Bio
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bologna, Italy where I work on the role of digital technologies in fighting corruption from the grassroots. I have gathered qualitative data on this topic in South Asia, and am working with data from other parts of the world (namely, South America, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region). I have been working in the area of e-governance over the last seven years, and have been specialising in digital technologies and civil society in anti-corruption efforts since the last four years. My research interests include anti-corruption initiatives, freedom of information, open data infrastructures, e-governance and civic tech for greater citizen engagement. Before joining academia, I was an editor and author of school textbooks, and in the future, I would be interested in education and advocacy work that combine my research interests and professional experiences. I speak and work in English, Italian, Bengali and Hindi, and have basic knowledge of Spanish.
Anwesha Chakraborty
Affiliation
University of Bologna
Professional Title
Postdoctoral researcher
Region
- Global
- Asia Pacific
Country/Territory
Topics
- Access to Information
- E-government
- Investigative journalism
- Media
- Open data
- Technology
- Civil Society
- Advocacy
- Political Corruption
- Political finance
Specialisms
Anti-corruption technologies; freedom of information; open data; civil society; input side of governance; accountability mechanisms; South Asia
Publications
Chakraborty, A. (2024). Potentialities and Affordances of Grassroots Civic-tech Platforms as Effective Anti-corruption Tools: decoding the story of I Paid A Bribe, India. In Alice Mattoni (ed.). Digital Media and Grassroots Anti-Corruption: Contexts, Platforms and Practices of Anti-Corruption Technologies Worldwide. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Chakraborty, A. and Mattoni, A. (2023). Addressing Corruption through Visual Tools in India: the case of three civil society initiatives and their Facebook pages. Visual Studies, ahead of print.
Chakraborty, A., & Mattoni, A. (2023). Social Media Outrage against Fake COVID Tests: Decoding an instance of flash activism in Bangladesh. Sociologica, 17(1), 77–89.
Mattoni, A. and Chakraborty, A. (2023). Visual Memory in Grassroots Mobilizations: The case of the anti-corruption movement of 2011 in India. In Ann Rigney and Thomas Smits (eds.), The Visual Memory of Protest, pp.159-180. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Media outreach
Odilla, F and Chakraborty, A. (2021). ‘Anti-Corruption Technologies in Brazil and India’. Kickback: the global anti-corruption podcast, Episode 61. Podcast can be accessed here: https://soundcloud.com/kickbac...
