BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-big-picture-as- an-approach-to-the-study-of-international-relations/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aa14cc8f-3d1b-407d-abd2-87581ad21099 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261028T115053 DTSTART:20261029T183000 DTEND:20261029T200000 SUMMARY:The big picture as an approach to the study of international relat ions LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Sh eikh Zayed Theatre\, Cheng Kin Ku Building) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 29 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersProfessor Barry B uzanProfessor Rita FloydDr Laust SchouenborgProfessor Ayse ZarakolChairPro fessor Robert FalknerBarry Buzan is one of Europe’s most influential sch olars of international relations\, renowned for his interdisciplinary coll aborations and for making complex ideas accessible to a wide audience. Thi s panel discussion marks the launch of The Big Picture as an Approach to t he Study of International Relations: Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan\ , and reflects on his intellectual legacy and enduring contribution to the discipline.Bringing together leading scholars\, the event will both honou r Buzan’s contribution to the Department of International Relations and offer a timely discussion on the role of large-scale theorising in contemp orary IR. It will be of particular interest to those seeking to understand the direction of the field and the place of big-picture thinking within i t.Meet our speakers and chairBarry Buzan is Emeritus Professor of Internat ional Relations at LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor)\; honorary pro fessor at Copenhagen\, Jilin\, and China Foreign Affairs Universities\; a Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas\; and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has w ritten\, co-authored or edited over twenty-five books\, written or co-auth ored nearly one hundred and fifty articles and chapters\, and lectured\, b roadcast or presented papers in over twenty countries.Rita Floyd is Profes sor of International Security and Ethics in the Department of Political Sc ience and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her resea rch and teaching interests lie in security studies\, the ethics of emergen cy politics\, and climate/environmental security. Floyd is the originator of Just Securitization Theory and also has a general interest in IR theory \, especially the English school.Laust Schouenborg is Associate Professor of International Politics and Director of the Centre for Statecraft and In ternational Order at the Roskilde University in Denmark. He completed his PhD in International Relations at LSE and his research interests revolve a round different historical dimensions of international relations\, drawing mainly on the English School approach to IR. He is the current convener o f the ISA Working Group on Security and International Society.Ayşe Zarako l is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Politics Fellow at Emmanuel College. Her research is at the interse ction of historical sociology and IR\, focusing on East-West relations\, h istory and future of world order(s)\, conceptualisations of modernity and sovereignty\, rising and declining powers\, and Turkish politics in a comp arative perspective.Robert Falkner is Professor of International Relations and the Academic Dean of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA\, a world leading executive MBA programme jointly run by NYU Stern School of Business\, HEC Paris and LSE.More about this eventJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. 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