Asrul Sidiq is a PhD scholar at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. His research interests include agrarian change and land tenure, regional and rural development planning, and environmental policy. Asrul is a lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia. He holds a Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning from AIT Thailand and a bachelor's degree in Regional and City Planning from ITB Bandung. He is an affiliate researcher at the International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS) and a member of the Indonesian Association of Urban and Regional Planners (IAP). Asrul has experience working with several government organisations, such as the Aceh Public Works Agency and the Aceh Development Planning Agency. Alongside his work and studies, Asrul has been involved in various Indonesian civil society organisations focusing on civic engagement and environmental sustainability.