Miss Denisse Rodriguez Olivari
- Research Associate (Management)
email:
Denisse.RodriguezOlivari@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2766-4045Biography
Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari has recently joined the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow as a Research Associate, focusing on Integrity Management Systems. In this role, she examines organisational aspects of ethics, integrity compliance, and corruption within both public and private sectors. Her work involves researching corruption dynamics, assessing regulatory frameworks, and implementing integrity management systems to prevent corporate misconduct. This position is part of the BridgeGap project, an EU-funded anti-corruption initiative dedicated to developing innovative strategies to mitigate corruption and undue influences on decision-making processes.
Prior to this role, Denisse was a Policy Leader Fellow in the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. She also has experience in consultancy for governments and international organisations in the Americas and Europe, providing evidence-based recommendations, conducting risk assessments, and developing training programmes in integrity risks, political finance, and Sustainable Development Goal 16.
She has fieldwork experience in Lima, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, and Brasilia. Her work has been supported by the DAAD, the Centre for International Migration and Development (joint operation of GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency), the Faculty of Humanities - at the University of Manchester, the Institute of Social Sciences - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Santander Latin American Study Award, King's College Doctoral Training Centre, King's College International Development Institute, Stellenbosch University, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, among others.
See more of the work: denisserodriguezolivari.com
Research interests
Areas of expertise:
- Corruption and Anticorruption
- Integrity
- Money in politics
- Uses of AI in policymaking and anti-corruption
- Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
Publications
Prior publications
Article
Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari (2025) The fight against corruption from a new technological paradigm Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari.
(2018) The Politics of Gender Policies: A Comparative Framework applied to the Peruvian Case Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari. (doi: 10.25159/0256-8845/4538)
(2013) Why is it So Hard to Increase Women's Representation in Political Institutions?: The case of Latin America Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari.
working-paper
Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari (2024) Egypt: Corruption and anti-corruption Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari.
Book Section
(2021) Corruption control under fire: A brief history of Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari. ISBN 9780367707682 (doi: 10.4324/9781003147886-8)
(2021) O combate à corrupção num ambiente hostil: a Equipe Especial de Procuradores da Lava Jato no Peru Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari. ISBN 9786556520698
(2020) Fighting Corruption in a Hostile Environment: Peru’s Lava Jato Special Prosecution Tea Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari. ISBN 9780367904135 (doi: 10.4324/9781003024286-14)
(2017) Partidos pobres, campañas ricas Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari.
Report
(2014) The role of the Organization of American States in promoting democracy Denisse Rodriguez-Olivari.
Grants
2024 - ongoing: ConductAI: Unveiling Corporate Ethos funded by Circle U led by researcher Dr Corentin Vande Kerchove, Assistant Professor, UC Louvain
2023 - 2024: The (mis)uses of artificial intelligence in public policy funded by King’s College London Circle U Seed Funding led by Dr Roxana Bratu, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy in the International School for Government, Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy, KCL (2023 – 2024)
2023: Flexible funds University of Oxford - Berlin Research Partnership
2023: Förderung für Kurzzeitaktivitäten von Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2021: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) research grant for doctoral programmes in Germany 2021
Supervision
Additional information
Professional and university service
Council member, Latin American Studies Association, Peru Section, 2022 - ongoing
Organising Committee, Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network Forum, 2025
