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Salvatore Simarmata, Ph.D.

Direktur

Political Communication, Reputation Management, Populist Rhetoric, Climate Communication, Policy Advocacy

Salvatore Simarmata, Ph.D.

Direktur

Dr. Salvatore Simarmata is the Director of the Atma Jaya Institute of Public Policy and a lecturer in Communication Studies at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta. He completed his Ph.D. at The Australian National University (ANU) with a dissertation on negative campaigning in Indonesian elections (1955–2019) and holds an M.A. in Communication from Universitas Gadjah Mada and a B.A. in Communication from Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta. He served as an expert contributor for “Risiko Kampanye Media Sosial dan Peluang Kode Etik dalam Pilkada” by Perludem and Saraswati Global (2020) and was part of the coalition “Pembentukan Forum Penanganan Disinformasi” organized by Perludem (2022). He is the author of Media dan Politik: Sikap Pers terhadap Pemerintahan Koalisi di Indonesia (2014), and his other publications include journal articles such as Paralelisme Politik Media pada Pemberitaan Pemilu 2014 di Indonesia (2017), as well as book chapters including “Reputasi Politik dalam Bayang-Bayang AI: Disinformasi, Deepfake, dan Tantangan Etika Komunikasi” (2025), “Suara yang (Sering) Tak Terdengar: Mengarusutamakan yang Miskin dan Marjinal dalam Kebijakan Publik” (2025), and “Politik Komunikasi Menghadapi Wabah Korona” (2020). He also writes opinion pieces for The Jakarta Post, Kompas.id, and Koran Tempo.

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Agustinus Prasetyantoko, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Financial Technology, Kebijakan Industri

Agustinus Prasetyantoko, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

A. Prasetyantoko merupakan anggota Steering Committee Indonesia FinTech Society (IFSoc) dan beberapa kali bertugas sebagai panitia seleksi beberapa lembaga, seperti Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) dan Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU). Ia menyelesaikan pendidikan sarjana ekonomi dari Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, magister dari the University of Lille 1, dan Ph.D. dari École Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Lyon, France. Ia juga merupakan kolumnis Kompas, salah satu koran nasional terkemuka di Indonesia.

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Prof. Rosdiana Sijabat, S.E., M.Si, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Business Digitization, Macroeconometrics, Fiscal Federalism, and Social Entrepreneurship

Prof. Rosdiana Sijabat, S.E., M.Si, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Rosdiana Sijabat is a professor of business economics and the vice dean at the Faculty of Business Administration and Communication Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. She earned a Bachelor's and master's degree in economics from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and a Ph.D in public economics and policy from Flinders University, South Australia. Rosdiana's current work focuses on business digitization, macroeconometrics, business economics, fiscal federalism, and entrepreneurship. She has conducted economic analysis utilizing both qualitative and quantitative techniques. She also authorizes many articles published in various reputable peer-reviewed journals. Throughout her career, she has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing Indonesia's private and public sectors. Her views on economic issues have been published in numerous Indonesian national media outlets.

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Dr.phil. Lisa Esti Puji Hartanti, S.Sos., M.Si.

Peneliti Senior

AI Literacy, Digital Literacy, Digital Literacy Policy, Communication Policy, Communication and Media

Dr.phil. Lisa Esti Puji Hartanti, S.Sos., M.Si.

Peneliti Senior

Dr.phil. Lisa Esti Puji Hartanti merupakan dosen Ilmu Komunikasi di Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, yang meraih gelar doktoral di University of Vienna untuk bidang Ilmu Komunikasi. Penelitian yang digeluti seputar bidang Ilmu Komunikasi khususnya literasi media dan digital, kecerdasan artifisial, media dan edukasi, serta kebijakan komunikasi khususnya terkait digitalisasi. Ia pernah meraih berbagai research dan travel grant, seperti, awardee of Ernst Mach Grants ASEA-European Academic University Network (2019-2023), Vienna Doctoral School of Social Science Research Fund (2021-2023), penelitian dari Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Sains dan Teknologi (2025). Travel grant konferensi internasional dengan topik Digital Asia di Paris (2022), Digital Communication Network’s in augural event in East Asia and the Pasific di Sydney (2023), the 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference di Gold Coast, Australia (2024). Lisa juga aktif di kegiatan nasional dan internasional, seperti co-founder Orang Muda Kreatif Academy (pelatihan media sosial bagi orang muda Katolik seluruh Indonesia), anggota Jaringan Pegiat Literasi Digital, Indonesia Artificial Intelligence Society, serta menjadi anggota International Communication Association, European Communication Research and Education Association. Ia juga terlibat menjadi salah satu penulis Modul Etis Bermedia Digital yang merupakan bagian dari Gerakan Nasional Literasi Digital tahun 2021.

