Arianto Patunru joined the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics in October 2012. He was previously the head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM-FEUI) in Jakarta while teaching economics at the Department of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia. He holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Patunru’s publication includes papers in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Development Studies, The World Economy, and Contemporary Economic Policy. He is an editor of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES). He also writes commentaries and op-eds in East Asia Forum, New Mandala, Australian Financial Review, as well as in Indonesian media such as Tempo and Kompas. He has recently published three edited volumes on trade and globalisation.

In his engagement activities, Patunru coordinates the ANU Indonesia Project policy interactions and convenes the Australia-Indonesia High Level Policy Dialogue that involves Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance and Australia’s DFAT and Treasury. He is the chairman of the Center for Indonesian Policy Studies. 

Current PhD supervision

• Riky M Ikhwan (assoc supervisor): global value chains
• M Irfan Islami (assoc supervisor): sectoral development
• Novia Xu (assoc supervisor): green trade
• Mi Lim Kim (assoc supervisor): global value chains
• Eko Sumando (assoc supervisor): fiscal policy
• Saraswati Saraswati (assoc supervisor): monetary policy

Past PhD supervision

• Andree Surianta (2025, assoc supervisor) - Winner of the 2021 Hadi Soesastro Prize: foreign direct investment
• Fanny Siaw-Sugiarto (2025, co-supervisor, Carleton U.): free trade agreements
• Riandy Laksono (2025, chair): trade and development
• Abdul Nasir (2024, assoc supervisor): oil and gas extraction
• Vita Elysia (2024, assoc supervisor): sanitation
• Sulistiyo Ardiyono (2024, chair): firms and trade
• Krisna Gupta (2022, chair) - Winner of the 2019 Hadi Soesastro Prize: investment and trade
• Siti K Ghazali (2022, assoc supervisor): exchange rates
• Yuventus Effendi (2022, assoc supervisor): renewable energy
• Umi Yaumidin (2021, assoc supervisor): sustainable agriculture
• Martha Primanti (2021, assoc supervisor): manufacturing sector
• Chandra Tri Putra (2021, assoc supervisor): firms and trade
• Barli Suryanta (2021, chair): global value chains
• Wannaphong Durongkaveroj (2020, assoc supervisor) - 3rd Place in the 2020 Stiglitz Essay Prize: trade, growth and equity
• Yessi Vadila (2019, assoc supervisor): tariff reforms
• Deasy Pane (2019, chair) - Winner of the 2018 Hadi Soesastro Prize: firms and trade
• Huong Thi Tran (2018, assoc supervisor): trade and environment
• Husna Jamaludin (2018, assoc supervisor): rare earth economics

Master supervision

• Wahyu Syah (2025): trade agreements (IACEPA)
• Ahmad Fahriza (2025): trade agreements
• Zithny Prihastopo (2025): fiscal decentralisation
• Rania Teguh (2024): trade agreements (CPTPP)
• Budiono Rahmat (2024): export promotion
• Yusuf Zamhuri (2024): foreign direct investment
• Dhion Herputra (2024): poverty alleviation
• Markhatin Latifah (2024): trade agreements (RCEP)
• Bakhtiar Rifai (2023): deindustrialisation
• Febrian Putra (2023): price control policy
• Didi Ristanto (2023): export diversification
• M. Rheza Ramadan (2023): thin capitalisation rule
• Rezky Zain (2022) - Winner of the 2022 Helen Hughes Prize: energy and emission
• Nauval Hafiluddin (2021) - Winner of the 2021 Helen Hughes Prize: foreign direct investment
• Rachmad M Arifuddin (2021): universal health insurance
• Realita Eschachasti (2020): trade and Covid-19
• Priyo Anggono (2020): fiscal decentralisation
• Rotua Siregar (2020): tax incentives and FDI
• Ira Aprilianti (2020): trade agreements (RCEP)
• Aditia (2019): agencies economics
• Yubiwini (2017): trade and tax evasion
• Arief Wahyudi (2017): water and sanitation
• Rosy Kusuma (2016): water and sanitation
• Listyowati Lestari (2015): export restrictions
• Bintang P. Jati (2014): local economic development
• Adhipradana Swasito (2014): linkage policy