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. He can be reached
at aan.suryana@uiii.ac.id.
Work Experience
Visiting Fellow at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Yusof Ishak Institute
2020 - PRESENT
Faculty Member at School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP) Indonesia
SGPP
2019 - 2020
Journalist and Manager
The Jakarta POst
1998 - 2011
Education
Ph.D Degree of Asian Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP)
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL University
2018
Master’s Degree of Public Policy, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL University
2018
Bachelor Degree of Political Science
UniversITAS GADJAH MADA
1997
Publication
The Serious Social Impact on Non-
Violent Extremism in Indonesia. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021
Challenges in Tackling Extremism in the Indonesia Civil Service. Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020
The State and Religious Violence in Indonesia: Minority Faiths and
Vigilantism. London & New York: Routledge, 2020
"State Officials’ Entanglement with Vigilante Groups in Violence against Ahmadiyah and Shi’a Communities in Indonesia." Asian Studies Review, Vol. 43, Issue
3 [Taylor & Francis Group], 2019
"Indonesian Presidents and Communal Violence against Non- Mainstream Faiths". South East Asia Research Vol. 2, Issue 2, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 2018
"Discrepancy in State Practices: The Cases of Violence against Ahmadiyah and Shi’a Minority Communities during the Presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono." Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 55, No. 1, Al-Jami’ah
Research Center, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta, 2017
"Striking Balance: Freedom of Expression in Post-Soeharto Indonesia".
Plaridel - A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society, Vol. 12, No. 1, University of the Philippines, 2015
