Mazen Hassan

Professor of Political Science, Cairo University

Mazen Hassan is a Professor of Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt. He is interested in explaining political and socio-economic behaviour in the Middle East using experimental and survey methodology. His research topics include social norms, pro-social behaviour, parliamentary politics, electoral and party systems. He has a PhD degree in politics from Oxford University, a Master’s degree from Warwick University (UK), and a BSc degree from Cairo University. He has been previously a visiting professor at Harvard Kennedy School, Oxford University’s Centre for the Study of African Economies, MIT’s Centre for International Studies, and Hamburg University. For two years (2018-2020), he has been the director of the Centre for Political Research at Cairo University. His publications appeared in Democratization, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Government and Opposition, Mediterranean Politics, Political Studies, and Electoral Studies. He also co-authored two books on the Egyptian political system in the transitional period following the 2011 revolution.