Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE)
@giace.bsky.social
GI ACE research aims to generate actionable evidence that policymakers, practitioners, and advocates can use to design and implement more effective anti-corruption initiatives.
🌐 www.giace.org
🌐 www.giace.org
Join us on 5 Feb 2026 (2–3pm GMT) for a GI ACE seminar on using leaked & sensitive data to research illicit finance, with @szakonyi.bsky.social and Tom Mayne, chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social. In collaboration with the Illicit Finance Data Lab.
Register here: bit.ly/3ZkcV3U
Register here: bit.ly/3ZkcV3U
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Join us on 5 Feb 2026 (2–3pm GMT) for a GI ACE seminar on using leaked & sensitive data to research illicit finance, with @szakonyi.bsky.social and Tom Mayne, chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social. In collaboration with the Illicit Finance Data Lab.
Register here: bit.ly/3ZkcV3U
Register here: bit.ly/3ZkcV3U
📘 New GI ACE research launched
We marked the parliamentary launch of The Kleptocratic Enterprise, by @marianizzero.bsky.social, @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne of the University of Essex, which examines the gap between the UK’s anti-corruption ambitions and its asset recovery outcomes.
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We marked the parliamentary launch of The Kleptocratic Enterprise, by @marianizzero.bsky.social, @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne of the University of Essex, which examines the gap between the UK’s anti-corruption ambitions and its asset recovery outcomes.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
📘 New GI ACE research launched
We marked the parliamentary launch of The Kleptocratic Enterprise, by @marianizzero.bsky.social, @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne of the University of Essex, which examines the gap between the UK’s anti-corruption ambitions and its asset recovery outcomes.
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We marked the parliamentary launch of The Kleptocratic Enterprise, by @marianizzero.bsky.social, @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne of the University of Essex, which examines the gap between the UK’s anti-corruption ambitions and its asset recovery outcomes.
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Today’s #GIACE roundtable unpacked how professional enablers shape corruption and state capture behind the scenes.
Thank you to @devipillay.co.za, Alexander Cooley, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Corentin C., @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all who joined!
Thank you to @devipillay.co.za, Alexander Cooley, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Corentin C., @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all who joined!
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today’s #GIACE roundtable unpacked how professional enablers shape corruption and state capture behind the scenes.
Thank you to @devipillay.co.za, Alexander Cooley, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Corentin C., @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all who joined!
Thank you to @devipillay.co.za, Alexander Cooley, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Corentin C., @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all who joined!
New GI ACE blog: How can the IMF help counter state capture? @tshipley1.bsky.social & @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social explore the Fund’s growing role, its leverage in reforms, and the risks that could hold it back.
Read more: bit.ly/StateCapture...
Read more: bit.ly/StateCapture...
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New GI ACE blog: How can the IMF help counter state capture? @tshipley1.bsky.social & @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social explore the Fund’s growing role, its leverage in reforms, and the risks that could hold it back.
Read more: bit.ly/StateCapture...
Read more: bit.ly/StateCapture...
Part 3 of #GIACE’s blog series is out! @devipillay.co.za unpacks the Zondo Commission’s 353 recommendations and why South Africa’s post-capture reforms remain uneven. Key gaps persist in law enforcement and whistle-blower protection. Read more: bit.ly/GIACEPart3
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Part 3 of #GIACE’s blog series is out! @devipillay.co.za unpacks the Zondo Commission’s 353 recommendations and why South Africa’s post-capture reforms remain uneven. Key gaps persist in law enforcement and whistle-blower protection. Read more: bit.ly/GIACEPart3
Today’s #GIACEseminar was a lively dive into how illicit finance is reshaping tourism and hospitality.
Thank you to Jean-Patrick Villeneuve, @ofabianobomfim.bsky.social, Dieter Zinnbauer, @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all the participants who joined!
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Thank you to Jean-Patrick Villeneuve, @ofabianobomfim.bsky.social, Dieter Zinnbauer, @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all the participants who joined!
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today’s #GIACEseminar was a lively dive into how illicit finance is reshaping tourism and hospitality.
Thank you to Jean-Patrick Villeneuve, @ofabianobomfim.bsky.social, Dieter Zinnbauer, @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all the participants who joined!
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Thank you to Jean-Patrick Villeneuve, @ofabianobomfim.bsky.social, Dieter Zinnbauer, @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and all the participants who joined!
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
New blog from @fangelico.bsky.social & Jean-Patrick Villeneuve exposes how real estate booms in Brazil, Kenya & Indonesia are fuelling money laundering through tourism-driven growth.
