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PEC 2026
2026-09-01 - 2026-09-04 | ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations,ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the 19th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC), to be held at ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon on 1-4 September 2026.
In 2026, our flagship event will take place in Portugal, at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, offering a unique vantage point for exploring contemporary international relations. Following the remarkable success of PEC 2025 in Bologna, we will gather in Lisbon’s inspiring scholarly environment at the ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon.
As per our tradition, PEC 2026 will be organized in thematic sections, both standing and new ones, and will welcome colleagues from a diversity of disciplines relating to international studies, from Europe and beyond. Plenary sessions will highlight key issues in current debates in international relations, with leading experts from our association. We will also offer opportunities through our Early Career Development Group events, social events, and professional development activities to nurture our community.
The EISA’s Mobility Fund has been increased over the years, and we will continue providing support for those in financial need to attend, ensuring our conference remains more inclusive and accessible. We are committed to making the 19th edition of our conference as welcoming and rewarding as possible, where ideas can be formulated, debated, criticized, shaped and sharpened through mutual respect and understanding.
It is this spirit which has made EISA’s Pan-European Conferences the leading annual event in International Relations in Europe, and we are looking forward to continuing this tradition Portugal’s vibrant capital!

EWIS 2026
2026-07-01 - 2026-07-03 | İzmir University of Economics, Fevzi Çakmak, Sakarya Cd. No:156, 35330 Balçova/İzmir, İzmir, Turkey
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13th European Workshops in International Studies
İzmir University of Economics, 1-3 July 2026
The European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), launched by the EISA in 2013, have fast established themselves as a spirited place for the European IR community to engage in sustained, in-depth discussion with a diverse range of peers from various institutions, countries, disciplines and career stages. EWIS has proven to be a popular and productive format, perfect for preparing special issues, edited volumes or exploring new ideas, themes and directions in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.

IR 101 Under Stress: Theory and Practice at Odds
2026-04-15 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Prague) | Zoom Event
EISA-ISA JOINT ROUNDTABLE ZOOM EVENT: WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL 2026, 16:00 CET

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Description

International Relations has long offered conceptual maps for making sense of global politics. Today, many of the discipline’s core concepts are being actively stress-tested by contemporary political practice. Leaders operate in a world in which the velocity of change, the intensity of geopolitical competition, and the personalization of power often outpace the analytical frameworks we rely on to interpret them. This roundtable asks what IR’s classical paradigms still offer to contemporary decision-makers. How might global politics look different if leaders—from Washington, to Brussels, to Moscow, to Beijing—took IR 101 seriously? And conversely, to what extent are the assumptions underpinning IR 101 unsettled by a world in which individual leaders, domestic politics, unconventional means and shifting norms play increasingly decisive roles? At the same time, IR scholars face their own challenge: how to remain intellectually relevant without overstating the discipline’s capacity to predict or prescribe or how to use old concepts to explain an emerging order in class. The discussion explores whether core concepts—power, order, sovereignty, influence, and cooperation—require rethinking, or whether they continue to anchor understanding of international change; and what can IR offer leaders and publics navigating a moment in which expertise is contested, institutions are strained, and world order itself appears unsettled? Through a joint EISA–ISA conversation and cross-community dialogue, this event invites an open exploration of what IR theory helps us see when the conditions that once stabilized international politics are under pressure—and why that perspective may matter now more than ever.
Speakers

Beatrix Futak-Campbell, University of Leiden
Maria Malksoo, University of Copenhagen
James Goldgeier, American University
Paul Poast, University of Chicago

Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars
2026-02-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026, 13:00-16:00 CET

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Description

The EISA ECD Group is organizing an Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars aimed at sharing writing strategies and creating a friendly, encouraging environment for writing. The event does not require any prior preparation – just booking and dedicating time for focused writing on anything you are currently working on: your thesis, paper, or application. At the beginning, Dr. Tom F. A. Watts will share suggestions and his experience on writing. The event will continue with a writing retreat and conclude with a brief reflection at the end.
Structure

13:05-13:10 – introduction of the event
13:10-13:30 – writing strategies with Dr. Tom F. A. Watts
13:30-15:45 – online writing retreat
15:45-16:00 – participant reflection

