Permanent Lecturers
(Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences)
Dr. Vermonte is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of UIII. Before joining UIII, Dr. Vermonte served as Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia, and Chairman of the Indonesian Pollsters Association (Persepi). He was a Fulbright scholar and obtained Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, USA. He completed his MA in International Studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia Dr. Vermonte鈥檚 research interest includes comparative politics, electoral competition, voting behaviors, party system, democratization, and foreign policy. His works have appeared in Asian Politics & Policy, Middle East Development Journal, Australian Foreign Affairs, Indonesian Quarterly, Jurnal Perempuan, and Jurnal Maarif.
Dr. Afrimadona holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, United States of America, and an 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.
Dr. Arif is the Head of the MA in Political Science Program at UIII. He was a Fulbright Scholar and earned Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University, USA. Dr. Arif holds M.Sc. in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta. Before joining UIII, he taught research methods and political Islam at the Graduate School of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah. Dr. Arif has been also a research associate at the SMERU Institute, Jakarta. His research interest focuses on comparative politics, politics of development, religion and politics, and comparative and mixed methods. His works appeared in the IDS Bulletin, Journal of International Development, and Journal of Development Perspective.
Dr. Deliana earned a Ph.D. in the historical international relations between South Indians and Aceh from the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM). Dr. Deliana was co-founder of Aceh-Turkey Cultural Centre (Pusat Kebudayaan Aceh dan Turki). Before joining UIII, she was a part-time lecturer at IIUM and a part-time mentor at Yurtd谋艧谋 T眉rkler ve Akraba Topluluklar Ba艧kanl谋臒谋, Turkey. Her research interest includes Indonesia鈥檚 historical material and immaterial connection across the world, South Indian-Malay Peninsula, identity politics, environmental politics, Muslim inter-oceanic relations, and post-colonial studies. Dr. Deliana has published in Insan & Toplum: The Journal of Humanity & Society and Tadris: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam. Her forthcoming works include a book chapter in CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age (Univ. of Hawai鈥檌 Press), and an article in the Journal of Religion and Civilizational Studies.
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 a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Ohio State University, United States of America, 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.
Prof. Jamhari 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. Jamhari 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.
Dr. Muna completed Ph.D. in Defense & Security Analysis at Cranfield University at Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), United Kingdom, and an 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 鈥淪ecuritization of Translational Crime in Indonesia: Small Arms and Light Weapons鈥� (in Mely Caballero-Anthony, et al. Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemma of Securitization. Ashgate, 2006).
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 the 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.
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.
Visiting Lecturers
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 the International Center for Islam and Pluralism (2003-2010). His works include 鈥淧olitical Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia鈥� (in Southeast Asia and the Middle East: Islam, Movement, and the Longue Duree, NUS Press, 2009), 鈥淭he Clash of Religio-Political Thought: The Contest Between Radical-Conservative-Islam and Progressive Liberal Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia鈥� (in The Future of Secularism, Oxford, 2007), and 鈥淭he Role of Civil Islam in Dealing with the Issues of Radicalism and Terrorism鈥� (in Democratization and the Issue of Terrorism in Indonesia, KAS, 2005).
Prof. Kuru teaches Religion, Democracy, and Development at UIII. He is the Bruce E. Porteous Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University in the U.S. Prof. Kuru is the author of Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment: a Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge, 2019), and Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey (Cambridge University Press, 2009). The latter book received an award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He is the co-editor (with Alfred Stepan) of Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Columbia, 2012). Prof. Kuru鈥檚 articles appeared in World Politics, Comparative Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. His recent book, Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment became the co-winner of the APSA鈥檚 International History and Politics Section Book Award. His works have been translated into Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Turkish.
Prof. James Piscatori
Prof. Piscatori teaches Muslim Society and Global Affairs at UIII. He has worked at several universities in Britain, Australia, and the United States. In Britain, he was a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford; and a Professor of International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth. He was also a Professor at the Australian National University and an Associate Professor in the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. He has also been a Senior Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He has served on several international collaborative committees such as the Committee for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies of the Social Science Research Council and was co-editor of a series on Muslim Politics for Princeton University Press. Prof. Piscatori is the author of Muslim Politics (Princeton 2004), Islam, Islamists, and the Electoral Principle (ISIM 2000), and Islam in a World of Nation-States (Cambridge 1986).