Research Center for Corruption Studies

The Research Center for Corruption Studies (RCCS), directed by Professor Emanuela Ceva at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Geneva and by Dr Maria Paola Ferretti , approaches the cross-disciplinary study of corruption as a deficit in the accountability chain linking officeholders to their mandates. It explores such questions as:

To what extent could different conceptualizations of corruption shape measurment instruments, policy-making and public perceptions?
Should we seek a unified understanding of corruption to make sense of misuses of power across cultural contexts, institutional set ups, and public as well as private organizations?
What are the duties of public servants to sustain institutional functioning against corruption?
What accountability practices can fight corruption and enhance public trust in institutions?

Funded on the ERC/SNSF Advanced Grant “The Margins of Corruption” the RCCS promotes rigorous, conceptually grounded, and practice-oriented research, training, and outreach activities to enhance the understanding of corruption and anticorruption in democratic public institutions and beyond.

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