Ary Hermawan is the current editor of Indonesia at Melbourne, an associate director at the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS), and a visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He earned a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute, a master of arts in journalism from the University of Arizona’s School of Journalism, and a bachelor of arts in Islamic history from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. He previously worked as a managing editor and editor-at-large of Indonesia’s leading English daily, The Jakarta Post. He is also a co-founder of public journalism initiative Project Multatuli and former deputy director of Amnesty International Indonesia.