Gde Dwitya Arief Metera, Ph.D.
Gde Dwitya holds a joint appointment as a faculty member at the MPP program and as a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Research (IFAR) at UIII. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, USA. Prior to joining the MPP program, he has held various research fellowships including positions at Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute of Global Affairs in Chicago, The Asia Research Institute at NUS, as well as at BYU Law School where he served as a young scholar on law and religion. His research primarily focuses on the intricate power dynamics of policy making within the context of both democratic and authoritarian politics.
M. Syafii Anwar, Ph.D.
Dr. Anwar obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. Before joining UIII, he was Visiting Associate Professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia (2012-2019), Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School (2011-2012), and Ford Foundation Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was selected by the Geneva-based United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCFHR) as one of 5 independent experts representing the group of Asian States (2006-2007). He was also Executive Director of International Center for Islam and Pluralism (2003-2010). His works include “Political Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia” (in Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement, and the Longue Duree, NUS Press, 2009), “The Clash of Religio-Political Thought: The Contest Between Radical-Conservative-Islam and Progressive Liberal Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia” (in The Future of Secularism, Oxford, 2007), and “The Role of Civil Islam in Dealing with the Issues of Radicalism and Terrorism” (in Democratization and the Issue of Terrorism in Indonesia, KAS, 2005).
A’an Suryana, Ph.D.
Dr. Suryana completed his Ph.D. degree at the School of Culture, History, and Language, Australian National University in 2018. He also holds MA in Public Policy from ANU and obtained BA in Political Science from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. Currently, he is a Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Before coming to UIII, Dr. Suryana taught at the School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Indonesia (2019-2020), and Swiss German University, Indonesia (2009-2019). He also worked as a consultant at USAID, Search for Common, the Indonesian Ministry of Bureaucracy and Administrative Reform, and the Jakarta Provincial Government between 2018 and 2020. Dr. Suryana is the author of The State and Religious Violence in Indonesia: Minority Faiths and Vigilantism (Routledge, 2020). His works have also appeared in Asian Studies Review and Southeast Asia Research.
Ridwan, Ph.D.
Dr. Ridwan completed his Ph.D.at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Western Australia (UWA), and MA degrees in Human Rights and Democratization at University of Sydney, Australia, and Mahidol University, Thailand. Before joining UIII, he was a lecturer at Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Jayapura, Papua. Dr. Ridwan is a researcher at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS, UWA), and co-Founder of Lembaga Perdamaian Indonesia (Indonesia Peacebuilding Institute). He attended some training and exchange programs, including Peace Training (Uppsala University, 2009; American University in 2009, funded by USAID Indonesia), Muslim Exchange Program (Australia, 2014), and KAICIID Dialogue Centre in Austria (2016). His research interest includes peace studies, conflict resolution, Muslim politics, interfaith studies, and human rights. He has published in the Int. Journal of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies, Int. Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, and Millah: Jurnal Studi Agama.
M. Rifqi Muna, Ph.D.
Dr. Muna completed Ph.D. in Defense & Security Analysis at Cranfield University at Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), United Kingdom, and MA in Defense Studies from the Australian Defense Force Academy (ADFA). Before joining UIII, he had a 30-year career with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) focusing on policy research on international security. He has been extensively involved in policy development and consultations with the Indonesian government and CSOs. His works include Papua: Conflict Sensitive Approach (Jakarta: Prime Advisory & ROOTS, 2020), Cooperation of Indian Ocean Region: Indonesian Maritime Perspectives (National Working Committee Indian Ocean Academic Group (IORAG) LIPI, 2018), and “Securitization of Translational Crime in Indonesia: Small Arms and Light Weapons” (in Mely Caballero-Anthony, et al. Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemma of Securitization. Ashgate, 2006).
Prof. Jamhari Makruf
Prof. Makruf obtained his MA and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology from Australian National University. Before joining UIII, he was Director of Graduate School (SPs) (2019-2021), Vice-Rector for Cooperation (2006-2020), and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs (2010-2015) of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. From 2001 to 2006, he served as Director of PPIM UIN Jakarta. Prof. Makruf has received many grants and awards including Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne (2014), Research Grant from Japan ASEAN Integrative Fund (2008-2011), Research Grant from Japan Science Research Program (2005-2008), and Best Australian Alumni Finalist, the Embassy of Australia in Jakarta (2008). Prof. Makruf is the author of Perubahan IAIN ke UIN: Prospek dan Tantangan (UIN Press and Prenada, 2013), and editor of Suara Salafisme Radio Dakwah di Indonesia (Kencana 2017). His works also appeared in Impact, Islam and Civilizational Renewal Journal, Australian Journal of Asian Law, Asian Social Science, and Studia Islamika.
Head of the Ph.D. in Political Science Program – Djayadi Hanan, Ph.D.
Dr. Hanan is the Head of the Ph.D. in Political Science Program at UIII. Before joining UIII, he was a senior lecturer at Paramadina University, Jakarta. He also served as Director of the Paramadina Institute for Education Reform (PIER). He holds Ph.D. in Political Science from the Ohio State University, USA, and MA degrees in Political Science from Ohio University, USA and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. In 2012, he was a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School to conduct research on multiparty presidential democracy. His research interests include presidential democracy, democratic cultures, voting behavior, and student and religious movements. He is the author of Menakar Presidensialisme Multipartai di Indonesia (Mizan 2014). His works also appeared in Asian Survey, Prisma, Journal Publicuho, and Jurnal Wacana Politik.
Nia Deliana
Nia Deliana earned a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM). Her dissertation concentrates on precedent historical foreign relations between Indians and Indonesia. She has published on numerous issues. Before Joining UIII, she taught global Muslim civilization and historical international relations of Indonesia in Malaysia and Turkey. Her latest works include a chapter on the Rohingya during the Pandemic, in an edit work titled CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age by Emily Zoe Hertzman, et all (University of Hawai’i Press 2023).
Her research interests include Indonesia’s classical and contemporary foreign affairs across the Indian Ocean and Indonesia, multilateralism between South India and the Malay Peninsula, and the making of race, knowledge and identity politics. Currently, Dr. Deliana is working on a research project on the shape of international affairs across the Indian Oceans before the nation-state era. She teaches methods and theories in politics and international relations in the faculty of social sciences at Indonesia International Islamic University, Depok, West Java.
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Afrimadona, Ph.D.
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.