Brian Dorman is the Senior Research Associate for the Bank Information Center based in Washington, D.C. His published work has been in climate change, environmental governance, and international political economy, with a special focus on Asia. He holds a graduate degree in Geography from the University of Oxford. He can be followed on ResearchGate.

Tyler James Olsen is a PhD student of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, and a former Fulbright scholar. His current research is focused on a comparative analysis of diverse forms of participatory governance. He can be followed on Academia.