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RESPOND at the ECPR Seminar Series on (Anti)Corruption and Integrity
On 7 October 2026, Alice Mattoni, Scientific Coordinator of RESPOND and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, will represent RESPOND – Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies at the ECPR Corruption & Integrity Research Perspectives seminar series. The online seminar, titled “New Directions in Corruption and Anti-Corruption Research: Insights from Three Major…
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RESPOND Online Seminar #4 explores how survey questions can benchmark corruption measurement
From mapping to better measurement: RESPOND explores smarter ways to design corruption surveys How can researchers design better corruption surveys without starting from scratch? That question was at the heart of the latest RESPOND online seminar, “From Mapping to Design: Using Survey Questions to Benchmark Corruption Measurement”, hosted by the Institute of Social Sciences of…
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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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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…
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RESPOND Participates in the iMonitor Final Conference
On 27 March 2025, S-Com had the opportunity to participate in the Final Conference of the iMonitor project, held at Hotel Indigo in Brussels. Organised by the Government Transparency Institute (GTI) and project partners, the conference marked the closing of a two-year EU-funded initiative that sought to enhance integrity in public procurement by combining data-driven…