Since 15 April 2024, the Academic Programmes Department of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) hosted the live session phase for the Master in Anti-Corruption Studies (MACS) and International Master in Anti-Corruption Compliance and Collective Action (IMACC) 2023 cohorts. The master's students participated in live sessions which were held through Microsoft Teams to complete their final module, named the ‘Sociological, Criminological, and Political Economy Approaches to Study Corruption’ for MACS, and ‘Anti-Corruption Compliance Systems, Policies and Procedures’ for IMACC.
Lectures for Module 3 were delivered by renowned anti-corruption experts and faculty members, including Mr. Guillermo Jorge (Argentina), Mr. Mushtaq Khan (Bangladesh/UK), Mr. Morten Koch Andersen (Denmark), Mr. Jeroen Maesschalck (Belgium), and Ms. Pallavi Roy (India/UK). Additionally, IACA’s in-house faculty, including Mr. Pawan Kumar Sinha, Director of the Academic Programmes Department, Mr. Eduard Ivanov, Senior Researcher, and Mr. Martin Zapata, Senior Academic Programmes Officer, also held live sessions, further enriching the module with expertise and practical knowledge.
The MACS students participated in lectures on a range of topics relating to the Sociological, Criminological, and Political Economic Approaches which are used to study corruption, including Politics, Governance, Development and Corruption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Collective Action in the Fight Against Corruption, Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology of Corruption, and Social Science Research Methods.
The IMACC students shared with the MACS class the courses on Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Science Research Methods. They also had sessions which were focused on compliance. Specifically, courses on Different Standards of Compliance, Risk Assessment, Third Party Risk and Risk Management, Policy Procedures and Internal Controls, Identifying, Minimising Conflict of Interest. They also had the opportunity to engage in a Due Diligence Lab which focused on Third Party Intermediaries, Merger & Acquisitions, and Counterparties.
The Module for both classes ended with a Peer Learning, Conversation and Review session on 7 May, which gave students the opportunity to discuss with their classmates' books, songs or films which inspired them, particularly those that are related to Anti-Corruption in general or specifically to the topics of the third module. Moreover, it provided students with the platform for networking and building professional networks with like-minded individuals.
The MACS & IMACC Programmes offer a series of interdisciplinary modules that concentrate on concepts and applied perspectives for preventing and countering corruption, while establishing solid components of compliance and collective action. The MACS Programme is run in hybrid and online format, and IMACC in a fully online format to facilitate flexibility and reach a global audience. For more information about IACA’s Master's Programmes and to apply, please visit the following links for MACS and IMACC.