CfP: BISA Virtual Conference – Conflict and cooperation in a changing world2026.5.29 {en}
The BISA holding their next virtual conference from 11-13 January 2027. The conference will be ‘virtually hosted’ by the Department of International Politics at City St. George’s, University of London. This conference will be in addition to the main #BISA2027 in-person conference taking place in June 2027.
To enable a broader international participation in BISA conferences, and to bring together scholars from the UK and across the globe, the conference aims to be inclusive of researchers at all career stages who, for various reasons including cost and visa rules, might find it more difficult to participate in our in-person events.
Our first virtual conference in 2025 saw around 200 attendees from 31 countries come together to share and develop their research.
Conference theme: Conflict and cooperation in a changing world
Recent years have seen profound political, social, and economic upheaval. These shifts present serious challenges as well as new opportunities. Existing institutions are transforming or failing by the wayside. At the same time, new areas of both competition and cooperation are emerging. This conference seeks new ways to understand and transcend current political realities across a wide range of perspectives and approaches. These include, but are no means limited to, changes in the international system, increasing violence, vulnerability and risk, the rise of artificial intelligence and the fast pace of technological change, enduring inequalities between the Global North and Global South, and the dangers of climate change. We invite submissions that seek to deepen our understanding of this global moment, how it has emerged, and potential futures. We aim to identify the potential for positive changes as well as pitfalls to avoid. We also seek to integrate how our teaching and research both influences and is influenced by these shifts.
Source/further information at https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers.
