Image
![bricks with letters in a pyramid forming the word Government](/sites/default/files/styles/100_10_4_xmedium_1x/public/2023-04/brett-jordan-ZoZJLgAIvGc-unsplash.jpg?h=f03d1f75&itok=-aPN30PU)
Areas of expertise
Our researchers represent many different areas of expertise. On this page, we have listed the core areas of expertise of our researchers.
Bureaucracy
![chest of drawers with lots of small drawers](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-02/QoG%20Data.jpg?itok=YI-pzHtk)
Comparative methods
![woman in a vegetable stand in front of a weighing scale](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%20Pau%20Casals%20on%20Unsplash.jpg?itok=fR2Bb-g6)
Photo: Pau Casals
Democracy
![old stone building with pillars](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-02/quality%20of%20government%20course.jpg?itok=6T9igshj)
Development, foreign aid and redistribution
![a myriad of small cultivation lots](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-02/Development.jpg?itok=OVTcDwnd)
Environment
![a forest seen from above](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0John%20O_Nolan%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=Z4ORwjKp)
Photo: John O Nolan
Gender
![an asphalt drawing of a family of a father, mother and two children](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/sandy-millar-KhStXRVhfog-unsplash.jpg?itok=Gb6s8dNd)
Photo: Sandy Millar
History and corruption/quality of government
![old coins](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Michael%20Longmire%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=C2PwgHRI)
Photo: Michael Longmire
International institutions
![various flags seen from above](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Jason%20Leung%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=Qzs3Tf3L)
Photo: Jason Leung
Political parties and corruption
![empty chairs in what looks like a room in the parliament](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Joakim%20Honkasalo%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=5w2G0y-h)
Photo: Joakim Honkasalo
State capacity
Theory and concepts
![old statues in an old fashioned library](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Giammarco%20Boscaro%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=qh1w9oS3)
Photo: Giammarco Boscaro
Transparency and accountability
![a transparent glas full with coins](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Micheile%20Henderson%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=0bJNce9E)
Photo: Micheile Henderson
Welfare
![people socialicing in an open and bright space](/sites/default/files/styles/33_10_x_small_1x/public/2020-04/Photo%20by%C2%A0Daria%20Shevtsova%C2%A0on%C2%A0Unsplash.jpg?itok=e2AcgYK9)
Photo: Daria Shevtsova