Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network Forum

The sixth edition of the ICRN - Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network Forum will take place on June 16-18, 2022 at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna (Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna).

The event is hosted by the ERC-funded research project BIT-ACT (Bottom-Up Initiatives and Anti-Corruption Technologies) and is also supported by the CMI/U4.

The ICRN Forum aims to bring together international early career researchers from all disciplines (including, but not limited to, anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, sociology) working on the topic of (anti-)corruption, open government and integrity to present their current research, discuss working papers and initiate collaborative research projects. Forming a thematic network of early career researchers is key to the Forum activities.

The keynote speech and the roundtable will be live-streamed for those who cannot be in Bologna.

If you want to attend online, please click on the events below. 

16 June 2022, Thursday - 16.30-17.30 (CEST)
"(How) We Can Convince Politicians to Reduce Clientelism and Corruption?"
Keynote speaker: Miriam A. Golden (European University Institute)
Peter Mair Chair of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI). Prior to moving to the EUI, Golden taught for many years at the University of California at Los Angeles. Golden's research is in the area of political economy, and spans the developed and less developed world. She uses statistical, analytical, and field experimental research methods. Her focus is on political accountability and responsiveness, including corruption and clientelism. She has conducted field research on issues of corruption and political malfeasance in Europe, Asia, and Africa. With the economist Raymond Fisman, she wrote Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2017). Her recent paper "Corruption, Party Leaders, and Candidate Selection: Evidence from Italy" won the Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best article in the area of comparative politics published in Legislative Studies Quarterly in 2020.

17 June 2022, Thursday - 16.00-17.30 (CEST)
"The role of social movements and technologies for anti-corruption"
Roundtable with Alice Mattoni (BIT-ACT/University of Bologna); Shaazka Beyerle (TraCCC/George Mason University); Yohanna Lisnichuk (Open Contracting Partnership); Daniel Buquet (Universidad de la República Uruguay)