From Margins to Mastery: International Relations and the Future of Political Science – research paper discussion

📅 24 October 2025, 15:00
📍 Gmach Auditorium, Room 314, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

We invite you to a discussion of the research article “From Margins to Mastery: International Relations and the Future of Political Science”, published in Springer Nature Social Science (SN Social Sciences).

The paper offers a critical yet constructive reassessment of political science in light of the growing relevance of International Relations (IR). It argues that the traditional, state-centric and compartmentalized frameworks of political science are increasingly inadequate for analyzing the complexity of contemporary global dynamics.

The author highlights how IR has evolved into a more integrative and conceptually rich discipline, capable of bridging the local and the global, the material and the normative. The article also introduces the concept of planetarity as a forward-looking analytical framework that challenges the anthropocentric and territorial assumptions of traditional political science.

Speakers

• Prof. David Long – Carleton University

• Dr. Saroj Kumar Aryal – University of Warsaw

Chair

• Dr. Hab. Jakub Zajączkowski – University of Warsaw

📘 The paper is published in Springer Nature Social Science (SN Social Sciences)
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-025-01190-x