JIRD NEW EDITORIAL TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) is delighted to announce the new editorial team of the Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD), published by Palgrave Macmillan in association with the Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana for 2021-2024. 

The new team, led by Dr Xymena Kurowska (Associate Professor of International Relations, Central European University) and Prof. Saskia Stachowitsch (Professor of International Politics, Vienna University) will take over the editorial responsibilities of JIRD from the present Coordinating Editors Dr Akos Kopper and Dr Paul Roe, and their team of Associate Editors, from 1 January 2021.

The incoming editorial team includes scholars with a strong CEE regional connection, academically and/or biographically. The new Associate Editors bring on board an outstanding record of state-of-art scholarship that straddles paradigms and further broadens the pluralistic base of JIRD by their commitment to the epistemological and methodological diversity and cutting-edge work  that critically engages with global politics from a variety of perspectives. The incoming team of Associate Editors includes: Dr Felix Ciută (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies), Dr Michael Dorsch (CEU), Prof. Stephanie Hofmann(Graduate Institute Geneva), Prof. Frédéric Mérand (University of Montreal), Dr Rafi Youatt (The New School for Social Research), and Dr Srdjan Vučetić (University of Ottawa). Dr Katarina Kušić (Aberystwyth University) will join the team in the capacity of the journal’s Communications Officer. The editorial team continues to be supported by the Managing Editors based at the University of Ljubljana, the original home base of the journal. 

CEEISA is very grateful to the International Relations Department of Central European University (Vienna, Austria) for its continuing commitment to support the editorial work of JIRD, defying the difficult circumstances of CEU relocation to Austria and the global pandemic.

On behalf of the whole CEEISA community, I would like to thank the current coordinating editors Dr Akos Kopper and Dr Paul Roe for their excellent work in leading JIRD into its current globally recognised position.  We look forward to the incoming editorial team to consolidate the achievements and reputation inherited from the outgoing team of the journal – and to take JIRD to further intellectual heights and visibility in the field.

Maria Mälksoo, CEEISA President

Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD) Call for a new Editor/Editorial Team (2021-2024)

The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) is looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of JIRD from the present Coordinating Editors Akos Kopper and Paul Roe, and their team of Associate Editors, at the beginning of 2021.

As a CEEISA journal, published by Palgrave Macmillan in association with the Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana, JIRD strives to reflect the wide range of interests in International Relations and International Political Economy. It addresses a range of global issues and leading theory debates. An important part of its mission is to stimulate and disseminate theory-aware research and scholarship in Central and Eastern Europe and throughout the international academic community.

The CEEISA wishes to maintain the high international standing that the journal has achieved in the past decade (2019 Journal Impact Factor: 2.028, 24th out of 95 journals in the International Relations category and 52nd out of 180 journals in the Political Science category) and is therefore looking for a new editorial team with the strength and institutional support to sustain the tradition and position established by the previous editorial regimes. The post may be filled by either an editor or an editorial team headed by one person. The successful applicant / applying team must be fluent in English and have an internationally recognized track record of scholarship; geographical diversity among the members of the team is a plus. The length of the tenure is four years.

Applicants should send the following information:

1.     a statement of expressing interest in editing the journal and a vision for the journal in the next four years;

2.     a full resume and, if applicable, a full resume of all the suggested members of the Editorial Team – preference may be given to applicants who have included a scholar from the Central and Eastern European region as a member of their Editorial Team;

3.     a letter from the Home Institution (in the case of an Editorial Team, this should be the Home Institution of the Editor-in-Chief) stating its commitment to support the potential editor. A statement about the provided financial and administrative support by the Home Institution could be an advantage in the selection process.

The successful applicant will have at their disposal an Editorial Assistant based at the Centre of International Relations, and/or some financial support to organize the editorial work at his or her Home Institution.

For informal inquiries about the JIRD editorial work, please get in touch with Paul Roe (Roepaul@ceu.edu) and Akos Koppper (akoskopper@gmail.com). Please send your submissions via e-mail to Maria Mälksoo, CEEISA President, at m.malksoo@kent.ac.uk. Applications will close on 2 October 2020.  It is envisaged that the handover process starts on 2 November 2020, and under any circumstances is to be completed by 31 January 2021. 

Remembering the first international debate on Brexit

Brexit and the CEEISA-ISA 2016 Joint International Conference, Ljubljana

Now Brexit is a reality, it is worth remembering an important event connected to the announcement of the 2016 referendum results. CEEISA and ISA were the first academic associations that held an ad hoc symposium on Brexit within a day of the announced referendum result during the CEEISA-ISA 2016 Joint International Conference in Ljubljana, hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. You can find out more about this significant event and the consequent online symposium here.

EWIS 2020 Brussels

CEEISA is convening two workshops under the European International Studies Association's European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) in Brussels, 1-4 July 2020.

CEEISA is pleased to offer mobility support (up to €400) to its members participating in EWIS 2020 in Brussels. Please fill in the application form and submit your application by 2 March 2020 to secretariat@ceeisa.net. Please note that you cannot simultaneously apply for EISA and CEEISA mobility support. Registration for EWIS 2020 closes on 31 March 2020.

If unsure about your membership status at CEEISA, please email secretariat@ceeisa.net.