Hans-Georg Heinrich is Professor emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna (Austria), and Vice-President of the International Center for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia/NIS Research (ICEUR Vienna). He has published and edited several books on Post-Soviet politics and was active for various international organizations in transition countries. Ludmilla Lobova is an ethnologist and political scientist with a focus on Post-Soviet research.
She is Scientific Director of the International Center for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia/NIS Research Vienna.