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ECPR Standing Group Summer School on Parliaments

8 - 19 September 2014
Brussels, Belgium

Hosted by:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Supported by:
Standing Group on Parliaments
Application deadline
1 May 2014
Fees
750 EUR: Postgraduate students (ECPR member institutions) 850 EUR: Postgraduate students and advanced researchers (non-ECPR member institutions) 950 EUR: Practitioners (non-ECPR member institutions). Fees include all lectures, lecture materials, accommodation, lunches and social events. Not included: the cost of travel to and from Brussels and dinners.
Further information and booking


Target Audience

Doctoral students and junior scholars with research interests in the areas of parliamentary and legislative studies. In addition, the Summer School may be of interest to junior professional researchers attached to the research and administrative services of national and regional parliaments. For didactic reasons no more than 20 participants will be accepted



Objectives

The summer school takes place over two weeks in early September. The programme is built around a series of guest instructors who are leading scholars of comparative legislative studies. Thus, a different instructor will lead the discussion of a different topic each day.

The current plan calls for a series of nine key themes (one for each teaching day of the Summer school), each lead by a scholar writing and researching in that area. As such, the focus is rarely on one legislature but on topics that are typically core to understanding any legislature.

The daily academic programme will comprise two sessions. The morning session will see the instructor providing a detailed overview and assessment of the state of research on the topic with ample opportunities for questions and discussion. The afternoon session focuses on the discussion of two participant papers. Papers will be assigned in advance of the summer school to one of the instructors. Students will be expected to present their paper and receive feedback from other participants and the instructor/school director.

The programme features 9 central topics of legislative studies, each presented by a highly established scholar in the respective field. Please see the daily schedule for an overview of the topics and presenting scholars.







Contact: Sam Depauw