This open access volume is a hands-on guide to doing qualitative research in parliaments that explores the practical achievements and drawbacks for academic researchers at various career stages. From early-career scholars looking for an ‘in’ to start their research to senior academics interested in the methodological details of colleagues’ work, the book offers a novel approach to discussing qualitative methodologies and presents unique insights based on a large-scale qualitative study in one parliament.  The comprehensive yet accessible ‘manual’ details the step-by-step process of qualitative research in parliaments, offering a reflexive and analytical perspective that moves beyond a textbook or theory-only format. It uses the European Parliament as setting and context and builds its contribution on a significantly large interview and ethnographic dataset.