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.
We organise an annual conference every year (usually in November), to bring together the latest research on the study of parliaments. We also host several panels at the PSA Annual Conference. Please keep an eye out for any communications about these events, including calls for papers. Every year we also host an ‘undergraduate essay competition’ to showcase the best work from our undergraduate students; please do keep an eye out for our call for nominations. The winner and runner up are invited to our conference.
The group convenors are listed on the right hand side of this page – please get in touch if you would like further information or have any suggestions of events you would like to see from the group.