Rethinking Knowledges, Practices, and Imaginaries of the World

Mina Trpkovic and Felix Bethke are standing in front of a statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger and giving a thumbs-up.

PRIF Researchers at the ISA Annual Conference 2026

Under the theme “Back to the Funda­mentals,” the 67th Annual Con­ference of the Inter­national Studies Asso­ciation (ISA) takes place in Colum­bus from March 22–25, 2025. The pro­gram for the ISA Annual Con­ference includes a series of events in which PRIF Researchers are partici­pating.

Ahead of the annual con­ference, Mikhail Polianskii spoke on March 4 at a global panel dis­cussion on the topic “Old Play­book, New Fronts: Soviet Legacies and the Limits of Russian Hybrid War­fare in Ukraine.” 

As part of the annual con­ference, Nicole Deitelhoff is chairing the panel “Sta­bility and Crisis in Inter­national Orders: Theo­retical and Empirical Pers­pectives,” which also fea­tures Christopher Daase, Johanna Speyer, and Jonas J. Driedger. Nicole Deitel­hoff is also chair of the panel “Frac­tured Foun­dations: Power and Insti­tutional Change in the Liberal Inter­national Order” and discussed the relation­ship be­tween power, poly­crisis, and order. 

Felix Bethke, Mina Trpkovic, and Anton Peez, Researchers in the Research Depart­ment Inter­national Insti­tutions, are partici­pating in panels that address topics such as Europe, the United Nations, demo­cratization, economic policy, and inter­national relations. 

Together with Markus Bayer, an Asso­ciate Fellow in the Research Depart­ment Local Peace Orders, Felix Bethke also speaks on a panel about civil resis­tance, focusing on the Peace­ful Revolution in Germany. 

Mina Trpkovic dis­cusses the topic “Gendered Dis­information as a Tool for Hybrid War­fare and Fuel for Anti-Feminist Backlash: Evi­dence from the Russia-Ukraine War” with Clara Perras, a Researcher in the Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security.

Xian Yaolong, a Researcher in the Research Depart­ment Intra­state Conflict, joins Huaijiang Duan on a panel dis­cussion on Myan­mar to address the topic “Ima­gining China through Rebel Eyes: Media Narra­tives from Myanmar’s Armed Groups.”

Further infor­mation about this year’s annual con­ference can be found on the ISA website.