We are delighted to announce our panels for the Political Studies Association 2018 Conference. We have a great line up, with six panels and 24 papers covering everything from enhancing parliamentary democracy to organising and managing parliaments.
There will also be an exciting panel with four of the current House of Commons academic fellows (a great opportunity to find out about their research, but also to discuss the practicalities of being a fellow) and a joint panel with several other specialist groups exploring populism in political systems. Thank you all for submitting papers to our panels.
Please also join us for our Specialist Group AGM during the lunch break (12.30-13.30) on Wednesday 28 March in Room C City Hall.
Register now for PSA 2018: 26-28 March, Cardiff.
PSA 2018 Specialist Group on Parliaments panels
Day 2, Tuesday 27th March
PANEL SESSION 5: 13:30 – 15:00
UK Parliament: House of Commons Academic Fellows
Room B, City Hall
Chair: Dr Paul Thomas (Carleton University)
Dr Catherine Bochel (University of Lincoln) Parliament and Public Engagement
Dr Alistair Clark (Newcastle University) Regulating Parliamentary Standards
Professor Margaret Arnott (University of the West of Scotland) The Future of Parliament and Devolution
Dr Mark Bennister (Canterbury Christ Church University) Dangerous Liaisons: Group Dynamics, the Commons Liaison Committee and the Prime Minister
PANEL SESSION 6 15:30 – 17:00
Organising Parliaments
Room 0.25, Law & Politics Building
Chair: Dr Louise Thompson (University of Surrey)
Dr Marc Geddes (University of Edinburgh), Alexandra Meakin (University of Sheffield) Explaining Change in Parliaments: Dilemmas of Managerial Reform in the UK House of Commons
Franklin De Vrieze (Westminster Foundation for Democracy) Independent Institutions and Regulatory Agencies: Strengthening Independence and Accountability Through Interaction with Parliament
Nick Dickinson (University of Exeter) Parliamentarians and their Regulators: Dilemmas of Accountability, Legitimacy and Credibility Inside ‘The Regulatory State Within Westminster’ in the UK and Australia
Dr Emily Robinson (University of Sussex), Dr Jake Watts (University of Sussex) Peers for the People? Narratives of Democracy, Legitimacy and Opposition among the Labour Lords
Day 3, Wednesday 28th March
PANEL SESSION 7 09:00 – 10:30
Accountability and Scrutiny in Parliaments
Room B, City Hall
Chair: Ms Alexandra Meakin (University of Sheffield)
Professor Hugh Bochel (University of Lincoln), Anouk Berthier (The Scottish Parliament) Committee Witnesses: Evidence, Diversity and Representation
Dr Danielle Beswick (University of Birmingham), Dr Mattias Hjort (University of Birmingham) Getting Beyond the ‘Usual Suspects’? Exploring Two Decades of Witness Engagement with the International Development Select Committee
Thomas Caygill (Newcastle University) A Tale of Two Houses: Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the UK Parliament
Dr David Parker (Montana State University), Jessie Munson (Montana State University) Adversarial or Not? Question Time as a Window into Institutional and Electoral Incentives in Holyrood and Westminster
Sean Haughey (University of Liverpool) Scrutiny and Consociational Government: Parliamentary Questions in the Northern Ireland Assembly
PANEL SESSION 8 11:00 – 12:30
Parliamentary Representation and Engagement
Room C, City Hall
Chair: Awaiting Details
Isabele Mitozo (Federal University of Parana) Parliamentary Representation Meets Online Mechanisms for Public Engagement: The Interaction Quality Index
Alex Prior (University of Leeds) Exploring Storytelling as a Parliamentary Means for Strengthening Political Engagement
Wang Leung Ting (London School of Economics) Local Hero Goes to Westminster: The Representative Effect of Electing a Local MP
Pavielle Haines (Princeton University), Dr David Parker (Montana State University) All Politics is Local, Not Regional: How Mixed Member Proportional Representation Generates Informational Asymmetries Among Constituents
PANEL SESSION 9 13:30 – 15:00
Convergence and Divergence in the UK’s Parliaments
Room D, City Hall
Chair: Professor Emma Crewe (SOAS University of London)
Dr Paul Thomas (Carleton University) Convergent Evolution? Commonality and Divergence Among the All-Party Group Systems in the United Kingdom’s Devolved Assemblies
David Southgate (University of Surrey), Dr Louise Thompson (University of Surrey) Explaining the Scottish National Party’s Strength as an Outgroup at Westminster: Public and Legislator Links
Dr Richard Whitaker (University of Leicester), Dr Philip Lynch (University of Leicester), Professor Adam Cygan (University of Leicester) Parties, Parliament and the Brexit Process: Contestation and Division in Parliament
Andrew Jones (University of Leicester) A Question of Scrutiny: The Use of Parliamentary Questions in Managing Coalition Government in the House of Lords
PANEL SESSION 10 15:30 – 17:00
Enhancing Parliamentary Democracies
Room A, City Hall
Chair: Dr Marc Geddes (University of Edinburgh)
Professor Emma Crewe (SOAS University of London) Supporting Research on Parliaments and People in Politically Fragile States
Dr Susan Dodsworth (University of Birmingham), Professor Nic Cheeseman (Birmingham University) Defending Democracy: When Do Parliaments Resist Restrictive Civil Society Laws?
Dr Paul Thomas (Carleton University) Comparing the Performance of Canada’s Provincial Legislatures
Registration is open for PSA 2018: register now.