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RESPOND Online Seminar #3 examines how connected data can expose political favouritism in public spending
The latest RESPOND Online Seminar, organised by the Government Transparency Institute, explored how linking public procurement records with electoral, corporate and other administrative data can provide new evidence of corruption risks and political favouritism. Ágnes Czibik, Managing Director of the Government Transparency Institute, opened the seminar by explaining why public procurement data is particularly valuable…
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RESPOND partners contribute to the new Handbook of Research Methods for Corruption Studies
RESPOND is pleased to announce that several members of the consortium have contributed to the newly published Handbook of Research Methods for Corruption Studies. Edited by Michael Johnston, one of the world’s leading and most respected scholars in the field of corruption studies, the volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of corruption…
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RESPOND at the FALCON Final Event
RESPOND is pleased to announce its participation in the final event of the Horizon Europe project FALCON (Fighting Corruption and Organised Crime), which will take place on 9 July 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event marks the conclusion of three years of collaborative research dedicated to developing innovative tools and approaches to detect, prevent, and…
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RESPOND Annual Meeting 2026, 18–19 May
18–19 May, meeting of Work Package leaders and the project’s General Assembly, hosted by ICS-ULisboa. The meeting brought together researchers from across Europe and advisory board members to review progress and coordinate the next phase of the EU-funded project on corruption and democratic resilience. Discussions focused on the project’s core research strands, including the theoretical and…
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Call for Abstracts – SISP Conference 2026 (Trento, 3–5 September 2026)
The Italian Political Science Association (SISP) has opened the call for abstracts for its 2026 Annual Conference, which will take place in Trento from 3 to 5 September 2026. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their paper proposals by 29 May 2026 via the official conference website: https://www.sisp.it/ Within Section 6 – Public Policies…
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Second Online Seminar on “Measuring Corruption Risks in Public Procurement” – Report
RESPOND seminar explores new tools for detecting corruption in public procurement The second RESPOND Online Seminar, hosted by Central European University, brought together researchers and practitioners to examine how corruption in public procurement can be detected more effectively through new data-driven methods. In his presentation, Mihály Fazekas of Central European University outlined recent research that…