Projects of LAP 2021/2022

The goal of the project is to study English-language sources on the neurobiological foundations of ethical behavior and decency. Stages of project realization: 1. Students' study of the relationship of neurohumoral regulation of ethical behavior in English-language publications; 2. Identification of symbolic scientists, working models of ethical behavior and research methods of neurohumoral regulation of ethical behavior in the form of project conclusions; 3. Summarizing the received materials in the form of an analytical report and presentation.

The goal of the project is to create a machine learning model for classifying media content containing references to corruption in the Vkontakte social network, taking into account the personal characteristics and value orientations of the profiles of the analyzed users. Stages of project realization: 1. Study of the features of semantic (including polymodal) analysis of social network data based on the proposed set of classification parameters (bases); 2. Learning basic machine learning methods; 3. Creation of semantic frames for interpretation of the received data on the topic of anti-corruption using artificial intelligence methods.

The goal of the project is to develop an optimal model of anti-corruption education of employees. Stages of project realization: 1. Research of current solutions offered by companies and government agencies; 2. Identification of the requirements of organizations, metrics of effective anti-corruption training; 3. Designing an optimal model of anti-corruption education of employees. Depending on the number of registered students, it is expected to cover an appropriate number of successful practices of anti-corruption education in organizations.

The goal of the project is to analyze the experience of legal regulation of artificial intelligence, to highlight the best practices that can be applied in Russia. Stages of project implementation: 1. Research of artificial intelligence solutions that are used in the field of public administration; 2. Analysis of the legal regulation of artificial intelligence; 3. Highlighting the best practices of artificial intelligence regulation that can be applied in Russia.

The object of the project is to identify and analyze approaches of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of control and supervisory authorities in various countries, including those aimed at identifying and corruption risks, forming approaches to minimize corruption risks. Stages of project realization: 1. Review of approaches to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of control and supervisory authorities. 2. Identification of corruption risks in the sphere of state control (supervision) of various countries, analysis of international practices from the point of view of possible application in Russia. 3. Analysis of identified corruption risks through the prism of various theoretical approaches. 4. Identification of the main trends in combating corruption in the field of state control (supervision). 5. Preparation of proposals to improve the performance assessment system of control and supervisory authorities, including in terms of minimizing corruption risks.

The object of the project is to prepare proposals for improving the conceptual structure of the legal institution of conflict of interest, taking into account Russian and foreign experience. Stages of the project realization: I. Analysis of the legal institution of the conflict of interests in order to identify unresolved, uncertain, subjective-evaluative and difficult to apply categories. II. Identification of legal approaches to the definition of the above categories, taking into account the practice of their application. III. The study of foreign experience in determining the basic concepts used in the structure of the legal institution of conflict of interest. IV. Preparation of proposals for the specification of the conceptual apparatus of the legal institution of conflict of interest.

This project is designed to fill the gap by in-depth analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature on the topic and development with the prospect of testing specialized sociological tools for analyzing the perception of corruption by students of Russian universities and evaluating the impact of a set of relevant factors of influence on its dynamics. Stages of project implementation: 1. Collection of materials and accumulation of experience in the sociological study of the perception of corruption by various target groups, their presentation at project meetings. 2. Analysis of the sociological tools of corruption perception research and the results obtained with its application. Presentation of the analysis results at project meetings. 3. Development of proposals for the formation of sociological tools for monitoring the perception of corruption by students of Russian universities. 4. Testing of tools in the case of a pilot study.

The main object of the project is to identify problems in law enforcement and legislative studying of legal sanctions for corrupt behavior in one of three studying: civil, administrative, criminal. Stages of project realization: 1. Study the history of the development of a specific legal sanction for corrupt behavior; 2. To study foreign legislative experience in regulating similar sanctions; 3. To study the practice of applying this sanction to a corrupt official in Russia; 4. To formulate the main problems affecting the effectiveness of this sanction in counteracting against corruption, as well as conclusions about the rationality of its application or improvement.

As part of the research project, the participants will have to study the corruption component in the most common schemes of illegal seizures of business. Empirical base will be formed by the materials from judicial and investigative practice. Based on the results of the study, it is necessary to develop methods of minimizing these schemes and to summarize the obtained results in the format of an analytical report. Project mission: identify corruption components in illegal seizure schemes to form recommendations for their minimization. Project cycle: 1. Conceptualization and operationalization of the term "raiding" 2. Identification of the causes and objectives of raiding. Describe the "anatomy" of the term “raiding” 3. Analysis of the corruption component of raiding 4. Form recommendations for motivating the implementation of analyzed practices 5. Summarize the results obtained in the form of an analytical report

The technology of evaluation of corruption risks in public administration is new and, despite its relevance, has not yet received its legislative consolidation. The available methods of the evaluation of corruption risks are focused on the activities of organizations and are difficult to adapt to the specifics of the machinery of the state. This problem makes the search for new approaches to assessing corruption risks in public administration makes more relevant. Within this project, it is planned to analyze the available theoretical and expert developments in the field of evaluation of corruption risks in public administration. Project cycle: 1. Identification of the specifics of the evaluation of corruption risks in public administration. 2. Review of the theoretical foundations and expert methods for evaluating corruption risks in public administration. 3. Study the legal consolidation of the evaluation of corruption risks in the legislation of the 4. Russian Federation and foreign countries. 5. Preparation of proposals to improve the scientific and methodological foundations for the evaluation of corruption risks in public administration.

