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Submit Your Workshop Proposal for #BISAISA2025
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Call for Workshop Proposals
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October 10 - 12, 2025 | Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Program Chairs: Matt Davies, Skyler Hawkins, and
Mori Ram
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Submission Deadline: February 28, 2025
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Note: A call for papers for each selected workshop will be sent out in March 2025
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Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities
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In an era marked by deepening social, economic, and environmental disparities, the British International Studies Association (BISA) and
International Studies Association (ISA) Joint Workshops offer a welcoming space for advancing innovative research and pedagogy that analyses and reimagines the structures of the international system. We aim to explore what it means to identify and challenge
the evolving dynamics of inequality in the international arena.
We seek proposals for workshops that will critically engage with issues such as social and climate justice, decolonising knowledge, human
rights, peacebuilding, sexual democracy, economic inequality, structural violence, critical pedagogy, transnational solidarities, and practices of resistance. Proposed workshop themes should focus on global challenges, emphasizing theoretical, methodological,
and empirical approaches that confront orthodoxies and explore transformative possibilities in a world of worlds.
In seeking to bridge research, pedagogy, and political engagement, workshop proposals are encouraged to share innovative approaches to
understanding and addressing structural inequalities, with a focus on fostering intellectual collaborations across institutions, fields, and sectors.
Join us in creating a space where participants can explore how scholarship can not only critique but also contribute to actionable pathways
toward equity and justice. The BISA-ISA Joint Workshops aim to deepen our understanding of the global forces shaping inequalities. In doing so, we hope to advance the frontiers of research and pedagogy on global inequalities, contributing to conversations
that challenge, inspire, and shape the future of the field and the future of our worlds.
The BISA-ISA Joint Workshops will be hosted by the
School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology (GPS) at
Newcastle University—an institution committed to social justice that is proud to be a University of Sanctuary, Stonewall member, and holders of Race Equality and Athena Swan Silver Charter marks. GPS
has a long history of contributing to the profession as ISA section heads, BISA trustees and working group conveners, and journal editorships including serving as the current home of
International Political Sociology.
Workshops will be held at the Newcastle Civic Centre in the heart of the city. Newcastle is a modern, thriving city and destination that
you will love. With over 2000 years of history, Newcastle offers spectacular countryside, outstanding castles, stunning coastlines, vibrant cultural life in a compact city centre, and the legendary friendliness of its residents (known as Geordies). Newcastle
is very easy to get to, with an international airport (there are daily flights from Amsterdam, Dubai, Dublin, London, and Paris as well as frequent flights from other European and North African locations), excellent rail connections (including 40 trains per
day from London), an international ferry terminal, and major road routes. Newcastle Airport is just 15 minutes away from the Civic Centre via its Metro system. Newcastle was voted ‘the easiest city to get around in England’ by the readers of Conde Nast’s
Traveller magazine and the top place in the world to visit in 2018 by the
Rough Guide. From Hadrian’s Wall to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and the Sage, Newcastle offers a blend of the old and new alongside a thriving pub culture and food scene.
Workshops can be research and/or pedagogically themed. If the workshop is open to accepting alternative submissions to a standard research
paper such as cultural artefacts (e.g., films, ‘zines, photography), partial paper drafts (e.g., based on research designs, theoretical connections), policy papers/reports, course proposals, syllabi, and teaching tools, please indicate this in your proposal.
Workshop proposals must include the following:
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A workshop title and two named conveners (we strongly recommend that one of the convenors be a member of BISA and the second an ISA member) with full contact details
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A description of the proposed topic area, its relevance to the conference theme, and anticipated outcomes (e.g., international network, special issue, edited volume, policy advocacy, teaching collaboration,
grant proposal) (max. 500 words)
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A list of possible paper topics and potential participants (including their institutional affiliations) (250 words)
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A short biography of each workshop convenor (max. 250 words each).
There are a maximum of two convenors per workshop. A workshop proposer can only be listed as (co-)convenor for
one workshop. For each proposal, we recommend that one workshop convenor be a current member of BISA and the other a member of ISA. Conveners will not receive any financial compensation
and will need to fund and arrange their own travel and accommodation.
ISA-BISA Workshops will be an in-person only event. Virtual participation cannot be accommodated.
The inaugural ISA-BISA Workshops run from
October 10-12, 2025. On October 10, they will begin with registration, a workshop session, a plenary, and welcome reception. The registration desk will open at 10:00am. Workshops and other
conference events will take place on day 2 and 3 (October 11 and October 12) from 10:00am - 17:45pm. Each day will have two workshop sessions complemented by other activities.
Participants are expected to attend all sessions of their respective workshops. In total, there will be 5 sessions of 2 hours each. This
format seeks to provide focused discussions amongst a closed group of participants with shared interests. We anticipate workshops being between 15-25 people in size.
Convenors of accepted workshops will have the following tasks/responsibilities:
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Circulate your call for workshop papers within your networks and contact those you have suggested as potential contributors. Please ensure that everyone submits their abstracts through our submission
portal prior to the submission deadline
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Review abstracts submitted to your respective workshops and make the decision on acceptance/decline. We will be in touch about how to review applications and record decisions. Once the abstract selection
is completed, we will send out decision emails
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Once the registration is open, we will send official emails to invite those who have been accepted to register. Please reach out to prospective participants for your workshop to make sure they register
by the deadline
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Structure and organise your workshops to meet your aims and objectives. This includes assigning papers to sessions, types of presentations, assigning chairs/discussants, et cetera. Submissions must
be shared at least 2 weeks before ISA-BISA 2025 to enable workshop participants to read them.
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