Bayu Mitra A. Kusuma is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Faculty of Da'wah and Communication, State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Currently, he is also a Ph.D Candidate in Asia-Pacific Regional Studies at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. He holds a Bachelor of Public Administration and Master of Public Administration from the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia. Then he earned his second master's degree in Political Science (Security Studies) from the Faculty of Political Science and Law, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand. His research interests include issues of public policy, migration studies, and Southeast Asian studies.