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Roles & Affiliations: Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg and founder/director of the Institute for Governance and Local Development (GLD) at both Gothenburg and Yale University. She previously held positions at Rice University (1997–2000) and Yale University (2000–2015), and directed Yale's Center for Middle East Studies.
Education: PhD in Political Science (University of Michigan, 1997), MA in Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies (University of Michigan, 1993).
Research Interests: Her work focuses on governance, local institutions, and political development in Africa and the Middle East. Key themes include decentralization, electoral politics, democratization, and the role of social institutions in state-society relations. Recent research emphasizes governance measurement tools and responses to crises like the pandemic.
Publications Trends: Her recent work explores governance challenges in weak states, gender representation in Arab elections, and the impact of decentralization on inequality. She combines empirical fieldwork with innovative survey methodologies, often collaborating across disciplines and regions.
Grants & Advisors: Supported by major funders like the Carnegie Corporation, National Science Foundation, and Swedish Research Council. Advises organizations including the Carter Center, UNDP, and World Bank on governance and democracy issues.
Labs & Initiatives: Leads GLD, which develops tools to measure subnational governance and supports global research networks on transitional governance. The institute publishes datasets on elections, pandemic responses, and local governance performance.
