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[1] 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[2] member of the Young Academy of Sweden, 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,[3] democracy and democratization,[4] Africa, political organizations,[5] corruption[6] and clientelism.

  1. ^ "Varieties of democracy (V-dem) - Varieties of democracy (V-dem), University of Gothenburg, Sweden". pol.gu.se. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07.
  2. ^ "Demokrati inte så viktigt för dagens unga svenskar". DN.DEBATT.
  3. ^ "Young Swedes ‘pick dictatorship over democracy’". IceNews.
  4. ^ Valerie J. Bunce; Sharon L. Wolchik (30 June 2011). Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries. Cambridge University Press. pp. 343–. ISBN 978-1-107-00685-0.
  5. ^ Roderic Ai Camp (16 February 2012). The Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics. Oxford University Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-0-19-537738-5.
  6. ^ Andreas Schedler (1 August 2013). The Politics of Uncertainty: Sustaining and Subverting Electoral Authoritarianism. Oxford University Press. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-0-19-968032-0.