RC20 - Political Finance and Political Corruption

Welcome

Magnus Ohman — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:54:00 -0400

Welcome to the website of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC 20)

This website contains information about the Committee and its Activities. The Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption was recognised as a study group in 1976, and was granted research committee status in 1979.

RC20 Chair Dr. Luís de Sousa and Co-Chair Dr. Guillaume Fontaine.

Panel at the AMEU Annual Conference (Maribor) – Hybrid Participation

Mónika Bancsina — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:53:00 -0400

Dear RC20 colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the panel International Interference in Domestic Politics and Elections, which will take place on Friday, 13 March, from 16:00 to 17:30 (CET) and will be accessible online:https://conference.almamater.si/international-interference-in-domestic-politics-and-elections/ .

The speakers are Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Nigel Baker, Gordan Akrap, Paul Fafard, and Marcin Walecki.

RC20 colleagues interested in the topic are warmly invited to attend and join the discussion.

Bi-annual Meeting at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Mónika Bancsina — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:33:00 -0500

International Political Science Association
Research Committee 20 on Political Finance and Political Corruption
Bi-annual Meeting at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

March 30th-April 1st, 2026
Conveners
Luís de Sousa, ICS-ULisboa (Portugal)
Guillaume Fontaine, FLACSO (Ecuador)

Mission Statement
The Research Committee on Political Finances and Political Corruption (RC20) is endorsed by the International
Political Science Association (IPSA). Its members examine the multifaceted role of money and resources in
political life and public governance, encompassing all dimensions of party and campaign finance, lobbying,
revolving doors, media manipulation and other mechanisms of undue political influence. The committee
investigates corruption in its diverse forms – personal, institutional, and systemic – and the interactions between
political finance, ethical governance, and public accountability.
RC20 scholars engage in the conceptual development and empirical testing of theories on political finance,
corruption, and regulatory oversight, fostering cross-national and comparative research. The committee seeks to
understand the causes, consequences, and mitigation strategies for illicit political finance and political
corruption, including the implications for democratic support, political stability, public trust, and policy
effectiveness.
RC20 also focuses on emerging challenges in the field, such as transnational corruption, illicit flows, political
finance in authoritarian and hybrid regimes, digitalization of campaigns, and new tools for transparency and
enforcement. The committee maintains a global perspective of the dynamics in political finance and political
corruption.
Through research collaboration, scientific dissemination, and advanced postgraduate training, RC20 aims to
advance rigorous scholarship and inform policy design, to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide.

Objectives
The Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC20) will organize its next biannual
meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa)
and with the institutional support of the Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (APCP), from March 30 to
April 1, 2026. The workshop will bring together committee members and scholars in the field to present and
discuss current research on political finance and corruption, fostering comparative analysis and collaboration
across regions and disciplines.

Format
The workshop will be organised into thematic panels (the final number will depend on the quality of paper
proposals received). Each panel will comprise three to four papers, two discussants, and one chair. Each paper
presenter will have 20 minutes to present their work. Once all panel presentations are completed, the
discussant(s) will deliver a set of oral comments lasting approximately 20 minutes. The panel chair will then
open the floor for questions and general discussion.

The programme will also feature a keynote lecture by an invited scholar, offering a broad perspective on
contemporary debates in the study of political finance and corruption, as well as a roundtable discussion entitled
“Methodological Challenges and Data Gaps in An5-Corrup5on Research.” In addition, an RC20 business meeting
will be scheduled, during which members will review past activities, plan future initiatives, and explore
opportunities for collaboration.
Only participants presenting a paper will be included in the programme. Papers should be preferably
unpublished. For co-authored papers, only one author will be scheduled to present, although this does not
preclude co-authors from attending the workshop.

The workshop will be held in person, with a maximum of 50 participants. No participation fees will be
charged.

