Dr Leon Schreiber is a Senior Research Specialist at the Innovations for Successful Societies programme at Princeton University in the United States, conducting research on how to build effective and accountable government institutions in developing countries. Prior to joining Princeton in 2015, he obtained a PhD in Political Science magna cum laude from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, as well as MA, BA (Honours) and BA degrees from Stellenbosch University. In 2015 he was the runner-up in the prestigious St. Gallen Symposium Wings of Excellence award for future leaders, and in 2017 he was selected by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 Young South Africans. After studying and working abroad for five years, Schreiber moved back to Cape Town in 2016. Besides his work for Princeton, he regularly participates in television and radio programmes as a political analyst, writes for some of South Africa's leading newspapers and magazines, and tends to his vegetable garden.