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About Ellen M. LustIlyas SalibaIsabell SchierenbeckJannis J. GrimmKevin Koehler

Jannis Grimm is Associate Researcher in the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin. Kevin Koehler is Professor and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Founder and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science (1997) from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research and engaged in policy dialogue across the Middle East including Egypt Jordan Libya Malawi Morocco Palestine Syria and Tunisia as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an advisor and consultant to such organizations as the UNDP UN Democracy Fund The World Bank USAID Carter Center Freedom House and NDI. Ellen has authored numerous books and articles including Structuring Contestation in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (Lynne Rienner Press 2008) co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni; Taking to the Streets: Activism and the Arab Uprisings (Johns Hopkins University Press 2014) co-edited with Lina Khatib and Trust Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Successes in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington DC: World Bank 2015) in collaboration with Hana Brixi and Michael Woolcock. Her research has been supported by foundations such as the Moulay Hicham Foundation National Science Foundation Social Science Research Council FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council. (See gld.gu.se for further information.) Ilyas Saliba is Research Fellow in the Research Unit Democracy and Democratization at WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Isabell Schierenbeck is Professor School of Global Studies at University of Gothenburg.