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The novelty of MARS, and its innovation potential, is rooted in its approach comprising: 1) A solid international consortium, with participants based in 18 countries, involving leading specialists studying migratory processes in non-Western migration hubs, such as the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, the Gulf States, West and Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America,
https://www.norca.lu.se/about-mars/novelty - 2026-07-25
The MARS’s research programme is concerned with exploring such pressing questions as (1) whether empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives obtained from the study of non-Western migration locales actually contribute any generally valid lessons or knowledge that can inform the broader field of migration studies today; (2) or, whether these perspectives are marginal cases that are far too spec
https://www.norca.lu.se/about-mars/project-rationale - 2026-07-25
“MOCCA: Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia” is a 4-year research and training project funded by the European Commission’s HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01-01 - MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021 programme (project number 101085855) runs from 01/01/2023 through 31/12/2026. MOCCA is a research and staff exchange programme intended to contribute to the global and national efforts of understanding and coun
https://www.norca.lu.se/mocca - 2026-07-25
Corruption has become, without a doubt, a buzzword in both academic and policy debates over the last three decades. The initial view that “corruption greases the wheels of economic growth” in the newly independent states of Africa and Asia has lost its validity in the light of the current ever-growing global coalition against corruption, spearheaded by Transparency International (TI) and the World
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/about - 2026-07-25
MOCCA is a research and staff exchange programme intended to contribute to the global and national efforts of understanding and counteracting corruption by conducting interdisciplinary research on the multilevel orders of corruption in five countries in Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.MOCCA project aims to:collect original empirical data on the inter
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/aims - 2026-07-25
To conduct a comprehensive analysis of major (global and national) anti-corruption laws, policies and programmes and to assess how they are applied, perceived and reshaped in everyday life situations, the MOCCA team will develop a new framework for the study of corruption, the multilevel orders of corruption. This framework will allow the MOCCA team to understand corruption from an interdisciplina
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/methodological-approach - 2026-07-25
MOCCA is the first research and staff exchanges programme on multilevel and interdisciplinary study of (anti-) corruption, consisting of 8 European universities and 9 associated partners from Central Asia that come from academia, government anti-corruption bodies, business ombudsman, international/multigovernmental dialogue organizations, law enforcement, civil society and anti-corruption NGOs, de
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/novelty - 2026-07-25
Economic relations between EU and Central Asian countriesChallenging business environment: inconsistent business ethics and weak rule-of-lawLack of understanding of the interconnections between legal cultures, local business environments and governance in Central AsiaLack of specialists and intelligence focusing on Central Asian legal cultures and business environment
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/project-rationale - 2026-07-25
MOCCA team will conduct empirical studies in Central Asia and examine (anti-) corruption laws and policies adopted (“law in books”) and how they are applied and work in real-life situations (“living in action”). Global anti-corruption laws, institutions, indicators, and discourses: explore the politics, power relations, indicators, and discourses that underlie the global anti-corruption industry,
https://www.norca.lu.se/project/research-objectives - 2026-07-25
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-0 - 2026-07-25
The first research stream is on global anti-corruption laws, institutions, indicators, and discourses. The goal of this research stream is to explore the politics, power relations, indicators, and discourses that underlie the global anti-corruption industry and examine their impact on legal and institutional developments and governance practices in given socio-legal contexts (e.g., Central Asia) t
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-0/research-stream-1 - 2026-07-25
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The second research stream is on Domestic (macro/central level) institutions, anti-corruption laws, policies and initiatives. The goal of this research stream is to investigate the domestic institutional and legal frameworks that facilitate or impair the (anti-) corruption environment and how the domestic actors function and respond to pressures from external actors (international organisat
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-0/research-stream-2 - 2026-07-25
The third research stream is on Meso-level norms, practices and actors. The goal of this research stream is to explore the role and strategies of non-state actors (e.g., civil society institutions, business actors) and informal institutions vis-à-vis central level state institutions, policies and laws and how these processes and strategies mould the (anti-) corruption environment. Researchers unde
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-0/research-stream-3 - 2026-07-25
The fourth research stream is on Micro-level (everyday) social norms and practices. The goal of this research stream is to study the local socio-legal context and cultural repertoires– particular histories, relations, meanings, cultural values, social norms and everyday discourses, networks of reciprocity and exchange – that inform the meaning of corruption. Researchers under this research stream:
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-0/research-stream-4 - 2026-07-25
The MOCCA project is implemented through a broad international network of academic institutions, policy organisations, and civil society actors.Project partners are organised into two categories, reflecting their formal role in the Horizon Europe project structure:BeneficiariesInstitutions that are signatories to the Horizon Europe Grant Agreement and are formally responsible for the implementatio
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-0 - 2026-07-25
Lund University Coordinator Marmara University Aarhus University University of Helsinki İstanbul Medipol University Univerzita Karlova (Czechia) Vilnius University Sihtasutus Estonian Business School (Estonia)
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-0/beneficiaries - 2026-07-25
University of Zurich OSCE Academy in Bishkek Kurultai PE General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan Anticorruption Business Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Zhetysu University named after Ilyas Zhansugurov Tajik State University of Commerce Tebigy Kuwwat Public Association Tashkent State University of Economics Westminster International University in Tashkent Eurasian Institute for In
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-0/associated-partners - 2026-07-25
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