Our Research

Our research team focuses on political science, natural language processing, large language models, and human-centred AI for democratic innovation. We work closely with policy experts and parliamentary data providers to ensure that our tools reflect real-world needs and constraints.

Workshops and Events

Accountable AI for a Transparent European Parliament?

Thursday, 1 October 2026 · Brussels, Belgium

LLMs and Access to Political Information

Tuesday, 12 May 2026 · University College Dublin, Ireland


Recent Publications and Presentations

13 publications and presentations

2026 — Conference

E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, T. Balogh, L. Luxton, Z. Greene, J.P. Cross, and D. Greene

"ParliView: An Experiment-Driven Platform for Parliamentary Transparency."

European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD'26), Naples, Italy. September 2026.

2026 — Conference

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

European Consortium for Political Research General Conference. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. September 2026.

2026 — Workshop

E. Cunningham, J.P. Cross, L. Luxton, T. Balogh, and D. Greene

"Auditing AI Chatbots as Sources of Electoral Information."

2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy, Naples, Italy. September 2026.

2026 — Conference

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

European Political Science Society Annual Conference. European Political Science Society, Belfast, UK. July 2026.

2026 — Conference

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

8th Annual Conference 2026 — The COMPTEXT Association. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. May 2026.

2026 — Conference

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

83rd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference. MPSA, Chicago, USA. May 2026.

2026 — Invited Talk

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

GESIS: Data Services for the Social Sciences seminar. GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany. May 2026.

2026 — Conference

T. Balogh, L. Luxton, E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, Z. Greene

"The Power of Conversation: A Survey Experiment on AI-generated Political Information and Political Efficacy."

The European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions, University of Innsbruck, Austria. April 2026.

2026 — Workshop

E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, D. Greene, and J.P. Cross

"Fair Representation in Parliamentary Summaries: Measuring and Mitigating Inclusion Bias."

Public Governance (PubGov) Workshop. L'Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Paris, France. January 2026.

2026 — Plenary

E. Cunningham, R. Buckley, D. Greene, and J.P. Cross

"Bridging the Information Divide between Parliament and The Public."

Insight Research Ireland Centre Scientific Plenary 2026. University College Cork, Ireland. January 2026.

2025 — Workshop

E. Cunningham, J.P. Cross, and D. Greene

"Identifying Algorithmic and Domain-Specific Bias in Parliamentary Debate Summarisation."

Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy (AIDEM) at ECML-PKDD 2025, Porto, Portugal. September 2025.

2025 — Conference

Z. Greene, J.P. Cross, and D. Greene

"Machine Minds and Political Divides: How AI-Generated Summaries Shape Our Understanding of Parliamentary Discourse."

15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. June 2025.

2025 — Conference

Z. Greene, J.P. Cross, and D. Greene

"Machine Minds and Political Divides: How AI-Generated Summaries Shape Our Understanding of Parliamentary Discourse."

7th Annual Conference 2025 - The COMPTEXT Association. University of Vienna, Austria. April 2025.