Speaker

Dr. Tom F.A. Watts, Postdoctoral Researcher, the Center of War Studies, University of Southern Denmark

Dealing with precarity as an ECR: Practical advice to navigate academic transitions
2026-01-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: THURSDAY, 22 JANUARY 2026, 18:00 – 19:30 CET

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Early Career Researchers (ECRs) often face significant uncertainty as they navigate multiple transitions from doctoral studies to academic careers. This online event creates space for an open and honest conversation about both the structural challenges and lived experiences of researchers in the early stages of their careers.
The panel brings together speakers at different career stages, including post-doctoral researchers, tenure-track scholars, and policy professionals pursuing research careers in think tanks, thus offering diverse perspectives on post-degree career pathways. Introductory statements by the panelists will be followed by an interactive exchange driven by participants’ questions. Discussion themes may include job insecurity, work-life balance, and strategies for professional growth.
The event is organized by the European International Studies Association (EISA) Early Career Development Group (ECD). The ECD group was established as part of EISA’s broader professional development activities for early career researchers and regularly organises events aimed at fostering networking and information sharing among ECRs. You can follow ECD activities on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecd-group-eisa/) and Bluesky (@ecdeisa.bsky.social).
Speakers

Sara Berlotto, PhD, Italy China Council Foundation
Ashlyn Hand, PhD, Southern Methodist University
Huanyu Zhao, PhD, University of Ghent
Silke Zoller, PhD, Kennesaw State University

After Venezuela: Regional and Global Consequences of U.S. Intervention
2026-01-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: MONDAY, 19 JANUARY 2026, 18:00 – 19:30 CET

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The U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro have reopened questions many assumed were settled since the end of the Cold War. For decades, South American governments believed that direct U.S. intervention in the region was politically unthinkable. European allies, meanwhile, relied on the United States as the principal guarantor of a rules-based international order. Today, those assumptions no longer hold. We are now compelled to rethink core concepts such as sovereignty, alliance politics, order, and hegemony.
This online event examines the fundamental change underway in U.S. foreign policy and its regional and global consequences, as revealed by the intervention in Venezuela. Experts from diverse areas will discuss what kind of change this represents, and what consequences it brings — for the United States and for the international order. How might Latin American governments respond to the realization that intervention is once again possible, and what strategic options exist for states seeking autonomy and security? What does this moment mean for Europe, whose political order and strategic identity have long depended on multilateralism and close partnership with Washington? And finally, what should we expect for cases such as Greenland, where small and strategically exposed territories sit at the intersection of U.S. strategic ambition and shifting global power politics?
Speakers

Elizabeth N. Saunders, Professor of Political Science; Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
Leslie Wehner,  Full Professor and Chair of International Relations, University of Bath
Tom Long, Professor in International Relations, University of Warwick
Rasmus Brun Pedersen, Associate Professor, Aarhus University
Sonia Lucarelli, Full Professor,  University of Bologna

Moderator

Revecca Pedi, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, EISA Governing Board Member

How Do We Think About Tech Disruption and World Politics?
2025-12-17 15:30 - 17:45 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: WEDNESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2025, 15:30 CET

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Are we entering a period in which international relations are being reshaped in fundamental ways by developments in technology? From advances in artificial intelligence to the geopolitics of cyber operations, from digital infrastructures to the growing involvement of private technology companies in global security, technological innovation increasingly appears to intersect with the core concerns of International Relations. Yet it remains an open question how far-reaching these transformations truly are—and how they might affect concepts long central to the discipline: sovereignty, influence, private actors, balance of power, offence-defence capabilities, among others. This online discussion aims to provide space for IR scholars to reflect on whether, and in what ways, technological developments are transforming global politics. Are these changes profound enough to challenge established assumptions, or do they simply call for familiar theoretical tools to be applied in new contexts?
Speakers

Julia Calver, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Leiden
Tobias Liebetrau, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
Andrew Liaropoulos, Associate Professor, University of Piraeus
Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Cornell University

Solidarity Across Uneven Terrains: Practising Care and Resistance within Neoliberal Academia
2025-11-19 16:15 - 17:45 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2025, 16:15 – 17:45 CET

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Early career scholars around the world are facing a shifting academic landscape marked by relentless budget cuts and series of short-term contracts that barely allow for a predictable, let alone dignified, life; the encroachment of governments on academic freedom, the tightening grip of surveillance metrics and publication quotas (Wilsdon 2015); and the unprecedented changes brought about by the emergence of generative AI, which has unsettlinging the very foundations of academic integrity, research ethics, and trust in scholarly labour itself. Yet the terrains from which we navigate these challenges are far from even: women academics continue to disproportionately carry the invisible burdens of teaching and care, with measurable drops in research output compared to their male peers during the Covid-19 pandemic (Sinnner et al. 2021) and racialized scholars remain systemically underrepresented in ‘Western’ academia (Zvogbo et al. 2023, Beutel and Nelson 2006). Globally, academia continues to be shaped by the postcolonial ‘Global South – North’ divide (Mbembe 2016), resulting in a dominance of Eurocentric epistemologies in the Social Science (Spivak 1988) and uneven access to publication and funding. While the introduction of ‘diversity’ metrics by European and North American academic institutions may indicate positive change, extractivist practices of scholars located in institutions of the ‘center’ persist and the reluctance to confront the deeper architecture of structural racism endures (Ahmed 2012). Meanwhile, the estrangement between the neoliberal academy’s ivory towers and the life worlds of those we study has only deepened over the past decade—despite efforts to widen access for students from working-class backgrounds and to reinvent ourselves as ‘citizen scholars’ (Boyte 2008) and ‘scholar activists’ (Herring 2006). In this online event we invite the wider EISA community to join us for a reflection on the current status quo of the neoliberal academia and explore existing forms of solidarity, care and resistance, and the potential for change. We explore how and whether our practices can contribute to making academia more just – structurally and in the everyday, paying specific attention to three of the most entrenched lines of academic stratification—those of coloniality, gender, and class.
Guiding Questions:

How do colonial legacies, gendered divisions of labour, and class inequalities intersect to shape the conditions of scholarly life under neoliberal academia?
What forms of solidarity, care, and resistance are scholars already enacting and what can we learn from them, especially as early-career scholars in International Relations?
Given the depth of these systemic inequities and the current state of the world, can the neoliberal university be reformed from within, or must it be abolished?

Speakers

Aslı Vatansever, Bard College Berlin
Jan Orbie, University of Ghent
Agnieszka Marta Fal-Dutra Santos, Geneva Graduate Institute
Anahita Arian, Leiden University

Chairs

Franca Kappes, Geneva Graduate Institute
Leonie Felicitas Jegen, University of Amsterdam

Bibliography
Ahmed, S. (2012). On being included: Racism and diversity in institutional life. Duke University Press.
Beutel, A.M. and Nelson, D.J., 2006. The gender and race-ethnicity of faculty in top social science research departments. The Social Science Journal, 43(1), pp.111-125.
Boyte, H. (2008). The citizen solution: How you can make a difference. Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Herring, E. (2006). Remaking the mainstream: the case for activist IR scholarship. Millennium, 35(1), 105-118.
Skinner, M., Betancourt, N., & Wolff-Eisenberg, C. (2021). The disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women and caregivers in academia. ITHAKA S+ R.
Spivak, G.C., 2023. Can the subaltern speak?. In Imperialism (pp. 171-219). Routledge.
Mbembe, A. (2016). Decolonizing the university: New directions. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 15(1), 29-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022215618513 (Original work published 2016)
Wilsdon, J. (2015). The metric tide: Independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment and management. https://www.ukri.org/publications/review-of-metrics-in-research-assessment-and-management/ [retrieved 22/09/2025].
Zvobgo, K., Sotomayor, A.C., Rublee, M.R., Loken, M., Karavas, G. and Duncombe, C., 2023. Race and racial exclusion in security studies: A survey of scholars. Security Studies, 32(4-5), pp.593-621.

12th Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo
2025-10-26 - 2025-10-29 | Rapallo, Rapallo, Italy
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Are you preparing a grant proposal, a special issue, an edited book, or setting up a new research network? The EISA Exploratory Symposia offers an excellent opportunity to meet in groups to pursue collaborative work.
The Exploratory Symposia aim to facilitate two kinds of research groups:
(1) Newly established groups that would like to meet at an early stage of a research project to progress it;(2) Already established research groups that would like to meet to work out how to further their research agenda.
We encourage in particular participants and section chairs of the Pan-European Conference (PEC) on International Relations and European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) to apply to continue their work through the Exploratory Symposia.
In 2025, EISA will host its 12th Exploratory Symposia for members in the town of Rapallo on the Portofino Coast in Italy, 26th October to 29th October 2025.

