Corruption and Anti-corruption

Available for on-campus & online learning. Students participate in interactive, real-time classes. 2026 dates: July 28, Aug 10, Sept 8,10,11,14,16,18. The course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the theory and practice of corruption and anti-corruption efforts. It shows how different understandings of corruption suggest different remedies. Students will consider definitions, explanations and measures of corruption, and its links to development, politics, geography, economics and culture. The course will also consider ways of evaluating anti-corruption measures, including cleanup campaigns, anti-corruption commissions and NGOs. While drawing extensively from a growing scholarship on corruption, the course includes insights from a range of practitioners working on the front line of responding to corruption.