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).