International Relations Research Group
Description
The International Relations Research Group is located within Politics and International Relations, but we are an interdisciplinary group of researchers. We welcome research students and staff from across the School of Social and Political Science as members, and invite them to attend, participate and present at our meetings.
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Key Research Themes:
- International Politics
- International Political Theory
- Theories of International Relations
- International/Global Security
- Sociology of IR knowledge
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Global Development
- International Political Economy
- Historical Sociology
Research Group Convenor:
Research Group Activities:
The research group meets weekly during the semester. Members or invited speakers share their research papers a week in advance, and then have the opportunity to present their work and receive feedback in an intensive but friendly hour-long meeting.
Most meetings are pre-read seminars – if you wish to know more about the seminars or join the group, please contact: Regan Burles
Unless otherwise noted, meetings take place during term time, 1-2pm, Room 2.15 of the Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15A George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.
Research Group Meetings for Semester 1 2026/2027
| DATE/LOCATION | PRESENTER | TITLE/TOPIC |
28 September 1 – 2.30pm CMB Violet Laidlaw Room (6th Floor) | Wolfgang Wanger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) | Political Parties and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order in Europe and East Asia Presentation and discussion will be followed by welcome coffee and snacks from 2-2.30pm! |
12 October 1 – 2pm CMB 2.15 | Mika Fahrenwaldt (Edinburgh) Remi Kodamaya (Hitotsubashi) | Masculine Security Through International Crisis Japanese Military Reinterpretation of the US–Japan Alliance After 2022 |
26 October 1 – 2pm CMB 2.15 | Yunus Colak (Istanbul Medinyet)
| Do Transitional Justice Provisions Transform Secessionist Movements? Evidence from the Philippines' Moro Peace Agreements |
9 November 1 – 2pm CMB 2.15 | Jamie Allinson (Edinburgh) | Is Capitalism the First Societies? |
23 November 1 – 2pm CMB 2.15 | Lauren Rogers (KU Leuven) Andrew Hom (Edinburgh) | The Violence in the Vinyasa: Yoga, Existentialism, and Fascism |
7 December 1 – 2pm CMB 2.15 | Annika Bergman-Rosamond (Edinburgh) | Feminist Foreign Policy and Militarism: A Book Proposal |
Research-led Teaching:
Please find below a list of courses that our representative of the IR Research Group's work;
- Theories of International Relations, PLIT10053 (UG)
- Global Security, PLIT10094 (UG)
- International Relations Theories, PGSP11156 (PG)
- International Security, PGSP11162 (PG)
Research Group Members:
Nida Alahmad
Jamie Allinson
Andrea Birdsall
Julia Calvert
Kitty Chou
Chad Damro
Kathy Dodworth
Claire Duncanson
Oliver Escobar
Carmen Gebhard
Iain Hardie
Stephen Hill
Andrew Hom
Juliet Kaarbo
Kasia Kaczmarska
Clare Llewellyn
Benjamin Martill
Andrew Neal
Nicola Perugini
Charles Raab
Charlotte Rommerskirchen
Ewan Stein
Rebecca Tapscott
Patrick Theiner
Oliver Turner
Shaina Western