Welcome to IO

Welcome to the homepage of the International Organization Section of the International Studies Association. The IO Section is dedicated to the study of contemporary and historical international integration processes, transnational interactions, and formal and informal international institutions.  At present, there are some 200 IO Section members, mainly comprised of international relations scholars, practitioners, and graduate students.

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The IO Section offers two annual awards -- the Chadwick F. Alger Prize for the best book published in the area of international organization studies, and the Lawrence S. Finkelstein Award for the best panel paper proposal submitted at the ISA Annual Conference.  All members of ISA are encouraged to apply for these awards.

Join IO

Thank you for your interest in joining the International Organization (IO) Section of ISA. The IO Section is dedicated to the study of contemporary and historical international integration processes, transnational interactions, and formal and informal international institutions.  At present, there are some 200 IO Section members, mainly comprised of international relations scholars, practitioners, and graduate students.

Any member of the ISA who shares the purposes of the IO Section may become a member upon payment of dues ($5 per year; $3 per year for students). ISA members may easily add section membership by logging in to their account on MyISA.

Don't forget to renew your membership on a yearly basis!

Members are entitled to attend annual business meetings, vote, nominate candidates, hold office, receive newsletters and other publications produced by the section, and participate in all activities and projects sponsored by the section.

Members are encouraged to participate in section projects, serve on committees, and help recruit new members. Tell your friends about us!

Awards

If you know of a graduate student that is planning to give a paper at the Annual Convention, please encourage him/her to submit it for consideration for the Lawrence Finkelstein Prize -- this award is open to all ISA members.  Likewise, we encourage all section members to nominate recently-published works in the area of international organization for the Chadwick F. Alger Prize.  Descriptions of each award are listed below for your convenience.  Many thanks!

  • The International Organization Section is seeking nominations for its annual Chadwick F. Alger Prize. This prize recognizes the best work, usually a book, of the previous year in the area of international organization. The Awards Committee is particularly interested in works dealing with the issues of civil society and local political interaction that characterize many of the writings of Chadwick F. Alger.  The nomination deadline is January 1st of each year. For more information on the prize, please see the ISA Awards website: http://www.isanet.org/awards/
  • The International Organization Section seeks nominations for its annual Lawrence S. Finkelstein Prize.We are seeking high quality graduate student papers that were presented (on a panel or as a poster) at the 2009 Annual Convention. Papers must discuss international organization, as broadly defined. Students are permitted to edit the paper presented at the conference, as long as the paper remains unchanged in substance. The Section particularly welcomes submissions from outside the United States. The prize will be awarded at the IO Business Meeting at the upcoming Convention. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize plus a travel grant for up to $500 to attend the 2010 ISA Convention. The Section also encourages the prize recipient to submit the paper to the journal Global Governance for possible publication. Students should email their papers to Prize Committee Chair Eric K. Leonard, at eleonard@su.edu. Please include "Finkelstein Prize Submission" in the subject line. In the email, note the panel or poster session on which you presented the paper. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2009.

  • Distinguished Scholar Award:
    The IO Section is soliciting nominations for the first International Organization Section Distinguished Scholar Award. The award will be granted to scholars for their distinguished achievements in research in the field of International Organization as well as for mentoring and other service. You may make more than one nomination. Each nomination should include a brief statement summarizing the nominee’s accomplishments in research, mentoring and service. Particular attention will be paid to scholarly achievements that have helped define the field with secondary but significant importance to teaching, mentoring, and service.

    The award will be announced at the IO Section business meeting at the 2010 ISA conference in New Orleans and a special Roundtable Panel, hosted in conjunction with the IO reception, will be held in honor of the Distinguished Scholar.

    The deadline for nominations is December 16, 2009. Please submit all nominations and supporting materials by email to the Distinguished Scholar Committee chair:

    David Forsythe
    Department of Political Science
    University of Nebraska
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0328 USA
    dforsythe@unlnotes.unl.edu

    Also, as a safeguard, please copy the nomination to: roger.coate@sc.edu.

Blog

The International Organization Section maintains a blog hosted by the Blogger.com service. The blog is used for brief announcements about events and activities, and can be found here:
http://isaionet.blogspot.com/

Listserv

The International Organization Section maintains a listserv hosted by the Yahoo Groups service. The listserv is located here, and you may subscribe and manage your subscription from the Yahoo Groups website.

Officers

The 2008-2010 Executive Committee:


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Chair: Roger Coate
March 2008 – March 2010
Department of Political Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208 USA
tel.: (803) 777-7833; fax: (803) 777-9308
email: roger.coate@gcsu.edu

Treasurer: Eric K. Leonard
March 2007-2010
Member, 2008 Finkelstein Prize Committee
Department of Political Science
Shenandoah University
E-Mail: eleonard@su.edu

Secretary: Boyka Stefanova
March 2008-2010
Department of Political Science and Geography
University of Texas at San Antonio
Email: boyka.stefanova@utsa.edu


At-Large Members

Carolyn Shaw, 2007-2010
Department of Political Science
Wichita State University
Member, 2008 Finkelstein Prize Committee
Email: carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

Carolyn Stephenson, 2008-2011
Department of Political Science
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Email: cstephen@hawaii.edu

Michael J. Tierney, 2008-2011
Department of Government
College of William and Mary
Email: mjtier@wm.edu

Catherine Weaver, 2007-2010
University of Kansas
Member, 2008 Finkelstein Prize Committee
Email: cweaver@ku.edu