Call for contributions

We invite scholars and postgraduate students to submit a 500-word abstract clearly outlining the research aims,
methods employed, main findings, and avenues for further inquiry.
We welcome contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:

Electoral Integrity under Threat. Looks at vote-buying, illicit campaign financing, and challenges to electoral accountability worldwide.
Corruption as a Public Policy Issue. Examines how corruption shapes, and is shaped by, policy design, implementation, and governance outcomes.
Illicit Economies and Political Corruption. Investigates how organized crime, narco-politics, and money laundering influence political funding.
Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Corruption Control: Opportunities, Risks, and Ethical Challenges. Explores the opportunities, risks, and ethical challenges associated with the use of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in corruption prevention and control.
Citizen Oversight and Whistleblowing in the 21st Century. Focuses on civil society, media, and individuals exposing corruption, and the role of whistleblower protections.
Measuring Success in Anti-Corruption Collective Action. Evaluates how government, anticorruption agencies, business, and civil society coalitions achieve (or fail to achieve) anti-corruption goals.
Rethinking Political Ethics Regulation in Fragmented and Polarized Political Contexts. Examines the challenges of designing, adopting, and enforcing political ethics regulations when political actors are divided, institutional trust is low, and incentives for opportunistic behaviour and symbolic action are high.
New Governmental and Non-Governmental Anti-Corruption Actors, Specialisation and Institutional Capacity. Examines the role, degree of specialisation, and effectiveness of emerging governmental and non-governmental anti-corruption actors – such as anti-corruption agencies, specialised courts, audit bodies, and anti-corruption civil society organisations – across different national contexts.
Critical Perspectives on Anti-Corruption. Offers critical reflections on concepts, metrics, and theories of corruption and anti-corruption, with particular attention to alternative perspectives and contributions from the Global South.

The meeting aims at excellence by striking a balance between consolidated and original research. Comparative
methods are encouraged, including cross-country or sub-national analysis, longitudinal studies, and paired
comparisons. Fairness of geographical spread, gender and age will be taken into consideration when selecting
participants.
Please submit abstract proposals to RC20 Chairs Luís de Sousa (luis.sousa@ics.ulisboa.pt) and Guillaume
Fontaine (gfontaine@flacso.edu.ec) by February 1, 2026.

IMPORTANT DATES
February 1, 2026: Abstract submission deadline
February 8, 2026: Acceptance emails sent to presenters
March 1, 2026: Reception of draft papers
March 8, 2026: Detailed Programme
March 30-April 1, 2026: In-Person RC20 meeting to be held in Lisbon, Portugal

IPSA/RC20 Virtual Roundtable. World Science Day for Peace and Development

Mónika Bancsina — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:06:00 -0500

On 10 November 2025, the IPSA Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC20) held a highly successful virtual roundtable, “Corruption Research at a Crossroads: Conceptual, Data, and Measurement Challenges and Solutions,” to mark World Science Day for Peace and Development. The event combined keynote impulses with an open debate format and attracted strong participation from RC20 members, who contributed actively throughout the two-hour session. Under the moderation of Giovanna Rodríguez Garcia, the panel—featuring Paulina Alvarado Goldman, Agnes Batory, Markus Pohlmann, and Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez—sparked a rich and interdisciplinary discussion on the conceptual, data, and measurement challenges that continue to shape corruption research. Participants reﬂected on issues such as conceptual ambiguities, biased and incomplete data, cross-country comparability, and the ethical implications of new methods and tools. RC20 members played a central role in this debate, sharing experiences from different regions and methodological traditions, which made the exchange particularly valuable and intellectually fruitful.

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The roundtable not only conﬁrmed the relevance of a quanti–quali dialogue in corruption research, but also generated concrete ideas for cross-disciplinary collaboration and a draft roadmap for improving data practices, measurement standards, and ethical frameworks in the ﬁeld. Overall, it was a highly productive activity that strengthened the RC20 community and opened new avenues for future joint work. For those who were unable to attend—or who wish to revisit the discussion—the recording of the roundtable is available here.

RC20 Newsletter for October

Mónika Bancsina — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:49:00 -0400

RC20 October 2025 Newsletter is out!

