Nadiia Burdiei joined the Basel Institute on Governance in December 2025 as Senior Specialist, Corruption Prevention in Kyiv, Ukraine. In this role, she will oversee the technical delivery of our work on renewable energy.

Nadiia brings extensive experience in corruption risk assessment and management, the design and implementation of anti-corruption programmes and the development of anti-corruption policies, with a strong focus on public investment monitoring and integrity in reconstruction and infrastructure development.

Before joining the Basel Institute, Nadiia served as a Key Expert on Monitoring and Analysis within USAID and MSI projects, where she supported anti-corruption reforms at the Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine and contributed to the implementation of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Strategy. She is also actively involved in drafting the State Anti-Corruption Strategy in the recovery sector for 2026–2030, providing analytical input on corruption risks and prevention mechanisms in large-scale reconstruction processes.

Her professional background also includes work at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, where she conducted lifestyle monitoring and verification of public officials’ asset declarations, as well as investigative work with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Bihus.Info.

Nadiia’s expertise spans corruption risk analysis and management, OSINT investigations, public sector integrity, compliance systems, anti-corruption policy development and verification mechanisms.