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Research agenda and projects

Projects in progress 

  • Urgent Questions in the UK House of Commons (with Prof. Meg Russell)​​​​

  • Informality and informal institutions in parliaments 

  • The Parliament in voters' minds (with Dr Chris Butler and Dr Ben Worthy)

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Research interests and expertise

  • Parliaments, parliamentary politics and procedure in democracies

  • Prime ministers, ministers, and their relationship with parliaments in democracies

  • The UK Parliament

  • The comparative study of institutions, and comparative research design

  • Mixed-methods research design

  • Qualitative research methods

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I am always interested in new projects related to these areas, please get in touch if you think we could work together on a paper!​

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Recent publications

Serban, R. (2025) ‘Questions to the Prime Minister in the Canadian House of Commons: Transformation or tweak?’, Parliamentary Affairs, (First View: September 2025) (Available here)

 

Serban R., Luke Hussey and Peter Kerr. (2025) ‘Questioning the Government’, in C. Leston-Bandeira, L. Thompson, A. Meakin (eds.) Exploring Parliament, Second Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

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Serban, R. (2023). Conflictual behaviour in legislatures: Exploring and explaining adversarial remarks in oral questions to prime ministers. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, First View August 2023 (Available here)

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Serban, R. (2023). The practice of accountability in questioning Prime Ministers: Comparative evidence from Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the UK. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 25(1), 42–63. (Available here) (First View November 2021)

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Russell, M., & Serban, R. (2022). Why it Is Indeed Time for the Westminster Model to Be Retired from Comparative Politics. Government and Opposition, 57(2), 370-384. (Available here) (First View November 2021)

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Serban, R. (2022). How are prime ministers held to account? Exploring procedures and practices in 31 parliamentary democracies. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 28(2), 155-178.  (Available here) (First View December 2020)

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Russell, M., & Serban, R. (2021). The Muddle of the 'Westminster Model': A Concept Stretched Beyond Repair. Government and Opposition, 56(4), 744-764. (Available here)  (First View July 2020) 

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Bates, S., Kerr, P. and Serban R., (2018) ‘Questioning the Government’, in C. Leston-Bandeira and L. Thompson (eds.) Exploring Parliament, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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                                        Other academic outputs

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​Serban, R. ‘Does the Westminster Model matter anymore?’ (Forthcoming 2026). Video in Oxford Explains: British Politics, M. Flinders, N. Sablan, L. Martin (eds.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

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Serban, R. (2019). Last Word: How are Prime Ministers Held to Account? Political Insight, 10(1), 40. (Available here)

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