Dr. David Jackson leads U4’s thematic work on informal contexts of corruption. His research explores how an understanding of social norms, patron-client politics, and nonstate actors can lead to anti-corruption interventions that are better suited to context. He is the author of various book chapters and journal articles on governance issues and holds degrees from Oxford University, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Freie Universität Berlin.

Dr. Oksana Huss’s areas of expertise cover (anti-)corruption and social movements, as well as open government and digital technologies. Oksana obtained her doctoral degree at the Institute for Development and Peace in Germany and has held several research fellowships in Canada, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. She has consulted forinternational organisations, such as the Council of Europe, EU, UNESCO, and UNODC. Oksana is a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network and author of the book How Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies Sustain Hybrid Regimes: Strategies of political domination under Ukraine’s presidents in 1994-2014. 

Dr. Oleksandra Keudel is an assistant professor at the Department of Public Policy and Governance at Kyiv School of Economics. In her research, she focuses on local democracy, social movements, and civic engagement as well as business-political arrangements at the local level in Ukraine. Oleksandra is also a consultant on open government, anti-corruption policies, and public integrity for international organisations(including the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and IIEP-UNESCO). She holds a PhD in political science from the Free University of Berlin, an MSc in international administration and global governance from the University of Gothenburg, and an MA in international information from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations.