Michal Garaj
ORCID ID Universtiy of Ss. Cyril and Methodius
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Assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, UCM in Trnava. In his current scientific and research activities he has been involved in the work on the international projects EU FP7 MyWEB, Horizon2020 European Cohort Development Project and domestic projects VEGA. He has practical experiences from the local self-government and volunteer non-profit organisations. In published works is primarily focused on topics of community planning politics, political parties and political communication. E-mail: michal.garaj@ucm.sk

Jakub Bardovič
ORCID ID Universtiy of Ss. Cyril and Methodius
Słowacja

Assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, UCM in Trnava. He obtained his doctoral degree (PhD.) in the field of political science in 2016 after successful defending a dissertation entitled Political Participation in the Context of Value Orientations of Citizens at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, UPJŠ in Košice. His main pedagogical and research interests cover issues of pluralist democracy, political and civic participation at various level of governance, elections, electoral behavior, electoral systems and their deformation. As a co-investigator, he has participated or is participating in the solution of several projects such as KEGA, VEGA, APVV and also projects financed from the Visegrad Fund. E-mail: jakub.bardovic@ucm.sk