BISA 2025 virtual conference - Global political imaginations: towards a more inclusive world
from
Monday, 13 January 2025 (07:05)
to
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 (18:50)
Monday, 13 January 2025
08:30
Conflict, justice, and reconciliation
Conflict, justice, and reconciliation
(Towards a more a just world: inequality and exclusion)
08:30 - 10:00
Conflict, justice, and reconciliation
Global structures of precarity and vulnerability
Global structures of precarity and vulnerability
(Towards a more a just world: inequality and exclusion)
08:30 - 10:00
Global structures of precarity and vulnerability
Inequality and power in Indian politics
Inequality and power in Indian politics
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
08:30 - 10:00
Inequality and power in Indian politics
Legitimising and delegitimising violence
Legitimising and delegitimising violence
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
08:30 - 10:00
Legitimising and delegitimising violence
Theorising world order
Theorising world order
(Theorising the past, present and future of world politics)
08:30 - 10:00
Theorising world order
12:00
Gender and conflict
Gender and conflict
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Gender and conflict
Global health politics
Global health politics
(Towards a more cooperative world: North, South, and beyond)
12:00 - 13:30
Global health politics
The future of weapons, technologies and battlegrounds
The future of weapons, technologies and battlegrounds
(Towards a more connected word: borders, mobility and technology)
12:00 - 13:30
The future of weapons, technologies and battlegrounds
Theorising global power
Theorising global power
(Theorising the past, present and future of world politics)
12:00 - 13:30
Theorising global power
14:00
Plenary Roundtable Global IR: Reflections on the discipline
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Pinar Bilgin
(Bilkent University)
Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui
(Cornell University)
Navnita Chadha Behera
(Delhi University)
Plenary Roundtable Global IR: Reflections on the discipline
Pinar Bilgin
(Bilkent University)
Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui
(Cornell University)
Navnita Chadha Behera
(Delhi University)
14:00 - 15:30
This roundtable will reflect on the extent to which IR can now be said to be a ‘global’ discipline, the ways in which its traditional modes of thinking about international politics have been challenged in the process, and how it can more fully integrate perspectives and ideas from around the world.
17:00
Accountability, Inclusivity and Sustainable Futures
Accountability, Inclusivity and Sustainable Futures
(Towards a more sustainable world: Environmental degradation, development and responsibility)
17:00 - 18:30
Accountability, Inclusivity and Sustainable Futures
Decolonising International Studies teaching
Decolonising International Studies teaching
(Reflexivity and innovative practice in teaching and pedagogy)
17:00 - 18:30
Decolonising International Studies teaching
Governance, actors and discourses on borders and mobility
Governance, actors and discourses on borders and mobility
(Towards a more connected word: borders, mobility and technology)
17:00 - 18:30
Governance, actors and discourses on borders and mobility
Theorising realism for the 21st century
Theorising realism for the 21st century
(Theorising the past, present and future of world politics)
17:00 - 18:30
Theorising realism for the 21st century
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
08:30
Business and finance in the global economy
Business and finance in the global economy
(Towards a more a just world: inequality and exclusion)
08:30 - 10:00
Business and finance in the global economy
Global Climate Politics
Global Climate Politics
(Towards a more sustainable world: Environmental degradation, development and responsibility)
08:30 - 10:00
Global Climate Politics
Pop culture, social media, and world politics
Pop culture, social media, and world politics
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
08:30 - 10:00
Pop culture, social media, and world politics
Power, technology and the international
Power, technology and the international
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
08:30 - 10:00
Power, technology and the international
10:15
Plenary Roundtable: Imagining A More Inclusive Security Agenda
Plenary Roundtable: Imagining A More Inclusive Security Agenda
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
10:15 - 11:45
Rita Dove is attributed with saying that “you have to imagine it possible before you can see it”. Imagining the possibility of a more inclusive security agenda is challenging within the restrictions of the current political landscape. As Rethinking Security has showed, the British 2024 election manifestos boasted an emphasis on security, from food security, energy and environmental security to border and international security, yet the plans sketched out in the manifestos are arguably neither imaginative nor inclusive. This roundtable brings together scholars, NGOs and civil society actors for a conversation on what an inclusive security agenda might actually look like, in terms of the processes of policy formulation as well as in terms of its contents. Building on a critique of existing policies, the point of this roundtable is to be imaginative, to transcend the mental restraints of what appears ‘feasible’. The roundtable discusses visions for what inclusive could mean in the context of British security policies, even while remaining reflective of the multiple challenges such a vision faces from entrenched power structures.