We’re excited to share the latest updates from the IPSA Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC20). See the newsletter attached.
Inside this issue:

3 Calls for Papers — including a Special Issue of Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA) led by our RC20 Chair & Co-Chair
3 upcoming conferences — two are currently open for paper submissions
Book launch: American Corruption Talk on the language and narratives of corruption in U.S. politics
1 job opportunity for researchers and professionals in Political Science and related fields.

Have news to share?
Send us your publications, events, or opportunities by November 30 for the next newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gKgDKwrR

IPSA/RC20 Virtual Roundtable – World Science Day for Peace and Development

Mónika Bancsina — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:28:00 -0400

Corruption Research at a Crossroads: Conceptual, Data, and Measurement Challenges and Solutions

Date: Monday, 10 November 2025

Time: 15:00 – 17:00 (UTC+0)
Occasion: World Science Day for Peace and Development
Event Type: Political Science Day Roundtable
Format: Keynote impulses & open debate
Duration: 2h
Organizer: IPSA Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC 20)

Participation link (Zoom):

https://rider.zoom.us/j/98046502880?pwd=c0tiUGxWZFE4Tkdpai8vMkNBUHNDdz09

Meeting ID: 980 4650 2880

Passcode: 762438

Abstract

Corruption research has expanded significantly across disciplines and regions, yet methodological and data challenges remain persistent. Researchers face issues of conceptual ambiguity, missing or biased data, cross-country comparability, and difficulty in evaluating policy interventions.

This round table seeks to move beyond the presentation of individual research papers and instead foster a high-level, interdisciplinary discussion among scholars, data scientists, and practitioners. It aims to explore how corruption research can borrow and adapt methods from other disciplines—including statistics, environmental modelling, epidemiology, and computer science—to improve robustness, transparency, and impact.

Topics

Corruption research is inherently data-challenged: Data are often scarce, biased, fragmented, and politically sensitive, while institutional and organisational dynamics remain difficult to capture.
Existing approaches show limits: perception indices and econometric analyses may oversimplify complexity, while purely legal or case-based studies may struggle with comparability and scale.
Cross-disciplinary learning offers new opportunities: insights from regulation, organisational studies, business ethics, and data science can help address issues of bias, missingness, and contextual interpretation
A quanti–quali dialogue is needed: bridging big-data analytics with institutional, legal, and organisational insights can make corruption research more grounded, contextual, and policy-relevant.

Format

Open debate / thematic panel: Short provocations and interactive discussion around methodological borrowing and emerging tools for improving corruption research.

Roundtable Agenda

1. Welcome & Framing Luís de Sousa (10 min)

Opening remarks and contextualization.
Overview of corruption research’s current methodological crossroads.
Objectives: identify key challenges, learn from other fields, and co-create a roadmap for methodological innovation.

2. Part I: Panel Presentations: Methodological Challenges & Solutions (circa 50 min)
Framing themes for discussion (5–6 core challenges):

Conceptual ambiguities (what counts as corruption, whose definition?).
Data availability, accessibility, and reliability.
Measurement problems (bias, validity, reliability).
Comparability challenges (across countries, sectors, and datasets).
Impact challenges (evaluating interventions in complex, confounded contexts).
Ethical considerations (confidentiality, participant risk, algorithmic misuse).

Speaker 1: Paulina Alvarado Goldman is founder of Capacity Building and Policy Experts, Paulina Alvarado Goldman works to strengthen ethical and resilient institutions by bridging strategy, governance, and data-driven insights. She holds advanced degrees in Policy Studies (Johns Hopkins) and Data Science (UC Berkeley) and advises organizations navigating complexity and reform.

Speaker 2: Agnes Batory is Pro-Rector for Research and Faculty and Professor at CEU’s Department of Public Policy. She holds a PhD from Cambridge University. Her research interests include corruption and corruption control, party politics, and policy implementation and compliance problems in EU governance. She serves on the editorial boards of Governance; East European Politics; and the Journal of Common Market Studies as well as the international advisory board of TI EU.

