Corruption and Public Procurement
The Corruption and Public Procurement unit conducts research into the relationship between corruption and public procurement, and the legal and practical mechanisms aimed at addressing the corruption that occurs in public procurement.
The unit has undertaken research into issues such as the use of exclusions from public procurement for corruption offences, the use of integrity pacts and the use of financial contractor penalties. The unit is co-lead by Dr Peter Trepte and Dr Paula Faustino. Peter is the Group’s Senior Research Fellow and author of Regulating Procurement (OUP, 2004). He recently published a chapter on corruption and public procurement: “Corruption and Procurement: Recalibrating the Sights” in LaChimia and Trepte (eds.) Public Procurement and Aid Effectiveness: a Roadmap under Construction (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2019 pp. 137-171). Peter and Paula co-teach the module on "Corruption and Collusion" on our Executive Programme on Public Procureemnt Law and Policy. Paula is also responsible for setting up and teaching a LLM module on "Transparency and Corruption" at the Católica Global School of Law (Lisbon, Portugal). Peter is currently researching into debarment issues under the EU legislation, whilst Paula is looking into an EU country case study regarding the impact of anti-corruption regulation on public procurement procedures.
The former Head of Unit, and current Group's fellow, Prof. Sope Williams-Elgebe, has published the results of her PhD research on debarment: "Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement: A Comparative Analysis of Disqualification or Debarment Measures" (Hart Publishing, 2012). Also published in this area is "Self-Cleaning in Public Procurement Law" (Carl Heymanns; 2009), edited by Professor Sue Arrowsmith (co-editor with H. Puender and H-J. Priess).
Recently completed PhD projects
A comparative analysis of exclusions from procurement for contractors involved in corruption.
More information
For more information contact Dr Peter Trepte or Dr Paula Faustino.