Read here: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Read here: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
October 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New blog from @fangelico.bsky.social & Jean-Patrick Villeneuve exposes how real estate booms in Brazil, Kenya & Indonesia are fuelling money laundering through tourism-driven growth.
Read here: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Read here: bit.ly/corruptionin...
Learn more: bit.ly/corruptionin...
@devipillay.co.za's paper shows that consulting firms weren't passive participants, they were active facilitators of state capture.
This raises a wider question: how can governments ensure consultants are accountable when their work undermines public institutions?
🔗 Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
This raises a wider question: how can governments ensure consultants are accountable when their work undermines public institutions?
🔗 Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@devipillay.co.za's paper shows that consulting firms weren't passive participants, they were active facilitators of state capture.
This raises a wider question: how can governments ensure consultants are accountable when their work undermines public institutions?
🔗 Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
This raises a wider question: how can governments ensure consultants are accountable when their work undermines public institutions?
🔗 Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
#Statecapture in South Africa wasn’t just politicians & the Guptas. Firms like McKinsey, Regiments & Trillian at Transnet & Eskom enabled inflated contracts & mismanagement.
#GIACE research by @devipillay.co.za shows how unchecked outsourcing weakens state capacity.
Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
#GIACE research by @devipillay.co.za shows how unchecked outsourcing weakens state capacity.
Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#Statecapture in South Africa wasn’t just politicians & the Guptas. Firms like McKinsey, Regiments & Trillian at Transnet & Eskom enabled inflated contracts & mismanagement.
#GIACE research by @devipillay.co.za shows how unchecked outsourcing weakens state capacity.
Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
#GIACE research by @devipillay.co.za shows how unchecked outsourcing weakens state capacity.
Read: bit.ly/consultants-...
Join us today as we kickoff our first #GIACESeminar with Dan Marks & @jenniferscotland.bsky.social from @rusi.bsky.social and reflections from Pablo Fernandez (EcoSecurities).
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us today as we kickoff our first #GIACESeminar with Dan Marks & @jenniferscotland.bsky.social from @rusi.bsky.social and reflections from Pablo Fernandez (EcoSecurities).
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
Join us on 18 September as we kickoff our first #GIACESeminar with Dan Marks & @jenniferscotland.bsky.social from @rusi.bsky.social, and reflections from Pablo Fernandez (EcoSecurities).
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
September 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Join us on 18 September as we kickoff our first #GIACESeminar with Dan Marks & @jenniferscotland.bsky.social from @rusi.bsky.social, and reflections from Pablo Fernandez (EcoSecurities).
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
📖 Scoping Corruption in Voluntary Carbon Markets
🕰️ 12:30–1:30 PM (UK time)
🔗 bit.ly/GIACESeminar1
#GIACE hosted our Mid-Year Conference (8–9 Sept) with researchers, Fellows, FCDO & CSO partners.
Day 1 featured multiple panels on research themes, ending with a roundtable on the Changing Global Order.
Day 2 focused on impact - turning research into real-world solutions and more.
bit.ly/giaceconf
Day 1 featured multiple panels on research themes, ending with a roundtable on the Changing Global Order.
Day 2 focused on impact - turning research into real-world solutions and more.
bit.ly/giaceconf
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#GIACE hosted our Mid-Year Conference (8–9 Sept) with researchers, Fellows, FCDO & CSO partners.
Day 1 featured multiple panels on research themes, ending with a roundtable on the Changing Global Order.
Day 2 focused on impact - turning research into real-world solutions and more.
bit.ly/giaceconf
Day 1 featured multiple panels on research themes, ending with a roundtable on the Changing Global Order.
Day 2 focused on impact - turning research into real-world solutions and more.
bit.ly/giaceconf
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social co-chaired a panel on state capture at the @ecpr.bsky.social annual meeting in Thessaloniki.
Our takeaway: Tackling capture means understanding not just corruption itself, but the mechanisms & motivations that make states vulnerable.
Recap blog> bit.ly/ecprconferen...
Our takeaway: Tackling capture means understanding not just corruption itself, but the mechanisms & motivations that make states vulnerable.
Recap blog> bit.ly/ecprconferen...
September 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social co-chaired a panel on state capture at the @ecpr.bsky.social annual meeting in Thessaloniki.
Our takeaway: Tackling capture means understanding not just corruption itself, but the mechanisms & motivations that make states vulnerable.
Recap blog> bit.ly/ecprconferen...