PEC 2025
2025-08-25 - 2025-08-29 | University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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18th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Bologna, 25-29 August 2025
We are delighted to invite you to the 18th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC), to be held at the University of Bologna, 25-29 August 2025.
Our flagship event will take place in the oldest university in Europe, in a country with a lively tradition of International Relations. As per our tradition, PEC 2025 will be organized in thematic sections, both standing and new ones, and will welcome colleagues from a diversity of disciplines from Europe and beyond. Plenary sessions will highlight key issues in current debates in international relations, with leadings experts from our association. We will also offer opportunities through our Early Career Workshops, social events, and professional development activities to nurture our community. In order to make PEC 2025 more inclusive, we will provide help for those in financial need to attend through our increased Mobility Fund. Over and above, we are committed to making the 18th edition of our conference as diverse and rewarding as possible, where ideas can be formulated, debated, criticized, shaped and sharpened through mutual respect and understanding. It is this spirit which has made EISA’s Pan-European Conferences the leading annual event in International Relations in Europe and we are looking forward to keeping this up in Bologna!

EWIS 2025
2025-07-02 - 2025-07-04 | Jagiellonian University, Gołębia 24, Kraków, 31-007, Poland
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12th European Workshops in International Studies,Krakow, Jagiellonian University, 2-4 July 2025
The European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), launched by the EISA in 2013, have fast established themselves as a spirited place for the European IR community to engage in sustained, in-depth discussion with a diverse range of peers from various institutions, countries, disciplines and career stages. EWIS has proven to be a popular and productive format, perfect for preparing special issues, edited volumes or exploring new ideas, themes and directions in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.

Unlocking Innovative Research Techniques: Exploring Computational Analysis Potential in International Studies Research
2025-05-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Event
ZOOM EVENT: WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025, 17:00 CET

The advent of cutting-edge technologies offers unprecedented opportunities to revolutionize research methods in international studies. At our online seminar, we will explore how these technological advancements are reshaping the research methods landscape and how international studies scholars can leverage these innovations to their advantage. From data analytics to machine learning, this seminar will illuminate the limitless potential of technology to enhance research methodologies in the field of international studies. Join us to stay at the forefront of these revolutionary developments, unlocking new dimensions in your research methods that will shape the future of international studies scholarship.
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Speakers

Akın Ünver,
Ozyegin University

Akın Ünver is an associate professor of International Relations at Ozyegin University, specializing in conflict research, computational methods and digital crisis communication. Since 2024, he is coordinating DE-CONSPIRATOR, a large HorizonEU project with 15 European universities and research labs, tackling foreign information manipulation across Europe. He is a fellow of Carnegie Endowment’s Digital Democracy Network and serves as a member of TikTok’s MENA-T Security Advisory Council. Previously he served as a Research Associate at the Center for Technology and Global Affairs, Oxford University and a Senior Research Fellow at GUARD (Global Urban Analytics for Resilient Defence) at the Alan Turing Institute. He is the author of ‘Defining Turkey’s Kurdish Question: Discourse and Politics Since 1990’ (Routledge Series in Middle Eastern Politics). He is the Istanbul organizer of the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) and the founder of the Istanbul Twitter Developers’ Community.

Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars
2025-03-27 10:30 - 13:30 | Zoom Event
THURSDAY, 27 MARCH 2025, 10:30 – 13:30 CET – ZOOM EVENT

The EISA ECD Group is organising an Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars aimed at sharing writing strategies and fostering a friendly environment for writing. At the beginning of the event Dr. Joana Ricarte, Dr. Samarjit Ghosh and Dr. Natalie Welfens will share writing strategies for creating a text (research paper, PhD thesis or book chapter, etc.). The event will continue with a 2-hour writing-retreat.<
Duration
The event will take place on March 27, Thursday 10.30-13.30 (CET).