Speaker 3: Markus Pohlmann is professor of Organizational Sociology at the Max-Weber-Institute, University of Heidelberg. Markus Pohlmann’s research focuses on white-collar crime, transnational elites, and the organizational foundations of corruption and compliance. He leads the Heidelberg Research Group for Organization Studies.

Speaker 4: Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez is a Peruvian political scientist specialized in anti-corruption and public integrity, founder of the Japan Network of Anti-Corruption Researchers (JANAR), and Steering Committee member of the Standing Group on (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR). His core research interest has pushed him to become familiar with fields of science beyond politics, such as social psychology, organizational studies, and machine learning, and he often participates in research projects that combine them.

Moderator: Giovanna Rodríguez Garcia is a Research Fellow at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, where she teaches measurement and data analysis. Her work focuses on measuring corruption and institutional integrity in Latin America, including the development of corruption-risk indices for political parties and SDG 16.5 monitoring tools.

Expected Outcomes

Shared understanding of key methodological bottlenecks.
Cross-disciplinary inspiration and potential methodological partnerships.
Draft roadmap for advancing corruption research through improved data practices, measurement standards, and ethical frameworks.

JCPA Call for Papers

Mónika Bancsina — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0400

This special issue of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA) invites scholars to submit original research papers on anti-corruption policies from a comparative perspective. The focus is on governance and ethic regulations, new anti-corruption actors, technology in corruption control, and critical reflections on anti-corruption concepts and theories. Contributions should employ comparative methods, such as cross-country or sub-national analysis, and explicitly discuss their methodology and contributions to the contemporary debate.

The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA) is calling for papers for a special issue on anti-corruption policies. Corruption is a pervasive issue that affects governance, economy, and society worldwide. This call invites scholars to submit original research papers that offer fresh insights into the complexities of corruption control. The focus areas include governance and ethic regulations, new anti-corruption actors, technology in corruption control, and critical reflections on anti-corruption concepts and theories. Comparative methods are encouraged, including cross-country or sub-national analysis, longitudinal studies, and paired comparisons. Contributions should explicitly discuss their methodology and contributions to the contemporary debate on anti-corruption policies.

Submission Instructions

Reception of abstracts: November 1, 2025

Acceptance of abstracts: December 1, 2025

Reception of first drafts: March 1, 2026

Workshop for discussion (to be hosted at University of Lisbon): Spring, 2026

Reception of final drafts: May 1, 2026

Submission to the JCPA for peer review: June 1, 2026

Publication: Early 2027

RC20 Makes Waves at the World Congress in Seoul: A Resounding Success! Seoul, 12-16 July 2025

Mónika Bancsina — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:54:00 -0400

The RC20 made a significant impact at the recent World Congress in Seoul, hosting 8 thought challenging panels that tackled the most pressing issues in political finance and political corruption. The event drew together 50 scholars from around the world, showcasing a diverse range of perspectives and expertise. The panels featured 39 innovative papers that pushed the boundaries of knowledge in the field, sparking lively debates and discussions among participants and enabled further networking, leading to new cooperation projects. Through a wide range of topics such as political ethics regulation, anti-corruption governance, economic inequality and corruption, political finance regulation, AI and anti-corruption strategies, the RC 20 showed commitment and engagement in a wide range of topics.

We are thrilled by the level of enthusiasm and participation displayed by our members this year and we are grateful for the opportunity to bring together such a talented group of scholars from all around the world.

List of Panels:

RC20.07 Understanding Political Ethics Regulation: Theory, Strategy, Practice, and Impact, Chair: Dr. Manuel Villoria
RC20.05 Quantitative Perspectives on Corruption and Economic Inequality , Chair: Dr. Denis Ivanov
RC20.06 Technological Revolution: The Role of Tech, AI and Machine Learning in Political Corruption, Chair: Ms. Paulina Goldman
RC20.04 Political Finance in the 2020s: Regulation, Enforcement and Discontents, Chair: Prof. Graeme Orr
RC20.08 Paradoxes in Anti-Corruption Governance, Chair: Dr. Giovanna Rodriguez-Garcia
RC20.01 Critical Reflections on (Anti-)Corruption: Assessing Emerging Concepts, Metrics, and Theories, Chair: Dr. Manoel Gehrke
RC20.02 Are Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) Contributing to Knowledge-Based Anti-Corruption? – A Tribute to Professor Jon S.T. Quah, Chair: Dr. Luis de Sousa
RC20.03 Institutional Change in Anti-Corruption Policies, Chair: Prof. Guillaume Fontaine

