Exploring the Future of E-International Relations at BISA 2025

We are excited to announce that E-International Relations will be attending the 2025 British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference in Belfast – from 17–20 June – and this year, we’re doing something special. Alongside participating in the roundtable on open access publishing in international studies, sponsored by the European Journal of International Security, in which E-International Relations’ own Marianna Karakoulaki and Kieran O’Meara will be contributing, we are bringing the Thinking Global podcast to the conference.

What is our goal? We are going to open-up the conversation in Belfast and bring the conference to you, wherever you are. We have been given a dedicated space within the main exhibition hall where any conference attendee — from undergraduates, doctoral students and early-career researchers to tenured professors and practitioners — can drop by and join us for a chat about their work. Whether you’re presenting a paper, chairing a panel, or just soaking in the atmosphere, we would love to hear what brings you to BISA, what you’re working on, and why it matters.

Our podcast episodes will bring you the highlights of proceedings and a mixture of the conversations we have had in the exhibition hall. So, if you see us, come say hello! Whether you’ve got a new idea to share, had a book/article come out, or just want to talk about your experience at the conference, we want to hear from you and feature you in an episode of Thinking Global.

We’re grateful to BISA for supporting this initiative and are proud to help mark the association’s 50th anniversary by doing what E-International Relations does best: connecting the discipline with the world. We hope to see you in Belfast!

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