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Bridging the Gaps in Evidence, Regulation and Impact of Anticorruption Policies funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme

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📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

Andrej Babiš is back in power in the Czech Republic despite ongoing corruption allegations.

What does this reveal about Europe’s struggle to hold political elites accountable?

🔗 Read the full article: corruptiondata.eu/andrej-babis...
Andrej Babiš’s Return and Europe’s Corruption Dilemma
Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp Photo Credits: Financial Times Czech voters have once again placed their trust in Andrej Babiš, a billionaire populist whose career has been shadowed by protra...
corruptiondata.eu
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📑 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

🇪🇺 EU Funding in Times of Crisis: Swiftness vs Accountability?

🔗 Read the article: corruptiondata.eu/eu-funding-i...

#BridgeGap #EUFunds #Governance #Accountability #AntiCorruption

Massimo Privitera (University of Antwerp)
EU Funding in time of crisis: Is there a trade-off between swiftness and accountability?
Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp The pattern has become drearily predictable: the European Union creates massive funding mechanisms to address pressing crises, only to see them become breeding...
corruptiondata.eu
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📅 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 | 30 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 2025 (16:00–19:00 𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓)

Luiss Guido Carli University and BridgeGap are hosting a high-level debate on how #Europe can strengthen its fight against #corruption — from legal frameworks to effective enforcement.
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎙️ 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 6 | 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

📅 20 November - Online

👉 Register here: corruptiondata.eu/events/antic...

Join us for the next BridgeGap work-in-progress seminar, exploring how experimental designs help reveal how integrity frameworks operate in practice.
BridgeTalk Talk Series – Anticorruption in Progress 6
Speakers: Dr Iva Parvanova (LUISS Guido Carli) and Massimo Privitera (University of Antwerp) In this BridgeGap work-in-progress seminar, the speakers present experimental designs that can be adapted a...
corruptiondata.eu
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
📍 BridgeGap joined the EU Network Against Corruption Plenary in Brussels, where policymakers and civil society shared ideas to strengthen #Europe ’s integrity framework.

Dr. Ina Kubbe presented BridgeGap’s work on data-driven anti-corruption.

#BridgeGap #AntiCorruption #Integrity #EUProjects
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎙️ Speaker Spotlight | Alberto Alemanno

On 16 Oct (16:00 UTC+1), Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor at HEC Paris and Democracy Fellow at Harvard, joins Alina Mungiu-Pippidi at LUISS University for a dialogue on accountability and transparency in the EU.
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📢 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

📍Hybrid format (LUISS Rome & online)

🔗 Learn more: corruptiondata.eu/events/the-e...

#BridgeGapProject #AntiCorruption #HorizonEurope #EUlaw #Integrity
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎥 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 5 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞!

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Emanuela Ceva & Maria Paola Ferretti discuss what political corruption means in Donald Trump’s age.

🙏 Thanks to all speakers and participants!

📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMmj...

#BridgeGap #Anticorruption
BridgeGap Talk Series – Anticorruption in Progress 5
YouTube video by BridgeGap
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October 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📑 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:
“Digital Solutions Against #Corruption? Leveraging Technology in (EU) Humanitarian Aid Operations in the MENA Region”
by Ina Kubbe & Anwesha Chakraborty.

👉 Read here: corruptiondata.eu/new-working-...
Working Paper: Digital Solutions Against Corruption? Leveraging Technology in (EU) Humanitarian Aid Operations in the MENA-region
Credits: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations The BridgeGap Working Paper Series showcases cutting-edge research that bridges critical gaps in our understanding of corruption, its...
corruptiondata.eu
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🆕 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

Disablers of Corruption: How Courts, Media, and Digital Citizens Shape Integrity in Europe

✍️ By Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp

👉 Read the full article on #BridgeGapblog: corruptiondata.eu/disablers-of...
Disablers of Corruption: How Courts, Media, and Digital Citizens Shape Integrity in Europe
Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp When it comes to curbing corruption, rules on paper are only part of the story. What truly matters is whether societies have the constraints—or “disablers of c...
corruptiondata.eu
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
⏰ 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰!

🎙️ BridgeGap Talk Series – Episode 5

📅 2 October | 14:30 CET | Online

What is political corruption in Donald Trump’s age?

Join Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti for this timely dialogue.

👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: BridgeGap Talk Series – Anticorruption in Progress 5. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Concepts in dialogue. What is political corruption in Donald Trump’s age? Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (LUISS Guido Carli) in conversation with Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) and Maria Paola Ferretti (...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎙️ 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 5: 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

📅 2 October | 14:30 CET
📍 Online – Register here: corruptiondata.eu/events/bridg...

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞?
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

In a recent conversation with Knowable Magazine -Bob Holmes, Ina Kubbe, explored how expectations, peer pressure, loyalty, and reputation influence corruption in ways that laws alone cannot address.

