Ahmad Harakan is the Chairman and Senior Researcher at the Pusat Penelitian Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora Kontemporer, Indonesia (PPISHK, Indonesia). He also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Government Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, Indonesia. His research interests include paradiplomacy, security and defense issues, political economy, and Global South issues, with numerous publications in international journals and book chapters. In addition, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contemporary Governance and Public Policy and an Editor and Reviewer for several reputable international journals.
Since 2020, he has collaborated with Riccardo Pelizzo and Abel Kinyondo to amplify the voices of the marginalized Global South through a series of publications and by managing the Journal of Contemporary Governance and Public Policy. Furthermore, since 2024, he has been working with Abel Polese and a number of academics and activists concerned with labor issues in Asia on a project funded by the European Commission – European Union. The project, titled Precarious Labour in Asia: Exploring Challenges and Solutions to Labour Insecurity through Case-Study-Based Evidence from 8 Asian Countries, will run through 2028.
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