Research Year in Parliament

The "Research Year in Parliament" is awarded annually and supports a research project on a topic relevant to Parliament. Researchers from all academic disciplines are invited to submit their ideas.

Are you involved in a parliament-related research project, do you need access to the knowledge resources of the Austrian Parliament and would you like to exchange ideas directly with experts from the Parliamentary Administration?

Then submit your idea for the "Research Year in Parliament" which is annually awarded by the Parliamentary Administration. The initiative offers a contract for a scientific research project, in the total amount of EUR 16,000.00 gross. A project will be selected by the Scientific Advisory Board.

The "Research Year in Parliament" begins in the autumn of each year. The project is supposed to: (i) use the knowledge resources of the Austrian Parliament ("Digital Bibliography of Parliamentary Research", archive, library, databases, parliamentary materials, etc.) and, thus, contribute to their contextualization and development, (ii) contribute to current scientific debates, and (iii) be relevant for parliamentary processes, the information activities of the Austrian Parliament and the provision of knowledge in and by the Parliamentary Administration.

Themenbild Parlamentsforschung

The Selection Process

The call for submissions opens in December 2023 and closes on March 21, 2024. In the subsequent review phase, the documents received will be checked for formal criteria and prepared for the decision of the Scientific Advisory Board.

On April 26, 2024, the Scientific Advisory Board will meet to select a project for the "Research Year in Parliament" 2024. The selected project will be publicly announced and presented at the Day of Parliamentary Research on June 20, 2024. The research year will start between August 1, 2024 and October 1, 2024.

Research Year in Parliament 2024 – Illustration, as of December 5, 2023

Scientific Advisory Board

Since May 2023, the Scientific Advisory Board has been composed as follows:

  • Susanne Janistyn-Novák, Deputy Secretary General of the Austrian Parliament
  • Daniel Barben, Professor: Head of the Department of Science, Technology and Society Studies, University of Klagenfurt
  • Zoe Lefkofridi, Professor of Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality: Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg
  • Maria Stopfner, Senior Lecturer and Senior Researcher: Department of German Studies, University of Innsbruck and Institute for Applied Linguistics, Eurac Research
  • Felix Uhlmann, Professor: Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Co-Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, Chair for Constitutional and Administrative Law as well as Legislative Studies