Szilárd Bartok is currently studying in the Master’s program in Research Design and Data Analysis in Social Sciences at Babeș-Bolyai University. He previously obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. During his studies, he has participated in a series of research projects. As an undergraduate student, he worked as a student intern at ACSD. While a master’s student, Szilárd was part of the protest event coding team within the project “TakePart: Social Learning to Take Part in Social Movements: Understanding the Social Transformation of Civic Participation.” He has also assisted with statistical analysis and research design in projects at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca. More recently, he was selected to participate in the SPS Summer Academy organized by the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute.