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Hangga Fathana currently serves as Executive Secretary of Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Islam Indonesia. He teaches and researches in global political economy; trade politics; and Australian foreign policy across a range of key relationships.
Profile
Qualifications
- Bachelor of International Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, 2009
- Sarjana Ilmu Politik, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 2011
- Master of Arts (International Relations), Universitas Gadjah Mada, 2013
Honors, awards, grants
- JIH Research Grants, Indigenisation of trade negotiation model: a case study of Southeast Asia, 2020
- Awardee, Discovering Indonesian Islam, British Embassy, Jakarta, 2016
- Awardee, Bakrie Graduate Fellowship, 2012
Selected key responsibilities
- Head, Department of International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (January 2020-present)
- Director of Partnerships & International Affairs, Universitas Islam Indonesia (September 2018-January 2020)
- Head of University Admission Committee, Universitas Islam Indonesia (December 2018-August 2019)
- Director of Marketing, Partnerships, and Alumni Affairs, Universitas Islam Indonesia (January 2015-August 2018)
- Director of Public Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (July 2013-December 2014)
Membership of association and professional bodies
- Secretary for Yogyakarta Region, Indonesian Association of International Relations, 2021-present
- Secretary for Partnership Affairs, Indonesian Inter-Islamic Universities Cooperation, 2019-present
- Deputy Secretary for Yogyakarta region, Indonesian Private Higher Education Association, 2020-present
- Member of International Political Science Association, 2018-2019
- Member of Australian Political Studies Association (APSA), 2017-2019
Research
Research expertise
- Australian Politics
- Australian Foreign Policy
- Global Political Economy
- Trade Politics
Selected publications
Journals
- “Palm oil politics in Malaysia and Indonesia: competition or collaboration?” in JATI – Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 47-64.
- “Economic Boom or Gloom?: The Political Economy of Australia’s Resource Industry” in Multiversa Journal of International Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2013
- “Bali Democracy Forum as Indonesia’s Initiative on Promoting South-South Cooperation: Advancing Democracy in the Global South” co-author with Karina Utami Dewi, in Multiversa Journal of International Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2012.
Other public research outputs
- “Revisiting Australia-Indonesia Economic Relations: Close but still far?”, presented at International Political Science Association 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia, July 21-25, 2018.
- “Domestic tensions and external threats: Revisiting the politics of innovation in Southeast Asia”, presented at The International Conference on Southeast Asia, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6-7 December 2017.
- “Low politics as policy priority: reshaping Australia-Indonesia relations”, presented at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2016, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 25-28 September 2016.
- “Malaysia and Indonesia in Southeast Asian food politics”, presented at the International conference on Malaysia-Indonesia Relations (PAHMI), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-17 August 2016.
- “Examining Australia’s humanitarian response to asylum seekers: an Indonesian perspective”, presented at the 5th Annual Conference of Japan Association for Human Security Studies, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, 12-13 December 2015.
- “How Indonesia’s elections differ from Australia’s”, in The Conversation Australia, April 2019.
- “Correspondence on Hugh White’s – The Jakarta Switch”, in Australian Foreign Affairs, October 2018.
- “How will Australia’s plan to move its embassy to Jerusalem affect relations with Indonesia?”, in The Conversation Australia, October 2018.
- “What Indonesia expects from Australia’s new Prime Minister Scott Morrison”, in The Conversation Australia, August 2018.
- “Cabinet papers 1994-95: How a security agreement allayed Australian anxiety over Indonesia”, in The Conversation Australia, December 2017.
- “Between perceptions and realities of Australian-Indonesian attitudes: a view from Indonesia”, in The Conversation Australia, September 2016.
- “Views from abroad: how does the world see Australia’s political instability? Indonesia isn’t too reliant on a single party” in The Conversation Australia, July 2016.
- “View from abroad on the election: Indonesians need to rethink party stereotypes” in The Conversation Australia, June 2016.
- “The Landscape of Government Policies to Support Research in Indonesian Universities”, presented at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia, 6 August 2017
- “Political Islam in Indonesia: Addressing Challenges”, presented at the University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, The United Kingdom, 17 November 2016.
- “Palm Oil Politics in Indonesia”, presented at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Malaysia, 20 November 2016.
Teaching
Selected teachings
- SHI512 Area Studies: Australia
- SHI402 Global Political Economy
- SHI616 Politics of International Trade
- SHI302 Theories in International Relations
Supervision
Undergraduate thesis supervision
- Australia’s Politics and Foreign Policy – 8 students (ongoing)
- Latin America’s Democracy and Political Economy – 5 students (completed)
- Politics of Indonesian Trade and Investment – 1 student
Availability for supervision
- No
Media
Expert for media contact
- Australia-Indonesia Relations
- Australian Politics and Foreign Policy
- Indonesian Trade Politics
- Global Political Economy

