Ljupcho Petkovski is a Research Coordinator at the Macedonian Centre for European Training, a research- and think-tank group from Skopje, focused on Europeanization and democratization of the region, as well as on advocacy for democratic values. He received his formal education in Slovenia at the University of Ljubljana, in Macedonia at the state University in Skopje, and in the UK at the University of Essex. Ljupcho has published on populism, social movements and Europeanization, and is interested in post-foundationalism, qualitative methodologies of research and the role emotions play in ideologies and political communication.