The 24th virtual roundtable on measuring corruption will be held on December 18th (Monday) from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (Central European Time – CET). This time, the discussion will focus on the identification of widespread corruption through geo-spatial analysis.
A presentation will be given by Dr. Steven Gawthorpe (Berkeley Research Group, LLC), followed by a combination of Q&A and open-floor discussion.
Dr. Gawthorpe is a data scientist specializing in open-source intelligence techniques for investigating financial crime and corruption. Before joining BRG, he served as the senior data scientist and project lead for the Drugs Monitoring Platform (DMP) at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In this capacity, he developed an innovative AI solution that continuously extracts global news content related to illicit drug seizures.
If you would like to join, please send an email to jpozsgai@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp with a quick line about your area of expertise (if needed).
As before, the meeting intends to bring together a small number of specialists to have an informal conversation about the measurement of corruption. This will be the twenty-fourth installment of a series of meetings planned for 2022-24.