Stiffan Djami

Stiffan Djami is currently undertaking a PhD degree at the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia. He is a distinguished recipient of the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education, commonly known as the LPDP Scholarship, awarded by the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. Prior to his doctoral studies, he secured the same scholarship to pursue a Master of International Trade and Development at the University of Adelaide during the academic year of 2016-2017.

Stiffan is a diplomat and foreign service officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He embarked on his career in the world of diplomacy in 2014 and was once posted to the Indonesian Embassy to the Slovak Republic in Bratislava in 2020-2023. Prior to joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has worked in TV, radio, and banking.

Stiffan's current research endeavours are focused on critical and current debates on the complex dynamics of environmental sustainability and global trade. His research emphasizes on how a country's sustainability frameworks influence international trade dynamics, including global value chains, market access, and export competitiveness. His research also explores how such frameworks affect developing countries' participation in the multilateral trading system. He contends that this field of research is of paramount importance, which can contribute to the ongoing debate on how to balance trade and sustainability.