Project mission: Conduct researches and analyses of audiovisual media of mass communication used by government agencies and non-profitable organizations for the purposes of civic education. Project cycle: 1. Introduction of students with the basic principles of civic education in countering corruption, as well as acquaintance with positive and negative examples of the use of audiovisual media in Russia and in foreign countries for anti-corruption education 2. Choosing a country and developing a research strategy (together with the project manager). 3. Conducting a research and writing a research paper. Consultations with the project manager in the course of work. 4. Presentation of the results of the study in front of the project manager and other participants. 5. Final revision of the study after the presentation. Depending on the number of students enrolled it is planned to expand the number of countries for which anti-corruption policy analysis will be conducted, as well as increase the number of audiovisual tools

The aim of the project is to analyze international practices in the field of countering corruption, transparency applied by the countries participating in the Open Government Partnership, in terms of their success, usefulness, relevance and applicability in domestic realities. Analysis of relevant practices for possible application in Russia, the formation of a methodology for evaluating relevant practices. Determination of the necessary conditions to ensure the possibility of implementing the best international practices in the field of anti-corruption, openness and transparency Project cycle: 1. Analysis of the open government practice 2. Development of methodology for assessing relevant practices 3. Evaluation of selected practices based on methodology 4. Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of existing open government practices 5. Definition of conditions for the implementation of best practices in the Russian Federation system Depending on the number of enrolled students, it is expected to study at least 3 open government practices and prepare a report on the possibility and features of their application in Russia.

The aim of the project is to identify and analyze the best practices, legal and moral and ethical problems in conducting internal investigations and building an effective system for preventing corruption risks and fraud risks in the corporate sector. Stages of project implementation: 1. Overview of existing practices for building effective compliance systems in the corporate sector 2. Identification of corruption risks and fraud in the corporate sphere. 3. Analysis of identified corruption risks in order to build an algorithm for conducting internal investigations in organizations. 4. Preparation of recommendations on improving internal audits and building effective compliance systems in the corporate sector The number of students enrolled depends on the number of practices considered for building effective compliance systems, in addition, an appropriate number of recommendations for improving compliance systems and conducting internal audits will be compiled.

Project stages: 1. To identify the reasons for criminal or administrative prosecution in specific cases within the framework of Russian law enforcement practice 2. Reveal the role of corporate conflicts in illegal criminal prosecution 3. Identify corruption risks of business in the criminal law sphere 4. Identify corruption factors that lead to illegal criminal prosecution 5. Identify typical corrupt practices in the field of illegal criminal prosecution in the economic sphere 6. Analysis of effective methods of counteracting illegal criminal prosecution, including through the tools of criminal law compliance

Project purpose - to prepare data for training a model that performs anti-corruption expertise of legal acts and their drafts. Project stages: 1. Researching anti-corruption expertise methods. 2. Preparing a list of legal acts for future model training. 3. Performing anti-corruption expertise of legal acts and their drafts. 4. Identification and labeling of corruption factors in legal acts and their projects. 5. Creation of the full dataset with the text of acts containing and not containing corruption factors. Depending on the number of enrolled students, it is expected to cover the corresponding number of regulations, according to which an anti-corruption examination will be carried out.

The purpose of the project: Search and analysis of mass media used by public authorities and non-commercial organizations for purposes of civil enlightenment Project stages: 1. Students’ familiarization with the main principles of civil enlightenment within anti-corruption activities and learning about positive and negative cases of audiovisual materials’ usage in terms of anti-corruption enlightenment in Russia and abroad. 2. Country selection and research strategy development (together with project leader) 3. Conducting research and writing a paper on it. 4. Consultations with the project leader throughout the whole process. 5. Final presentation of the research’s results to project leader and other project participants. Research improvement after the presentation. Depending on the number of enlisted students number, the number of analyzed countries and audiovisual materials may vary

Analysis of the image of corruption in video games, as well as the possibilities of wider use of video games in anti-corruption education. Stages of project implementation: 1. Familiarization of students with the basic principles of civic education in combating corruption; 2. Selection of computer games for study (together with the project manager); 3. Study of scientific literature on the peculiarities of perception of the game plot by players, study of the possibilities of using video games in anti-corruption education; 4. Conducting research and writing a research paper. Consultations with the project manager in the course of work; 5. Presentation of the results of the study in front of the project manager and other participants; 6. Final revision of the study after the presentation.

The project is the first stage in the study of the phenomenon of political corruption. At this stage, the search and selection of scientific articles on a given problem will be carried out, as well as the compilation of a data library from them for subsequent work with. The scientific supervisor will issue a list of criteria that the articles must meet, and will accept the work in accordance with this list. The search will take place in the databases of scientific journals of foreign publishers, so knowledge of foreign languages is necessary. Speaking Spanish or French will be your plus. If desired, if the topic is of interest, you can later take part in the research part of the project.

The aim of the project is to identify and compare approaches to the implementation of ethical regulation in the field of public and municipal administration in various countries, taking into account socio-cultural and institutional factors. Stages of the project implementation: An overview of the theories of ethical regulation in the field of public administration. Identification of the specifics of ethical regulation in various countries. Analysis of socio-cultural and institutional factors influencing the implementation of ethical regulation in public administration.

The goal of the project is to prepare data for training a model that performs anti-corruption expertise of regulatory legal acts and their projects. Stages of project implementation: 1. Study of the methodology of anti-corruption expertise; 2. Preparation of a list of normative legal acts for training the model; 3. Selection of a list of signs of corruptiogenicity with specific citations; 4. Creation of a full-fledged dataset with a list of acts and signs of corruption. Depending on the number of enrolled students, it is expected to cover the corresponding number of normative legal acts that have passed the anti-corruption examination procedure.