WOLFGANG DRECHSLER is a Professor of Governance at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at TalTech, an Honorary Professor at the UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, and also an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center. BA Bridgewater Coll.; MA Univ. of Virginia; PhD Univ. of Marburg; Graduate German Univ. of Public Administration Speyer, Habilitation Univ. of Tartu; SocScD (hon. doctorate) Corvinus Univ. of Budapest. Wolfgang has taught at the Universities of Marburg, Giessen, Frankfurt/Main, and Tartu (Chair of PA); as André Molitor Chair at the Université Catholique de Louvain; as Visiting Prof. at various Universities incl. NIDA Bangkok, Lee Kuan Yew School at NUS, and most recently at Coll. of Public Policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ. Wolfgang has served in various roles in civil service, such as Advisor to the President of Estonia and Snr. Legislative Analyst in the US Congress. His areas of interest include Non-Western PA, Governance, and Economics, especially Buddhist, Islamic, and Confucian; Technology, Innovation, & PA; and Public Management Reform generally. He has an active interest in Political Philosophy and in Economic Theory. He is the Chairperson of EAPAA and a Council Member of the Cologne Old Town Civic Assoc. His received awards include the Estonian National Science Award, Estonia’s Order of Merit, German Federal Merit Cross, and TalTech’s Top Scientist award as best PhD advisor for three years in a row.