Dr. Afrimadona holds Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, USA, and MA in International Relations from Australian National University. He teaches Statistics for Political Analysis at UIII. He also teaches quantitative methods at the Department of International Relations of UPN Veteran Jakarta. Currently, he is the Executive Director of Populi Center, Jakarta. His research interest focuses broadly on International Relations theory, comparative political economy, and quantitative methods. His works appeared in Contemporary Politics, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Nonproliferation Review, Open Journal of Political Science, Indonesian Journal of Society Engagement, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Journal of Governance.