IParl-Research Colloquium

Our colloquium meetings are primarily conceived as a forum for the exchange of ideas and serve to discuss ongoing and completed research projects on topics of parliamentarism and "related" areas such as party or electoral research.

Researchers as well as people with an interest in parliamentarianism are cordially invited to present their research projects or results, scientific qualification theses or project ideas with practical relevance and to discuss them with us. Master's students and doctoral candidates are also expressly invited. The presentations can be given in German or English.

The colloquium takes place on Thursdays from 10 am to 12 pm in the IParl and hybrid on request. If you are interested, please write an email with a few words about your topic to pyschny@iparl.de.

Download: Colloquium schedule for the first half of 2023
Schedule 2023

19 January, 2023, 10:00 to 12:00

  • Candidacies in the Multi-level System. CandiData-idea, Status quo and Next Steps, Presentation of a research project by Daniel Hellmann and Dr. Danny Schindler (IParl)

23 February 2023, 10:00 to 12:00

  • The changing functions of parliamentary committees: locating and evaluating ‘evidence’ by select committees in the UK House of Commons, Presentation of the results of a research project by Dr. Marc Geddes (University of Edinburgh)

6 April 2023, 10:00 to 12:00

  • So close but still too far away from Power? A Longitudinal Analysis of Women in Top Positions in the European Parliament (1994- 2019), Presentation of PhD project by Sophie Kopsch (Université de Namur)

4 May 2023, 10:00 to 12:00

  • Hostile or Consensual? A Comparative Study of Personal Attacks and Positive Self-Reference in Exchances between the Conservatives and the SNP in the Prime Minister´s Questions and First Minister´s Questions, Presentation of a research project by Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler (University of Stirling)

8 June 2023, 10:00 to 12:00

  • How Many Parliamentary Roles and Who Gets to Play What? A Latent Class Analysis of Backbench Activity and Fictitious
    Prediction of Role Incumbency in the UK House of Commons, 2001-2019, Presentation of a research project by Dr. Stephen Holden Bates (University of Birmingham)