Speaker Profile
Prof. Dr. Ronald Holzhacker
Director of the Groningen Research Centre for Southeast Asia and ASEAN (SEA ASEAN) located in Groningen University, Netherlands and Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Ronald Holzhacker is Professor of Comparative Multilevel Governance and Regional Structure in the Faculty of Spatial Science, Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, and the Faculty of Arts, Department of International Relations and International Organization. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in political science, and a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is broadly interested in questions of governance, the Sustainable Development Goals, human rights, and the interaction between civil society organizations and institutions in political systems. He is founding Director of the Groningen Research Centre for Southeast Asia and ASEAN (SEA ASEAN) located in Groningen and Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.