IPSA 2014

Here are the Panels for RC08 Legislative Specialists at IPSA World Congress, Montreal 2014 RCLS panels 2014 accepted

Publications

Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare Strøm are currently putting the finishing touches on the Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, which will hopefully be published in 2014

Joint Sessions 2014

Joint Sessions of Workshops Hanna Bäck (University of Lund) and Bjørn-Erik Rasch (University of Oslo) have been successful in their application to organise a Workshop on ‘The Evolution of Parliamentarism and its Political Consequences‘ at the 2014 Joint Sessions of Workshops

Summer School

Sam Depauw (VUB) will host the third Summer School in Brussels. The Summer School is likely to be held in August. The venue will be published on the Standing Group’s website in due course.

SG General Conference

Wolfgang C. Müller (University of Vienna) will host the Group’s second General Conference in Vienna. The conference is likely to be in May or June 2014. Further information will be published on the Standing Group’s new website in due course.

Goodbye Shane Martin, hello Thomas Saalfeld!

Goodbye to Co-convenor Shane Martin, hello to Thomas Saalfeld At the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Mainz, Dr. Shane Martin (Dublin City University) stood down as Co-convenor. Shane Martin has been a driving force behind the Group’s achievements. He co-directed the first two Summer Schools and hosted the Group’s inaugural General Conference in Dublin last Goodbye Shane Martin, hello Thomas Saalfeld!