Jaroslav Mihálik holds a PhD in Political Theory and habilitated in Public Policy and Public Administration. His research interests cover political analyses of youth studies, extremism, media analyses on social networks, and comparative politics. He published two books dedicated to political legacy of the past and civic youth engagement in Slovakia. For over 10 years he has been a researcher and team leader in various international and domestic project schemes such as the 7th Framework Programme and Horizon 2020 of the European Commission, Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair in Migration, International Visegrad Fund, and Slovak scientific grant scheme VEGA. Jakub Bardoviè holds a PhD in Political Sciences. Currently, he works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. His main teaching and research interests cover methodology of political sciences, issues of pluralist democracy, political and civic participation at various levels of governance, and electoral systems and their specifics and settings.