Patrick Dumont (University of Luxembourg) publishes on coalition theory, executive-legislative relations, parties and party systems, elections and political elites (see google scholar page). Heco-edited The Selection of Ministers in Europe. Hiring and Firing in 2009 and The Selection and Deselection of Ministers Around the World in 2015. His other co-edited volumes are Puzzles of Government Formation: Coalition Theory and Deviant Cases in 2011, European Integration and Consensus Politics in the Low Countriesin 2015, as well as a special issue of the Revue Internationale de PolitiqueComparéeononline Voting Advice Applications.Forthcoming are co-edited volumes on New Developments in Cabinet Coalition Research and Party Politics in European Microstates. He is the co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Elites and Political Leadership.