Other publications
In this section, you can find other scientific publications by RESPOND partners on topics related to the project, though not produced within the framework of RESPOND.
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Survey research on corruption: challenges and advancements
The study of corruption has benefited significantly from the expansion of survey research and the availability of cross-national survey data. Survey methods and techniques have been used extensively to assess attitudes, perceptions, and self-reported experiences of corruption across different contexts, to gain knowledge of what corruption is in the eyes of the beholder, to provide…
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Anti-corruption from the grassroots in digitalized societies: from websites and social media platforms to chatbots and artificial intelligence applications
This chapter provides an overview of current understandings of the relationship between digital technologies and anti-corruption. Existing knowledge predominantly stems from studies adopting a distant, instrumental perspective, often overlooking the grassroots dynamics of how digital technologies influence anti-corruption efforts and, in turn, how these efforts shape the use of such technologies to enhance transparency, accountability,…
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Detecting corruption in the digital age: big data issues and reform opportunities
The rise of big data offering real-time access to volumes of micro-level electronic data is the most visible face of the third generation of corruption measures. It has raised expectations for innovative methods of detection supporting bottom-up and top-down reforms. The “datafied society” has opened avenues for new quantitative analyses, many related to procurement and…
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AI to innovate anti-corruption: Exploring development models for governmental and non-governmental applications
Description: Innovation is defined not only by the type of technology used, but also by who creates it and the processes by which it is developed and deployed. This chapter explores the development of AI-based anti-corruption technologies (AI-based ACTs) by providing empirical evidence on applications implemented by governmental and non-governmental organisations in Italy, Estonia, Germany, Brazil,…
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Artificial intelligence as a weapon to fight corruption: Civil society actors on the benefits and risks of existing bottom-up approaches
Chapter in Political Science and Public Policy 2024, Elgar online Description: Corruption is a global, timeless, multifaceted phenomenon with severe consequences for society, politics, and the economy (Mungiu-Pippidi & Heywood,2020; Rothstein, 2011). Against the backdrop of an increasingly digital societyand the associated availability of big data, information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs) to fight corruption are surging Link: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802202106.00020 Year…
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I Solemnly Swear I’m Up To Good: A Megastudy Investigating the Effectiveness of Honesty Oaths on Curbing Dishonesty.
Description: Dishonest behaviors such as tax evasion impose significant societal costs. Ex-ante honesty oaths—commitments to honesty before action—have been proposed as interventions to counteract dishonest behavior, but the heterogeneity in findings across operationalizations calls their effectiveness into question. We tested 21 honesty oaths (including a baseline oath)—proposed, evaluated, and selected by 44 expert researchers—and a no-oath…