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 Maria-Goretti Loglo Bernice Auma Apondi Anna Paus Dr Reychad Abdool

The private sector and organized crime

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

Breaking drug policy silos: Examples from France and Canada

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

The politics of violence in Mexico and Central America

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

Statistical analysis of organized crime in France

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

Enforcing sanctions regulations in Europe

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

Conflict, illicit economies, and community resilience

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

Organized crime in the UK

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

Ports

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

The intersection between illicit economies and instability in West Africa

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

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

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

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

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

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

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

Illicit economies and (in)security in South Asia

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

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

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

Going local: European cities and the fight against organised crime

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

COVID-19 and organized crime

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

Understanding the new geographies of organized crime

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

Monitoring the evolution of illicit economies in Afghanistan

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

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
Antônio Sampaio Emma Elfversson Andrea Varsori Martin Bisp Joana Monteiro

Organized Corruption: Political Financing in the Western Balkans

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

The Future of OC: Possible Futures, Possible Actions

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

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

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

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
Diorella Islas Renato Rivera María Victoria Llorente Felipe Borba Sandra Pellegrini