Pillar 1 Nature, Causes & Mechanisms of Corruption
Pillar 1 asks how we can define corruption and understand the social mechanisms enabling corruption and preventing the formal institutions of good governance taking root in a given society or regime. Corruption in all work packages under this pillar, regardless if approached by historians, anthropologists or political scientists, is treated as a dependent variable.Lead organisation: European University Institute
Pillar Leader: Professor Donatella della Porta
This pillar includes:
Work Package 1 Social, legal, anthropological and political approaches to theory of corruption
Work Package 2 History of corruption in comparative perspective
Work Package 4 The ethnographic study of corruption practices
Pillar 2 Perceptions and Experiences of Corruption
Pillar 2 undertakes extensive original data collection on perceptions and experiences of corruption in the EU and worldwide. This data and case studies are used to analyze conditions under which accountability mechanisms and bureaucratic structures can contain corruption and improve government. Lead organisation: Quality of Government Institute
Pillar Leader: Dr. Monika Bauhr
This pillar includes:
Work Package 5 Pan-European survey on quality of government and corruption at national and regional level
Work Package 7 Individual values and motivations to engage against corruption
Work Package 11 Building accountability: transparency, civil service and administrative responses
Pillar 3 Impact of Corruption
Pillar 3 investigates the links of corruption with media and organized crime and focuses on the implications of policy outcomes for specific professional and social groups. It also examines the social and fiscal costs of corruption. Lead organisation: University College London
Pillar Leader: Professor Alena V. Ledeneva
This pillar includes:
Work Package 6 Media and corruption
Work Package 9 Organised crime and impact on vulnerable groups
Pillar 4 Policy Responses to Corruption
Pillar 4 will investigate the development and impact of responses to corruption. It will analyse the policies of government and inter-governmental actors, assessing the adoption and implementation of legal instruments against corruption and explaining their impact or lack thereof. In this pillar, the importance of gender and especially women’s political representation will be central. It will also examine the responses of society as a whole; for instance, NGOs, grassroots movements, politicians, and businesses.Lead organisation: Hertie School of Governance
Pillar Leader: Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
This pillar includes:
Work Package 3 Corruption and governance improvement in global and continental perspectives
Work Package 8 Corruption, assistance and development
Work Package 10 Monitoring and enforcing anti-corruption legislation in Europe