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‘Being There’: Value, Impact and Practical Challenges of being an Academic Fellow in Parliament

Have you ever wondered what it is like to conduct your research in parliament? The UK legislatures host a number of fellowship schemes, including in partnership with various...

Mark Bennister on the election of a new Speaker for the House of Commons

Electing a new Speaker: what happens next? After over ten years as Speaker, John Bercow has announced his intention to stand down at the end of October. As for...

Select Committee Membership, Parliamentary Roles and Parliamentary Careers

Steve McKay and colleagues from Coventry University and the University of Birmingham, have had an article on MPs’ membership of select committees published in Parliamentary Affairs. It suggests...

Effectiveness of select committees

Steve McKay and colleagues from Birmingham, Coventry and the LSE have published two blogs on the PSA Parliaments Group website. One examines the effectiveness of select committees in...

Call for papers – PSA Parliaments and Legislatures Annual Conference

PSA Parliaments and Legislatures Annual Conference Details of annual conference. This year, the conference will take place in Cardiff, at the National Assembly for Wales, on Thursday, 07...

Mark Bennister presents at workshop on ethnography in Parliament

Mark Bennister gave a presentation on his work at the PSA Parliaments and Legislatures qualitative methods workshop on ethnography in Parliament in May 2019.        

Hugh Bochel visits University of Malta

Hugh Bochel visited the University of Malta from 30 April to 3 May, including to give two talks on Brexit. The visit was facilitated by Dr Jean Claude...

Article published on the scrutiny of legislation

‘Evidence-informed or Value-based? Exploring the Scrutiny of Legislation in the UK Parliament’, in the Journal of Legislative Studies, by Phil Begley, Catherine Bochel, Hugh Bochel, Andrew Defty, Jan...

Hugh Bochel participates in round table on SDG 16

Hugh Bochel participated in an academic round table, ‘Towards better data for Sustainable Development Goal 16: how to measure parliamentary effectiveness’, hosted by the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy/Westminster...