Grace Cooper

@uoypolitics.bsky.social thank you for hosting us!

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.

Thank you Christina! Or even Leeds next year??? 😉

Honourable members interjecting. The SPEAKER — Order! Mr Micallef — What is the difference between you and a bucket of shit? The SPEAKER — Order! The honourable member has used an unparliamentary expression. I ask him to withdraw. Mr MICALLEF (Springvale) — I withdraw ‘bucket’. The SPEAKER — Order! An unqualified withdrawal please!

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 Specialist Group convening team

@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!

@uoypolitics.bsky.social @whiteroseuc.bsky.social @psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Here's a draft of the conference schedule:

I am a little bit biased but York is an amazing city and between the excellent papers, the historical venue, the Christmas markets, as well as the excellent food and drinks organised, its shaping up to be a really great conference! We hope to see you in York in November!

You still have to register via this link even if you submitted a paper (whether for the ECR workshop or the main conference) and it was accepted. The deadline for registrations is 14th November.

The deadline for submission of papers has passed, and the conference registration window has now opened. The link to register is below: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Or please see the PSA Parliaments website at: psaparliaments.org/annual-confe...

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!

And finally last, but not least, we have the @uoypolitics.bsky.social research jamboree tomorrow where @katelong.bsky.social and I will present our forthcoming paper

@katelong.bsky.social and I then presented our paper on climate mini public professional networks at the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference In Thessaloniki. Thank you to @oliverescobar.bsky.social for your detailed feedback!

Then last week I presented at the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference with @sgparliaments.bsky.social

Thank you in particular to @marcgeddes.uk @calixtebloquet.bsky.social and the rest of the sg team for organising a great conference!

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....

Also a massive thank you to @whiteroseuc.bsky.social for sponsoring the PGR pre-conference paper workshop!

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!

I’m so grateful to the team for the opportunity to be involved, even just a little bit, on the project! I’m chuffed for you!

🎓 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!