Kherson State University

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

Тhe 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?

British International Studies Association invites 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.

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

Please email your paper abstract of no more than 300 words together with a short bio. by 1 February 2013. Presenters will be notified by the end of February 2013.