I am a Research Fellow at the Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. I earned my PhD in Comparative Politics from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. My research focuses on perceptions of corruption and integrity, including participation in pioneering initiatives such as the Horizon Europe RESPOND project and the EPOCA project in Portugal and Spain. As part of a new generation of 'corruptologists', my work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and books dedicated to the subject. Central to my research is also the in-depth study of methods applied to corruption-related topics.