Speakers

Joana Ricarte, University of Coimbra
Samarjit Ghosh, Özyeğin University
Natalie Welfens, University of Duisburg-Essen

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Submitting an Application to the Early Career Workshops: guidelines, eligibility and Q&As
2025-03-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Zoom Event
FRIDAY, 14 MARCH 2025, 4 PM CET – ZOOM EVENT

Are you planning to submit an application to the EISA Early Career Workshops? Join us in this online conversation with Joana Ricarte, EISA board member and Early Career Development Portfolio holder, who will walk us through the guidelines and eligibility criteria, talk about past workshops and ideas for making the most out of the grant, as well as answer to questions by participants.
The Early Career Workshops (ECWs) are a unique opportunity to build a network, discuss ideas and projects and prepare collective publications. Supported with 4,000€ each, the three selected workshops revolve around original and overarching topics within International Relations and are organised, managed and attended by early career scholars, constituting themselves into a powerful tool for career development and leadership.
The deadline for applications is now extended until Tuesday, 25 March, 2025. Early Career Workshops are a part of the Pan-European Conference (PEC) and participants must register and attend the conference. PEC call for papers is open until 20 March.

Speaker

Joana Ricarte,University of CoimbraEISA board member and Early Career Development Portfolio holder

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Tackling Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-Risk Scholars
2025-02-12 | Zoom Event
WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2025, 16:30 CET

Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these individuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. These challenges not only obstruct their professional growth but also deprive academia of diverse and valuable perspectives. This event will shed light on the obstacles scholars at risk encounter, explore their broader impact on the academic and research community, and propose actionable strategies to foster equity and inclusivity. Join us as we advocate for a fairer Europe that supports all researchers, championing the principles of academic freedom and justice.
Speakers

Vera Axyonova,
Assistant Professor / Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham
Reda Mahajar,
Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp
Asli Telli,
Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University
Mohamed Bakhit,
Postdoctoral Fellow at Philipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk

A World Order Out of Balance? Power, Populism, and the Shaping of Tomorrow’s Global Order
2025-02-05 | Zoom Event
A World Order Out of Balance?
Power, Populism, and the Shaping of Tomorrow’s Global Order
WEDNESDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2025, 5:00 PM CET

Join EISA and ISA for a roundtable that will explore the shifting dynamics of the international order, focusing on the current power structure, its characteristics, and underlying norms. With a landscape marked by intensifying strategic competition and rising populism across the globe, the role of key powers like the United States, China, and other influential actors has become both pivotal and complex. We will examine whether we are witnessing a transition toward a multipolar or bipolar system or if unipolarity dynamics persist beneath recent changes. The Trump administration’s approach, including its rhetoric and “America First” strategy, will be discussed as part of a broader examination of how these trends impact alliances, global norms, and the potential for stability—or disruption—in the international order.
Speakers

Sandra Destradi,
University of Freiburg and Reichman University
Barry Posen,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nathalie Tocci,
Istituto Affari Internazionali
William C. Wohlforth,
Dartmouth

Chair

Revecca Pedi,
University of Macedonia

Beyond the Ivory Tower: Reimagining the Purpose of IR Scholarship in a World in Crisis
2025-01-27 | Zoom Event
MONDAY, 27 JANUARY 2025, 5:30 CET

What is the purpose of the IR Scholarship today? All IR scholars are acutely aware of the global chain of crises, including wars in Europe and the Middle East, accelerating climate change and natural disasters, entrenched global inequality, and various other political, economic, environmental, and social challenges. In response, IR scholars often frame their sense of vocation concerning these crises. This European and International Studies Association online roundtable aims to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing IR theorists in engaging with different global publics and to foster discussion about the role of IR scholars in promoting a more constructive global future. It explores the history and sociology of ‘public IR,’ the translation issues that may arise when academic knowledge encounters the public realm, and how we might reconceptualize the purpose of IR scholarship in moving beyond the confines of ivory towers and protest marches. It asks how we can progress debates about the IR scholarly vocation, which are nearly as old as the discipline, and thereby orient our role as scholars in a world order that is increasingly fractured and approaching breakdown?
Speakers

Nicholas Michelsen,
Reader in International Politics, Associate Dean, King’s College London
Joana Ricarte,
Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor University of Coimbra, EISA Governing Board Member
Vassilios Paipais,
Senior Lecturer, University of St. Andrews
Eva Herschinger,
Head of Research Program on Security and Intelligence, Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS), University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Chair

Matti Spara,
PhD Researcher in International Relations, King’s College London

After the Ballots: U.S. Leadership and Foreign Policy in a New Era?
2024-11-11 04:00
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In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. presidential elections, this online roundtable brings together experts from both sides of the Atlantic to assess the election results and explore what they reveal about the trajectory of US politics and foreign policy. With insights from within the U.S. and perspectives from around the world, the panel will dissect the unique dynamics of this election. Key topics will include the deepening polarization, the status of populism, challenges to bipartisanship, and the evolving relationship between the Presidency and Congress

Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo
2024-10-27 - 2024-10-30 | Rapallo, Rapallo, Italy
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Are you preparing a grant proposal, a special issue, an edited book, or setting up a new research network? The EISA Exploratory Symposia offers an excellent opportunity to meet in groups to pursue collaborative work.
The Exploratory Symposia aim to facilitate two kinds of research groups:
(1) Newly established groups that would like to meet at an early stage of a research project to progress it;
(2) Already established research groups that would like to meet to work out how to further their research agenda.
We encourage in particular participants and section chairs of the Pan-European Conference (PEC) on International Relations and European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) to apply to continue their work through the Exploratory Symposia.
In 2024, EISA will host its 11th Exploratory Symposia for members in the town of Rapallo on the Portofino Coast in Italy, 27th October to 30th October 2024.

17th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations
2024-08-27 - 2024-08-31 | Université Catholique de Lille, 58, rue du Port, Lille, 59000, France
17th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC), 27-31 August 2024, Université Catholique de Lille, France
The 17th edition of our signature event will be the first EISA event to take place in France, and we very much look forward to be welcomed by the French International Relations community, including colleagues who are active members of the EISA and regular attendees of our flagship events. PEC 2024 will host a wide range of existing and new thematic sections, high-profile plenary sessions with leading experts on key issues of international relations, Early Career Workshops, social events and professional development activities. We are committed to the EISA mission to provide a safe, generative, diverse and inclusive space for all our participants and will work to make PEC 2024 accessible to our members through our increased Mobility Fund given to doctoral researchers, early career scholars, colleagues on short-term and/or precarious contracts, scholars from the global South as well as those who face discrimination and marginalization. By bringing together around 1,300 colleagues in Lille, PEC 2024 will reinforce its status as the leading International Relations academic event in Europe.

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Early Career Researchers Workshop (ECW) 2024
2024-08-27 | Université Catholique de Lille, 58, rue du Port, Lille, 59000, France
Early Career Researchers Workshop (ECW) 2024
Early Career Researchers Workshops (ECW) are linked to the next EISA Pan-European Conference taking place in August.
ECWs are one-day workshops organised by and for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers who finished their PhD less than three years prior to the application deadline. Eight to twelve participants use the workshop to present and discuss their work. Early career workshops offer a collegial, supportive and safe environment for PhD candidates and Early career scholars to present their work and test their ideas and research findings. The EISA supports each selected workshop with a budget of 4 000 EUR.
All ECW participants are part of the PEC conference, therefore need to register and pay the registration fee.

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Olympia Summer Academy
2024-07-09 - 2024-07-12
The Olympia Summer Academy (OSA), which as of 2014 is co-organized with the EISA, offers annually a wide range of specialized courses in Politics and International Studies. Since its establishment in 2002, the OSA has acquired a stellar reputation.
Both for its high academic standards and its distinct identity that blends effectively the scholarly exchange with the friendly atmosphere.
Each year, participants gain from:

a faculty at the cutting edge of academic research;
a worldwide scholarly network; and
a program with a tremendous social dynamic, where the intellectual bonds and relationships formed during its course continue long after its conclusion.

OSA and EISA proudly present the program at: http://olympiasummeracademy.org/
Join a select group of more than 1,000 proud “Olympians” from 70 different nations who excel in academia, business and politics worldwide today. Thanks to a combination of in-class teaching and out-of-class activities, as well as the high quality of faculty and students alike, this can be a transformative experience that will help you achieve your career goals. Admitted PhD candidates, who are EISA members, will be automatically granted the OSA scholarship that amounts to a 50% discount toward tuition and board charges.

EWIS 2024
2024-07-03 - 2024-07-05 | Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
11th European Workshops in International Studies, Istanbul, 3-5 July 2024
The future yet to come: for a global politics of hope

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EWIS 2024 took place at the Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey from 3-5 July 2024.
The European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), launched by the EISA in 2013, have fast established themselves as a spirited place for the European IR community to engage in sustained, in-depth discussion with a diverse range of peers from various institutions, countries, disciplines and career stages. EWIS has proven to be a popular and productive format, perfect for preparing special issues, edited volumes or exploring new ideas, themes and directions in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.

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Imagining Future War: New Perspectives on Military Technology in an Era of Great Power Competition
Constructing Subjectivities after the Liberal Order: Managing Anxiety without Securitization of Identity?
What Role for Development Cooperation in the Current ‘Permacrisis’?
Power and Legitimacy in International Society
Stigma in World Politics
Waste, Wasteworlds, and Worldmaking
Ways of Seeing IR: Visuals and Emotions
Bordering Dynamics and Liberal Political Communities: What for the Future?
Cancelled: Base Women and Beyond: Developing a Decolonial Feminist Research Agenda on Military/Nuclear Installations
Connectivity Projects in Global Politics: Engineering Futures by Mobilizing the Past
Working with the Negative
Critical Approaches to Studying Apartheid as a Concept and as a Reality
Queer, Feminist Perspectives on Discourses and Practices of Political Violence
Merging Critical Development Studies and Critical Terrorism Studies: The Co-production of Security Through Global and Local Approaches
The Politics of Siege Warfare: Understanding Contemporary Forms of Violence and Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa
Ecocide in International Relations
Diplomatic Deviation: Ruptures and Changes in/via Diplomatic Encounters
Affective Logics of Coloniality
(Re)Orienting International Relations: Theorising the World Between Beijing and Baghdad
Anticolonial Pasts and Futures: Navigating Loss, Hope and Collective Struggle in a World in Flux
Continuities, Transformations and Changes: The Future of Critical Terrorism Studies and Research
Populist Geopolitics? Rethinking (Geo)Political Space Through the Lens of Populism
IFIs and the Reimagining of Global Politics: Pathways to Hope and Resistance in Global Political Economy
Untangling Representations, Definitions, and Meanings of Children’s Participation in Armed Conflict
The Multiplex Age: Pluralism and Connectivity Beyond Multipolarity
Security Leftovers: The Afterlives of Objects, Sites, and Expertise
Is Western-led Globalization Splintering? North, South, and the Future of Power in Global Capitalism
Improvising the Future: Politics, Speculation, and Pragmatism
Hierarchies Beyond Relationality? Collective Singulars, Imaginaries, and the Figure of the Third
Unveiling the Past, Illuminating the Present: Radical Historicism in Political Economy and Historical Sociology
Popular Culture and the End of the World: Imagining Dystopia and Utopia in the Anthropocene Epoch
Crises and Contestation – Conceptual Boundary Work for a Future Yet to Come
Critical Approaches to the Governance of Migrant Smuggling – A Transdisciplinary Debate
The Global Colonial Present
Opposition Parties and Social Movements in an Age of Democratic Erosion
Practising the Practice Turn in the Study of the European Union
Thinking, Knowing, and Doing Peace Otherwise
Foreign and Security Policy in Times of Uncertainty: The Case of NATO Eastern Flank States
Activist Encounters with Uncertain Futures: Hopeful Reconciliations of Loss from the Margins
The EU’s Actorness in Face of Regional and Global Crises and Security Imbroglios
Pacifism and Nonviolence After Ukraine
India's New Developmentalism and Its Discontents

Charting Your Course to Publication: Insights from Journal Editors
2024-06-19 | Zoom Event
Charting Your Course to Publication: Insights from Journal Editors
19 JUNE 2024, 16:00-17:30 CEST

