Paulus R.T. Paramma is working on a global studies PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He aims to include a Conflict Sensitive Development Approach (CSD) research to end the prolonged conflict in his home province, Papua.

Paulus is a political science lecturer at the Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Jayapura, Papua. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Manado, and a master’s in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University with a USAID PRESTASI scholarship.