Dr. Elke Fein is the co-founder and managing director of the Institute for integral Studies (IFIS) in Freiburg/germany. She is a social and political scientist focusing on large scale socio-political transition processes, leadership and political culture, using adult developmental approaches. She is the initiator and coordinator of the EU-funded “Leadership-for-transition (LiFT) – Politics” project, a Strategic Partnership exploring political innovations based on integral and meta-modern ideas.