JOÃO TRIÃES In 2004 he has completed his Licenciatura (MA Honours) at ISCTE (University Institute for Social Sciences, Business Studies and Technologies), with a thesis entitled "Sociological views of corruption: Actors, mechanisms and resources of the crime of corruption in Portugal (1999-2001)". In 2007 he has obtained a pos-graduation in Economics and Public Policies. He was researcher on several projects, such as the Observatory on Ethics in Public Life (CIES-ISCTE) and the Research Network of Anti-Corruption Agencies (ANCORAGE-NET). Between 2005 and 2007, he was assistant director, in four projects on monitoring campaign expenditure – two on local elections and one on presidential and regional elections – commissioned by the Unit for Political Financing and Accounts (ECFP) of the Portuguese Constitutional Court. His research interests focus on values and attitudes toward corruption and ethics, corruption control and ethics reform, public policies and political polls.