PiP | Research

At a distance: Parliaments in the Pandemic

BySTS 2024-11-142024-11-19

In a recent interview at the “Portal für Politikwissenschaft”, Petra Guasti and Sven T. Siefken talked about the preliminary findings of the international collaboration on Parliaments in the Pandemic. The interview is available (in German) here: https://www.pw-portal.de/repraesentation-und-parlamentarismus/ueberblick/welche-rolle-spielten-parlamente-in-der-pandemie-interview-mit-petra-guasti-und-sven-t-siefken

photo: Deutscher Bundestag / Simone M. Neumann

Cartography of the Legislative Process

BySTS 2023-10-312024-09-09

Graphic descriptions of the legislative process usually focus on what is going on “in” parliament – while neglecting the preparliamentary phases of bill preparation. But there is a lot of coordination, negotiation and public engagement happening in this less formalized phase. Bringing together the special skills of designers (with an interest in politics) and political…

Crises | PiP

Parliaments in the Pandemic – Working Groups

BySTS 2022-08-082024-09-08

In-depth analysis in the international collaboration on “Parliaments in the Pandemic” underway. Based on the expert panel survey (comprising 380 questions), researchers will now analyse how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected parliaments. Nine Working Groups have been installed for the analysis. More about the collaboration on Parliaments in the Pandemic: https://ipsa-rcls.org/pip

Committees | Parliaments | Publications | Research

Parliamentary Committees in Paperback

BySTS 2023-06-272024-09-08

The edited volume on Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process, edited by Sven T. Siefken and Hilmar Rommetvedt, is now available in paperback. It brings together parliamentary experts from around the world to report on the state of knowledge about what is going on in committees and how relevant they really are. More here https://www.routledge.com/Parliamentary-Committees-in-the-Policy-Process/Siefken-Rommetvedt/p/book/9780367617950

Legislation | Publications | Research

How Much Legislating in a Legislature?

BySTS 2024-05-212024-09-08

The academic journal „The Theory and Practice of Legislation“ has published a new special issue titled „How much legislating in a legislature? Democratisation, de-democratisation and beyond“. It compiles various case studies on recent development of democracy, among them Poland, Indonesia, India and Bolivia. They shine a light on how parliaments suffer from processes of de-democratization,…

Engagement | Parliaments | Research

Roundtable on Public Engagement

BySTS 2023-10-262024-09-08

Engaging the public in the work of parliament has been long practiced. To be in close exchange with the people is indeed a precondition for a successful parliament. In recent years, instruments and processes have been developed, tested and compared that institutionalize engagement. A special issues of the Journal of Legislative Studies looks at thoses…

Parliaments | PiP

Irish Parliament: What to learn from the crisis?

BySTS 2023-01-202023-01-20

In its 2023 workshop, the leadership of the parliamentary administration of the Houses of the Oireachtas discussed with Sven T. Siefken what can be learned from the pandemic situation for their own work in future crises – and in „normal“ situations, too

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