2026 Annual Conference, University of Manchester, 2 November

Call for papers

Our annual conference will take place at the University of Manchester on Monday 2 November 2026. We invite proposals for papers featuring original research on any parliaments or legislatures around the world. We are keen to receive submissions that focus on any aspect of parliamentary activity and we also encourage papers by researchers working in parliaments or resulting from collaborations between academics and practitioners.

The deadline for proposing abstracts is 14 September 2026. To make a proposal, please fill in this form. Please note that, if accepted, will we ask you to submit a blog post to be published on our website following the conference.

 

Call for papers: Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop, 1 November 2026

As in previous years, we are running an early career researcher workshop the day before our conference.

If you are a PhD student, postdoctoral researcher or an early-career academic not in a permanent position, please consider applying for our pre-conference early-career workshop (to be held on Sunday 1 November 2026). You will have the opportunity to receive in-depth feedback on a draft paper that is aimed at publication. We welcome papers in the field of parliamentary and legislative studies. The deadline for ECR workshop proposals is 14 September 2026. The application form can be found here. 

 

Past Annual Conferences

Please visit our YouTube channel to watch recordings of papers given at previous PSA Parliament events.