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Hangga Fathana

Hangga Fathana

Assistant Professor

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About

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