Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia. He also serves as the Executive Secretary of the University’s ASEAN Study Center.
His research interests are issues on the entanglements and dis-entanglements between ‘the global’ and ‘the local.’ Recently, he focuses on the multi-scalar political economy of palm oil. His works have appeared in various academic platforms, including Asian Perspective, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Forest Policy and Economics, Asian Politics & Policy, Indonesia, Good Governance Africa, and Global, among others. In 2009, Shofwan received the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award.