Friday, 14 December 2012

BISA-PGN Postgraduate Conference 2013



Trust in International Relations

BISA-PGN Postgraduate Conference, 19 June 2013, Birmingham

The Postgraduate Network of the British International Studies Association welcomes papers for its first annual Postgraduate Conference held in Birmingham on 19 June 2013.

The conference is organised around the theme of trust in International Relations, which is a flourishing theme in recent IR scholarship. How do we conceptualise trust in our own research? Is it an explicit or implicit concept? Furthermore, does it invoke cognitive mechanisms or is it more a rhetorical device? How can it be approached from realist, constructivist, liberal or poststructuralist perspectives?

We invite paper proposals on any topic related to the conference theme, as well as on other topics within the discipline. Papers can have a theoretical or empirical focus. We are open to interdisciplinary, international, comparative, and cultural perspectives. There is a prize for the best conference paper.
In addition to thematic panels, there will be open research skills sessions on innovative teaching and PhD advice as well as open and closed sessions with leading journal editors. Only a limited number of papers can be accommodated in the closed sessions, so if you would like your paper to be considered for a closed session with journal editors, please indicate this in your proposla. This is a rare opportunity to have your paper reviewed and commented by an established figure in academic publishing.

This is an opportunity for postgraduate students to share their research, meet with leading journal editors, learn valuable research skills, and network with other PhD researchers in a friendly and encouraging environment. There will be a keynote speech and a drinks reception.

Please email your paper abstract of no more than 300 words together with a short bio and an indication whether you would like to have your paper considered for the journal editor workshop to Johanna Nykänen:
J.T.Nykanen@warwick.ac.uk by 1 February 2013. Presenters will be notified by the end of February 2013.

There will be a limited number of travel stipends available to presenters.

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