Andrea Vaccaro Editor

Rachel M. Gisselquist is a political scientist and international development professional with two decades of experience in academia, applied policy research, and the leadership of international research programmes and projects. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). Previously, she was Research Director, Index of African Governance, at Harvard University. She has published widely in leading scholarly outlets on issues of inequality, ethnic politics, state-building, foreign aid, governance, and democracy. She holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Andrea Vaccaro is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and an Associate Member of St Antony's College. Previously, he was a Visiting Researcher at the World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Insubria. His research interests lie at the crossroads between comparative politics and global development. Recently, he has worked on the interplay between the state, political regimes, and development, as well as international aid, COVID-19 responses, and measurement and indicators. He received his PhD from the Sapienza University of Rome.