Dr. Alfred Oehlers joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in March 2007. He was previously an associate professor at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Dr. Oehlers obtained his doctorate in political economy from the University of Sydney. He holds both a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in economics, from Macquarie University, Australia.

Dr. Oehlers is a specialist in the political economy of economic growth and development, with reference to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. His teaching has ranged widely during his career, spanning courses as diverse as international business, economics, politics, public policy, international relations, Asian studies, history, and other social sciences. He has taught at Massey University in New Zealand, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney in Australia, and the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. In New Zealand, Dr. Oehlers enjoyed a long association with the New Zealand Defense Force Command and Staff College, where he contributed regularly to lectures as well as other professional military training activities. Dr. Oehlers has regularly been engaged by philanthropies and non-government organizations as a consultant on economic and political developments in the Asia-Pacific and workshop facilitator for a variety of capacity-building initiatives for civil society actors.

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