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Call for applications: the 2022 Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Forum will be hosted by the BIT-ACT in Bologna

We warmly invite early career researchers from all disciplines to apply by February 1, 2022. The Forum will take place in person in Bologna, if no further COVID-restrictions prohibit it.

Published on 09 December 2021

Fernanda Odilla talks about why it is so hard to fight corruption in an event hosted by the Federal Rural University of the Amazon in Brazil

The BIT-ACT postdoctoral researcher was invited to talk on the International Anti-Corruption Day for Management and Accounting students.

Published on 08 December 2021

New publication compares two anti-corruption initiatives to discuss the role of digital media in social mobilizations that aim to impact policymaking

Alice Mattoni and Fernanda Odilla explore the cases of the Ficha Limpa and the Ten Measures Against Corruption campaigns that became a bill through popular petition in Brazil.

Published on 20 November 2021

Oksana Huss presents her work at UNESCO’s Policy Forum on Open Government in Education

From 16-18 November 2021 the online event will bring new research to the forefront

Published on 12 November 2021

Anwesha Chakraborty talks on cashlessnes as an anti-corruption and pro-transparency practice

The online talk will be held on November 2 on Zoom

Published on 01 November 2021

Alice Mattoni gives a talk on anti-corruption technologies in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University in Sweden

The talk is entitled "From Databases and Websites to Bots and Algorithms. A Discussion on Digital Media in The Grassroots Fight Against Corruption Across the World"

Published on 26 October 2021

BIT-ACT Roundtable Series on the relational aspects of the anti-corruption struggle

Roundtables will take place once a month

Published on 10 October 2021

The BIT-ACT project is on the KickBack Global AntiCorruption Podcast

The BIT-ACT team was invited to talk about our research on how civil society actors employ digital media as anti-corruption technologies across the world

Published on 06 October 2021

New publication on transparency in the education sector brings lessons from Ukraine

The publication was launched by Bononia University Press and is an open-source volum

Published on 01 October 2021

The BIT-ACT team presented on the challenges of online activism at the ECPR 2021

The ECPR 2021 General Conference was held online between 31 August and 3 September 2021

Published on 04 September 2021

The BIT-ACT organizes a panel on social movements against corruption in the digital era at the ECPR 2021

The ECPR general conference will be held online between 30 August to 3 September 2021

Published on 25 August 2021

Alice Mattoni and Donatella della Porta contribute to The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government

The book brings 38 in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field

Published on 20 August 2021