Neil Wilcock did an undergraduate degree in economics and international relations at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and a master's degree on the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies programme hosted by the Global and European Studies Institute, University of Leipzig, Germany. His principal fields of interest lie in political economy and the European Union. Neil is originally from Glasgow in Scotland. Corina Scholz is also a graduate of the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies programme. A German national, she first graduated at the University of Erfurt, Germany, in political sciences, economics and study of religion. Her main interests are development and the international political economy. Hartmut Elsenhans is a German political scientist and Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Leipzig, Germany. His principle focuses are economic theory, development studies, national and social emancipator movements, and the European Union. He is currently working on a six volume series on his world economic theory.