Dr. Marco Meloni is a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK), Faculty of Social Sciences, in the frame of the Horizon 2020 project PHOENIX - The Rise of Citizens' Voices for a Greener Europe. He also collaborates with other research projects of the faculty, such as Rebooting Democracy, DemoPlay, and Edialogue. He holds a Ph.D. in Democracy in the XXI Century from the Centre for Social Studies (CES), associated with the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He completed his Master's degree in Governance and Global System (International Relations) from the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 2015. Throughout his professional career, he has worked as a project manager and trainer in several projects funded by the European Union under the frameworks of Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Youth in Action, Leonardo, and Europe for Citizens, as well as in local-level projects. His research interests focus on Democratic Innovations, Intra-Party Democracy, impact evaluation, digital participation, and gamification.