Our next Workshop on "Political Finance and Political Corruption" will take place at the University of Lisbon next year and we look forwards for welcoming numerous papers on topics such as: Gender, Corruption and Political Representation; Corruption and Climate Politics; Illicit Economies and Political Finance; Digital Transparency vs. Digital Corruption; Citizen Oversight and Whistleblowing, Electoral Integrity, and so on. The concrete date of the workshop will be decided by the end of September.

Stay tuned for further information regarding the workshop.

The RC20 after ther Business Meeting in Seoul, the 16th of July 2025

Warm Greetings and Updates from the RC20 Secretariat

Mónika Bancsina — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:54:00 -0400

The RC20 would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Magnus Öhman for his outstanding work as Secretary of the RC20° His dedication, messages and continuous updates on the relevant news, positions, conferences, calls for papers as well as new books kept us all updated and connected. Thank you!

With this we are pleased to welcome Dr. Giovanna Rodriguez-Garcia as our new 1st Secretary and Monika Bancsina as 2nd Secretary.

Dr. Rodriguez-Garcia is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), where her work explores the relationship between gender and corruption. Her broader research interests include the multiple dimensions of corruption, citizen perceptions of corruption, the organizational structures of political parties, and civic engagement in anti-corruption efforts.

Monika Bancsina is a PhD candidate in Sociology within the Heidelberg Research Group for Organization Studies at the University of Heidelberg. Her dissertation examines the propensity to report organizational misconduct and the effectiveness of whistleblowing systems. In the field of political science, she is especially interested in systemic corruption and the role of artificial intelligence in anti-corruption strategies.

As of September 2025, the RC20 will also publish a newsletter, coordinated by Pablo Ariel Cabas. Pablo Ariel Cabas is a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at the University of Lisbon. His research focuses on governance, public innovation, and research development. He has also taught at several universities in Argentina and has worked as a consultant in Argentina, Peru, and Colombia.

March 17 - Online discussion on foreign financial influences on domestic politics

Magnus Ohman — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:57:00 -0400

On March 17, 2025, a panel will be held online to talk about foreign financial influences on domestic politics. Participants will be:

Richard W. Soudriette, Founding President, International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, Brunel University

Jurij Toplak, Professor, Fordham University, Alma Mater Europaea University

Daniel Murphy, Director, Elections and Political Transitions Democracy International

Magnus Ohman, Director, European Regional Office and Senior Political Finance Adviser, International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, Former Director for Europe and Eurasia and Adviser for Technology in Elections, International Foundation for Electoral Systems

You will find further information here (see page 29 in the document) - https://conference.almamater.si/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/C25_programme.pdf

To join, please use this link https://events.zoom.us/ev/Asmdichx0tsI_LOMIt-kykPkgyYNGTudrSlihYCzRc01rfjFjJP-~AgQbMUXHn83zlOs4sh75nPy1V_JZ_h6ax-46ePKefE7yBGzMTAPvKMF4TA

Open call to ICRN 2025

Magnus Ohman — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:37:00 -0500

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to apply for the the 9th ICRN 2025 in Vienna, organized by the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network, in partnership with the Central European University in Vienna and the University of Sussex GI-ACE Programme.

The call for applications for the 9th ICRN 2025 in Vienna is now open: https://www.icrnetwork.org/what-we-do/conferences/icrn-forum-vienna-2025/

Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025.
Where? Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria
When? Thursday, June 12, to Saturday, June 14, 2025
Who? Early-career scholars and practitioners studying (anti-)corruption

The ICRN Forum is a dynamic gathering of international early career researchers working on (anti-)corruption and integrity. We welcome both theoretical and empirical submissions from researchers in academia as well as practitioners. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to present your research, exchange ideas, kick-start collaborative projects and take part in co-creation sessions in the field.

