Ina Kubbe, PhD

I am a researcher and adjunct professor at the School of Political Science, Government and International Relations at Tel Aviv University (TAU). I am specialized in comparative research on empirical democracy and governance research, corruption, political psychology as well as in methodology. At TAU I mainly research on the causes and consequences of corruption as well as on norms and values of the Israeli and Palestinian society related to the conflict.

I obtained my Ph.D. from Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, about „Is it all about profit? Corruption in European Comparative Perspective” discussing the causes of corruption across and within European countries from a quantitative point of view. The thesis especially highlights the relationship between corruption and democracy. 

I have already published several articles, books and special issues such as on Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge), Corruption and Norms: Why Informal Rules Matter (Palgrave), Corruption in Europe (Nomos-Verlag) or Experiments in Political Science (VS-Verlag). I had several academic stays abroad such as in the USA, Sweden, Italy or Russia where I have been working with international colleagues such as Russell D. Dalton from the University of California, Irvine. I am part of several research groups on corruption and founding member of the Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network (ICRN).

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