Our Hopes for a Pioneering Fellowship for Early Career Researchers
This blog was written by Rebecca Dobson Phillips, Assistant Professor in Politics at the University of Sussex and Director of Fellowships for the GI ACE Programme. What does the…
New Research to Resist State Capture in South Africa
This blog was developed by Caryn Peiffer, Nic Cheeseman, and Zenobia Ismail as part of the GI ACE research project Resisting State Capture from the Grassroots. Peiffer is Associate Professor of International Public Policy…
The Origin of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in South Africa
The South African Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (called the “Zondo Commission” after its chairperson) was a remarkable institution. From 2018 to 2022, it investigated corruption and state capture…
Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites & the Enabling of Corruption
February 2025 saw the publication by Oxford University Press of Indulging Kleptocracy, a groundbreaking new book by John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne. The book examines how lawyers, real…