Events

The measurement of corruption through surveys is widespread, yet it remains methodologically challenging. This upcoming seminar will present an updated version of the DATACORR database, which now brings together 3,468 corruption-related survey questions from more than 340 survey rounds. Moving beyond the mapping of existing survey questions, the presentation will explore how accumulated survey instruments…

A Use Case Linking Local Spending and Political Alignment An introduction to how large administrative datasets can be combined to quantifycorruption risks, followed by a case study linking public procurement and electoraldata to explore how local spending patterns and political alignment changes mayinteract. Presenters:Ágnes Czibik (GTI)Managing director of the Government Transparency Institute. Expertise in using…

Natural Language Processing, Contracting Networks, and Linked Company Data This webinar is the second seminar in our series exploring innovative approaches to analysing corruption risks in public procurement through data-driven methods. The session will review the latest developments in proxying corruption risks in public procurement and present recent advances in three major areas of scientific…

Armed conflict and large-scale post-war recovery fundamentally transform the way political power is exercised and controlled. Wartime governance is often characterized by emergency decision-making, concentration of authority, accelerated public spending, and reduced opportunities for oversight — all of which significantly increase the risks of political corruption and undue influence over public decisions. During the recovery…