social

'Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy' - a @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social event 🌟 Aimed at PhD and ECR researchers thinking about their future in environmental research📚 Ft. @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social Dr Jane Clarke & @kaiheron.bsky.social 🎉 Sign up now 👉

'Abusing the international solidarity principle: Human rights, international solidarity, and the EU’s bilateral migration deals' - a new @risjnl.bsky.social article written by Jamal Barnes and Samuel M Makinda 🌎 Read their summary here 👉 buff.ly/ySTNMIP DOI 👉 @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

🚨Upcoming Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights WG event 🚨 6 October on Zoom 💻 🌎Ad hoc coalitions in international conflict management 🌎 Speaker: Dr John Karlsrud a Research Professor at @nupinytt.bsky.social 🌟 Sign up now - buff.ly/W1rF20x @samjarvis.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

Ecocide: a 21st century international crime in the making? 🌳 Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa was awarded a BISA Early Career Small Research Grant (ECSRG) allowing her to research the criminalisation of ecocide in global politics 📚 Read more here! 👉 buff.ly/yaw8Y27 @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social

On 24 September, submissions will open for #BISA2026 in Brighton ☀️🌊 View the #callforpapers on @mybisa.bsky.social's website and submit all of your War Studies abstracts for consideration! conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social

Postgraduate masterclass: Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war 🌎 💻 A Contemporary Research on International Political Theory event - 15 October on zoom with Richard Jackson as instructor Sign up now 👉 buff.ly/1wM7OZW @kieranomeara.bsky.social

🎉 'Queering Governance and International Law' by Dr Caitlin Biddolph w commentators Prof Gina Heathcote, @sritholtz.bsky.social and moderated by Dr Laura Sjoberg: A Gendering International Relations WG Book Talk on 14 October! 📚 Sign up is free and open to all 👉

I had a lot of fun discussing my paper co-authored with @marinazucker.bsky.social at the IPEG workshop!

🎉After the @ipegbisa.bsky.social AGM we have now moved on to our final panel of the day! 🌎We hear from Paolo Stohlman global financial regulation and @hannesbaumann.bsky.social on the changing role of Gulf states in reproducing US dollar dominance.

🚨New Haro L Karkour #openaccess @risjnl.bsky.social article looking at: 'Revisiting the ‘darker side’ of democratic peace: Morgenthau, reflexivity, and the role of scholars in times of deception' - @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org📚 🌟 Read here now -

💵We have kicked off our fourth panel - this time focused on the IPE of finance! 👉We hear insightful comments from Scott James on liability driven investments and pensions and @dasilvapp.bsky.social on Fintech and its effects in Brazil. @ipegbisa.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk

🎉Now moving on to our third panel of the day at the @ipegbisa.bsky.social annual workshop @ids.ac.uk ! 👉Featuring insightful presentations on the political economy of commodification in prostitution (Farrah Haisman) and the role of the queer lens in current feminist IPE (Ellie Gore)

🎉 @risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by Dr Monika Heupel exploring: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org - 'Relational legitimation in dense institutional environments: The case of the UN Special Procedures' 🌎 Read here now 👉

🎉We have kicked off the @ipegbisa.bsky.social annual workshop @ids.ac.uk at the University of Sussex! 👉Featuring some great panels and presentations on the post multilateral world order (@tomchodor.bsky.social)as well as ecofeminism and the political economy (@msrodekirchen.bsky.social)

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

🪐'Space as a 21st century mixed economy: An old concept for a new space' 🪐 @astropoliticswg.bsky.social third annual lecture delivered by Dr Xavier Pasco director of Foundation for Strategic Research 🌟 21 October on Zoom 💻 Sign up for free now 👉 buff.ly/aQ1l26K @bleddb.bsky.social

🌟 @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social spotlight out now! 🌟 With Santosh Kumar from Jawaharlal Nehru University who is researching how epigenetic ideas impact societal understandings of air pollution in India as he tells us his background, his research interests & more! 🎉 Read here 👉

Join the @BISAPGN Committee for 2025-2026! 🎉 The deadline has been extended to 23 Sept so get your nominations in now!🌟 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/YzMZfRu @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @bisa-global-health.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

🎉 Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 🎉 Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟 We are so excited - more here 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

🎉Yesterday @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social held their annual conference! 👏Many thanks to the amazing convenors; @amnakaleem.bsky.social , Alice Finden and @rmkhan.bsky.social for all of their hard work! ⭐️The #virtual conference was extremely successful in its critical engagement of terrorism studies.