January 30, 2025 SGIR Steering Committee election resultsFollowing the recent online vote, we can confirm that six group members have been elected to the Steering Committee of the Standing Group on International Relations.
Introducing the committee members
 Maria Ferreira is an Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences where she is also the Executive Director of the PhD in International Relations. She is an integrated researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies. Maria holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Lisbon (2010). Her research interests include European Politics, Migration Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Relations Theories, and Discourse Analysis. Maria is particularly interested in how public policies are social constructions legitimized through discursive practices.
 Osman Kiratli is an associate professor of International Relations at the Waseda Institute of Advanced Study at Waseda University, Tokyo. Previously, he was an associate professor at Bogazici University, Istanbul. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Political Science in the track of International Relations from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA. His academic expertise covers subjects such as international political economy, international organizations, political behaviour, foreign aid, and European Union and Turkish politics. His primary research areas are public opinion on foreign aid, international organizations (IOs), international trade, and conflict.
 Rohan Mukherjee is an assistant professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Deputy Director of LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of LSE. He is also a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment and the National Bureau of Asian Research in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was an assistant professor of political science at Yale-NUS College in Singapore and have been a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at MIT. He holds a PhD in politics from Princeton University, a master’s in international development from Princeton, and a bachelor's in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford.
 Raphael Oidtmann currently serves as a parliamentary and legal advisor at the State Parliament of Hesse, Germany. Moreover, he maintains various academic appointments as adjunct lecturer in international law at Mannheim Law School, as associate researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and as Global Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. He previously served at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and held positions as a research fellow and lecturer in international (criminal) law at the universities of Mannheim and Mainz. Holding master’s degrees in political science, international and comparative law, and international relations, respectively, he currently is an external PhD candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt.
 Bernhard Reinsberg is a Professor of International Political Economy and Development and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He is also a Research Fellow in Political Economy at the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Zurich. His research broadly covers the political economy of international organisations—such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund—and seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the socio-political effects of their interventions in the Global South.
 Lora Anne Viola is Professor of Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin. She received her PhD from the University of Chicago. Her research areas include IR theory, international organizations, institutional change, institutional legitimacy and inequality, and US foreign policy. Recent book publications include The Closure of the International System (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and Trust and Transparency in an Age of Surveillance (Routledge Studies in Surveillance, 2021). Her work has been the recipient of ECPR's Hedley Bull Prize, ISA's Chadwick Alger Best Book Award, ISA’s Diplomatic Studies Best Book Award, APSA’s Jervis Schroeder Honourable Mention Award, and APSA’s Alexander George Award.
September 13, 2024 SGIR co-funding guidelinesThe ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) invites applications from its members for co-funding events benefiting the internationalisation of IR scholarship in Europe. Applications can be submitted on a rolling basis.
From the Standing Group on International Relations.
The ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) invites applications from its members for co-funding events benefiting the internationalisation of IR scholarship in Europe. Applications can be submitted on a rolling basis.
Further information about the funding available and how to apply can be found by following the link below.
July 17, 2024 Call for Joint Sessions endorsed Workshops with fundingThe Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) invites Workshop proposals for endorsement at the Joint Sessions 2025 at Charles University. Proposals endorsed by Standing Groups and Research Networks generally have a higher chance of acceptance, although endorsement does not guarantee approval.
SGIR call for Workshops
The Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) invites Workshop proposals for endorsement at the Joint Sessions 2025 at Charles University. Proposals endorsed by Standing Groups and Research Networks generally have a higher chance of acceptance, although endorsement does not guarantee approval.
We welcome proposals from the entire International Relations discipline. Proposals must meet the submission criteria outlined on the ECPR website. Furthermore, we will evaluate proposals based on the following criteria:
- Each Workshop must have a Director and Co-Director from different ECPR member institutions in two countries, ensuring diversity in age, gender, and seniority.
- We prioritise high quality proposals that have the potential to engage a broad audience, reflecting the diversity of the discipline.
- Submissions from PhD candidates, early career researchers, and underrepresented applicants are particularly encouraged.
Your proposal should be clear and concise (1 page) and contain:
• Background, rationale, and objectives
• Unique contributions compared to previous Workshops (for new proposals only)
If you wish to be considered for endorsement, please submit your proposal to the SGIR Steering Committee by Monday 2 September. If selected, you can then submit your proposal via the ECPR website along with our endorsement by Wednesday 11 September.
Financial Support
Endorsed Workshops may apply for financial support from the Standing Group:
- Organisers can grant up to €250 to cover travel and accommodation for up to six SGIR members. Recipients must provide written confirmation of their financial hardship, lack of access to alternative funding sources, and that they have not receiving funding from ECPR within the last two years. Payment of the funding will be processed after the event, upon confirmation of participation.
- Workshop organisers can receive up to €500 towards a social dinner, reimbursed upon submission of an invoice/receipt to ECPR after the event.
How to claim
Workshop Directors must provide the names of approved funding recipients along with confirmation that they meet the necessary criteria before event registration closes. Their details will then be passed to ECPR staff, who will liaise with the participants directly to arrange payment.
Criteria
Please note that these funds are available exclusively to SGIR members, so participants must join the group via the website's 'Join Group' tab.
Contact
For inquiries, please contact the SGIR Steering Committee.
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