Matevž Tomšič je sociolog, univerzitetni predavatelj in publicist. Doktoriral je leta 2002 na Fakulteti za družbene vede. Od l. 2008 pedagoško in raziskovalno deluje na Fakulteti za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici. Poleg tega je angažiran tudi na Fakulteti za informacijske študije v Novem mestu in na Fakulteti za medije v Ljubljani. Znanstveno in raziskovalno se ukvarja s preučevanjem demokratizacije in družbenega razvoja, pri čemer ga zanima tudi problematika kulturne sfere, predvsem vloga intelektualcev in kulturne elite v politiki in javnosti. Sodeloval je pri različnih domačih in mednarodnih znanstvenih projektih, ki so se ukvarjali s problematiko demokratičnega vladanja in medkulturnih odnosov v Evropski uniji. Trenutno vodi projekt Media Literacy and Active Citizenship for Sustainable Democracy (MELIA Observatory), ki se izvaja v okviru Transnacionalnega programa Podonavje. Sam ali v soavtorstvu je napisal več deset znanstvenih in strokovnih prispevkov v domačih in tujih publikacijah, med drugih knjigo The Challenges of Sustained Development. The Role of Socio-Cultural Factors in East-Central Europe (CEU Press, 2005) ter Elites in the New Democracies (Peter Lang, 2016). Poleg tega objavlja publicistične članke, ki obravnavajo stanje slovenske politike, demokracije, civilne družbe itd., v različnih slovenskih medijih.

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Matevž Tomšič, Ph.D. in Sociology, is a Professor at the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica. He is also engaged at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto and at the Faculty of Media in Ljubljana. His research interests belong to the field of political sociology, i.e. elites, democracy and development in post-communist societies. In the recent period, his work focuses also on the role of media in relation to democracy. He took part in numerous national and international research projects. Currently, he is a Project Manager of the project Media Literacy and Active Citizenship for Sustainable Democracy (MELIA Observatory) which is part of the Danube Transnational Programme. He is (co)author of a number of domestic and international scientific publications, among them Elites in the New Democracies (Peter Lang, 2016) and The Challenges of Sustained Development. The Role of Socio-Cultural Factors in East-Central Europe (CEU Press, 2005). In addition to his scientific work, he publishes articles on politics, democracy, civil society, etc., in different Slovenian media outlets.