parliament

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...

Possible workshop event on parliamentary leadership

The PSA Parliaments Group and PSA Political Leadership Group are exploring a possible academic event/workshop to consider leadership in parliaments, such as the changing role of the Speaker,...

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.        

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...

Article on policy success and failure published

‘Assessing Policy Success and Failure: Targets, Aims and Processes’, in Policy Studies, by Phil Begley, Catherine Bochel, Hugh Bochel, Andrew Defty, Jan Gordon, Kaisa Hinkkainen, Ben Kisby, Steve...

ParliLinc staff participate in workshop on academic fellows in parliaments

Mark Bennister, Catherine Bochel and Hugh Bochel participated in a workshop, ‘Academic Fellows in Parliament: Impact, Lessons and Challenges’, held at the House of Commons on 16 November...