Resya Kania

Resya is a PGR in the School of Social Policy and member of Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM), University of Birmingham. She is also working in Womens World banking as Director of Policy for South East Asia.

Prior to pursuing PhD, she worked as a Deputy Director for Financial Services at the National Development and Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) in Indonesia. She also the executive director for PPKM Indonesia, an NGO working on issues related to financial inclusion.

She holds a Master in Public Administration from Cornell University and a bachelor degree in Economics from Padjadjaran University. Resya has various experience in research and policymaking, especially financial inclusion policies in Indonesia.

Resya has interdisciplinary research interest at the intersection of social welfare, financial sector, and policymaking.