Events

NETNOCON 2025, held in Marseille from May 28-30, 2025, celebrates the 10th anniversary of Robert Kozinets’ “Netnography: Redefined” with the theme “Let’s Get Creative!”. The conference encourages netnographers to blend scientific research with artistic expression, drawing inspiration from Marseille’s vibrant counterculture to explore the intersection of arts, popular culture, creative industries, and technology, with presenters…

The fight against corruption is a global challenge that demands collaboration, innovation, and strong partnerships. BridgeGap is proud to participate in the World Cafés Session at the World Bank’s Partnerships for Anti-Corruption Global Forum 2025. This high-level event brings together policymakers, private sector leaders, scholars, civil society organizations, and anti-corruption experts to discuss strategies for…

Knowledge Partner Session: Cutting-edge research programmes on tackling corruption today along with RESPOND and GI-ACE BridgeGap Panel: Assessing the Impact of EU Anticorruption Efforts: Insights from the BridgeGap Horizon Project The last decade has witnessed unprecedented investment in anticorruption measures across the EU and its neighbourhood, marked by initiatives such as the EC Rule of…

Speaker: Ina Kubbe (Hebrew University / Tel Aviv University)  When: 15 April – 16.00 CET  Where: Online. Register to join here Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East and North Africa: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis  Authors: Ina Kubbe (Hebrew University / Tel Aviv University, Israel), Fatih Kırşanlı (Social Sciences University of Ankara, College of Political…

Speaker: Manoel Gehrke (University of Pisa)  When: 18 March – 16.00 CET  Where: Online. Register to join here Reversing Corruption Convictions of Former Heads of Government: Dependent High Courts as Institutional Fail-Safes for Political Elites  Authors: Luciano Da Ros (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) and Manoel Gehrke (Department of Political…

Speaker: Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow)  Date: 27 February 14.00 CET  Where: Online. Register to join here Business Interactions with Government: When Administrative Burdens Become Corruption Catalysts  Authors:  Bernhard Reinsberg (University of Glasgow, School of Social and Political Sciences), Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari and Adina Dudau (University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School)   In many interactions between…

This talk series aims to bring experts from the BridgeGap project to discuss current challenges and advancements in the fight against corruption. Through these discussions, BridgeGap seeks to foster collaboration and share innovative research and tools to combat corruption effectively. The inaugural session of the series is scheduled for January 28, 2025. The event will…

Topic: Follow the Money and the T-Index: Mapping Political Power and Hidden Networks with BridgeGap Date: 9 December 2024 Time: 14:00-15.00 CET Where: Online Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_koNP2uXFSOe8SibxFvf17w Join us for this special webinar organized under the Horizon Europe project BridgeGap, a key initiative driving innovative research and tools to combat corruption, enhance transparency, and promote good…

October 10, 2024 In a globalized world, where even crime has taken on a transnational dimension, corruption has become a much more complex phenomenon than before, and therefore more difficult to combat and prevent. How can we fight it? The conference “Preventing Corruption in Europe: a new perspective” with international speakers from the EU, OECD,…

IBEI is hosting BridgeGap Conference on Historical Perspectives on Cross-Border Corruption. Over two insightful days on October 7 and 8, 2024, the conference is exploring the historical development, causes, and consequences of cross-border corruption, featuring thought-provoking discussions and valuable contributions from experts around the world. The event includes a Keynote Speech on Corruption: The Past…

The workshop is a key opportunity to analyse the collected data and start building a media capture risk map, which will be made available on Bridgegap. The workshop is organised by the WP7 team of Bridgegap (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Rita Marchetti) and it takes place on September 30, 2024 in Perugia, focusing on the concept of media…

Reputation-based metrics like the Corruption Perceptions Index have been crucial in pushing governments to act and keeping corruption on the global policy radar. But with new tech and digital tools, we can now dive deeper, offering sharper insights and more precise measures. The #BrigeGap panel at IACC, Vilnius in June 2024 investigated the hurdles faced…

Charting Europe’s Policy Options Nowadays the Kremlin employs a multifaceted strategy to erode democratic institutions and expand its geopolitical influence in Europe and beyond. The countries of the Eastern flank of the EU have appeared to be a special target of the Kremlin and simultaneously – the most vulnerable ones. This strategy includes strategic corruption,…