Past Seminar Series
Trinity 2011
The Kellogg Centre for the Study of Governance and Transparency Seminar Series
19th May (3rd week) Corruption and Culture: Results from an Experiment
Abigail Barr, Department for International Development, Oxford
26th May (4th week) Governance and the Minerals Sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Patricia Feeney, Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance and Transparency
Michaelmas 2010
Organising Crime: Drug Smugglers, Human Trafficking and Gang Members, Scott Decker, Arizona State University
Accounting, Institutions and Corruption, Bertrand Venard, Audencia Nantes School of Management
Between Economic Theorizing and Sociological Explanations: Social Norms in Prostitution Research, Stef Adriaenssens, University College Brussels
From Cybercrime to Cyberwarfare: Hackers and their Multiple Uses, Misha Glenny
Trinity 2010
Signalling among Criminals: The Contribution of Diego Gambetta's Codes of the Underworld.
Chaired by Federico Varese:
Bang Bang, Psst Psst: How criminals communicate, Alex McBride, Criminal Barrister and Author
Credible Crooks as a Topic in Sociological Theory, Garry Runciman, Trinity College, Cambridge,
Chaired by Heather Hamill:
A Game-theoretic Perspective on Diego Gambetta's Codes of the Underworld, Avinash Dixit, Princeton University
A response, Diego Gambetta
Hilary 2010
Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law, Prof Eric Uslaner, University of Maryland
Undertaking Sensitive Research: Ethnographies in the Illegal Sex Industry in post-socialist China, Dr Tiantian Zheng, State University of New York
Pirates of Somalia, Dr Sarah Percy and Dr Anja Shortland
Organizing Crime: A Theory of Organized Crime, Douglas Rogers, George Mason University Download paper
Michaelmas 2009
Local dispute management in Morocco and its transnational environment Bertram Turner, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Protection for Sale? War and the Transformation of Regulation on the Congo-Ugandan Border Timothy Raeymakers, University of Ghent
The Dynamics of ‘over-the-counter’ Derivatives Regulation: Bridging the Public-Private Divide Daniel Awrey, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford Download paper
Hilary 2009
Offenders as Knowledge Workers, Dr Mathilde Turcotte, EXLEGI Visiting Fellow
Professional Criminals in Georgia: A profile of the Vory-v-Zakone of Kutaisi, Gavin Slade, University of Oxford
Women in Organised Crime: Opportunities before Emancipation, Dr Valeria Pizzini-Gambetta, University of Oxford
Economic structure and vulnerability to organised crime: evidence from Sicily, Dr Mario Lavezzi, University of Palermo Download paper
Michaelmas 2008
Global Network Finance, Prof. Katharina Pistor, Columbia University. Download paper.
(Organised in conjunction with Oxford Law Faculty and the Said Business School)Non-state legal processes in the Tibetan region, Dr Fernanda Pirie, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Informal Dispute Settlement in Rural Telengana, South India, Mr Pavan Mamidi, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
The Emergence of Endogenous Legal Institutions: Property Rights and Community Governance in the Italian Alps, Prof. Marco Casari, Department of Economics, University of Bologna; and Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana. Download paper.
Hilary 2008
Competition in Bureaucracy and Corruption, Dr Mikhail Drugov, Department of Economics and Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Download paper.
Brokerage in Criminal Networks, Prof. Carlo Morselli, École de Criminologie, Université de Montréal
Crime and Counter-Insurgency: Lessons not Learned from the Colonial Experience, Prof David Anderson, Director, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Enforcement of Corporate and Takeover Law in the UK: A Roadmap and Empirical Assessment, Prof John Armour, Lovells Professor in Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Michaelmas 2007
The 'Andreotti Affair': Antimafia Struggle and the Crisis of the Italian First Republic (1992-2004), Dr Jean-Louis Briquet, Directeur de Recherches, CNRS, Paris
Bargaining for Bribes: The Role of Moral Costs and Imperfect Information, Ms Danila Serra, Department of Economics and Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford Download paper
The Neapolitan Camorra and its Relationship with Politics: What to Study? When to Study? How to Study? Dr Felia Allum, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath
Mapping Organised Crime: Understanding the Threat, DCI Stan Gilmour, Thames Valley Police
Hilary 2007
Strong Norms, Weak Law: The Extralegal Governance of Mercenaries, Dr Sarah Percy, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, University of Oxford
Caste Based Norms of Community Intellectual Property, and Rural Technological Innovation, Pavan Mamidi, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Thieving from Thiefs: Risk and Robbery in the Underworld, Nick Kochan, The Financial Times and author of The Washing Machine: Money, Crime and Terror in the Offshore System
The Rise and Fall of a Private Protection Organisation, Marina Tzvetkova, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Michaelmas 2006
Post-conflict Risks, Dr Anke Hoeffler, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. Download paperWho Joins Ethnic Militias, Dr Yvan Guichaoua, Research Officer, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, University of Oxford. Download paper