• National and Global Security Studies
• Terrorism & Contra-terrorism
• Maritime Security 
• ASEAN, America, Asia Pacific

• Bachelor in Political Science (International Relations), Universitas Padjadjaran (1999-2004)
• Master of International Relations, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia (2005-2007)
• Doctor in International Relations, Universitas Padjadjaran (2011-2017)

• National Security 
• Global Security 
• Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
• Global Security and Human Security 
• World Politics
• Defense Diplomacy

• Harmonization of Counterterrorism Cooperation in ASEAN Political Security Community (2012). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal Researcher: Prof. Yanyan M. Yani, Ph.D.
• Combating Human Trafficking among member countries of ASEAN (2013). Funded by the Ministry of Research and Education of Indonesia. Principal Researcher: Dr. Dudy Heryadi, M.Si.
• Securitisation of Corruption in Indonesia after 1998 (2012). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.
• Foreign Policy Analysis Indonesia through the Perspective of Ethnic Cultural Approach (2012). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.
• Addressing the role of ASEAN in the United States Military Cooperation and the Philippines in the South China Sea Issue (2013). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.
• ASEAN’s role in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the South China Sea (2012). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Dr. Idris.
• Forming Cooperative Model on Combating Marine Debris through the Perspective of Law, Politics and Security within the SDGs framework, Academic Leadership Grant scheme (2020). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Prof. Huala Adolf, LLM, Ph.D. 
• Inter-Governmental Protection of Environmental Maritime in Free Trade Era: The Study of ASEAN Regional Security and Its Impact for Indonesia (2019). Funded by the Ministry of Research and Education of Indonesia. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.
• Strategic Research in Utilizing Indonesia’s Archipelagic Defense as Indonesia’s Outer Military Base (2017). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.
• Local Wisdom Based Terrorism Prevention Strategy Model in Small Islands in South Sulawesi: Terrorism Securitization Process in Indonesia (2021). Funded by Universitas Padjadjaran. Principal researcher: Arfin Sudirman.

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