Did you miss our BISA Director and CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social new year's message to members? Taking a look back at 2025 and forward to 2026! 🎉
"As we begin 2026, it is tremendous to see those founding ambitions remain at the very heart of BISA" 🌟
Find here 👉 https://ow.ly/pe3H50XRQa4
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Nominations are open now for our Susan Strange Best Book Prize honouring the work of Susan Strange! 🎉
It's important to note that self nominations are now allowed - check all eligibility requirements below! 🌟
👉 https://ow.ly/FRXO50Y04A9
@julietdryden.bsky.social Juanita Elias Jack Holland
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Calling for experts ‼️
Looking for BISA members & expert scholars to join us for a policy Lab on governance and artificial intelligence 🎉
Help us to engage with some of the most pressing and complex challenges facing us today 👉 https://ow.ly/M1oA50Y1BLN
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L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize nominations are OPEN NOW! 🌟
And self nominations are now allowed 🎉
Awarded for afirst book published in any field of International Studies by an early career scholar 📚
👉 https://ow.ly/am0I50Y0uF0
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!!
Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Participant registration deadline: 2 March
See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️
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BISA Director and CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social takes a look back at 2025 and a look ahead to 2026 in her below letter to members! 🌟
'Into 2026 - A new year grounded in our founding ambitions' with a very happy New Year to you all! 🎉
Find her full letter here 👉 https://ow.ly/pe3H50XRQa4
BISA annual prizes nomination call highlighting awards for distinguished contribution, thesis, books, working group, EDI, and teaching with a February 3, 2026 deadline.
Nominations for our annual BISA prizes have opened today! 🎉
Recognising excellence & achievement through research & teaching in the field of International Studies! 🌟
Open until the 3 February & presented at our annual conference find all info here 👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/prizes
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We want to wish you a very happy New Year from BISA! We hope you have had a wonderful start to the year 🎉
Thank you for being part of our international community in 2025 and we look forward to another great year together - bring on 2026! 🌟
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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
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
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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
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 🥳
In discussion: Jamie J. Hagen 🎉
Get to know Jamie, our EDI officer, a little better through our interview series as she talks about why she wanted to be a BISA trustee & wants to achieve, her area of research & more! 🌟
Full article here! 👉 https://ow.ly/176Z50XCAYH
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🚨 BISA call for expressions of interest 🚨
BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2026 🌟
Taking place 25 February 2026 @ FCDO in London this is an amazing opportunity for your university and students alike! 🎉
Find out more and express your interest now by 11 Dec 👉 https://ow.ly/bgV950XwTTm
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🚨 Last chance to sign up and celebrate BISA's 50th anniversary with us 🚨
'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' revisiting the 1st ever BISA conference 🌟
Don't miss out! 👉 https://ow.ly/cBVX50XnBcO
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BISA at 50: Take a look back at our first ever BISA conference
with Professor Jack Holland 🌟
What notable events were taking place on the world stage at that time? And are they still relevant in IR today? 🎉
Read here now 👉 https://ow.ly/RqvL50Xqolq
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🎈🥂 You can never have too much of a good thing... EJIS Volume 10 - Issue 4 (November 2025) is out now!
Take a look here: t.co/DdBdIXHOqS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international
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#BISAISA2025
Lovely atmosphere at day 2 of our BISA and @isanet.bsky.social joint workshops in Newcastle!
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🚨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
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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
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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
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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
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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 office@bisa.ac.uk 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
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