Tena Prelec (PhD, Sussex University, School of Law, Politics and Sociology) is  a Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR), University of Oxford. Her work at DPIR centres on anti-corruption, money-laundering and reputation laundering, with a focus on Western countries’ role in the global dynamics of corruption. She is also an established analyst on the Western Balkans, including as a Research Associate at LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe (London School of Economics and Political Science), a Region Head at Oxford Analytica, and a member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). Other research interests include diaspora studies, transnational authoritarianism, academic freedom, and the intersection between governance and geopolitics.