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The “Advances in Anti-Corruption: Current Trends and Future Prospects” conference, held on December 9th (International Anti-Corruption Day), brought together researchers, professionals, and specialists from across Europe, all united by a shared commitment to addressing corruption more effectively. The three panels highlighted innovative projects such as BridgeGap, which is creating a unified approach to improving integrity…

RESPOND researchers are working with law enforcement officials, civil society activists, journalists, business leaders and other key stakeholders to: Working with stakeholders, RESPOND will be able to develop more relevant and useful tools to combat political corruption.  Starting in February, the RESPOND project will kick off a series of co-creation workshops aimed at engaging selected…

Transcrime, the joint research centre on innovation and crime at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and RESPOND partner, has been working on a common database of corruption cases to help RESPOND researchers determine how corruption works and its impact on today’s digital societies. The database will also be an important tool to track and…

RESPOND partner, the Institute for Global Analytics (IGA), has been focusing on a historical-legal analysis of the process of the creation and evolution of regulatory frameworks related to domestic and cross-border practices of political corruption in nine countries: Sweden, the Netherlands, UK, Hungary, Italy, France, Ukraine, Serbia, and Bulgaria.  This part of the project includes…

The University of Bologna (UNIBO) is mapping what has been published in academic journals about the relationship between political corruption and five forms of influence which are investigated by RESPOND — lobbying, political finance, media capture, revolving doors, and personal connections. This revision of the academic literature will help RESPOND address the most important gaps…