Dinar Dana Kharisma, SE., MALD., Ph.D., is currently serving as Director of Social and Economic Independence at BAPPENAS. Since joining the organization in 2008, he has focused on policy planning for poverty alleviation and social welfare. Dinar has extensive experience in public policy, social research, and sustainable development. This experience includes time as a Fellow and Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at Brandeis University. He earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia, his MA in International Relations from Tufts University, and her MA and Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University.