Bedirhan E. Mutlu
Areas of Expertise
Religion & politics, political regimes
Background
Major - Comparative Politics
Minor - Research Methods
Bedirhan Erdem Mutlu is a Ph.D. student in the Political Science Department majoring in comparative politics. His research interest revolve around religion and politics interactions, democracy/authoritarianism dynamics, conservatism, and political parties with a regional focus on Southwest Asia (aka Middle East) and North Africa. His research has been published in disciplinary and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals such as Democratization and Middle East Law & Governance. He has also written research and policy papers for prominent think tanks around the world. Bedirhan holds a master's degree in political science with comparative politics specialization and a bachelor's degree in political science with an area concentration in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries, both from Sciences Po Paris. He is a native Turkish speaker and has research level fluency in French and Arabic.
Bachelor's - Sciences Po Paris, Master's - Sciences Po Paris
Mutlu, Bedirhan E., and Salih Yasun. “Weak Party System Institutionalization and Autocratization:
Evidence from Tunisia.” Democratization, July 23, 2024, 1–21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2024.2376633.
Mutlu, Bedirhan Erdem. “Islamists and the Religious Field: (Non-)Transformations of the Religious
Institutions in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia.” Middle East Law and Governance 16, no. 4 (2024):
435–68. https://doi.org/10.1163/18763375-16040001.