Media archive
We want to make our research accessible to everyone. That’s why our researchers share their findings through popular science articles, podcasts, and panel discussions. Here you can explore a selection of their contributions in different contexts.
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Ann-Kristin Kölln & Jana Schwenk: Väljarna måste få veta vem som betalar partinotan, DN Debatt, 2025-09-12.
Bo Rothstein: Mysteriet med Kina – hög tillväxt under auktoritär kommunism. Ekonomisk Debatt, Forum, nr 1 2025 årgång 53.
Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer: "Politicians are getting older – shutting young people out of decision-making around the world", by The Conversation. 2023-01-05
Ruth Carlitz and Marina Povitkina: "Local participation and environmental degradation in authoritarian regimes: A cautionary tale from Vietnam", Global Water Forum, April 27th, 2022
Nicholas Charron & Monika Bauhr: "Perceptions of quality of government and support for Marine Le Pen in the 2022 French presidential election", LSE’s European Institute, May 4th, 2022
Marina Nistotskaya and Michelle D'Arcy: "State assigned property rights and revenue collection in sub-Saharan Africa", UNI-WIDER, United Nations University, August 2022.
Mattias Agerberg: "Making it worse: Descriptive vs injunctive norms in anti-corruption efforts", Corruption in Fragile States Blog. 2022-11-13
Monika Bauhr and Nicholas Charron: "People with a civic European identify are more likely to support EU cohesion", The Loop. ECPR´s Political Science Blog.
Bo Rothstein: "Three Reasons Anti-Corruption Programs Fail", Corruption in Fragile States Blog. 2021-09-21.
Marina Povitkina: "Reflecting on Democracy, Corruption and Climate Change in the COVID-19 Era", in E-International Relations, May 6, 2020
Monika Bauhr and Nicholas Charron: "In God we trust? Identity, institutions and international solidarity in Europe", The JCMS Blog, January 28, 2020
Monika Bauhr, Agnes Czibik, Mihaly Fazekas, Jenny de Fine Licht: “Lights on the Shadows of Public Procurement. Transparency in government contracting as an antidote to corruption?”, TENDERIO blog, 2019
Monika Bauhr and Nicholas Charron: “The EU as a Savior and a Saint: Corruption and Public support for redistribution”, Blog for JEPP online, 2019
Nicholas Charron and Monika Bauhr: “European solidarity. Explaining EU citizens’ attitudes towards redistribution in the age of Brexit”, LSE blog, 2018
Monika Bauhr, Nicholas Charron and Lena Wängnerud: “Close the gender gap to reduce corruption”, U4 anticorruption resource center brief, 2018
Bo Rothstein: "How the trust trap perpetuates inequality", Scientific American, 2018-11-01
Bo Rothstein:”The Core of Corruption", Scientia, 2018-01-09
Monika Bauhr: “Why women in elected office reduce petty and grand corruption”, EUROPP LSE blog 2018
Nicholas Charron and Monika Bauhr: "European solidarity". Explaining EU citizens’ attitudes towards redistribution in the age of Brexit, LSE blog, 2018."Four myths about corruption", World Economic Forum, 2017-12-07
Bo Rothstein:“Four myths about corruption”. World Economic Forum, 2017-12-08
Bo Rothstein:“To combat corruption we need to understand it”, CAP-X, 2017-03-09
Bo Rothstein: "How should corruption be defined", SciTech Europa Quarterly, 2017
Bo Rothstein:”The Panama papers have further undermined our trust in institutions”, CapX, 2016-04-11
Anders Sundell: “Anti-Corruption Reform – Evolution or Big Bang?”, Expertgruppen för Biståndsanalys Dissertation Brief Series, 2016-08
Bo Rothstein: "Can corruption explain the success of Donald Trump?", Promarket Blog, 2016-12-15
Anders Sundell:”Sveriges väg ut ur korruptionens grepp”, Forskning & Framsteg, 2015-11-22
Henrik Höjer: "Demokrati är inte allt som behövs", Forskning & Framsteg, 2014-12-29
Marcus Tannenberg: "Role of universities in the fight against corruption", University World News, 2014-11-14
Sören Holmberg och Bo Rothstein: "Korruption hotar hälsan", Forskning & Framsteg, nr 6 2011
Victor Lapuente: "Why is Spain so corrupt?", Charlemagne's notebook, The Economist, 2009-05-27
Radio and podcasts
Korruption som utvecklingshinder: Ett av biståndets viktigaste slagfält. EBA-podden, 2025-09-17.
Aksel Sundström: "Så missgynnas unga politiker i USA". Kongressen – amerikansk politik på svenska, 2024-03-08.
Marcia Grimes and Monika Bauhr: Quality of Government. Measuring the relationship between corruption and democracy. KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast. Episode 123, 5 dec. 2024
Aksel Sundström: "För många gamlingar i politiken är ett demokratiproblem", i Sveriges Radio, 2023-10-27.
Rasmus Broms: "Dödlighet på äldreboenden oberoende av privat eller kommunalt driven omsorg", i Vetenskapsradion, Sveriges Radio, 2021-10-29.
"Bo Rothstein on corruption as a collective action problem and long term fixes”, KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast. Episode 5
"Monika Bauhr on need vs. greed corruption and how it is linked to gender", KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast. Episode 19
Bo Rothstein: "Corruption in the Commons", Global Water Forum. Podcast
Marina Povitkina: "How government quality shapes safe drinking water provision in democracies", Global Water Forum Podcast
Bo Rothstein: "Ovanligt med kommunal korruption i Sverige", i SR International, 2011-04-28
Henrik Oscarsson: "OK med korruption i vissa fall", i Sveriges Radio, 2011-06-28
Film
"The Works of Bo Rothstein, A talk hosted by David Levi-Faur". Theories of Regulation & Governance, 11 sep. 2025
"Hur kan biståndet bekämpa korruption?" (SVT Forum) (medverkande Anna Persson och Marcia Grimes), 7 nov 2024
Filmed lectures
Filmed lectures are avilable on our Swedish webiste: Mediearkiv | QoG-institutet, Göteborgs universitet