Global Team

The Principal Investigator Board is the highest decision-making body. The Principal investigators began their work in 2008

The Steering Committee was created in 2015 for the purposes of overall guidance and decision-making connected to the various V-Dem programs and projects

The Project Managers were instrumental in the development of survey questions and the preparation of the collection of data in specific substantive areas. The diverse specialization of the team and the division of labor enabled us to define concepts, identify existing data sources, and create survey questions that reflect the wide-ranging work and accumulated knowledge on these topics. It also created a decentralized system of informal consultation among experts (academics and practitioners) in these areas. In addition, Project Managers are responsible for assuring cross-country equivalence for their indicators, so that a given question is not interpreted differently in varying country contexts.