1st Edition

AI as Anti-Corruption Technology Insights from Public Procurement Across the EU

By Carolina Gerli Copyright 2026
264 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

AI as Anti-Corruption Technology intends to answer the questions: What drives and what hinders public organisations to experiment with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle corruption? How do they navigate this terrain, and what dilemmas arise? This book explores how AI is innovating anti-corruption efforts across the European Union, focusing on the highly digitalised yet corruption-prone... Read more

1. Evolving Threats, Evolving Tools: Anti-Corruption in the Digital Age

2. Theoretical Foundations: Towards An Analytical Framework for AI-based Anti-Corruption Technologies in Public Procurement

3. Case Studies in Context: Italy, Germany, Estonia, and Cyprus

4. AI-based Anti-Corruption Technologies in the Public Sector: From Public Procurement Insights to A Systematic Typology

5. Understanding AI Experimentation and Adoption: Enablers and Roadblocks to AI-based Anti-Corruption Technologies in the Public Sector

6. Beyond the Hype: Critical Implications for AI in Anti-CorruptionĀ 

7. Conclusions - Contributions and the Road AheadĀ 

Biography

Carolina Gerli is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, where she works on the EU-funded Horizon project RESPOND on political corruption. She received her PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research focuses on the use of AI in anti-corruption, AI applications in the public sector, and digital governance. Carolina holds an academic background in business and public administration from Bocconi University, Italy, and has professional experience as a government digital transformation consultant at PwC Italy.