Andrej Kirbiš, PhD, is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, and a researcher at the Center for the Study of Post-Socialist Societies (CePSS). He has authored scientific works on political culture and participation, democratic consolidation and value change in post-communist Europe, health behaviour and outcomes, lifestyles, and media use, with a particular focus on cross-national comparative analyses.