Can Mutlu is a Ph.D. candidate in political economy and government at Harvard University. He uses formal theory and quantitative methods to study contemporary electoral politics and historical elite behavior, especially, in the Western European and the U.S. context.
Mutlu earned an M.Sc. in political economy and political science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a B.Sc. in mathematics and economics from Haverford University.