📖 Read the full article: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Corruption: When norms upstage the law
People with good motives may engage in bribery and worse depending on what society expects of them. A political scientist explains.
knowablemagazine.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🔬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞

Led by Prof. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (LUISS), it brings together cutting-edge research on corruption, integrity & governance.

👉 Follow the Lab: www.researchgate.net/lab/BridgeGa...

#BridgeGapProject #ResearchGate #HorizonEurope #AntiCorruption #OpenData
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🇬🇷 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Despite decades of reforms, bailouts, and EU pressure, corruption in Greece remains deeply entrenched. According to the 2025 Eurobarometer, 97% of Greeks believe corruption is widespread — the highest rate in the EU.

📊 corruptiondata.eu/greeces-endu...
Greece’s Enduring Struggle with Corruption: Why Systemic Change Remains Elusive
Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp The more things change, the more they remain the same Greece’s relationship with corruption represents one of the most persistent and puzzling cases in modern ...
corruptiondata.eu
September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📑 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞

A working paper by Andrea Longobucco and Joras Ferwerda (Utrecht University) maps public procurement data across #Europe to assess its suitability for AI-driven anti-corruption analysis.

📖 Read more: corruptiondata.eu/new-delivera...
New Deliverable: Report Maps Public Procurement Data Across Europe
A new working paper by Andrea Longobucco and Joras Ferwerda (University of Utrecht) from the Work Package 6 on Artificial Inteligence “Fighting Corruption with Artificial Intelligence: Searching for S...
corruptiondata.eu
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@financialtimes.com’s Europe Express Weekend cites #BridgeGap data: 🇷🇴 Romania has lost more to corruption in the last decade than any other EU country. As PI Alina Mungiu-Pippidi notes, corruption erodes trust and fuels #populism across #Europe.

🔗 FT: ep.ft.com/permalink/em...

#AntiCorruption
Welcome back. In this long hot European summer the pace of news has not had its traditional holiday lull. For that we have to thank Donald Trump and his penchant for late-night policy shifts. This week, however, I want to take you away from the frontline of the tariff wars to Romania, a country with a number of salient lessons for Europe today on leadership and populism. It is also a place close to my heart; I started out as a journalist there in the aftermath of the 1989 Christmas revolution.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞.

Wealth concentration and state capture are on the rise in countries such as Cyprus, Malta, Turkey and Hungary, raising new corruption risks.

➡️ Read more: corruptiondata.eu/data-story-h...

Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp
Data Story: How do countries in Europe compare in terms of corruption?
Massimo Privitera, University of Antwerp Corruption remains a persistent challenge across Europe, manifesting in different forms depending on a country’s economic development, governance structures, a...
corruptiondata.eu
August 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 by Lorenzo Crippa, Edmund J. Malesky, and @luciopicci.bsky.social: Making Bribery Profitable Again?

Following #Trump’s 2025 suspension of the #FCPA, firms previously targeted saw an average market gain of $160M in one day.

📖 Read more: corruptiondata.eu/new-publicat...
August 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌍 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐂𝐏𝐑 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 2025

📅 26–29 August

The ECPR General Conference is one of the largest events in political science research, and this year BridgeGap will join forces with RESPOND_EU to contribute cutting-edge work on (anti)corruption and integrity.
July 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 🤖

👉 Learn more: www.youtube.com/shorts/qbf-K...

#BridgeGapProject #HorizonEurope #AI #AntiCorruption #DigitalIntegrity
AI to Fight Corruption: Professor Joras Ferwerda | Utrecht University
YouTube video by BridgeGap
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July 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🌏 BridgeGap at Kyoto University — Today

Today, BridgeGap researchers Lucio Picci and @denisserolivari.bsky.social are speaking at the international symposium Anti‑Corruption Revisited at Kyoto University, joined by RESPOND_EU’s @fernandaodilla.bsky.social.

📖 corruptiondata.eu/leading-eu-a...
Leading EU Anti-Corruption Projects to Speak at Kyoto University Symposium
On July 19, 2025, two prominent Horizon Europe projects, BridgeGap and RESPOND, will participate in “Anti-Corruption Revisited: Institutions, Integrity, and Global Change,” a symposium held at Kyoto U...
corruptiondata.eu
July 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📍 Snapshots from our participation at the 28th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress!

📖 Read more about our panels and presentations:
👉 corruptiondata.eu/resisting-au...
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📍 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 28𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐒𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚

🗓 12–16 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 2025

🔎 Want to know more about our panels and presentations?
👉 corruptiondata.eu/resisting-au...

@manoelgehrke.bsky.social@luciopicci.bsky.social@denisserolivari.bsky.social@fernandaodilla.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🎓 𝐓𝐡𝐞 15𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐄𝐏𝐒𝐀) 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 26–28 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 2025 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝.

🔗 Learn more about the conference: epsanet.org
EPSA 2025 - Madrid: Political Science Conference
Attend EPSA 2025 in Madrid, June 26-28, for cutting-edge political science research & engaging sessions at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
epsanet.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM