Expert Talks on Money in Politics: Financing Democracy in the EU and the UK

In this episode, Yukihiko Hamada, Programme Manager for Money in Politics, is joined by Dr. Sam Power, Lecturer at School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies of the University of Bristol, and Dr. Wouter Wolfs, Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Public Governance Institute of the University of Leuven, Belgium to discuss how political finance shapes the political and electoral landscape in the EU and the UK.   

In this in-depth conversation on the influence of money in democracy, they dive into the challenges of third-party spending, online campaign finance, and the role emerging technologies—like AI—can play in improving political finance oversight.

Background reading:

• Political Finance in the Digital Age: A Case Study of the European Union
• The State of Digital Disclosure of Political Finance in Europe 
• Regulating the Business of Election Campaigns
• Winning Elections the Right Way