Max Bader
Political scientist with expertise on post-Soviet Eurasia
Area of research includes elections, corruption, authoritarian politics and democratization with a focus on the post-Soviet states
Who We Are:
ACREC — Anti-Corruption Research and Education Centre (ACREC) is a research centre which carries out educational and scientific activities and brings together domestic and foreign scientific-pedagogical and scientific workers, doctoral students, post-graduate students, students and practitioners in the field of prevention and counteraction of corruption.
What We Do:
We are studying the phenomenon of corruption while searching for new approaches and learning how to combat it.
Vision:
Governance without corruption — a new norm for society in 2038.
Mission:
To form a new school of anti-corruption thought to establish a new social contract without corruption.
To provide agents of change with the tools, theoretical and practical knowledge for their professional development.
To become a communication platform for agents of change in the post-Soviet space.
Founders:
- National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy;
- Anti-Corruption Action Centre;
- ТІ Ukraine;
- Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation in the U.S.
Supervisory board
Borys Danevych
Partner of Danevych law firm
Borys Danevych is recognized as a leading expert in Life Sciences in Ukraine. He is also ranked as a prominent individual in Intellectual Property
Tata Peklun
Board member of the Anti Corruption Action Centre
Journalist, media manager
Marta Farion
President of Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation in the U.S.
Chairman of the program “National e-library”
Board
Andriy Meleshevych
The President of National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (2014-2019)
Ph.D. Political Science (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1998), professor
Daria Kaleniuk
Executive Director of the civil society organization – The Anti-Corruption Action Center.
Specializes in the international legal mechanisms for combating corruption, particularly on returning the stolen assets and anti-money laundering instruments
Andrii Marusov
Independent expert in public procurement, journalist
Chairman of the Board Non-government organization "Transparency International Ukraine"
Team
Oksana Nesterenko
Executive Director of the Anti-corruption Research and Education Centre at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
An author and a co-author of 62 publications. The Project Manager of whistleblower protection of Ukrainian League of Lawyers for Combatting Corruption, a member of the Anticorruption group of the Reanimation Package of Reforms
Margaryta Chabanna
Supervisor of Educational Programs
Expert on political regimes, totalitarianism, political manipulation and party systems.
Oksana Huss
Developoment adviser
PhD in political science. Expert on Political Corruption in Transition Economies
Andrii Biletskyi
Lawyer, criminologist
Expert in the implementation of on-line education programs in the field of combating corruption and the role of civil society in the anti-corruption reforms.
Maria Mamedbekova
Administrative Manager
Expert in international relations, master of international relations (Institute of international relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv).
Alina Los
Junior Researcher / Research Assistant
Master of Political Science (NaUKMA), graduate of the certificate program "Anti-Corruption Interdisciplinary Studies" 2017 - 2018.
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