International Studies Association

International Studies Association
AbbreviationISA
Formation1959
TypeNonprofit
87-0485763
Legal statusPublic charity
HeadquartersUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, US
Executive director
M. J. Bosia (as of 2025)
Websitewww.isanet.org

The International Studies Association (ISA) is a US-based professional association for scholars and practitioners in the field of international studies. It publishes several journals, including Global Studies Quarterly.

History

The International Studies Association (ISA) was founded in 1959. It has been headquartered at the University of Connecticut in Storrs since 2015.[1]

Description and governance

The ISA is a professional association for scholars and practitioners in the field of international studies.

As of 2025 the ISA's executive director is M. J. Bosia.[2] It has been a member of the International Science Council since 1984.[3]

In 2020 ISA had more than 7,000 members in over 100 countries. It describes itself as "one of the oldest interdisciplinary associations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs."[4] ISA encompasses six geographic subdivisions (regions), 29 thematic groups (sections), and four caucuses, providing opportunities to exchange ideas and research with local colleagues and within specific subject areas.[5]

ISA's annual convention routinely draws over 6,000 attendees.[6]

Awards and prizes

The ISA awards a large number of prizes, including the Alexander George Award (since 1990), the Carl Beck Award (since 1980), the Quincy Writer Award, the J. Ann Tickner Award, and many others.[7][8]

Since 1981, the ISA has awarded the Karl Deutsch Award to scholars under age 40 or within ten years of defending their doctoral dissertation.[9]

Publications

ISA publishes seven academic journals (International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, International Studies Perspectives, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Political Sociology, Journal of Global Security Studies, and Global Studies Quarterly), all currently published by Oxford University Press, and co-sponsors an eighth (International Interactions). ISA also publishes the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies in conjunction with Oxford University Press and maintains other online resources.[10]

Publication Founded Focus
International Studies Quarterly 1959 flagship, "theoretical, empirical, and normative subjects in international studies"[11]
International Studies Review 1957 "current trends and research in international studies worldwide"[12]
International Studies Perspectives 2000 pedagogy, policy, practice[13]
Foreign Policy Analysis 2005 foreign policy analysis, "foreign policy decisions, processes, actions, and outcomes"[14]
International Political Sociology 2007 political sociology, for sociologists, international relations scholars and sociopolitical theorists[15]
Journal of Global Security Studies 2016 "global security and global aspects of debates in security studies"[16]
Global Studies Quarterly 2021 "theoretical, epistemological, empirical or normative contribution" to global studies[17]

In 2014, ISA came under criticism for a proposed ban on blogging by its journals' editors.[18]

Global Studies Quarterly

Global Studies Quarterly
DisciplineInternational studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBrent J. Steele, Jelena Subotić
Publication details
History2021—present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Glob. Stud. Q.
Indexing
ISSN2634-3797
LCCN2008202130
OCLC no.1272894958
Links

Global Studies Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering research across the broad field of international studies, including global politics, economics, society, and culture. It was established in 2021 is and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association.[19][20] The editors-in-chief are Brent J. Steele (University of Utah) and Jelena Subotić (Georgia State University).[21]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals,[22] EBSCO databases,[23] ProQuest databases,[23] and Scopus.[24]

List of presidents

  1. Minos Generales (1959–1961)
  2. Wesley Posvar (1961–1962)
  3. Fred Sondermann (1962–1963)
  4. Ross Berkes (1963–1964)
  5. John Grange (1964–1966)
  6. Vernon Van Dyke (1966–1967)
  7. F. Field Haviland Jr. (1967–1968)
  8. William Olson (1968–1969)
  9. Robert North (1969–1970)
  10. Norman Palmer (1970–1971)
  11. Richard C. Snyder (1971–1972)
  12. William T.R. Fox (1972–1973)
  13. Alexander George (1973–1974)
  14. Kenneth Boulding (1974–1975)
  15. Richard Rosecrance (1975–1976)
  16. Vincent Davis (1976–1977)
  17. Herbert Kelman (1977–1978)
  18. Chadwick F. Alger (1978–1979)
  19. Ole Holsti (1979–1980)
  20. Dina Zinnes (1980–1981)
  21. Henry Teune (1981–1982)
  22. Harold K. Jacobson (1982–1983)
  23. Bruce Russett (1983–1984)
  24. James N. Rosenau (1984–1985)
  25. J. David Singer (1985–1986)
  26. Kal J. Holsti (1986–1987)
  27. Harold Guetzkow (1987–1988)
  28. Robert Keohane (1988–1989)
  29. Charles F. Hermann (1989–1990)
  30. Helga Haftendorn (1990–1991)
  31. Maurice East (1991–1992)
  32. Hayward R. Alker Jr. (1992–1993)
  33. Charles Kegley Jr. (1993–1994)
  34. Ted R. Gurr (1994–1995)
  35. Susan Strange (1995–1996)
  36. Davis Bobrow (1996–1997)
  37. James A. Caporaso (1997–1998)
  38. Margaret G. Hermann (1998–1999)
  39. Michael Brecher (1999–2000)
  40. Craig Murphy (2000–2001)
  41. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2001–2002)
  42. John A. Vasquez (2002–2003)
  43. Steve Smith (2003–2004)
  44. Jacek Kugler (2004–2005)
  45. William Thompson (2005–2006)
  46. J. Ann Tickner (2006–2007)
  47. Jack Levy (2007–2008)
  48. Nils Petter Gleditsch (2008–2009)
  49. Thomas G. Weiss (2009–2010)
  50. David A. Lake (2010–2011)
  51. Beth Simmons (2011–2012)
  52. Etel Solingen (2012–2013)
  53. Harvey Starr (2013–2014)
  54. Amitav Acharya (2014–2015)
  55. Paul Diehl (2015–2016)
  56. T. V. Paul (2016–2017)
  57. Brett Ashley Leeds (2017–2018)
  58. Patrick James (2018–2019)
  59. Cameron G. Thies (2019–2020)
  60. Helen V. Milner (2020–2021)
  61. Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2021–2022)
  62. Deborah Avant (2022–2023)
  63. Laura J. Shepherd (2023–2024)
  64. Marijke Breuning (2024–2025)
  65. Audie Klotz (2025–2026)

See also

  • List of international relations journals

References

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  2. ^ "Executive Director". www.isanet.org. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  3. ^ "Members: International Studies Association (ISA)". International Science Council. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "About ISA". isanet.org. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Data on ISA's Scope and Membership". isanet.org. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "ISA 2019: A Recap". Independent Publishers Group. June 6, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Award List". ISA. July 11, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
  8. ^ "J. Ann Tickner Award". ISA. Retrieved March 28, 2026.
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  13. ^ "About the Journal". Oxford University Press.
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  20. ^ "Announcing "Global Studies Quarterly," ISA's Open-Access Journal". isanet.org. International Studies Association. July 13, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  21. ^ "GSQ 2023 Annual Editorial Report". isanet.org. International Studies Association. 2024. p. 8. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
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