Dr Ryan Gordon Tans received a PhD in political science from Emory University, and an MA in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore.

Dr Tans studies local politics, business-government relations, and climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia.

2023 forthcoming Business Associations and Civil Society in Southeast Asia, Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia, edited by Eva Hansson and Meredith Weiss.

TANS, R.G. 2021 Coastal Reclamation and Balinese Identity, Asian Politics & Policy 13(1):128-149. Special Issue: Explaining Identity Formation in Asia.

TANS, R.G. 2020 Business and Local Taxation in the Philippines, Journal of East Asian Studies 20(3):375-402.

Markets and Institutions
Politics of Southeast Asia
Politics of Adapting to Climate Change
Methods in the Social Sciences