BIO

I am a Research Associate at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, working on Integrity Management Systems (the organisational aspects of ethics, integrity compliance, and corruption in public and private organisations). This position is part of BridgeGap, an EU-funded anticorruption research project focused on new approaches for combating corruption and other undue influences on decision-making. I completed a Visiting Fellowship at the School of Transnational Governance (STG) at the European University Institute, following a previous research stay as a Policy Leader Fellow.

 

My doctoral project examined the effects of the judicialisation of grand corruption in the Lava Jato era (Peru and Brazil). I conducted research in Lima, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, and Brasília. My work has been supported by the Oxford-Berlin Partnership, the DAAD, the Centre for International Migration and Development (joint operation of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency), the University of Manchester, the Institute of Social Sciences - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Santander Latin American Study Award, King’s College Doctoral Training Centre, King’s College International Development Institute, Stellenbosch University, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, among others.

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My professional background has been primarily in academic and policy analysis of anti-corruption and integrity, with an interdisciplinary approach (law, political science, and development studies), focusing on transnational judicial cooperation, illicit money flows, and political and corporate corruption. My broader research agenda also includes the use of AI in anti-corruption and democracy, gender and politics, electoral finance, organised crime, and illegal economies. I am a keen linguist, fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, with a working knowledge of German.

 

I am deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. As a young woman from the ‘Global South', I believe academic institutions and public debate should include underrepresented voices. I enjoy volunteering as a mentor for the Manchester Gold Programme (University of Manchester), the KCL Mentoring Programme (King’s College London), and, formerly, the Queen’s Young Leaders Awards (UK). I served as CEO and co-founded the NGO Voceras to close the gender gap in Peruvian media. I received an Alumni Volunteer of the Year in 2020 (University of Manchester) for this project.

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I served as co-convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research’s Standing Group on Latin American Politics, and I was part of the advisory committee of the Peru Section of the Latin American Studies Association.

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I regularly appear in the media analysing Peruvian politics, corruption, and women’s political representation in English and Spanish, including the New York Times, the BBC, the Financial Times, CNN, Bloomberg Línea, the Times, and Peruvian media outlets (a selection of interviews, podcasts, video and audio presentations here).​

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When I am not working, I am looking for new eateries to try out, visiting galleries and museums,  and looking for a music gig or planning a city break. I can do everything here in Florence while embracing my Italian heritage. As a Peruvian-Italian, or bachiche - slang to describe South American descendants of Italians - I devote my free time to exploring the ties between Italy and Peru in food, popular culture, language, architecture...did I say food already?

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I am available for media engagements, educational and professional training, and consulting services. Contact me at denisse.rodriguezolivari (at) glasgow.ac.uk