Announcing the 1st session of the SGIR Virtual IR Workshop Series!

Dr Fanny Badache, University of Geneva: "Contestation alignment in world politics: The case of UN peacekeeping operations"

Discussant: Prof Lora Anne Viola, Freie U

Wed 10th Dec 2025, 12pm CET
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/81889216947

Call for Editors, EJIR We are looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of the European Journal of International Relations (EJIR) from 1 January 2027.

✨ Exciting opportunity to lead a world-class #IR journal ✨

📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social

🔖 4-year term
🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words
🔖 Deadline 31 Mar 2026

#IRSky #AcademicSky

Global Governance in Times of Disruption Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026, University of Innsbruck

⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬
@benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @yoramhaftel.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers exploring how global governance institutions respond to disruption and disruptors in world politics
✔️ @ecprsgir.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/YnDgwfh

#Polisky #CallforPapers

What Americans really think when European allies don’t cooperate NATO recently agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But Osman Sabri Kiratli presents new experimental evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes far beyond the numbers. In...

💰 #NATO has agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social of @ecprsgir.bsky.social presents 🆕 evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise.
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX

Call for Editors, EJIR We are looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of the European Journal of International Relations (EJIR) from 1 January 2027.

✨ Exciting opportunity to lead a world-class #IR journal ✨

📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social

🔖 4-year term
🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words
🔖 Deadline 31 Mar 2026

#IRSky #AcademicSky

Below are some tributes to Professor Groom's life and legacy, which lives on in the intellectual, professional, and personal relationships he fostered over a long and illustrious career.

BISA: bisa.ac.uk/news/memoria...

EISA: eisa-net.org/remembering-...

WISC: wiscnetwork.net/index.php/ab...

We join scholars all over Europe and the world in mourning the passing of Professor John Groom, founder of SGIR and its first chair. His manifold contributions include the founding of the European Journal of IR and the World International Studies Committee. 1/2

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SGIR Co-Funding Scheme 2025 For SGIR members planning events benefiting the internationalization of IR scholarship in Europe. Applications welcome on rolling basis. Funding of up to EUR 3000 available. Details and guidelines: https://ecpr.eu/news/news/details/777 Send applications to: ecpr.sgir@gmail.com

Are you an @ecprsgir.bsky.social member planning an event benefiting the internationalization of IR scholarship in Europe? Apply to us for co-funding! Details and guidelines: ecpr.eu/news/news/de.... Send your applications to ecpr.sgir@gmail.com.

🚨 Mark your calendars, March 6 15:30 CET
👨‍🏫 Online lecture by Gustavo Robles on "Senses of Freedom. #PlatformLabor and Ideology in #Argentina"
👀 Find the details & zoom link here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social @ecprsgir.bsky.social

Names and institutional affiliations of the new SGIR steering committee. Rohan Mukherjee The London School of Economics & Political Science Maria Ferreira Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas Lora Anne Viola Freie Universität Berlin Osman Sabri Kiratli Waseda University Bernhard Reinsberg University of Glasgow Raphael Oidtmann Universität Mannheim

We are delighted to announce the new @ecpr.bsky.social SGIR Steering Committee. Congratulations to Maria Ferreira, @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social, @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social, @raphaeloidtmann.bsky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg, and Lora Anne Viola on their election!

📣Elections for a new @ecpr.bsky.social SGIR Steering Committee (SC) are ongoing📣 The term of the current SC is coming to an end. Nine colleagues, incl. three from the current SC, put themselves forward for the next term. Curious to see who they are? Log into #MyECPR now, check it out, and VOTE NOW!

Any plans to participate in the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions 2025 in Prague in May? Are you working on the influence of the Far Right on Foreign Policy? If so, consider submitting your paper to the SGIR-endorsed workshop by Lisbeth Zimmermann and Raffaele Mastrorocco. Don't miss the opportunity!

🚨 Important reminder 🚨 Our Business Meeting will take place virtually THIS Friday (October 11). Also, please consider applying for the next Steerting Committee. More information on both in the post below and your email inbox (if you are already a member of the SGIR).

Emotions are running high in EU foreign policy – and that's ok European politics are becoming increasingly emotional. But in times of war and rising autocratic populism, rational policy choices depend upon emotions to be effective. Özlem Terzi and Seda Gürkan arg...

😟 European politics are becoming increasingly emotional.
Using findings from their JEI Special Issue, @ozlemturkterzi.bsky.social & Seda Gurkan explore how & when emotions matter in EU foreign policy .
@ecprsgeu.bsky.social @ecprsgir.bsky.social
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We invite you to join our 🚨Business Meeting🚨 on Oct 11, 10-11 am CET. The link to join was sent per email to all current SGIR members.

Also, we seek 🚨self-nominations until Oct 31🚨 to join the next Steering Committee. Please also check your messages for more on this! @ecpr.bsky.social

🚨Deadline upcoming🚨

Attention! We CANCELED our Business Meeting at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Dublin in August. Instead, we foresee a virtual BM in October, once we initiated the election process for the new Steering Committee. More details to follow. Apologies for any inconvenience! #ecprgc24

Call for Joint Sessions endorsed Workshops with funding European Consortium for Political Research

New funding opportunity for SGIR members at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in May 2025! Our endorsed workshop gets six €250 grants for participants' travel and accommodation + €500 for a common dinner. Join SGIR and send us your proposal by Sept 2! More info: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

🚨Only 2 days left to apply for a an SGIR-supported panel or roundtable at #ISA2025!🚨

📢#ISA2025 is already taking shape: www.isanet.org/Conferences/...! As ECPR @ecpr.bsky.social ECPR SGIR @ecprsgir.bsky.social we can propose 🚨one panel or roundtable🚨 If you are an ECPR SGIR member interested in organizing a panel/roundtable, please write lora.viola@fu-berlin.de by May 25! Thank you!

📣📣📣 Application deadline: tonight (April 16)

Application deadline extended for the Summer School of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations

⚠️ Attention, IR researchers! ✍️ Application deadline EXTENDED for the @ecprsgir.bsky.social Summer School ⤵️

❇️ Get insights on the interplay between domestic politics & global governance from leading scholars and policymakers

📅 1–5 Jul, University of Glasgow
⏰ 16 Apr ecpr.eu/Events/262
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Summer School of the Standing Group in International Relations, University of Glasgow, 1–5 July 2024 European Consortium for Political Research

🚨🚨Application Alert🚨🚨 Only 2 days left (until March 28) to apply for the #SummerSchool of the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) on
"Domestic Politics and Global Governance" in #Glasgow in July. Find details here ecpr.eu/Events/262 and don't miss out! It'll be great!

Picture of prospective students at the Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations, themed "Domestic politics and global governance: interests, institutions, information, and identity" and taking place 1 – 5 July 2024 at the University of Glasgow

🤩🎉Excited that our Summer School on Domestic Politics & Global Governance w/ insights from leading scholars & policymakers accepts applications ecpr.eu/Events/262 Curated by Bernhard Reinsberg, Eugenia Baroncelli, Dirk De Bièvre, Raphael Oidtmann, Lora Anne Viola & @markus-gastinger.eu 📣 APPLY NOW!

🚨🚨 The ECPR (@ecpr.bsky.social) Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) has finally arrived on Bluesky! As a member of the Steering Committee, let me assure you that we have a few exciting things planned for 2024. Don't miss it and follow us on Bluesky now! Thanks!

The ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) has arrived on Bluesky! Follow us to stay up-to-date with our events and opportunities, such as our Summer School 2024 in Glasgow, exciting co-funding opportunities, and something special for our endorsed workshops and sections. Stay tuned!