Presentations and Briefings

2010



  • "Nigeria Legislative Study: Rules, Rents & Roles." AFR GAC in Africa Learning Series, Session # 13, World Bank, 22 June 2010. (Peter Lewis)

  • “The African Legislatures Project: Early Findings.” AFR GAC in Africa Learning Series, Session # 13, World Bank, 22 June 2010. (Joel D. Barkan, Robert Mattes, and Shaheen Mozaffar)

  • “New Knowledge About African Legislatures”, Research Seminar, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, 27 May 2010. (Shaheen Mozaffar and Joel D. Barkan)

  • “What Do We Know About African Citizens, Legislators and Legislatures? Presentation to Africa Day Panel on “The State of Democracy in Africa: Advance or Retreat?”  University of Cape Town, 25 May 2010. (Presentation by Robert Mattes and Joel D. Barkan. Other presentations by Dr Somaduda Fikeni and Prof Kwesi Prah and Chaired by Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo).

  • “The African Legislatures Project: First Findings.”  Presentation to the Committee on Committees, Oversight and Information Communication Technology, South African National Assembly, 18 May 2010. (Robert Mattes and Tim Hughes)

  • "The African Legislatures Project: First Findings," UCLA Seminar on African Elections: Quality and Impact, 19 April, 2010. (Joel D. Barkan, Robert Mattes and Shaheen Mozaffar)

2009



  • "The Pressures for Constituency Service: Data from the African Legislatures Project," Presentation to the SUNY Albany Conference on Constituency Development Finds, 8-9 December 2009 (Joel D. Barkan, Robert Mattes, Shaheen Mozaffar)

  • “The African Legislatures Project: First Findings,” Presentation to Conference on Presidential-Legislative Relations, University of Oxford, UK, 13-14 November 2009. (Joel D. Barkan)

  • “The African Legislatures Project: Introduction and Preliminary Findings.”  Presentation at Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, 29 October 2009. (Shaheen Mozaffar)

  • Report on ALP: "The African Legislatures Project: First Findings" (Robert Mattes, Joel Barkan, Shaheen Mozaffar, Kimberly Smiddy), presented to UK Department for International Development 27 July 2009 (presentation by Shaheen Mozaffar)

2008



  • "The African Legislatures Project: Initial Findings” at Conference on “Enhancing the Effectiveness of Parliaments: Challenges and Opportunities,” Wilton Park, October 28-30, 2008. (presentation by Robert Mattes, Shaheen Mozaffar, Kimberly Smiddy and Joel Barkan)

  • “Understanding Legislatures in Africa’s Emerging Democracies: A Preliminary Report from the African Legislatures Project.” American Political Science Association, Boston, Aug 28-31, 2008 (Robert Mattes)

  • “Context, Contingency and Electoral Reform.” American Political Science Association, Boston, Aug 28-31, 2008 (Robert Mattes)

  • “Understanding Legislative Oversight in Africa’s Emerging Democracies.” International Political Science Association Research Committee of Legislative Specialists Conference on “Legislative Oversight, Influence, and Autonomy: Changing the Balance of Power,” SUNY, Albany, August 24-26 2008. (Presentation by Robert Mattes, Kimberly Smiddy)

  • “Understanding Legislatures in Emerging Democracies: Africa in Comparative Perspective.” European Consortium for Political Research Workshop, University of Rennes, France, April 11-16, 2008 (presentation by Robert Mattes)

2007



  • "Higher Education and Legislatures in Africa: A Research Agenda" presented to Higher Education and Research Advocacy Network, November 13 2007 (Kimberly Smiddy)

  • "Executive-Legislative Relations in Africa: Preliminary Research Findings" presented to SADC PF October 20 2007 (Kimberly Smiddy)

  • “The Consequences of Electoral System Design for Democratic Citizenship in Africa.” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Conference on “Electoral Systems and Accountability: Options for Electoral Reforms in South Africa,” Cape Town, August 28, 2007. (Presentation by Robert Mattes, Joel Barkan, Shaheen Mozaffar, Kimberly Smiddy)

  • “Legislative Research in Africa: Future Directions.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 5 2007 (Robert Mattes)

  • “The Impact of AIDS on Parliament.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 5 2007 (Per Strand)

  • “Understanding Executive-Legislative Relations in Africa’s Emerging Democracies.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 5 2007 (Shaheen Mozaffar)

  • “USAID Legislative Strengthening Efforts in Africa.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 5 2007 (Monica Koep)

  • “Mozambique´s Assembly of the Republic - Learning to Crawl Before Learning to Walk.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 4 2007 (Elisabete Azevedo)

  • “National Assembly of Zambia: Resources and Capacity.” African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 4 2007 (Shana Warren)

  • “The Tanzanian Legislature (The “BUNGE”): Assessing Organizational Resources And Capacity.”  African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy conference, UCT, June 4 2007 (Baffour Agreyman-Duah)

  • Presentation on Legislative Capacity in Nigeria. African Legislatures: Integrating Research and Policy Conference, UCT, June 4 2007 (Dr Ladi Hamalai)