Workshop of
Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians
RESEARCH PAPERS
2026 WORKSHOP (25-26 JULY)
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Juan de Dios Cincunengui (Session 1 Plenary)
Parliaments at the centre of the storm: democratic control, systemic risk and Artificial Intelligence
Juan de Dios Cincunengui, Universidad Austral
Marci Harris, Aubrey Wilson, Chloe Ladd and Caitlin McNally (Session 1 Plenary)
Leapfrogging legislative modernisation: through AI-enabled digitalisation for resource-constrained parliaments
Marci Harris, Aubrey Wilson, Chloe Ladd and Caitlin McNally, POPVOX
Kevin W. Settles (Session 1 Plenary)
Augmented institutions: how AI becomes institutionalised in parliamentary governance
Kevin W. Settles, Institute for Parliamentary Research, Berlin
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Anton Morgun, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Franklin de Vrieze (Session 2A)
Post-legislative scrutiny in the Ukrainian Parliament
Anton Morgun, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Franklin de Vrieze, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
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Tom Caygill (Session 2A)
Post-legislative scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament
Spyridoula-Anna Pappa (Session 2A)
Three-to-five years on: post-legislative scrutiny of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 in the UK Parliament
Spyridoula-Anna Pappa, University of Law, London
Azyan Shafee, Dina Miza binti Suhaimi, and Mohammad Anas B. Khairul Anuar (Session 2B)
PSSC’s Inquiry on Women’s Political Participation in Malaysia: The Legislative Pathway of Evidence Translation
Azyan Shafee, Dina Miza binti Suhaimi, and Mohammad Anas B. Khairul Anuar, Parliament of Malaysia
Andrea Cullen (Session 3A)
Institutional encounters of identity and authority: exploring the duality of petitions and petitioning by First Nations Australians
Andrea Cullen, University of Sydney
Robert B. Swetlic (Session 3A)
Assessing the securitization of citizenship: analysis of parliamentary debate during the passage of the Deprivation of Citizenship (Effect During Appeal) Act 2025
Robert B. Swetlic, Wayne State University
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Ernest Darfour and Ebeneza Djietror (Session 3A)
Procedural reform in the Parliament of Ghana: political will, institutional inertia, and the push-pull dynamics of change across six parliamentary terms
Ernest Darfour and Ebeneza Djietror, Parliament of Ghana
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Nina Chanturia (Session 3B)
Parliamentary Oversight of the Executive in the OSCE Region
Nina Chanturia, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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Khemvirg Puente (Session 3B)
When Parliaments Stop Thinking:
Parliamentary Knowledge and Legislative Insitutionalisation in Mexico
Khemvirg Puente, UNAM-Mexico
Sven T. Siefken, Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung, and Frederik Kampe (Session 4A)
The atlas of political design – mapping and explaining the legislative process in Germany
Sven T. Siefken, Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung, and Frederik Kampe, Gestaltungszentrale Politik e.V.
Spyridoula-Anna Pappa (Session 4A)
Democracy in the details: how the UK House of Lords scrutiny of delegated legislation sets a global standard
Spyridoula-Anna Pappa, University of Law, London
Ylenia Maria Citino (Session 4B)
The national reach of parliaments in the global battle for AI regulation
Ylenia Maria Citino, eCampus University (Novemdrste)
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Aisha Al Asmi, Maimouna Alrushheidi and Ethar Al Kharousai (Session 4B)
The digital transformation in Omani parliamentary assemblies: a case study of the ‘Entakheb’ Application
Aisha Al Asmi, Maimouna Alrushheidi and Ethar Al Kharousai, Sultanate of Oman
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Rogier Huizenga (Plenary Session 5)
The work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Rogier Huizenga, Manager, Human Rights Programme, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Nina Chanturia (Plenary Session 5)
The work of the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Nina Chanturia, Democratic Governance Officer, ODIHR
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Derek Luyten (Plenary Session 5)
The work of the House Democracy Partnership
Derek Luyten, Executive Director, House Democracy Partnership
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Fotios Fitsilis and Bruce Todd (Session 6A)
Policy, legislative and oversight measures required for integrating new technologies in counter-terrorism
Fotios Fitsilis, Hellenic Parliament and Universidad Austral, and Bruce Todd, independent researcher
Topias Favorin and Tapio Raunio (Session 6A)
Intelligence agencies and parliamentary debates: who refers to information by intelligence authorities and why?
Topias Favorin and Tapio Raunio, Tampere University
Robert Swetlic (Session 6B)
Who’s deputy? The continual construction of the office of deputy to the British Prime Minister
Robert Swetlic, Wayne State University
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Oliver Kannenberg and Christian Ignorek (Session 6B)
The proud and the prejudices: MPs’ views on decision-making within Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs)
Oliver Kannenberg and Christian Ignorek, Institute for Parliamentary Research, Berlin
Azyan Shafee and Siti ‘A’Isyah Binti Che Osmi (Session 6B)
Democratising legislative inquiry: a case study of parliamentary town halls on school children bullying in Malaysia
Azyan Shafee and Siti ‘A’Isyah Binti Che Osmi, Parliament of Malaysia
Rogier Huizenga (Session 7 Plenary)
Violence against parliamentarians
Rogier Huizenga
Inter-Parliamentary Union
The Lord Norton of Louth University of Hull (Session 8 Plenary)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Strengthening Parliaments:
The public and parliamentary challenges
The Lord Norton of Louth
University of Hull
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