B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, US, Jon Pierre, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Eva Sørensen, Professor of Public Administration and Democracy, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Professor, NORD University, Norway and Jacob Torfing, Professor of Politics and Institutions, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Norway