Call for Papers
First BASU National Conference Research and Policy on Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery in the Context of Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine and Europe
23–26 September 2026 | University of Manchester
We invite paper proposals for the first ever all-UK wide British Association for the Study of Ukraine (BASU) National Conference. We welcome submissions from scholars, practitioners, policy professionals, and think tank researchers across STEM, Social Sciences, Humanities, Arts and Culture, and Government/NGOs/Industry.
Types/Themes of Submissions
We welcome work in progress paper, poster, and presentation proposal submissions that engage with Ukraine, Russia’s war, or their implications for the UK and Europe more broadly.The conference is explicitly designed to foster dialogue between academic research and policy practice, and we encourage both practitioner-led and co-authored academic-practitioner submissions.
Who Should Submit
1. We welcome submissions from scholars and researchers (working on the case of Ukraine – or employing the case in their research including comparatively – and/or working on themes currently of import to the understanding Russia’s war in Ukraine, and its effects on society, politics, economics, industry, and regional and global developments) across the
a. Social Sciences: Including: political science, sociology, economics, international relations, security studies, criminology, human geography, social psychology, statistics, and data science etc.
b. Humanities: Including: history, modern languages, literary studies, linguistics, philosophy, cultural studies, memory studies, area studies, religious studies, and archival studies etc.
c. Arts & Culture fields: Including: art history, fine art, film and media studies, theatre and performance studies, music, architecture, heritage studies, curatorial practice, and cultural diplomacy etc.
d. STEM: Including: medicine and public health, clinical psychology and psychiatry, environmental science, engineering, computer science, data science and AI, biotechnology, energy science, and space research etc.
e. Policy Practitioners, Policymakers & Think Tank Researchers: Including: government and civil service, diplomacy and foreign affairs, defence and security, industry international development, think tanks and policy institutes, journalism and public intellectualism, and NGOs and civil society organisations.
The BASU Conference Organising Committee
