Richard Rose has pioneered the comparative study of public policy in four dozen books and hundreds of articles. Research has been presented in 45 countries and 17 languages. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a World Bank, OECD, UNDP and Transparency International consultant.
Caryn Peiffer took a doctorate in political science at Claremont Graduate University with field research in Botswana, Zambia and India. She was a research fellow of the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow before joining the Developmental Leadership Program at the University of Birmingham.