Our takeaway: Tackling capture means understanding not just corruption itself, but the mechanisms & motivations that make states vulnerable.
Recap blog> bit.ly/ecprconferen...
🚨 Launch Webinar | Hidden Trade Routes: Illicit Financial Flows and Sanctions Evasion in the Balkans & Black Sea
📅 15 Sept 2025 | 🕑 12:00 PM UK | 📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/CSD_WPLaunch...
#IllicitFinance #SanctionsEvasion #GIACE @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social
📅 15 Sept 2025 | 🕑 12:00 PM UK | 📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/CSD_WPLaunch...
#IllicitFinance #SanctionsEvasion #GIACE @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 Launch Webinar | Hidden Trade Routes: Illicit Financial Flows and Sanctions Evasion in the Balkans & Black Sea
📅 15 Sept 2025 | 🕑 12:00 PM UK | 📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/CSD_WPLaunch...
#IllicitFinance #SanctionsEvasion #GIACE @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social
📅 15 Sept 2025 | 🕑 12:00 PM UK | 📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: bit.ly/CSD_WPLaunch...
#IllicitFinance #SanctionsEvasion #GIACE @csdbuildbridges.bsky.social
@tshipley1.bsky.social presented the paper, "More Candid and Yet Still Constrained: The IMF’s Revised Approach to Tackling Corruption" by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and himself representing University of Sussex and GI ACE
Explore panel details and all papers here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Explore panel details and all papers here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@tshipley1.bsky.social presented the paper, "More Candid and Yet Still Constrained: The IMF’s Revised Approach to Tackling Corruption" by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social and himself representing University of Sussex and GI ACE
Explore panel details and all papers here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Explore panel details and all papers here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
#GIACE is pleased to be part of the #ecprgc25, convening a panel on “State Capture: New Threats and Responses.”
Chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social, the session brought together cutting-edge research on how corruption & institutional decline enable state capture across different contexts.
Chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social, the session brought together cutting-edge research on how corruption & institutional decline enable state capture across different contexts.
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#GIACE is pleased to be part of the #ecprgc25, convening a panel on “State Capture: New Threats and Responses.”
Chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social, the session brought together cutting-edge research on how corruption & institutional decline enable state capture across different contexts.
Chaired by @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social, the session brought together cutting-edge research on how corruption & institutional decline enable state capture across different contexts.
(2/2) Discover more about the project here: giace.org/projects/ill...
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
(2/2) Discover more about the project here: giace.org/projects/ill...
(1/2) Sanctions don’t always stop the flow – they change its route.
@csdbuildbridges.bsky.social's research reveals how legal loopholes and weak enforcement are allowing sensitive EU dual-use goods to reach Russia through third-country re-export hubs.
Read the full blog here: bit.ly/CSDBlog
@csdbuildbridges.bsky.social's research reveals how legal loopholes and weak enforcement are allowing sensitive EU dual-use goods to reach Russia through third-country re-export hubs.
Read the full blog here: bit.ly/CSDBlog
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
(1/2) Sanctions don’t always stop the flow – they change its route.
@csdbuildbridges.bsky.social's research reveals how legal loopholes and weak enforcement are allowing sensitive EU dual-use goods to reach Russia through third-country re-export hubs.
Read the full blog here: bit.ly/CSDBlog
@csdbuildbridges.bsky.social's research reveals how legal loopholes and weak enforcement are allowing sensitive EU dual-use goods to reach Russia through third-country re-export hubs.
Read the full blog here: bit.ly/CSDBlog
We’re excited to welcome @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as the new Programme Director of GI ACE!
We’re thrilled to have her leading the next phase of GI ACE’s work to advance integrity and evidence-based anti-corruption strategies.
Read more about Liz’s background: giace.org/about/
We’re thrilled to have her leading the next phase of GI ACE’s work to advance integrity and evidence-based anti-corruption strategies.
Read more about Liz’s background: giace.org/about/
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We’re excited to welcome @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as the new Programme Director of GI ACE!
We’re thrilled to have her leading the next phase of GI ACE’s work to advance integrity and evidence-based anti-corruption strategies.
Read more about Liz’s background: giace.org/about/
We’re thrilled to have her leading the next phase of GI ACE’s work to advance integrity and evidence-based anti-corruption strategies.
Read more about Liz’s background: giace.org/about/
The July GI ACE newsletter is here!
✅ Project spotlight: Corruption risks in voluntary carbon markets
✅ Congo Hold-Up seminar recap
✅ Meet the GI ACE Fellows
✅ Blogs & podcasts on dual-use goods, democracy & corruption
📖 Read: bit.ly/giacenewslet...
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
✅ Project spotlight: Corruption risks in voluntary carbon markets
✅ Congo Hold-Up seminar recap
✅ Meet the GI ACE Fellows
✅ Blogs & podcasts on dual-use goods, democracy & corruption
📖 Read: bit.ly/giacenewslet...
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The July GI ACE newsletter is here!
✅ Project spotlight: Corruption risks in voluntary carbon markets
✅ Congo Hold-Up seminar recap
✅ Meet the GI ACE Fellows
✅ Blogs & podcasts on dual-use goods, democracy & corruption
📖 Read: bit.ly/giacenewslet...
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
✅ Project spotlight: Corruption risks in voluntary carbon markets
✅ Congo Hold-Up seminar recap
✅ Meet the GI ACE Fellows
✅ Blogs & podcasts on dual-use goods, democracy & corruption
📖 Read: bit.ly/giacenewslet...
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
The June GI ACE newsletter is out!
✅ Congo Hold-Up spotlight & upcoming seminar
✅ Blogs on grassroots resistance & UNCAC
✅ New GI ACE Fellowship
✅ Latest KickBack on inclusion & power
📖 Read: bit.ly/GIACENewsletterJune
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
#GIACE #AntiCorruption #StateCapture
✅ Congo Hold-Up spotlight & upcoming seminar
✅ Blogs on grassroots resistance & UNCAC
✅ New GI ACE Fellowship
✅ Latest KickBack on inclusion & power
📖 Read: bit.ly/GIACENewsletterJune
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
#GIACE #AntiCorruption #StateCapture
July 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The June GI ACE newsletter is out!
✅ Congo Hold-Up spotlight & upcoming seminar
✅ Blogs on grassroots resistance & UNCAC
✅ New GI ACE Fellowship
✅ Latest KickBack on inclusion & power
📖 Read: bit.ly/GIACENewsletterJune
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
#GIACE #AntiCorruption #StateCapture
✅ Congo Hold-Up spotlight & upcoming seminar
✅ Blogs on grassroots resistance & UNCAC
✅ New GI ACE Fellowship
✅ Latest KickBack on inclusion & power
📖 Read: bit.ly/GIACENewsletterJune
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
#GIACE #AntiCorruption #StateCapture
What does state capture mean for UNCAC implementation?
In a new #GIACE blog, Tom Shipley explores how the UNCAC process often overlooks the systemic nature of capture, and what a more effective approach could look like.
🔗 Blog: giace.org/statecapture...
🔗 Also Read: bit.ly/uncaccoaliti...
In a new #GIACE blog, Tom Shipley explores how the UNCAC process often overlooks the systemic nature of capture, and what a more effective approach could look like.
🔗 Blog: giace.org/statecapture...
🔗 Also Read: bit.ly/uncaccoaliti...
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What does state capture mean for UNCAC implementation?
In a new #GIACE blog, Tom Shipley explores how the UNCAC process often overlooks the systemic nature of capture, and what a more effective approach could look like.
🔗 Blog: giace.org/statecapture...
🔗 Also Read: bit.ly/uncaccoaliti...
In a new #GIACE blog, Tom Shipley explores how the UNCAC process often overlooks the systemic nature of capture, and what a more effective approach could look like.
🔗 Blog: giace.org/statecapture...
🔗 Also Read: bit.ly/uncaccoaliti...
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Some snapshots from the #ICRNForum2025
Powerful insights from the GIACE community in today's sessions:
🛠️ Tools of Change, spotlighting innovation from the Global South in tackling corruption (Fellows)
🗳️ Joint Session: Corruption & Democracy,with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as one of the speakers.
Powerful insights from the GIACE community in today's sessions:
🛠️ Tools of Change, spotlighting innovation from the Global South in tackling corruption (Fellows)
🗳️ Joint Session: Corruption & Democracy,with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as one of the speakers.
June 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Some snapshots from the #ICRNForum2025
Powerful insights from the GIACE community in today's sessions:
🛠️ Tools of Change, spotlighting innovation from the Global South in tackling corruption (Fellows)
🗳️ Joint Session: Corruption & Democracy,with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as one of the speakers.
Powerful insights from the GIACE community in today's sessions:
🛠️ Tools of Change, spotlighting innovation from the Global South in tackling corruption (Fellows)
🗳️ Joint Session: Corruption & Democracy,with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as one of the speakers.
June 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM