On day 5 of our SGParliaments Summer School on Parliaments, Tiffany D. Barnes delivered a great workshop on *who enters parliaments, why, and with what effects*, and shared valuable key insights in a Q&A on *how to get published*. More to come, check out: ecpr.eu/Events/265

That's a wrap! Two more lectures (@tomlouwerse/Markus Wagner) and a tour of the State Parliament of Hesse conclude the final week of our SGParliaments Summer School on Parliaments 2024 (w/ @Jan_Berz, Christian Stecker, Thomas Zittel). Fantastic lectures and paper presentations!

@tomlouwerse Markus Wagner SGParliaments @Jan_Berz Christian Stecker 🏆 The *Kaare Strøm Prize 2024* is awarded to Thijs Vos (Thijs Vos) with his paper on *Legislative voting in subnational legislatures*. Additionally, the committee honorably mentions the papers by Mathis Brinkmann (@brinkmanship_m) and Gaya Stav Mashiach. Congrats!

Reminder! There are only two days left to submit workshop proposals for European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions. We are happy to endorse a session focusing on parliaments and legislatures - please get in touch. More details: ecpr.eu/JointSessions

The UK PSA Parliaments is hosting its annual conference in Cardiff on Friday 22 November - the Call for Papers is still open until 16 September. More details: psaparliaments.org/annual-confere…

🎉 Congratulations to Thijs Vos for winning the 2024 Kaare Strøm Prize for his paper on legislative voting in subnational legislatures! The committee also gives honourable mentions to papers by @brinkmanship_m and Gaya Stav Mashiach! Photo from Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social)

📘 A new issue of Legislative Studies Quarterly was released in August, covering a range of papers, from question time in the Finnish Parliament to gender and political experience - and lots more! For the full Table of Contents, click here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399162/c… 🦉

Save the Date! 🚨 Our next annual conference will take place in Barcelona on 2-4 July 2025! We will send out further details via our newsletter in due course - please message us if you have questions. 🦉

⚙️ SGParliaments endorsed #ecprjs25 🇨🇿 Workshop 💡 Seeks Papers on how & why political power & influence remain ♂️♀️ gendered, even where the gender balance has improved 🎬 Ragnhild L Muriaas & @CoffeHilde ⏳ 21 Nov #GenderEquality #Parliaments #Intersectionality ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…

Happy to have contributed a chapter on “Legislatures and legislative behaviour” with @HannaEBack to the Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (elgaronline.com/edcollbook/boo…). Thank you very much for the invitation to write such a chapter for the handbook, Rahel Freiburghaus (b/sky) and Adrian!

🦉 Would you like to get more involved with our Standing Group? We are currently organising our section proposal for the European Consortium for Political Research General Conference in August 2025 in Greece and looking for potential chairs/discussants. Please reach out if you are interested in contributing! 🙋‍♀️

Download my latest publication with George Mikros on #AI solutions for legislative drafting! Published by EU Publications, it breaks down our European Commission DG DIGIT study, assessing AI-driven "smart functionalities" & exploring #LLMs in #lawmaking. data.europa.eu/doi/10.2799/68…

📝 Workshop alert! What are the (gendered) pathways to power in parliaments and beyond? Francesca Feo, Ragnhild L Muriaas and @CoffeHilde are organising an European Consortium for Political Research Joint Session on this topic: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…. You have until 21 Nov to submit your paper! 🦉

I am delighted to have joined the European Consortium for Political Research (#ECPR) Standing Group on #Parliaments SGParliaments. Looking forward to engaging with fellow members and contributing to discussions and initiatives in this vibrant community. ecpr.eu/group/parliame…

💻 Submitted a Panel or Paper proposal for SGParliaments Conference? ✍️ Submissions close in 3 weeks ⤵️ 🌟 Join for a rich academic programme and exclusive social events! 📆 2–4 July 🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcelona ⏰ Wed 12 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/319

👉 The call for papers for our conference in Barcelona is open 🌟 Our conference brings together scholars to share cutting-edge research 🙋‍♀️ We welcome all papers, embracing theoretical, empirical and methodological diversity 🦉 Find out more here: ecpr.eu/Events/319

🙋‍♀️ Do you have news about research on parliaments that you would like us to share? Feel free to message us any time and we will get the word out! 🦉

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