political economy

Focuses on the distribution of power and wealth between different groups and individuals, and on the processes that create, sustain and transform these relationships over time

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Ioannis Vlassis

Ioannis Vlassis

Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

Mentor Vrajolli

Mentor Vrajolli

N/A

Summer Walker

Summer Walker

GI-TOC

Laurie Wdowiak

Laurie Wdowiak

Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Fr)

Sybille Wilfer

Sybille Wilfer

State Office of Criminal Investigation Berlin, Police Berlin

Dr Phil Williams

Dr Phil Williams

Professor Emeritus, Universirty of Pittsburgh

Karin Wilschut

Karin Wilschut

City of Amsterdam

Yuliya Zabyelina

Yuliya Zabyelina

The University of Alabama

Fabian Zhilla

Fabian Zhilla

Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime

Emilia Ziosi

Emilia Ziosi

University of Oxford

Dimitris Ziouvas

Dimitris Ziouvas

Professor, Panteion University of Athens for Social and Political Sciences

Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic

Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic

Ambassador, Senior Advisor, GI-TOC

Talks

Drugs and development debate in Africa - Drugs and Development Hub

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Anine Kriegler John Collins Anna Paus Dr Reychad Abdool Bernice Auma Apondi Maria-Goretti Loglo

The private sector and organized crime

01 December 2021, 04:00 PM
Thi Hoang Kimberley L. Thachuk Caterina Paternoster Marco Dugato Daan van Uhm Yuliya Zabyelina

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Marie Jauffret-Roustide Laurie Wdowiak Déborah Alimi Karine Bertrand

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Cecilia Farfán-Méndez Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Markus Hochmüller Romain Le Cour Grandmaison Sandra Ley

Statistical analysis of organized crime in France

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Alexis Gerbeaux Zoé Gallos Amandine Sourd Helena Farrand Carrapico

Enforcing sanctions regulations in Europe

13 October 2022, 01:00 PM
Willem Geelhoed Francesco Giumelli Heleen over de Linden

Conflict, illicit economies, and community resilience

13 October 2022, 02:30 PM
Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Kingsley Madueke Americo Maluana Mariana Botero Restrepo Summer Walker Lyes Tagziria

Organized crime in the UK

13 October 2022, 04:00 PM
Francisco Garcia Felia Allum Stan Gilmour Ella Cockbain

Ports

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Anna Sergi Ruggero Scaturro Fatjona Mejdini Kristina Amerhauser

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Lyes Tagziria Freedom Onuoha Kingsley Madueke Mouhamadou Kane Eleanor Beevor

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Oleksii Serdiuk Aleksandras Dobryninas Maryja Šupa Dina Siegel Anna Markovska André Duffles Teixeira Aranega

Targeted sanctions and organized crime: An examination of the current state of knowledge on implementation and impact

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Amanda Kadlec Kimberly Gianopoulos Cathy Haenlein Tom Keatinge

Transforming trauma as preventative strategy: Trauma-informed approaches to nurturing resilience against organised crime in at-risk youth

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Agatha Lebethe Dorcas Ettang Judy-Ann Cilliers Barbara Collier

Illicit economies and (in)security in South Asia

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM
Yoana Barakova Anne-Therese Heckendorff Aaron Magunna Siosi Tameifuna

European white-collar crime: Exploring the nature of European realities

14 October 2022, 07:00 AM
Wim Huisman Éva Veronika Inzelt Katie Benson Jon Davies Nicholas Lord

Going local: European cities and the fight against organised crime

14 October 2022, 07:00 AM
Marty J. Stanicic Sybille Wilfer Tatiana Morales Susan Donkin Karin Wilschut

COVID-19 and organized crime

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Cosimo Sidoti Stephen Asare Abankwah Anna Laskai Marco Dugato Lorenzo Vertemati King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

Understanding the new geographies of organized crime

18 October 2023, 01:00 PM
Ella Cockbain Emilia Ziosi Alex Bish Lauren Pearson

Monitoring the evolution of illicit economies in Afghanistan

18 October 2023, 02:30 PM
Heather Marquette Alastair MacBeath John Collins Arian Sharifi

The impact of organised crime on communities

18 October 2023, 02:30 PM
Trina O'Connor Dawn Russell Anna Quigley Patrícia Neves

Cities and Illicit Economies: criminal power and the impact on urban governance and democracy

18 October 2023, 04:00 PM
Martin Bisp Joana Monteiro Antônio Sampaio Emma Elfversson Andrea Varsori

Organized Corruption: Political Financing in the Western Balkans

19 October 2023, 08:30 AM
Eldan Mujanovic Ioannis Vlassis Fabian Zhilla Dimitris Ziouvas Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic Mentor Vrajolli

The Future of OC: Possible Futures, Possible Actions

19 October 2023, 01:00 PM
Zineb Benalla Lorenzo Pasculli Shirleen Chin Maria Khoruk Phil Williams

Mafiocracy I: Organized Crime in Government and Government as Organized Crime

30 October 2024, 08:30 PM
Louise Shelley Robert I. Rotberg Bonnie Palifka

Democracy Under Siege: Political Violence and Organized Crime in Latin America – Case Studies from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico

31 October 2024, 02:30 AM
María Victoria Llorente Felipe Borba Sandra Pellegrini Diorella Islas Renato Rivera