Jan Fałkowski is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Chair of Political Economy), University of Warsaw. His primary research interests lie in new institutional economics and political economy. His main fields of study include the interplay between politics and economics, the interaction between informal institutions and electoral outcomes, and the consequences of political conflict. He has published, among others, in the European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Institutional Economics, Party Politics, Public Choice, or World Bank Economic Review.