Description

This group focuses on the study of parliament and our members include single country specialists as well as those with comparative interests. Our research encompasses questions about executive-legislative relations, scrutiny, organisation and procedure, committees, institutional change and reform, parliamentary parties, representation, parliamentary careers, public engagement and trust.

Our members work on a wide range of legislatures, at national, sub-national and supra-national levels of governance, and encompass both modern and historical perspectives, as well as qualitative and quantitative approaches.

The group convenors are Stephen Holden Bates (s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk), Sean Haughey (sean.haughey@liverpool.ac.uk), Caroline Bhattacharya (caroline.bhattacharya@helsinki.fi) and Diana Stirbu (d.stirbu@londonmet.ac.uk). Our Communications Officer is Chris Monaghan (c.monaghan@worc.ac.uk), and our Treasurer and Membership Officer is Ruxandra Serban (r.serban@lse.ac.uk). Please get in touch if you would like further information or have any suggestions for the group.

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Contact Us

Stephen Holden Bates

Role: Convenor
Institution: University of Birmingham
s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk

 

Sean Haughey

Role: Convenor
Institution: University of Liverpool
sean.haughey@liverpool.ac.uk

 

Caroline Bhattacharya

Role: Convenor
Institution: University of Helsinki
caroline.bhattacharya@helsinki.fi

 

Diana Stirbu

Role: Convenor
Institution: London Metropolitan University
d.stirbu@londonmet.ac.uk

 

Chris Monaghan

Role: Communications Officer
Institution: University of Worcester
c.monaghan@worc.ac.uk

 

Ruxandra Serban

Role: Membership Officer and Treasurer 
Institution: London School Of Economics (LSE)
r.serban@lse.ac.uk

 

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Group Events

Specialist Group event
02 Nov
Deadline to Submit Abstracts 15 September 2023