Stephan Kyburz is a political economist and the host of Rules of the Game, a platform where he engages in discussions about democratic institutions. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development. He completed his PhD in Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Bern, Switzerland, and did his post-doctoral studies at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science funded by a Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation. His research interests include Political Economy, Economic Growth and Conflict Economics.