Staffan I. Lindberg is Professor and Director of the V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg; PI of Varieties of Democracy; Wallenberg Academy Fellow alumni; co-author of Varieties of Democracy (CUP 2020), Why Democracies Develop and Decline (CUP 2022) as well as other books and some 70 scientific articles as well as numerous reports, policy briefs, and think-pieces; extensive experience as consultant on development and democracy, and as advisor to international organizations, ministries, and state authorities. Lindberg is the principal author of the annual Democracy Report out of the V-Dem Institute.
