Jeton Mehmeti works as a Policy Analyst at GAP Institute in Prishtina. He is also a lecturer of communication at the University of Prishtina.

He finished his undergraduate studies in Kuala Lumpur and received his Master's degree from Central European University in Budapest. He is the recipient of the German Marshall Fellowship for study visit to U.S.A, BIRN Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, and OeAD Fellowship for research at University of Vienna. 

His academic papers have been published by Palgrave Macmillan, Brill, Brown Walker Press, Nomos, Peter Lang, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and others. He has presented his papers at the University of California, University of Louisiana, Gent University, Graz University, European University Institute, Yildiz Technical University, among others. His latest article is "Diploma Factories: Kosovo and Albania Churn Out Graduates with Few Prospects".