Emil P. Bolongaita

Emil P. Bolongaita is a Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also leads its Australia campus. His career bridges academia and global anti-corruption advocacy, informed by his education at the Kroc Institute under Rev. Theodore Hesburgh's philosophy that "peace is the work of justice." He actively promotes the establishment of an international anti-corruption court modeled after the ICC, collaborating with Integrity Initiatives International (III) to strengthen legal frameworks against authoritarianism and corruption.

• Specializes in public policy, corruption's societal impacts, and transnational legal mechanisms
• Advocates for rule-of-law enforcement in developing nations and the U.S.

Key Achievements: Led anti-corruption projects in Manila, Philippines; instrumental in Colombia's UN Security Council proposal for an anti-corruption court. His work emphasizes asset recovery from tax havens and balancing academic engagement with field practice.