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Call for Papers: #PSA22

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date September 3, 2021

We are delighted to launch our call for papers for the PSA Parliaments panels within the 2022 PSA Annual Conference (#PSA22).

The conference is currently planned to be a blend of a physical and digital event taking place online and in York, between 10-13 April 2022 with the theme: Politics from the Margins. Full details of the conference, including the current plans for digital-only attendees can be found here.

If you would like to present a paper or organise a panel under the auspices of the PSA Parliaments group, then please submit the relevant form(s), which can be found below, to Alexandra and Stephen by Monday 4th October.

Paper proposal form for #PSA22 Download

Panel proposal form for #PSA22 Download

We welcome papers from PhD students through to professors and we are fully committed to avoiding manels. We are also seeking to increase the proportion of papers on our panels from people from an ethnic minority background so please get in touch with Alexandra or Stephen if you come from an ethnic minority background and would like to discuss how your research could be highlighted on our panels.

Tags #PSA22, conference, PSA, PSA Parliaments, York

Events

PSA Conference Panels

We’re delighted to announce our panels for the PSA Annual Conference 2021, which is taking place online 29^th-31^st March.

Thank you to everyone who submitted paper and panel proposals – we have a fantastic selection of research to showcase over five panels as detailed below.

Registration is now open. We look forward to seeing you virtually!

Questions, content, and language in parliamentary proceedings

Issue Ownership vs Wave-Riding: an evaluation of Priority Congruence between political parties and the public in Questions to the Prime Minister (Mark Shepherd, Mia McGraith Burns)

PMQs and FMQs: A comparative analysis of personalisation and face-threatening acts in questions to Ministers (Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler)

Language and Participation in Turbulent Times: A linguistic analysis of turn-taking and floor apportionment in the in the UK House of Commons 2018-2020 (Sylvia Shaw)

Representation and diversity in the legislature

From Designing to Building a Feminist House: Proxy Voting for ‘Baby Leave’, A Case Study (Sarah Childs)

From Candidate to Elected Member: How does Structured and Informal Induction Shape the Roles of MPs in the UK and Canada? (Louise Cockram)

Doing the Lords’ Business: How Pre-Political Careers Shape Legislative Engagement in the British House of Lords (David Parker, Allison Reinhardt, Sheridan Johnson)

Server to the People: Measuring Dyadic Representation Using Twitter Data (Daniel Braby, Marius Sältzer)

Parliamentary relations and powers

Legitimacy and Representative Democracy: Inter-parliamentary Relations in the Devolved UK (Margaret Arnott)

Minority government in the UK: Why do they form? (Andrew Jones)

Parliamentary impact on Government legislation: the Scottish Parliament from 1999-2019 (Steven MacGregor)

Parliamentary Influence on Brexit Legislation: Who, What, and When?’ (Tom Fleming)

Parliament’s relationship with anti-corruption agencies in Indonesia, Pakistan and the Maldives (Franklin De Vrieze)

Parliaments and the pandemic

Small parties and legislatures during the coronavirus pandemic (Louise Thompson, Alexandra Meakin)

Impact of House of Common hybrid proceeding on members participation during COVID-19 pandemic (Wang Leung Ting)

Voices of European Parliament: Concerns, Expectations and Opportunities for EU and its International Partners During Covid-19 (Tugba Aydin Halisoglu)

Tags #PSA21, Belfast, conference, PSA, PSA Parliaments

Blog

Why do we blog, anyway?

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date December 7, 2016

By Marc Geddes

I have been Communications Officer for the PSA Specialist Group on Parliaments for almost two years, and I have loved it. It has allowed me to engage with a range of academics, researchers, students and practitioners to help disseminate their research whilst also promoting the study of parliaments and legislatures across the UK. The main way that I have sought to do this is through our website, and especially through our blogs, which cover topical issues or overviews of legislatures. But why does this even matter? Why should parliamentary and legislative scholars be blogging? There are at least three reasons, and each relates to the audience that we are trying to engage: the public, practitioners, and academics.

Tags academia, blogging, impact, parliamentary studies, Political Studies Association, PSA, public engagement

Events News

One-Day Conference: “Making Parliaments Work: What Makes For an Effective Parliament?”

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date September 19, 2016

Politicians, the public, think-tanks, journalists and academics alike have increasingly focused in recent times on how parliaments and legislatures work and how to make them work better in terms of policy-making, representation, scrutiny and accountability. Yet, despite this focus, the evidence base for making judgments about the effectiveness of parliaments and legislatures is arguably not as extensive as it could be, perhaps partly because of methodological difficulties in assessing the influence, impact and power of these institutions.

Tags conference, legislative studies, parliaments, PSA

Blog

Reflections from the PSA/House of Commons Placement at the Petitions Committee

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date August 5, 2016

By Tom Caygill

Last year I was one of the lucky two applicants to be offered one of the PSA/House of Commons Committee Office placements. The placement was a great opportunity: to utilise the skills I use in my PhD in a different context, while developing new ones; to better understand the ethos of select committees; and to discuss my doctoral research with parliamentary staff, which has gone on to help shape my final research design.

Tags House of Commons, parliamentary scrutiny, Petitions Committee, placement scheme, Political Studies Association, post-legislative scrutiny, PSA, public engagement

Events News

Success at the PSA Annual Conference

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date April 4, 2016

We just wanted to share the great success that we had at the PSA Conference in Brighton last week – having held a range of panels and talks throughout Tuesday and Wednesday of the Conference.

Tags #psa16, PSA

News

Ten papers, three panels and two cakes: Our specialist group events at the PSA Conference

Post author By psaparliaments
Post date April 14, 2015

We had a fantastic few days in Sheffield last week for the annual PSA Conference. Our three panels were the perfect antidote to the horrible wet weather, with ten excellent papers followed by some very good comments and discussion.