Public Integrity Research Group - GRIP
The Research Group on Public Integrity - Gruppo di Ricerca Integrità Pubblica (GRIP) focuses its research on issues of democratic governance. In particular, it deals with theoretical conceptualization, measurement and policy-evaluation linked to transparency, anti-corruption, accountability and civic participation in the broadly defined public sector. These themes are embedded in the perspective of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, notably in Goal 16 on Peace, Justice and Institutions.
It is an international collaborative group with partnerships different countries (in Switzerland, but also Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Norway and Taiwan).
Fields of expertise:
- Transparency in public institutions
- Accountability and anti-corruption policies
- Lobbying and civic participation
- Measurement of governance initiatives
- Digital democracy
- Gambling regulation issues
Current projects include:
- ACCORD - Anti-Corruption Consultations on Open Research Data
- Scholar at Risk - Call for Afghanistan. Project « Representative Bureaucracy »
- Scholar at Risk – Call for Ukraine. Project « Corruption, Civic Participation, and Accountability »
- CORE-LESS : Assessing the nature and impact of transnational corruption through the lens of Swiss businesses
- DEeP-GOV - Digital Education Partnership for effective and sustainable Governance
- CivicTrade - Deliberative Quality in Trade- Related International Organisations
- DigiPartIndex - DigiPartIndex
- Determinants of sustainable Citizen-State relationships: A survey of trust, satisfaction and organizational deviances
- Analysis of transparency-focused multi-stakeholder initiatives (OGP, OCP, COST, EITI, IATA) (with University of Oslo)
- Analysis of government Twitter communication during COVID (with ENAP)
- Analysis of accountability issues in crisis situations (with Dalhousie University)
- Monitoring anti-corruption policies (gaps and recent developments) in Germany
- Development of anti-corruption toolkits for public administrations at the municipal level (with TI)
USI Teaching activities linked to GRIP core research:
- Accountability and Performance in the Public Sector
- Current Issues in International Affairs
- Corruption in Public Administrations
- Basi politologiche delle istituzioni pubbliche
GRIP researchers collaborated and received funding from different academic funding institutions...
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Innosuisse
… and from public institutions
- United National Organization on Drug and Crime, Council of Europe, Transparency International, Open Government Partnership, World Lottery Association, UEFA and various national and subnational governments.
Our recent publications include:
- Mabillard, V., & Villeneuve JP. (2023) La transparence dans l’espace numérique. Principes, développements, enjeux.
- Mosamin, P., Villeneuve JP. (2022) Women in government: the limits and challenges of a representative bureaucracy for Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Mugellini, G., & Nora Markwalder (2022) Corruption in Public Management. Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management
- Heide M., Villeneuve JP. (2021) Framing National Security Secrecy: A Conceptual Review
- Villeneuve JP., Mugellini G., Heide M. (2021) Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals and the quest for high-quality corruption indicators
- Villeneuve JP., Heide M. (2021) Transparency. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs
Our research group members include:
Head
- Villeneuve, Jean-Patrick, [email protected], +41 58 666 4159
Research Fellows
- Angélico, Fabiano, [email protected]
- Barreca, Manuela, [email protected], +41 58 666 4665
- Belyaev, Demyan Olegovich, [email protected], +41 58 666 4915
- Berkachy, Redina, [email protected]
- Bitonti, Alberto, [email protected]
- Heide, Marlen, [email protected]
- Mugellini, Giulia, [email protected]
Doctoral researchers
- Boily, Dominique, [email protected]
- Fornerod, Lorain, [email protected]
- Lorusso, Rossella, [email protected]
- Mosamim, Parwiz, [email protected]
Associated Professor
- De Rossa, Federica, [email protected], +41 58 666 4627
- Espa, Ilaria, [email protected], +41 58 666 4774
Student assistants
External/Visiting
Research Fellows
- Akhoundi, Abbas, University of Tehran (Iran)
- Bašná, Kristýna, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
- Caron, Daniel J., Ecole nationale d’administration publique (France)
- Contreras, Pablo Universidad Central de Chile (Chile)
- Killias, Martin, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
- Markwalder, Nora, university of St.Gallen (Switzerland)
- Palazzo, Guido, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
- Tenzi, Luca (Switzerland)
- Weissmuller, Kristina, University of Berne (Switzerland)
- Wilson, Christopher, University of Oslo & Georgetown University (Norway & US)
Associated Professors
- Mabillard, Vincent, Solvay Business School (Belgium)
- Lou, Xiankun, University of International Business and Economics (China)
- Caron, Isabelle, Dalhousie University (Canada)
- Savard, Jean-François, Ecole national d'Administration publique (Canada)
- Francoli, Mary, Carleton University (Canada)
- Miscione, Gianluca, University College Dublin (Ireland)
- Tzeng, Josh, University of Taiwan (Taiwan)
