Rita Abrahamsen, University of Ottawa, Canada
Chris Alden, London School of Economics, UK
David M. Anderson, University of Oxford, UK
Joel D. Barkan, University of Iowa & Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
Matthijs Bogaards, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Michael Bratton, Michigan State University, USA
Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa, Canada
Nic Cheeseman, University of Oxford, UK
Phil Clark, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
Devon Curtis, University of Cambridge, UK
Stephen Ellis, Vrije University & The African Studies Centre Leiden, Holland
Gero Erdmann, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany
Bill Freund, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam, Holland
Gerrie ter Haar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Holland
Göran Hydén, University of Florida, USA
Michael Jennings, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
Tim Kelsall, Africa Power and Politics Program, UK
Gilbert M. Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Staffan I. Lindberg, University of Florida, USA, and University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick, UK
Amina Mama, University of California, USA
Andreas Mehler, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany
Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College, USA
Richard E. Mshomba, Le Salle University, USA
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, LASDEL, Niger
Philip Roessler, The College of William and Mary, USA
Andrea Scheibler, University of Oxford, UK
Jeremy Seekings, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, University of Oxford, UK
Rotimi T. Suberu, Bennington College, USA
Leonardo A. Villalón, University of Florida, USA
Peter VonDoepp, University of Vermont, USA
Nicolas van de Walle, Cornell University, USA
Martin Williams, London School of Economics, UK