Assistant professor at Department of Inter-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and senior researcher at Center for Security and Peace Studies (CSPS) UGM. He also teaches at the Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies (CRCS) UGM. His research interests include religious pluralism, freedom of religion, religious tolerance, interfaith dialogue, religious fundamentalism, religious education, death and dying in English literature, world literature, literature, trauma and memory.