The big picture as an approach to the study of international relations

An hour-long panel discussion to mark the launch of the new book, The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations: thinking with and beyond Barry Buzan. The discussion will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A inviting questions from the audience. 

Barry Buzan is one of Europe’s most influential scholars of international relations, renowned for his interdisciplinary collaborations and for making complex ideas accessible to a wide audience. This panel discussion marks the launch ofThe Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations: thinking with and beyond Barry Buzan.

Bringing together leading scholars, the event will both honour Buzan’s intellectual legacy and enduring contribution and offer a timely discussion on the role of large-scale theorising in contemporary international relations. 

• Barry Buzan, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor), Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas and a Fellow of the British Academy. 
• Rita Floyd, Professor of International Security and Ethics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. 
• Laust Schouenborg, Associate Professor of International Politics and Director of the Centre for Statecraft and International Order at the Roskilde University in Denmark. 
• Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Politics Fellow at Emmanuel College. 
• Chaired by Robert Falkner, Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at LSE. 

All welcome

Of particular interest to those seeking to understand the direction of the discipline of international relations and the place of big-picture thinking within it.