12:00
Economic cooperation, supply chains, and security
Economic cooperation, supply chains, and security
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Economic cooperation, supply chains, and security
Power, control and piracy: sea and space
Power, control and piracy: sea and space
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Power, control and piracy: sea and space
Theoretical innovations in International Relations
Theoretical innovations in International Relations
(Theorising the past, present and future of world politics)
12:00 - 13:30
Theoretical innovations in International Relations
Transforming peacekeeping and peacebuilding: Gendered and decolonial perspectives
Transforming peacekeeping and peacebuilding: Gendered and decolonial perspectives
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Transforming peacekeeping and peacebuilding: Gendered and decolonial perspectives
Whiteness and Western dominance in knowledge production: Perspectives from the South
Whiteness and Western dominance in knowledge production: Perspectives from the South
(Towards a more cooperative world: North, South, and beyond)
12:00 - 13:30
Whiteness and Western dominance in knowledge production: Perspectives from the South
17:00
Power and authority in the global economy
Power and authority in the global economy
(Towards a more connected word: borders, mobility and technology)
17:00 - 18:30
Power and authority in the global economy
Sustainability, Development and Capital
Sustainability, Development and Capital
(Towards a more sustainable world: Environmental degradation, development and responsibility)
17:00 - 18:30
Sustainability, Development and Capital
The global politics of Britain
The global politics of Britain
(Towards a more connected word: borders, mobility and technology)
17:00 - 18:30
The global politics of Britain
Transnational actors and global governance
Transnational actors and global governance
(Towards a more a just world: inequality and exclusion)
17:00 - 18:30
Transnational actors and global governance
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
08:30
Caste, religion, and identity in Indian politics
Caste, religion, and identity in Indian politics
(Towards a more a just world: inequality and exclusion)
08:30 - 10:00
Caste, religion, and identity in Indian politics
China, power, and geopolitics
China, power, and geopolitics
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
08:30 - 10:00
China, power, and geopolitics
Dialogues in non-Western IR
Dialogues in non-Western IR
(Towards a more cooperative world: North, South, and beyond)
08:30 - 10:00
Dialogues in non-Western IR
International Politics Beyond Anthropocentrism
International Politics Beyond Anthropocentrism
(Towards a more sustainable world: Environmental degradation, development and responsibility)
08:30 - 10:00
International Politics Beyond Anthropocentrism
12:00
Constructing world politics
Constructing world politics
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Constructing world politics
Perspectives on foreign policy and diplomacy
Perspectives on foreign policy and diplomacy
(Towards a more cooperative world: North, South, and beyond)
12:00 - 13:30
Perspectives on foreign policy and diplomacy
Teaching International Studies differently: games, visuals and beyond
Teaching International Studies differently: games, visuals and beyond
(Reflexivity and innovative practice in teaching and pedagogy)
12:00 - 13:30
Teaching International Studies differently: games, visuals and beyond
Violence, conflict, and culture
Violence, conflict, and culture
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
12:00 - 13:30
Violence, conflict, and culture
15:00
Plenary Roundtable: The rise of far right around the world
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Aida Hozic
(University of Florida)
Michael C. Williams
(University of Ottawa)
Nitasha Kaul
(University of Westminster)
Karin Narita
(University of Sheffield)
Plenary Roundtable: The rise of far right around the world
Aida Hozic
(University of Florida)
Michael C. Williams
(University of Ottawa)
Nitasha Kaul
(University of Westminster)
Karin Narita
(University of Sheffield)
15:00 - 16:30
It is now recognised that the far-right operates globally but with uneven impact on many societies. This roundtable will reflect on how these developments impact our thinking about international politics and the character of the new global disorder.
17:00
Comparative studies of world politics
Comparative studies of world politics
(Theorising the past, present and future of world politics)
17:00 - 18:30
Comparative studies of world politics
Peace and conflict in world politics
Peace and conflict in world politics
(Towards a more secure world: conflict, insecurity and vulnerability)
17:00 - 18:30
Peace and conflict in world politics
Power, development, and world politics
Power, development, and world politics
(Towards a more cooperative world: North, South, and beyond)
17:00 - 18:30
Power, development, and world politics