I am an economist. I have since 1987 been a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh – Indonesiaand of The International Center for Acehnese and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS), I did my undergraduate study at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh (1986), then continued to a Masters degree at the School of Economics, University of the Philippines (1989). I earned my Ph.D in economics from Colorado State University at Fort Collions, United States(1996). I am also at present Vice Rector for External Relations, Syiah Kuala University, a member of Aceh Education CouncilandChairman of the Trustee Board of the Aceh Institute.

Some of my recent publications include “Demographic changes in Indonesia and the Demand for a New Social Policy”. Journal of Policy Science Vol.5, Oct 2010; “Krise als Chance? Ökonomische Potenziale und Hemmnisse in Aceh” (2009), Chapter in Thorsten Hinz, Oliver M?ller (Editors), Den Tsunami; gemeinsam bewältigt, Sozialräumliches Arbeiten nach der Katastrophe in Indonesien, Lambertus-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau; “Changes in livelihoods and economic institutions in Aceh post-conflict”, (2009), Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies (CPCRS) - Syiah Kuala University; “Economic Injustice: cause and effect of the Aceh Conflict”, (2008), in Aguswandi and Judith Large (Editors), “Reconfiguring politics: the Indonesia – Aceh peace process, Accord , Issue 20, 2008 (http;//www.c-r.org)