We are delighted to confirm our panels for the Political Studies Association annual conference (PSA22), taking place in York and digitally in April 2022. We have five excellent panels, plus a round-table event Exploring Parliament: Looking to the Future. Full details of the timings and rooms can be found here.
How to be a parliamentarian? Representation and roles
- David C.W. Parker, Jeffrey L. Lazarus (Montana State University-Bozeman, Georgia State University): Bringing the Bacon Back to Bassetlaw: Distributive Politics and the UK Parliament
- Caroline Bhattacharya, Stephen Holden Bates, Stephen McKay (University of Helsinki, University of Birmingham, University of Lincoln): Backbench MPs’ roles, 1979-2019: a latent class analysis
- Luai Allarakia (University of Richmond): Dimensions of Conflict in the Absence of Programmatic Parties: The Case of Kuwait’s National Assembly
- Omomayowa Olawale Abati (Stellenbosch University): Is Lowering the Minimum Age of Candidacy Enough? The Politics of Youth Representation in Nigeria’s Lower National Legislature
Exploring Parliament: Looking to the Future
- Farrah Bhatti (Principal Clerk of Select Committees, House of Commons)
- Simon Burton (Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords)
- Sarah Childs (Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Jack Sheldon (Cambridge University)
How to be a parliamentarian: how do Members participate?
- Donald Keya Manyala, Benson Inzofu Mwale (Parliament of Kenya): Participation of Minority Legislators in Legislative Business at the National Assembly of Kenya
- Alia Middleton, Louise Thompson (University of Surrey, University of Manchester): The awkward squad? The parliamentary lives of former Prime Ministers
- Wang Leung Ting (London School of Economics and Political Science): Can you hear me? An analysis on how virtual proceeding affected the content and influence of legislative speeches
- Joel Martinsson (Linnaeus University / Swedish Parliament): Access Granted, Access Denied: When and why Swedish parliamentarians submit motions on behalf of special interest organizations
How MPs use old and new media and how old and new media affects MPs
- James Weinberg (University of Sheffield): “I’ve had to teach myself to laugh at people calling me a liar and ugly and fat and all the rest of it. And try to remember it’s not really about me, even the death threats.” Feelings of distrust, emotional labour and mental health in political office
- Tevfik Murat Yildirim, Gunnar Thesen (University of Stavanger, Norway): The Media Coverage and Public Visibility of Members of Parliament in the UK
- Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler (University of Stirling): Parliamentarians’ Communication Strategies: The Choice between being in Control and outsourcing Control to Parliamentary Assistants
Parliamentary powers, prerogatives, and public engagement
- Felix Wiebrecht (The Chinese University of Hong Kong): (Mis)Using Parliament: Why Do Legislatures Become Stronger in Authoritarian Regimes?
- James Strong (Queen Mary University of London): Did the UK War Powers Convention fundamentally change the House of Commons’ influence over the use of force?
- Temitayo Odeyemi, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Alexander Beresford (University of Leeds): From space invasion, to value mediation, and everything in-between: Situating non-state actors and Nigeria’s national-subnational legislative public engagement
- Alexandra Meakin (University of Leeds): Rebuilding the People’s Parliament – public engagement and the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
Comparative and inter-parliamentary analysis
- Margaret Arnott (University of the West of Scotland): Constitutional Governance and Common Frameworks: Interparliamentary Relations in the Devolved UK
- André Vella (University of Birmingham): Parliamentary Privilege in Commonwealth Legislatures
- Franklin De Vrieze (Westminster Foundation for Democracy): Measuring the oversight role of parliaments in public debt management
- Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler, Mark Shephard (University of Stirling, University of Strathclyde): Hostile or Consensual?: A Comparative Study of Personal Attacks and Positive Self-Reference in Exchanges between the Conservatives and SNP in PMQs and FMQs
Details of how to register can be found on the PSA22 website.
Thank you to everyone who submitted a paper proposal – we were very impressed with the high standard and look forward to seeing you in York!