For more details, see the ICRN 2025 call attached to this email and check the ICRN webpage: https://www.icrnetwork.org

I will be thankful if you share the call for applications with your network.

Looking forward to receiving your submissions!

Yours,

Ilona Wysmułek

also on behalf of the

ICRN 2025 Forum team

Call for applications - ICRN2025Forum.pdf

VACANCY POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN THE FIELD OF CORRUPTION

Magnus Ohman — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 09:27:00 -0500

ICS-ULisboa has opened an International competition for the recruitment of a postdoctoral researcher on a fixed-term contract to undertake activities within the project ‘RESPOND - Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies’, funded by Horizon Europe, in the field of Social Sciences.

Click here for further information.

Call for Papers - Workshop: ‘Rethinking Political Finance: Political, Philosophical and Economic Perspectives’

Magnus Ohman — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:01:00 -0400

Call for Papers

Workshop: ‘Rethinking Political Finance: Political, Philosophical and Economic Perspectives’

Monash University Prato Centre, Tuscany, Italy, 25-27 June 2025

Convenors

Associate Professor Matteo Bonotti (Monash University)

Professor Diana Dwyer (California State University, Chico)

Associate Professor Zim Nwokora (Deakin University)

Keynote Presenter

Professor Sarah Birch (King’s College London)

Workshop Overview

Democratic politics is expensive. In United States presidential elections, for instance, total spending, including funding by the candidate-supporting political action committees, now exceeds $6.5 billion. Who should bear these costs? Should the state fund political parties and their campaigns, or should most of the funding come from private citizens? Does money distort democracy and effective governance? What is the role of different philosophical, political and economic principles in guiding political finance reform? Where is political finance working, and where is it most broken? What themes and approaches characterize research on political finance in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, as well as in cognate disciplines (e.g., Law and Sociology)? What value is there in combining these disciplines to investigate political finance?

We welcome submissions that address these and similar questions, and which help to clarify what we learn about political finance when this topic is studied with approaches from different disciplines. The workshop should be seen as a response to the tendency of political finance scholarship to develop in a siloed way, with scholars from different disciplines examining this topic in separate research agendas, often without interacting or drawing on one another’s work.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit a title and an abstract of approximately 250 words by 8 December 2024. Selected participants will also be expected to pre-circulate a 3000-word paper by 1 June 2025. All the papers will be read in advance by the workshop participants to encourage a deeper discussion. The workshop papers may also be considered for inclusion in a special issue or edited collection following the workshop. Accepted contributions will be allocated a 1-hour slot, consisting of 25 minutes for presentation of the paper, 10 minutes for comments by a discussant, and 25 minutes for general discussion.

The workshop will be held in person at the Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, Tuscany although there may be some possibility for participation via Zoom. The selected participants will be responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements and expenses. However, catering (breakfast, tea/coffee breaks, lunches and dinners) will be provided throughout the workshop. Furthermore, a small amount of funding is available to cover accommodation costs for participants who have no other sources of funding. When submitting your title and abstract, please indicate whether you would like to attend the workshop in person and, if so, whether you would like to be considered for this funding. When allocating this funding, priority will be given to early career researchers and researchers from the Global South.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 8 December 2024
Notification of acceptance: mid-January 2025
3000-word paper submission deadline: 1 June 2025

Contact

For all correspondence, including abstract submissions and additional inquiries, please direct your communication to the workshop convenors Matteo Bonotti (matteo.bonotti@monash.edu), Diana Dwyre (DDwyre@csuchico.edu) and Zim Nwokora (z.nwokora@deakin.edu.au).

