Bogdan Mihai Radu is a PhD lecturer in Political Sciences at the Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences (FSPAC), Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), in Cluj-Napoca. His research interests focus on the study of political culture in recent democracies, especially from the point of view of drivers of democratic values. His publications have addressed different topics, including also various studies on the evolution of civil society in post-communist societies, or the participation of young people in religious organizations.