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Lena Herholz

Bertelsmann Stiftung
Lena Herholz is a graduate of the University of Duisburg-Essen and holds a Master of Arts in International Relations and Development Policy, as well as in Theory and Comparative Analysis of Political Systems in Transition. She completed a seven-month internship at the Bertelsmann Foundation, where she contributed to the BTI Transformation Index project as part of the Democracy and Social Cohesion program. During this time, she wrote a blog post in which she reflects on her work and her research interests, which focus on international development and the resilience of democracy and autocracy, with a particular emphasis on ideological factors.
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Leonid Litra

New Europe Center Kyiv
Senior Research Fellow
Leonid Litra is Senior Research Fellow at the think tank New Europe Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, and BTI expert on Moldova. He previously worked for various think tanks in Kyiv and Chisinau and published on topics related to the post-Soviet area, European integration and frozen conflicts.
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Lloyd M. Sachikonye

Institute of Development Studies
Professor
Lloyd M. Sachikonye is Professor at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Zimbabwe, where he researches employment policy, democratization and governance. Sachikonye has advised the African Union, the International Labour Organization (2007–2009) and the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (2011–2012). He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals, including Africa Development and the Review of African Political Economy. Lloyd holds a PhD in political science from the University of Leeds and has been a member of the Transformation Thinkers network since 2005.
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Ludwig Schulz

German Orient Institute
Ludwig Schulz is head of the Turkey department of the German Orient Institute Berlin and project manager at the Center for Applied Policy Research (C.A.P.) Munich.
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