CORPORATE CRIME OBSERVATORY

Prof. Andrew Francis 
Dean of Manchester Law School at The Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr. Costantino Grasso
Project Principal Investigator, Associate Professor in Law at The Manchester Metropolitan University

Chair: Prof. Diane Ring 
Interim Dean of Faculty, Professor of Law at Boston College Law

Dawn Wooten
Nurse, Whistleblower
"Disinformation affecting society’s most vulnerable individuals"

Samantha Feinstein 
Staff Attorney and Director of the International Program at Government Accountability Project 
"Disinformation and whistleblowing in the public sector: a reflection on the project outcomes"

Mary Inman
Lawyer and Partner at Constantine Cannon LLP
"Disinformation and whistleblowing in the private sector: a reflection on the project outcomes"

Chair: Dr. Branislav Hock 
Senior Lecturer in Economic Crime at the University of Portsmouth

Hélène Papper
Global Communications and Advocacy Director for the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development
"Disinformation as a silent/not so silent but deadly pandemic"

Dr. Pietro Maria Sabella
Adjunct Professor in Criminal Law at the University LUISS Guido Carli
"Disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Italian case"

Dr. Ammar Naji
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic at Colorado College
"The Weaponization of Media Disinformation in the Yemen Crisis"

Goran Georgiev
Analyst, Security Program, at the Center for the Study of Democracy
"Disinformation during wartime: Focus on the invasion of Ukraine"

Dr. Eliana Lauretta
Assistant Professor in Finance at Coventry University
"Misperception of financial risk and market misinformation"

Chair: Stephen Holden
Project Senior Research Associate, Ph.D. Candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University

Cleander Yu
CSR Blog Contributor, NCA Candidate
"A lesson from Cambridge Analytica: How to avoid the social media trap?"

Bianca Oprea
CSR Blog Contributor, Junior Labour & Social Relations Specialist at ENGIE Romania
"Corporate disinformation and the environment: the Volkswagen emissions scandal"

Celia Mokhtari
CSR Blog Contributor, LPC Candidate
"Suppression of information to cover harmful corporate operations: The Takata case"

Prof. Diane Ring 
Interim Dean of Faculty, Professor of Law at Boston College Law

Dr. Costantino Grasso
Project Principal Investigator, Associate Professor in Law at The Manchester Metropolitan University

Chair: Dr. Laure Ognois
Director of Research Services at the University of Geneva
Dr. Virginia Burkett
Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change at the United States Geological Survey
"Silence over science: Unethical political interference in government science"
Dr. Babak Babakinejad
Research Scientist, Whistleblower
"Integrity and disinformation risks in elitist academic environments"
Prof. Frits Rosendaal
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and chairman of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at the Leiden University
"Whistleblowers as safeguards of scientific truth: The position of academic institutions"
Dr. Peter Doshi
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Health at the University of Maryland, Senior Editor at The British Medical Journal
"Improving the integrity of science: the role of investigative journalism"
Dr. Dawn Carpenter
Practitioner Fellow at Georgetown University, Host of the "What Does It Profit?" podcast
"The value of truth in science"

Chair: Prof. Maurizio Bianchini
Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Padova

Prof. Francesca Benatti
Associate Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Padova
"The whistleblowing dilemma between ethics and law"

Katherine Eban
Investigative Journalist and Author
"Dinesh Thakur: the perilous journey of a whistleblower"

Prof. Silvia Bertocco
Associate Professor of Labour Law at the University of Padova
"Whistleblowing in the workplace: the Italian case"

Chair: Prof. Mark James
Professor of Sports Law and Law School Research Lead at Manchester Metropolitan University

Benedetta Sartor – Poster Competition – First Prize
"Fake news and social networks: an overview on the periods before and after the pandemic"

Demet Altunay – Poster Competition – Second Prize
"Silenced Democracy"

Beatrice Sartori – Poster Competition – Third Prize
"How disinformation can affect rating systems on platform workers"

Benedetta Barozzi – Poster Competition – Special Mention
"Whistling at contract secrecy in a pandemic scenario"

Chair: Dr. Donato Vozza  
Lecturer in Law at the University of Roehampton

Georgina Halford-Hall
CEO of WhistleblowersUK, Director of Strategy/Policy, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing
"The Whistleblowing Bill: Protecting whistleblowers to counter disinformation"

Brittany Nicole Kaiser – Cambridge Analytica Former Business Development Director, Founder Own Your Data Foundation
"Empowering Individuals Through Digital Intelligence Education"

Louise Hisayasu – The Glass Room project coordinator at Tactical Tech, Researcher
"Exploring misinformation: The Glass Room project"

Prof. Diane Ring 
Interim Dean of Faculty, Professor of Law at Boston College Law