📣 Call for papers 📣 We’re excited to launch the call for papers for 'Teaching in the In-Between: Postgraduate Perspectives on SoTL, taking place at the University of York on Friday 17 July 2026.

Our Parliaments Specialist Group's annual conference has come to a close! Thank you to all that came and everyone who contributed to the discussions during the panels and the events.

Hansard moments I think about far too often

We are getting ready to kick off our annual PSA Parliaments conference! Thank you @gracecooper1.bsky.social for organising! Amazing venue at King’s Manor at the University of York! #PSAParl25

✨Our very own @gracecooper1.bsky.social of @york.ac.uk is now presenting on the processes of political advocacy for refugees in @ukparliament.parliament.uk committees ✨ #PSAParl25

@psa-parliaments.bsky.social thank you to the convenors of the group, especially a big shout-out to @gracecooper1.bsky.social for organising both the venue and the events over the two days!

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 🎉 The PSA Parliaments Annual Conference 2025 will be hosted by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York in conjunction with The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership on the 27th-28th November!

I’ve had an amazing summer presenting my research on representation networks in the UK Parliament! In July I attended the @sgparliaments.bsky.social conference in Barcelona. Got some great feedback, did a tour of the Catalan parliament and got some sightseeing in…

Back from a fun week in Greece for @ecpr.bsky.social 's General Conference! It was great to hear such interesting research on democratic innovations, particularly surrounding intersectionality, institutionalisation and new understandings of the political economy of the field.

Myself and @gracecooper1.bsky.social presented our paper on climate mini-public professionals in the UK, which uses a qualitative social network analysis to understand the dynamics behind deliberative standards and practices. Massive thanks to everyone who spoke to us and engaged with this research!

My first paper is out in @bjpir.bsky.social ! 🎉 It looks at a novel dataset of local climate mini-publics in the UK, and how organisers justify their implementation. Full paper: journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/doi/epub/10....

I’m really pleased that the @psa-parliaments.bsky.social conference will be at @uoypolitics.bsky.social this November! If you work in the field of parliaments or legislative studies please consider applying More details on the website: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...

Not long till I’m off to the airport for the @sgparliaments.bsky.social conference in Barcelona to present my research on select committees and representation networks. It’s also my first international conference which is equal measures nerve wracking and exciting!

Another very busy #PSA25 conference over :) Started the week by officially joining the @psa-parliaments.bsky.social team. Chaired an excellent panel on Parliament as a workplace, and then presented with @katelong.bsky.social on our upcoming paper on climate mini-publics

Rounding up our morning panel is Andre Vella of @unibirmingham.bsky.social who is presenting part of his doctoral research into parliamentary immunity #PSA25

@louisevthompson.bsky.social is back, joined by @alexprior.bsky.social, discussing the effectiveness of parliamentary member organisations, namely the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association #PSA25

First up on our panel is @jamesweinberg1.bsky.social presenting his research on the mental health of politicians and, in particular, the stresses faced by new politicians

Panel on "Parliament as a workplace and organisational practices" chaired by @gracecooper1.bsky.social – our new Events Officer!

🎓 A fun, productive time at @psa-parliaments.bsky.social Annual Conference at @seneddcymru.bsky.social in Cardiff! 📑 Delighted to present my paper on parliamentary scrutiny of intergovernmental relations at the ECR workshop! 💬 Grateful to chair the first conference panel on 25 yrs of devolution!

Had the best time at @psa-parliaments.bsky.social annual conference 🤍 some amazing research presented today

We won the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding Public Policy Impact last night. An inspiring evening, learning about projects making profound differences, highlighting the power of research (see: Yvonne McDermott Rees; @richardmoorhead.bsky.social; and many more)

Still en route to @psa-parliaments.bsky.social conference! Eventually made it to Bristol… Cardiff here I come 🤍