Staffan I. Lindberg

Staffan I. Lindberg (born 1969), is a Swedish political scientist, Principal Investigator for Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute and Director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg. He is a professor in the Department of Political Science, and member of the Board of University of Gothenburg, Sweden member of the [http://www.sverigesungaakademi.se Young Academy of Sweden], [http://www.wallenberg.com/Kaw/en/funding-guide/applicationguidelines/wallenberg-academy-fellows Wallenberg Academy Fellow], Research Fellow at the Quality of Government Institute; and senior advisor for the Oslo Analytica.

Lindberg's main research interests are comparative politics, democracy and democratization, Africa, political organizations, corruption and clientelism. Provided by Wikipedia