Josep M. Colomer was a full-time professor of political science at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is currently an associate researcher at the university’s School of Foreign Service. He is an elected member of the Academy of Europe and a life member of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Colomer has authored and edited many books, including the reference textbook The Science of Politics (Oxford University Press), his most recent monograph Democracy and Globalization (Routledge), and others on democratization, political institutions, voting rules, the EU, the US political system, and global governance. Colomer has won awards from the APSA, the British Political Studies Association, the Spanish Association of Political and Administration Science and the Mexican Association of Political Sciences.