Jürgen Neyer was appointed to the Chair of Political Science at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) in April 2006 where he is currently also Managing Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Transformation Studies. Before coming to Frankfurt he was a Professor of International Relations at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University of Frankfurt (Main) (2005-06) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (2004). He obtained his Habilitation at the University of Bremen in 2002 and his PhD in Political Science at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in 1996. He has done research at various universities including the University of California at Berkeley, the Free University of Berlin and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Antje Wiener was appointed to the Chair of Political Science and Global Governance at the University of Hamburg in April 2009 where she is currently also Managing Director of the Centre for Globalisation and Governance. Before coming to Hamburg she was a Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Bath (2007-09) and a Professor of International Studies at the Queen's University of Belfast where she had worked since 1999. She obtained her PhD in Political Science at Carleton University, Canada in 1996, and an MA in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin in 1989, and has taught at various universities including Stanford University, Sussex University, Carleton University, and the Free University of Berlin. She has held visiting fellowships at the Science Centre for Social Research in Berlin and at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies in Delmenhorst, Germany.