I finished my undergraduate degree at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, my Master degree at Universitas Indonesia, and got Ph.D. from Charles Darwin University.
I was a former assistant lecturer at Universitas Indonesia, a lecturer at Universitas Paramadina, Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University, and Universitas Al-Azhar.
Recently, I have been a senior lecturer (an assistant professor at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta.
My research interests focus on International Theory, History, and Modernity including religion such as Islam (as a social and political fact) relating to world politics.