Muhammad Afiq bin Oslan

Muhammad Afiq bin Oslan, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance. His work focuses on the intersection of political economy, public finance, and media dynamics.

• Email: afiq.bin-oslan@tax.mpg.de
• Room: M8.603
• Personal Website: Link

Research Areas: Afiq's research explores how political and economic factors interact with media, borders, and environmental crises. Key themes include:

• Leadership dynamics under media scrutiny
• Economic drivers of geopolitical infrastructure
• Long-term political divides in adjacent communities
• Electoral responses to environmental salience shocks

Publication Trends: Recent work spans:

• 2025: Analyzing media's role in displacing political threats
• 2025: Economic factors shaping border fortifications
• 2024: Persistence of local political disparities
• 2021: Electoral impacts of Australian bushfires