The conference is now in progress in New York. Links to broadcasts and complete program below.

Tuesday, 2 December
Morning Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k1293vkug5
Afternoon Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1hxein4pi

Wednesday, 3 December
Morning Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1vqh17p0m
Afternoon Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1adqsg02k

Thursday, 4 December
Morning Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1suy8jmkw
Afternoon Sessions: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15wx12g4l

Conference Website
https://hdcmprogramme.my.canva.site/2-4-december-2025

Today’s guest announcement is from Bonnie Jo Palifka, Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Government at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

The Call for Papers for the 2025 Academia against Corruption in the Americas (ACA) Conference is out! We’re excited to be hosted by the Observatorio Fiscal, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, on May 21-23, 2025.

I founded ACA in 2018, inspired by two events. First, in 2016, I attended the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Panama. This was my first anticorruption conference, and I was excited to be surrounded by so many like-minded people. One moment that struck me occurred during a panel session, when Louise Shelley, in the audience, expressed how happy she was to see scholars (not only practitioners) at the conference and how important it is to teach anti-corruption to the new generations. The following year, at a conference on teaching anticorruption at the UNODC in Vienna, Matthew Stephenson (founder of the GAB) and I lamented the fact that most academic anticorruption conferences are held in Europe, Africa, and Asia. With two small children at home, making it difficult for me to travel (the aforementioned conferences notwithstanding), I decided to bring the scholars to me. Matthew and Louise were keynote speakers at the 2018 and 2019 conferences, respectively, in Monterrey, Mexico. Other keynote speakers have included Susan Rose-Ackerman, Michael Johnston, and Stephen Morris, as well as several rising stars. Our peer-reviewed sessions have featured presenters from top universities and important organizations from around the world.

The ACA Conference has three main goals:

1. to enrich and promote multidisciplinary research on corruption and anticorruption in the Americas.
2. to promote the inclusion of courses or sub-topics on corruption in university curricula.
3. to form a research and teaching network in the Americas. (See our group on LinkedIn and our nascent YouTube channel, where we will eventually post the videos from previous ACA conferences and our new online seminar series, the ACA Forum.)

We accept three types of submissions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. (Presentations at the conference may be in English or Spanish):

1. research on corruption and anticorruption, especially in the Americas
2. didactic tools and examples of teaching corruption and anticorruption
3. anticorruption tools and initiatives from civil society

While the ACA is a marriage of my interests—Corruption Studies and Latin American Studies—note that our focus is on the Americas more broadly.  Research on corruption in the United States, for example, would be especially timely.

We invite professors, researchers, and civil society organizations from all disciplines to submit proposals (full papers or reports, at any stage from draft through published) before February 28, 2025.

Please send any queries to anticorruption.academia@gmail.com.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and hope to see you at the conference in person or online.

Ilona Wysmulek, Assistant Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and a leader of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network (ICRN), provides the following announcement, which may be of interest to many GAB readers:

The Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network (ICRN) will be holding its 9th ICRN Forum for early-career corruption researchers and practitioners in June 12 to 14, 2025, at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna. The ICRN Forum is a dynamic gathering of international and interdisciplinary early career researchers working on (anti-)corruption and integrity. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research, exchange ideas, start collaborative projects and take part in co-creation sessions in the field. This year, it is also an opportunity for researchers from OECD ODA countries to apply for the two-year Governance & Integrity Fellowship, which will start at ICRN 2025. The Fellowship includes research training, mentoring and a small research grant. It also includes sponsorship to attend the Forum in Vienna to present a research proposal.

Those interested in applying, may do so here. Applicants are required to fill in the registration form, choose your session type and follow the guidelines. ICRN Forum welcomes submissions to four types of sessions:

(1) Promotion  – presentations of advanced-stage research that is nearing completion or has been completed.  This includes work where the researcher has already conducted fieldwork/collected data, undertaken some degree of analysis and produced some results. We also encourage submissions that focus on promoting completed work, discussing the challenges of fieldwork, and/or possible avenues of analysis based on material already collected.

(2) Work in Progress  – presentations of researchers currently at the early stages of their research process who wish to discuss their research design, expected/potential fieldwork issues (i.e., before data collection), identified research gaps, and contribution statements. The objective of these sessions is for presenters to benefit from feedback on the initial phase of their research work.

(3) Co-creation  – sessions dedicated to developing new research ideas and fostering open collaboration projects. These may include concepts for joint publications, teaching initiatives, or the organization of conference panels, as well as more innovative approaches to advancing corruption research through discussions of methodologies or data collection techniques. Applicants to a co-creation session are expected to volunteer to moderate (chair) the session. Proposals for a co-creation session must include a clear description of objectives, procedures, guiding questions, and any other elements considered relevant for the successful holding of discussions.

(4) New ideas from the Global South (fellowship programme)  – presentations of research proposals by selected Governance & Integrity Fellows. These proposals should outline a plan for research that has not yet been conducted. The sessions will provide the opportunity for discussion and constructive feedback.

For the Promotion, Work in Progress or Co-creation sessions, a 300-word abstract is required. To become a  Governance & Integrity Fellow and present at the “New ideas from the Global South” session, a  500-word research proposal, a 300-word motivation statement  and a  2-page CV are required.

There is no registration fee, but participants would bear travel and accommodation expenses. Governance & Integrity Fellows will be supported by a travel and accommodation grant. Any questions can be sent to the organizing team at icrn2025@ceu.edu

Application Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025.

Where? Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria

When? Thursday, June 12, to Saturday, June 14, 2025

Who? Early-career scholars and practitioners studying (anti-)corruption and integrity

Launching the Fellowship: Researchers living and working in the OECD ODA country can apply to a two-year Governance & Integrity Fellowship that launches at ICRN 2025.