The Conference will be held in English.
Except for a few panels online on the first day, all activities will be in-person.
Only those who have registered and paid the fee by the deadline (15 April 2026) will be included in the programme (including authors and co-authors).
A paper presentation certificate will be provided to those who presented papers at the Conference (online or in-person).
Certificates of participation will be provided to those who registered on-site and attended at least five activities (panel, conference and/or roundtable).
Registration Fees
Professor, Researcher, Professional - 50 USD - 250
Brazilian Real
Students (master and doctorate candidates) - 20 USD
– 100 Brazilian Real
- The student rate is available only to participants attending a university or institute of higher education. Students must provide proof of their student status.
Audience (participants without presentations / undergradute students) - 10 USD - 50 Brazilian Real
Be sure to register using the same account you used to submit the abstract.
Travel Grant - There will be a limited scholarship available and the amount will be
very small. It will be awarded only to a few Master/PhD students individuals
from the Global South countries (as defined by IPSA). The RCs’ boards will
define who will be awarded the grant during the Conference based on the quality
of the paper presented.
October 15, 2025: Call for papers released
November 15, 2025: Abstract submission opens
February 15, 2026: Abstract submission deadline
March 15, 2026: Acceptance emails sent to presenters
March 16, 2026: Registration opens
April 15, 2026: Registration Deadline for Participants in the Programme
April 25, 2026: Preliminary Programme Published
May 15, 2026: Final Programme Published
July 10, 2026: Submission of full papers to discussants
August 3, 2026: Panels exclusively online (from 17:00 to 21:00
UTC)
August 4-6, 2026: In-Person Conference to be held in São Paulo, Brazil
RC44 & RC 52 invite paper proposals from professors, researchers, professionals and postgraduate students (master and doctoral candidates) that explore transformations in global security, governance, and democratization eight decades after the founding of the United Nations. We welcome contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
Complex security environment and changing strategic dynamics
- Multipolar competition, weakened alliance commitments, and regional conflicts
- Nuclear proliferation, changing deterrence dynamics, new energy resources, and radiation risks
- Bio-threats and pandemics, AI convergence, biochemical weapons, and pollutants
Networked Security Challenges
– Cyber warfare, digital surveillance, and data governance
– Non-state armed actors, private militias, and hybrid threats
– Impacts on state sovereignty, human rights, and electoral integrity
Geopolitics, Governance, and Climate Security Architecture
- Multipolarity, climate risks, and shifting international alignments and coalitions
- Democratic backsliding and authoritarian adaptation in the climate era - how regimes use security narratives and impacts on pluralism
- Data governance, cybersecurity, and environmental threats to critical infrastructure
- Non-state actors, hybrid threats, and evolving security governance structures
Human Security, Vulnerability, and Social Resilience
- The role of subnational governments, multilevel governance frameworks, and decentralized institutional innovations in addressing climate-related security challenges
- Climate resilience and community-based social protection
- Gender and climate security
Climate-induced resource conflicts, water scarcity, land degradation, and competition over critical minerals
- Migration, displacement, and border politics under climate pressure
- Health security: pandemics, pollution, and biohazards in climate-stressed environments
- Gender and intersectionality in climate vulnerability and response policies
- Indigenous knowledge and community-based security responses
Urban Systems, Finance, and Institutional Innovation
- Urban resilience and security infrastructure in rapidly urbanizing, climate-impacted regions
- Climate finance innovations, development cooperation, and peacebuilding strategies
- Legal responses, litigation, human rights frameworks, and accountability mechanisms for climate security harms
Populism, Polarization, and Democratic Backsliding
– Security narratives in populist and re-nationalizing movements
– Majoritarian exclusion, minority rights, and political violence
– Mechanisms to safeguard pluralism in emerging democracies
Institutional Innovation and Transregional Architectures
– Lessons from UN reforms, UN80 initiatives, and BRICS+ alternatives
– African Union, ASEAN, and South American security cooperation
– South–South collaboration, multilateralism, and governance experimentation
Conflict and Conflict Resolution
– Peacekeeping: comparative analysis of UN missions, AU standby forces, and ad hoc coalitions
– Peacebuilding process: reconciliation, governance, and the protection of human rights in multipolar contexts
– Local ownership, mandate design, operational limitations, and effectiveness of interventions
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais San Tiago Dantas (Unesp, Unicamp, Puc-SP) - Sao Paulo - São Paulo - Brasil