Are you an aspiring scholar looking to make your mark in the world of academia? Does the thought of publishing your first peer-reviewed journal article seem daunting? Perhaps you’re an experienced researcher struggling to refine that tricky draft that just won’t seem to come together. We understand the challenges you face in the publication journey – from the initial idea to navigating the complex world of the peer-review process.
To empower you on your path to publication success, we are organizing an online event titled: “Charting Your Course to Publication: Insights from Peer-Reviewed Journal Editors.”
In this online event, we’re bringing together esteemed editors from leading peer-reviewed journals to share their invaluable expertise and provide guidance to scholars at all career stages.
Speakers

Oliver Kessler,
University of Erfurt, Germany
from the European Journal of International Relations
Costanza Musu,
University of Ottawa, Canada, from International Politics
Matthew di Giusepe,
University of Leiden, The Netherlands, from International Studies Review
Andy Hom,
Univeristy of Edinburgh, UK, from Review of International Studies

will demystify the course to a publication starting from choosing the appropriate journal and preparing your manuscript, to handling feedback and reviewers’ expectations.
Our goal is to offer attendees the opportunity to explore the publication process and the elements of a high-quality journal article.

Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo 2023
2023-11-05 - 2023-11-08 | Rapallo, Rapallo, Italy
In 2023, EISA hosts its 10th Exploratory Symposia for members in the town of Rapallo on the Portofino Coast in Italy, 5thNovember to 8th November 2023.

EISA PEC 2023
2023-09-05 - 2023-09-09 | University of Potsdam, Germany
The 16th EISA Pan-European conference on International Relations (PEC),5-9 September, University of Potsdam, Germany
EISA PEC 2023 was held in Germany at University of Potsdam, 5-9 September 2023.

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Early Career Researchers Workshop (ECW) 2023
2023-09-05 | University of Potsdam, Germany
ECW 2023 will be organized before EISA PEC 2023 conference, on 5 September 2023, in Potsdam, Germany.

Early Career Researchers Workshops (ECW) are linked to the next EISA Pan-European Conference taking place in September.
ECWs are one-day workshops organized by and for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers who finished their PhD less than three years prior to the application deadline. Eight to twelve participants use the workshop to present and discuss their work. Early career workshops offer a collegial, supportive and safe environment for PhD candidates and Early career scholars to present their work and test their ideas and research findings.
All ECW participants are part of the PEC conference, therefore need to register and pay the registration fee.

EWIS 2023
2023-07-12 - 2023-07-14
EWIS 2023: 10th European Workshops in International Studies, Amsterdam, 12-14 July 2023
Are we doomed? Rethinking War and Peace in World Politics
The European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), launched by the EISA in 2013, have fast established themselves as a spirited place for the European IR community to engage in sustained, in-depth discussion with a diverse range of peers from various institutions, countries, disciplines and career stages. EWIS has proven to be a popular and productive format, perfect for preparing special issues, edited volumes or exploring new ideas, themes and directions in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.

Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo 2022
2022-11-07 - 2022-11-10 | Rapallo, Rapallo, Italy
9th Exploratory Symposia,
7 – 10 November 2022, Excelsior Palace Hotel, Rapallo, Italy
Are you preparing a grant proposal, a special issue, an edited book, or setting up a new research network? The EISA Exploratory Symposia offers an excellent opportunity to meet in groups to pursue collaborative work.
The Exploratory Symposia aim to facilitate two kinds of research groups:
(1) Newly established groups that would like to meet at an early stage of a research project to progress it;
(2) Already established research groups that would like to meet to work out how to further their research agenda.
We encourage in particular participants and section chairs of the Pan-European Conference (PEC) on International Relations and European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) to apply to continue their work through the Exploratory Symposia.
In 2022, EISA will host its 9th Exploratory Symposia for members in the town of Rapallo on the Portofino Coast in Italy, 7 – 10 November 2022.

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EWIS 2022
2022-07-06 - 2022-07-09 | Thessaloniki, Greece
9th European Workshops in International Studies, Thessaloniki, 6-9 July 2022
The Interconnected Worlds of the Past and the Present: Co-constituting the International
EWIS 2022 will take place at the University of Macedonia / Thessaloniki from 6-9 July 2022. The European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), launched by EISA in 2013, have fast established themselves as a spirited place for the European IR community to engage in sustained, in-depth discussion with a diverse range of peers from various institutions, countries, disciplines and career stages. EWIS has proven to be a popular and productive format, perfect for preparing special issues, edited volumes or exploring new ideas, themes and directions in a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.

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