On 7 May 2015, JIAS hosted a workshop on ‘Contemporary thinking on and methods of international relations’. Lead-in papers presented by Prof Anna Leander (Copenhagen Business School) and Prof Stefano Guzzini (Danish Institute for International Affairs). Other speakers included Sithembile Mbete (UP), Dr Mvu Ngcoya (University of KwaZulu Natal), Eben Coetzee (University of the Free State), Prof Joel Quirk (Wits University), and Anthony Bizos (UP).