Aldi Nur Fadil Auliya is a researcher at Pusat Pengkajian Islam dan Masyarakat and an adjunct lecturer in political sociology at Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah in Jakarta.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Islamic civil law from Universitas Islam Negeri Malang and a master’s in political science from Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia.

As a recipient of the Fulbright Doctoral Degree (PhD) Scholarship, he is pursuing a degree in political science at the State University of New York at Albany.  He is drawn to topics surrounding comparative politics within contemporary Muslim societies.