The Winds of Change

In September Politics will be co-sponsoring the 9th Annual BISA/PSA Learning and Teaching Conference at Newcastle University. The theme will be The Winds of Change and the organisers have recently circulated a call for papers. If you are interested in giving a paper read on...

Call for Papers – 9th Annual BISA/PSA Learning and Teaching Conference

The Winds of Change: New Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching Politics and IR

Conference conveners: Dr Michael Barr, Dr James Bilsland, Dr Valentina Feklyunina (all at Newcastle University)

Location: Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: 13-14 September 2016

The 9th Annual Conference is hosted by the Learning and Teaching Working Groups of BISA and the PSA. It will focus on new challenges and opportunities for students and teachers of Politics and IR. We are particularly keen to explore the impact of and our responses to three types of changes:

  1. The major political and geopolitical changes that we are witnessing at the UK, European and global levels;
  2. Technological changes;
  3. Changes in the institutional environment of Higher Education (including the proposed TEF in the UK as well as the implications of changes to the politics A-level syllabus).

The conference will explore the ways in which we can engage with these changes at the levels of curriculum design, skills acquisition, student engagement and participation, innovative pedagogic techniques and broader questions of the purpose of university education in the changing world. We invite contributions that address any of these issues.

We equally welcome contributions that explore any other pedagogic issues or showcase examples of innovative teaching practices.

Call for papers: We welcome proposals of individual papers, panels and round tables. Please email your proposals to valentina.feklyunina@ncl.ac.uk by the deadline of 6 May 2016.

Individual papers: please provide the title of the paper, an abstract (no more than 200 words) and the author’s affiliation and contact details.

Panels: please provide the title of the panel, a panel abstract (no more than 200 words), and the titles and abstracts for at least three papers. We expect that panel proposals will include participants from at least two different institutions.

Round tables: please provide the title of the round table, an abstract (no more than 200 words) and the affiliation and contact details of at least three participants. We expect that round table proposals will include participants from at least two different institutions.

For further information, please contact Valentina Feklyunina at valentina.feklyunina@ncl.ac.uk

For more on Politics‘ work to promote teaching and learning research in Politics and International Relations, read the Teaching and Learning Virtual Issue, the Learning and Teaching section of the Politics blog, and the nominees and winner for the 2014/15 Politics Learning and Teaching Prize.

Martin Coward

Martin Coward

Martin is Editor of Politics with Kyle Grayson. His research focuses on theorising political violence in an urban context.

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