Afiq bin Oslan

Welcome! I am Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Economics, Max Planck Institute of Tax Law and Public Finance. I study political economy, specialising in topics such as border politics, disaster politics, environmentalism, and game theory.

I received my doctorate in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis in 2023, and my bachelors from the Australian National University in 2017.

For those interested in Historical Political Economy, please check out my recently accepted article at Rationality and Society that offers an evolutionary theory to supplement the often detected effect of historical legacies on modern societies, economies and politics.

Click here for my CV. Contact me at afiq.bin-oslan@tax.mpg.de. Please cite my last name as {bin Oslan}.

Publications

Forthcoming, “Persistent and self-perpetuating political differences between neighbouring communities,” in Rationality and Society. doi.org/10.1177/10434631241232754

2021, “Issue ownership and salience shocks: The electoral impact of Australian bushfires,” in Electoral Studies 74 (with Jordan H. McAllister). doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102389

Working Papers

"Economic origins of border fortifications," accepted at Journal of Peace Research.

"How to smuggle contraband and influence border policy."

"Displacement, not obstruction: Why insecure leaders need not fear free media" (with İpek Ece Şener).

"Establishing fault: The electoral impact of induced earthquakes" (with Jordan H. McAllister).

"Spies in a barrel: When to reel in espionage" (with T. Ryan Johnson).