Academics aren’t usually part of leaked data investigations. That’s starting to change.
Image Credit: Kevin Ku/Pexels Michael Hornsby, Impact Manager at Anti-Corruption Data Collective…
The climate crisis is currently affecting food prices, with the biggest impact on the most vulnerable populations. Practitioners and researchers are working hand-in-hand at the African Market Observatory at the University of Johannesburg to ease these impacts and improve food security.
To learn more about the broader topic of corruption and commerce, explore this GI ACE project.
Eight new GI-ACE research projects across three themes will be announced soon – watch this space.
On June 27th, we launched a research report on global shell companies and offshore financial secrecy. The newly generated research uses big data analytics and global mapping to provide an important evidence base for anti-corruption policy-making in the future. The work was led by Daniel Haberly, University of Sussex.
From March 9-11, 2022, the GI-ACE programme brought together all research teams, practitioner partners, and stakeholders in government and civil society to a celebratory closing event in London. This event shared findings and progress made by the programme over the course of three years.
Click through to read our end-of-programme report! This team would like to express our sincerest thanks to our research teams, their host institutions and all their partners, as well as colleagues from civil society, the private sector, governmental and international organizations and media around the world who have contributed their thinking and served as thought partners throughout. This report showcases the important work done by our partners and the journey we took to get here.
This project investigate the laundering of monies and reputations by elites from African and Central Asian kleptocracies by looking at the due diligence requirements in the banking, real estate, charitable and public relations sectors.
Research partners around the world, funded by UK aid from the British people.
Practical research in priority areas of anti-corruption work, currently focused on: global finance, global trade, and vulnerable sectors, with nineteen projects so far.
To generate actionable evidence for use in designing and implementing more effective anti-corruption initiatives.
This project works from the theory that fostering collective pride in good governance and providing a positive recognition for local leaders who forego corruption will decrease corruption in a national park revenue-sharing programme in western Uganda.
Image Credit: Kevin Ku/Pexels Michael Hornsby, Impact Manager at Anti-Corruption Data Collective…
This publication focuses on groundbreaking research revealing significant shifts in the pattern…
Much attention was devoted to the corruption that dominated emergency responses during…
🔍 New Kickback episode!
Dive into illicit financial networks with Dr @DanHaberly, whose GI ACE research sheds light on hidden structures in the global economy. Learn about the RIFF dataset & shifting illicit finance hubs.
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📢 New paper by Georgia Garrod & Prof. Robert Barrington @CSC_barrington : "Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians?" The paper challenges justifications lawyers use in supporting kleptocracy.
Read here: http://bit.ly/CSCPaper1
#Kleptocracy #Corruption #Justice #Law
🛎️The MA in Corruption & Governance at Sussex University offers a comprehensive understanding of corruption, its causes, and how to address it.
🗓️1 August 2025 (international), 1 September 2025 (UK)
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