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Congratulations to Alice Fubini on her PhD

BIT-ACT PhD student defends her dissertation on the grassroots fights against corruption in the digital age

Published on 18 June 2024

BIT-ACT in the Panel “Women Leading AI in Anti-Corruption” at the IACC in Lithuania

The panel is scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (Europe/Vilnius)

Published on 31 May 2024

Seminar alert: “Leveraging AI for anti-corruption: From evidence to impact” in Norway and online

On June 6 at 10am (CEST), join this event organised by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre to talk about AI as a double-edged sword in anti-corruption efforts

Published on 27 May 2024

Our New Book 'Digital Media and Grassroots Anti-Corruption' is out! Download it for free

Edited by Alice Mattoni, PI of the BIT-ACT project, this edited volume is an open access title

Published on 27 May 2024

Call for papers! Join the panels co-chaired by the BIT-ACT team at the 2024 SISP conference in Trieste

Submit your proposals on corruption, anti-corruption and data practices from the grassroots on the SISP website from April 15 to May 31, 2024

Published on 13 April 2024

BIT-ACT team presents its work on AI in anti-corruption in Finland

Fernanda Odilla and Carolina Gerli to present at IRSPM 2024 conference in April 2024

Published on 12 April 2024

The research project RESPOND - Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies, launched in May 2024

Funded by the Horizon Europe programme, the project sheds light on the corruption and undue influence that undermine the quality of democracy.

Published on 29 March 2024

Fernanda Odilla invited to talk about AI in anti-corruption at the Sciences Po Paris

The BIT-ACT research fellow presents her research on the unfairness of AI anti-corruption tools and also talks to law students at the DIGILAW clinic.

Published on 07 March 2024

'Corruption control before and after Operation Car Wash': research seminar with Dr. Luciano da Ros at the University of Bologna

Presentation happens on January 30 at the Department of Economics in Bologna

Published on 16 January 2024

BIT-ACT Research Fellow at the Winter School of the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Anwesha Chakraborty has been invited as a featured speaker to present her research on the media repertoires of CSOs and their democratic potential

Published on 02 November 2023

Open data as a strategy for corruption prevention is under discussion in Uruguay

The event hosted in Montevideo aims to discuss Latin America's commitment to combat corruption through innovative and data-driven solutions

Published on 01 November 2023

Published in Big Data & Society: Fernanda Odilla and Alice Mattoni's latest article

New research sheds light on data activism and anti-corruption efforts in Brazil