Nicole Curato is Associate Professor at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra, Australia. David M. Farrell is Chair of Politics and Head of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland. Brigitte Geissel is Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Kimmo Grönlund is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Social Science Research Institute, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Patricia Mockler is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada. Jean-Benoit Pilet is Professor of Political Science, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Alan Renwick is Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit and Associate Professor of British Politics, University College London, UK. Jonathan Rose is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Canada. Maija Setälä is Professor in Political Science at the University of Turku, Finland. Jane Suiter is Director of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism and Professor in the School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland.