EISA 11th Exploratory Symposia - 27-30 Oct 2024 - Rapallo, Italy

Members of the Chair of International Relations of FSU Jena participated in the European International Studies Association’s (EISA) 11th Exploratory Symposia in Rapallo, Italy, between October 27-30, 2024. Prof. Rafael Biermann was joined by two colleagues from London and Bologna, Ivica Petrikova and Nicolò Fasola, who are the co-editors of the Patron-Client Relations in World Politics edited volume. This book is going to be the crystallization of the process of conceptualizing patron-client relations for international relations, spearheaded by Prof. Biermann. The editors discussed revised book chapters submitted by the contributors of the volume, following a round of feedback after an Authors’ Workshop in Dornburg and Jena this June organized by the Chair and sponsored by the KonKoop research network–an initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. EISA hosted our symposium in its annual event that is a platform for research projects in advanced stages. During the three days, the participants discussed each revised chapter and agreed on many details regarding the volume's overall structure and arc. There were also major developments in the search for appropriate publishers. As a result of the symposium, the book is one step closer to a final draft. The editors of the book were assisted by two members of the Chair, Lea Zuliani and Geza Tasner, who are also contributors to the volume.

For more details on this symposium and about our research program, please visit the patron-client relations research section on our website en.