Magdalena Musiał-Karg is a full professor of political science. She works at the Department of Political Systems, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. She is the Vice-Dean for Research and Scientific Cooperation at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and a former Vice-Dean for Research and Development (2016-2020). She is also the President of the Polish Political Science Association, Vice-Chair of the Research Committee on Political Communication (RC22) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), member of the Political Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2020-2023), and the President of the Center for European Research and Education.She was a holder of a PhD scholarship under the "Europa Fellows II" Programme financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and under the Osteuropa Programme financed by KAAD. In2014, she was awarded with a 3-year stipend for young distinguished scientists funded by the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education.Her main research interests focus on direct democracy and the impact of modern technologies (ICT) on democratic systems, mainly on the electoral process (e-voting). She has also conducted research on the role of women in public space. M. Musiał-Karg is the author of numerous publications devoted to electronic participation, alternative voting methods, direct democracy or political communication.Óscar G. Luengo is a full professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Granada, Spain. He is the Coordinator of the Summer Schools in Methodology of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and former Vice-dean for International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. He was a distinguished visiting scholar at Florida International University, as well as a research fellow at the University of Machala (Ecuador), Amsterdam School of Communication Research (The Netherlands), University of Mainz (Germany), European University Institute (Italy) and University Tecnológica de Monterrey (México). Prof. Luengo was a visiting professor at many foreignuniversities: the University of California, Berkeley (US), Ritsumeikan University (Japan), Florida International University (USA), University of Saint Louis (USA), University of Anadolu (Turkey), University of Plzen (Czech Republic), University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). His main research areas focus on political communication, campaigns, and electoral analysis. Further, he is researching new media impact on civic participation and democracy.