RC20 board members and statement of principles and objectives

Magnus Ohman — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:08:00 -0400

List of RC20 Board Members.pdf

IPSARC20 statement of principles and objectives.pdf

Photos from the RC20 meeting in Oxford

Magnus Ohman — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:39:00 -0400

New book - "The Fight Against Systemic Corruption, Lessons from Brazil (2013-2022)"

Magnus Ohman — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 05:07:00 -0400

The collected volume is the result of the binational research project “Organizational Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil”, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), which began in 2018. Carried out in cooperation between the University of Heidelberg, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Federal University of ABC (UFABC) and Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), the collaboration engaged several scholars from a range of disciplines. The book examines and explains the interplay between the public and private sectors, zooming in on the Brazilian case since the return of democracy, but particularly in the last decade, with Operation Car Wash. Campaign finance, influence peddling, conflict of interest, occultation and concealment of assets, judicial corruption are discussed to illustrate that studying such a complex and multicausal phenomenon requires both methodological and analytical tools.

Access the book for free now using this link.

Call for papers - Barcelona October 2024

Magnus Ohman — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:29:00 -0400

Please see Call for papers BRIDGEGAP_cross-border corruption.pdf for the conference on "Historical Perspectives on Cross-Border Corruption", which will be held in Barcelona on 7-8 October 2024.

8th forum of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network (ICRN)

Magnus Ohman — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:48:00 -0500

The 8th forum of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network (ICRN) will be held in Lisbon on June 27-29, 2024. For further information, please see here.

The Regulation of Political Finance Indicator

Magnus Ohman — Tue, 02 May 2023 14:57:00 -0400

Hi all,

I would like to share a dataset recently published in Electoral Studies. The ‘Regulation of Political Finance Indicator’ (RoPFI) is a large-N dataset which compares and classifies systems of political finance regulation. Using the International IDEA Political Finance Database as a foundation, the RoPFI is developed through a combined application of Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Model Based Clustering. It accounts for information on party and candidate regulations in a 180-nation sample and, thus, paints a truly global picture of political finance. To summarize, the dataset incorporates the following:

A continuous variable which ranks nations from most regulated to least regulated
A three level categorical variable to classify political finance systems as Unregulated, Partially Regulated, or Strongly Regulated
A statistical measurement of the uncertainty of the nation's RoPFI classification (0 = high certainty, 1 = low certainty)

To access the data or view more information on the RoPFI, you can visit my project website at www.ropfi.com. The open access Electoral Studies article is linked below:

Horncastle, W.C.R. (2022) ‘Model based clustering of political finance regimes: Developing the Regulation of Political Finance Indicator’, Electoral Studies, Vol.72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102524

I’m always looking to collaborate with academics from around the world and wondered if anyone would have any interest in working with this data. I’m open to all ideas and would love to hear any thoughts at William.horncastle1[at]beds.ac.uk

Best wishes,

Will Horncastle

RC 20 call for chapters

Magnus Ohman — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:36:00 -0400

Dear Colleagues,

RC 20 is inviting chapter contributions to a book primary-but not exclusively - based on our conference Prague, July 2022. The tentative title of the book is PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN THE AGE OF CRISIS. The point of departure Will be that we live today in a world facing unusual number of serious problems that often feed on each other—authoritarian challenges from within Liberal Democracies concerning their very nature (e.g. Trump in the USA ), the emergence of new forms of Illiberal Democracy in numerous countries, an ecological challenge to which humanity does not seem to have effective response, aggressive wars (Ukraine) or potential wars (Taiwan?), the emergence of populist regimes, and more.

We would like to receive chapter proposals that are connected in one way or another to this set of global problems (one angle would certainly be that of political finance, thereby linking the double focus of our RC). Articles could be general but also case studies of one or more countries.

If you are interested in submitting a chapter, please send me a note with the proposed title, and 1-3 paragraphs explaining what you propose to do. If you want to discuss the possibility of writing a chapter or wish to exchange views on it, please feel free to write as well.

Please send to Jonathan Mendilow -- jmendilow@rider.edu

We would appreciate hearing from all of you as soon as feasible. Once we get all your responses, we will be in touch with the actual submission date, the format of the papers, etc.

Yours, Jonathan.