Andreas Ufen is an adjunct professor at the University in Hamburg and a Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Hamburg, Germany. His main interests are democratization, political Islam, political parties and elections in Southeast Asia. He has published edited volumes on “Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia” (together with M. Bünte) and on “Party Politics in Southeast Asia” (together with D. Tomsa), as well as articles in refereed journals such as Democratization, Pacific Review, Asian Survey, Critical Asian Studies, and Contemporary Politics.