Artan Mustafa
Artan Mustafa is a Senior Lecturer of Political Science at the University for Business and Technology, Kosovo. He studied at the University of Prishtina (BA), Uppsala University (MSc), and the University of Vienna (PhD), took a study stay at the University of Tokyo, and worked as a pre-doctoral researcher and lecturer on the welfare state and democracy at the University of Vienna’s Department of Political Science. His research interests and publications include the social foundations of political parties, welfare state politics, institutional designs, social policy transformations and outcomes, and globalisation. He serves as a country expert on pensions and social inclusion at the European Social Policy Network (ESPN).
Ridvan Peshkopia
Ridvan Peshkopia is a Senior Lecturer of Political Science at the University for Business and Technology, Kosovo. He received an MA in Diplomacy from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, and an MA and PhD in Political Science with the University of Kentucky’s Department of Political Science. He spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow with the George Washington University. He also holds a University Diploma in Urban Planning from the Polytechnic University of Tirana and an MSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Tirana. He publishes in several disciplines and sub-disciplines including international relations, social theory, political behaviour, migration studies, epistemology and film studies.