Eva Sørensen is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business of the Roskilde School of Governance. Her research focuses on political leadership in the age of governance, policy innovation, citizen involvement and co-creation in local neighborhood governance, and metagovernance and network governance, among other interests. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Copenhagen. She is involved in several large scale international research projects in areas such as policy and service innovation, democratic reform and new forms of political leadership.