Andi Alfian is a researcher and the founder of Sekolah Anak Muda, a Sulawesi-based nonprofit that hosts public discussions on youth, indigenous, and environmental issues. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religious studies from Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar and a master’s degree in religious studies from Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Through the Fulbright Doctoral Degree Scholarship, he is pursuing a PhD in religion at Syracuse University. His primary research interests include Indigenous religious traditions, ritual-based environmental ethics, more-than-human philosophies, and the intersections of religion, indigeneity, and decolonial theory.