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Stefani Haning Swarati Nugroho, M.A., Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Psychology, Nation Studies, Identity, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sociology of Power

Stefani Haning Swarati Nugroho, M.A., Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Dr. Stefani Haning Swarati Nugroho, M.A., is a qualitative researcher with a background in sociology from the National University of Singapore and anthropology from the University of Leuven, Belgium. Her work applies an interdisciplinary approach to issues of inclusion and marginality. She has experience with a range of qualitative data collection methods, including interviews, visual analysis, and discourse analysis. She has conducted multiple studies on how structural inequality shapes lived experiences, with attention to the intersectionality of various identities.

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Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum, S.H., Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Internet Law, Human Rights, Law & Technology

Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum, S.H., Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Indriaswati menyelesaikan Ph.D. di bidang hukum dari the UNSW Law School Sydney. Saat ini, sebagai dosen di Fakultas Hukum Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, ia mengajar mata kuliah Hukum dan Teknologi Informasi, serta Hukum Transaksi Elektronik. Selain mengemban tugas sebagai Direktur Institute of Public Policy Atma Jaya, ia juga memimpin unit penelitian yang baru didirikan di Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, yakni Institute for Advanced Research Atma Jaya. Sebelum bergabung dengan Atma Jaya, ia memiliki banyak pengalaman di bidang reformasi hukum, advokasi hak asasi manusia, termasuk pembuatan kebijakan di tingkat lokal maupun nasional.

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George Martin Sirait, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

Labor & Employment

George Martin Sirait, Ph.D.

Peneliti Senior

George Martin Sirait, PhD is a senior researcher and lecturer in the MBA Program at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. He holds a Master in Regional Social and Economic Development from The University of Massachusetts Lowell (USA) and Ph.D in Southeast Asian Studies from The University of Sydney (Australia). His expertise is in the integration of the socio-economic aspects of development. Lately, he also studied employment in the circular economy, which blends social, economic and environmental purposes. Among others, he teaches Public Policy Analysis. He undertook several studies on disadvantaged people (such as child labour, workers in remote or isolated settings and victims of human trafficking) with participatory approaches and rights-based analysis. As a professional consultant, he often evaluated GEDSI components incorporated in almost all projects/programs of international organizations, such as ILO and UNDP.

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Maxensius Tri Sambodo, Ph.D

Peneliti Senior

Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources

Maxensius Tri Sambodo, Ph.D

Peneliti Senior

Maxensius Tri Sambodo, Ph.D. adalah Peneliti Ahli Utama di Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN). Bidang riset yang banyak digelutinya mencakup transisi energi berkeadilan, sumber daya alam, dan lingkungan. Selain menjalankan tugas penelitian, sejak tahun 2015 ia juga aktif mengajar di Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Nasional. Pada periode 2014–2015, ia menjalani penugasan sebagai Visiting Fellow di Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). Berbagai penelitian juga dilakukan bekerja sama dengan Bank Indonesia Institute ketika ia menjadi Visiting Researcherpada tahun 2022. Saat ini, ia juga berperan sebagai Research Associate di Sustainable Development Center, Universitas Padjadjaran.

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Dr. Rahardhika Utama

Peneliti Senior

Comparative Development, Corruption and Bureaucracy, Democratic Backsliding, Health Resource Distribution

Dr. Rahardhika Utama

Peneliti Senior

Dr. Rahardhika Utama is a sociologist whose research examines how political institutions and social policy shape inequality across developing societies. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University and works across comparative development, corruption and bureaucracy, democratic backsliding, and health resource distribution, combining rigorous empirical analysis with a commitment to research that informs policy and practice. Most recently, he launched CORE for Solving Global Poverty at Johns Hopkins University, a curated collection of concise, policy-oriented summaries drawn from peer-reviewed social science research, designed to help practitioners, researchers, and policymakers quickly identify and apply evidence-based insights on poverty and development. His scholarship has earned several recognitions, including the Theda Skocpol Award for best dissertation in comparative and historical sociology and the Hayward R. Alker Award from the American Political Science Association.

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Andina Dwifatma, Ph.D.,

Peneliti Senior

Media and Cultural Studies, Everyday Politics, Gender Studies, and Digital

Andina Dwifatma, Ph.D.,

Peneliti Senior

Andina Dwifatma, Ph.D. is a lecturer at the School of Communication, Atma Jaya Catholic University, Indonesia. She received her doctoral degree in Media Anthropology from Monash University in 2025, with a full sponsorship from Herb Feith Ph.D. Scholarship. Her research interests include media studies, cultural studies, and politics in everyday life. She also serves as a research affiliate at the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics (LLCL) at Monash University.

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Salvatore Simarmata, Ph.D.

Agustinus Prasetyantoko, Ph.D.

Prof. Rosdiana Sijabat, S.E., M.Si, Ph.D.

Dr.phil. Lisa Esti Puji Hartanti, S.Sos., M.Si.

Stefani Haning Swarati Nugroho, M.A., Ph.D.

Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum, S.H., Ph.D.

George Martin Sirait, Ph.D.

Maxensius Tri Sambodo, Ph.D

Dr. Rahardhika Utama

Andina Dwifatma, Ph.D.,

Atma Jaya Institute of Public Policy

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