Africa and International Studies

BISA is entirely self-funded

Your donations help us to support the International Studies community. Choose to donate towards free memberships for Global South scholars, conference bursaries or student experience events. Then receive updates on how your donation has helped.

Donate today

Join this working group

To join a working group you must first join BISA.

The Africa and International Studies Working Group provides a forum that brings together a diverse range of scholars to discuss and debate: substantive issues arising from range of different dimensions of 'the international' in Africa; theoretical and conceptual debates about the relationship between the generalities of the discipline of International Studies and African historically-based specificities; and ideas about the relationship of issues and theory in the pedagogy of International Studies in and of Africa.

[Banner photo by Eva Blue on Unsplash].

News and analysis

Back to the bad old days of the OAU? Why there has never been a Pan-African consensus on the legitimacy of coups d’état

Peter Brett discusses the recent wave of West African military coups and the threats they provide.

Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TiCBT) to aid reintegration of former terrorists and their families in Nigeria: A pilot study

Tarela Ike discusses her BISA-funded research and shares methodology, findings and a video summary.

Methodologies in International Relations: Doing systematic reviews

A recording of the online event which took place on 19 June 2023.

China builds influence using African parliaments

China donated a parliament building to Lesotho to gain influence through access to political elites.

The A.I.R. Club: research with African adolescents

A case for engaging young Africans not only about 'youth' but more broadly in research about Africa.

Making sense of the State: Citizens and state buildings in South Africa

South African citizens understand and construct the state by seeing and feeling its buildings.

The culture struggle, African Union and eliminating violence against women

The African Union’s culture-vs.-rights policy approach to violence against women.

Call for papers: Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony

Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony

Past events

Book talk: Rethinking civil society regionalism in Africa: Challenges and opportunities in democratic participation and peacebuilding in the Post-ECOWAS vision 2020

Discussing new publication by Dr Dele Kogbe.

Rethinking methodologies in international relations: towards an interdisciplinary approach using randomised control trials

This event explores the use and design of Randomised Control Trials.