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Essay Competition 2018 Winners

We are pleased to announce the winner of our essay competition this year: Mercy Muroki from QMUL (nominated by Philip Cowley and Daniel Gover), with Katie Power from Surrey (nominated by Louise Thompson) as the runner-up. They will receive their certificates at our conference in autumn.

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September 2018 newsletter

A little hello from the PSA Parliaments Group team! We hope you had a nice and relaxing summer break and ready to start the term. In our September edition of our newsletter, we have a number of items, including:

  1. Our Conference – deadline passed
  2. Essay Competition – Winners!
  3. #PSA19 – general call for papers OPEN
  4. #PSA19 – specific calls for papers: e-petitions and party competition
  5. Event: Parliamentary Lawyers in the UK (Belfast)
  6. Event: Conference on parliamentary broadcasting
  7. JOB ALERT: Research Associate, Designing for Democracy
  8. Congrats to co-convener + new email address
  9. Request for blogs
  10. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)


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July 2018 newsletter

Welcome to the July edition of our newsletter, including:

  1. Reminder: Our Conference – 07 Sept deadline
  2. Qualitative Methods Workshop – thank you
  3. Note from Victoria University
  4. Job alert: University Teacher at Sheffield University
  5. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!

This is our last newsletter of the summer – we will be back in September!

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)


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June 2018 newsletter

Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter, including:

  1. Reminder: Qualitative Methods Workshop
  2. Our Conference – call for papers/blogs
  3. Quantitative Methods Workshop – Thank You
  4. Conference: The Evolution of Devolution
  5. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!

We will have a final newsletter in July, then we will break up for the summer until September.

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)


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May 2018 newsletter

Welcome to the May edition of our newsletter, including:

  1. Our Conference – call for papers/blogs
  2. FINAL Reminder: Quantitative Methods Workshop
  3. FINAL Reminder: Essay Competition
  4. Invitation to Conference in Seoul, South Korea
  5. New Event: Qualitative Methods Workshop
  6. Written Evidence Published
  7. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán @S_Haughey


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PSA Parliaments Conference: Call for Papers/Blogs

Call for Papers for the 2018 PSA Parliaments Conference

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Statistical Analysis of Parliaments and Legislatures for Dabblers – 25 May

Sign up for Statistical Analysis of Parliaments and Legislatures for Dabblers workshop

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April 2018 newsletter

Welcome to the April edition of our newsletter. It’s a long one this time! We have lots and lots of announcements, including:

    1. Specialist Group of the Year!
    2. PSA Annual Conference 2018 – success
    3. New Treasurer
    4. Date for your diary: our annual conference
    5. Exploring Parliament – launch and discount code
    6. Workshop: Lawyering for Legislatures
    7. Summer School: Parliamentary Democracy in Rome
    8. Reminder: quantitative methods workshop
    9. Reminder: Essay Competition
    10. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know (including events, new research projects, grants, publications, etc.). Or other ideas for the group and feedback for us, they’re welcome too!

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán @S_Haughey


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Our #PSA18 recap

A quick report on the PSA Parliaments group’s activities at the Political Studies Association international annual conference 2018.

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Exploring Parliament launched at Westminster

Launch of Exploring Parliament textbook at the House of Commons