Prof. Dr. Tirta Nugraha Mursitama, Ph.D.

About Tirta

Prof. Dr. Tirta Nugraha Mursitama, Ph.D., is a leading scholar and practitioner in International Relations, International Business, and International Political Economy. Since June 2024, he has served as Deputy for Investment Cooperation at the Ministry of Investment/BKPM of the Republic of Indonesia. Previously, he was Vice Rector for Collaboration and Global Engagement (2023–2024) and Vice Rector for Research and Technology Transfer (2018–2023) at BINUS University, where he has been a faculty member since 2011. Since 2020, he has also advised the Minister of Investment on international business and economics, contributing to the advancement of Indonesia’s global investment strategies.

He received his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Indonesia in 1999. He then pursued his master’s degree (2004) and doctorate (2007) in Management at the Graduate School of Management, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In 2015, he was awarded professorship at BINUS University, and in 2016, he earned a second doctorate in International Relations with a specialization in International Political Economy from Padjadjaran University.

Prior to joining BINUS, Prof. Tirta taught at the Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia, where he lectured on international trade regimes, international finance regimes, and international political economic thought. In 2011, he was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (ANU), conducting research on the internationalization of Indonesian corporations and their impact on Australia–Indonesia economic relations, in collaboration with Associate Professor Pierre van der Eng.

Beyond academia, Prof. Tirta actively engages in second track diplomacy with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and serves as Chairman of the Indonesian Association of International Relations (AIHII) as well as Head of its Advisory Board. His thoughts on international business, diplomacy, and global governance are also published regularly on his personal weblog, mursitama.com.