A'an Suryana is Associate Professor of Political Science at Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS), Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Depok, Indonesia. He is also Visiting Senior Fellow at Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme (RSCS), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. He completed his Ph.D. in Asian studies at Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, in 2018. His research interests include digital governance, nationalism, political Islam, contentious politics, social movements, identity and democratic citizenship, and international relations theories. Besides working as lecturer and researcher, he has occasionally served as research consultant for local and international organisations such as the Indonesian Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, Jakarta Provincial Government, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Search for Common Ground, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - the United States Agency for International Development (ASEAN-USAID) Prospect Project.