Prof. Diana Suhardiman is the Director of KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) and Professor of Natural Resource Governance, Climate, and Justice at Leiden University. Her research focuses on the politics and power dynamics of natural resource governance, including issues related to land, water, environment, and climate change in Southeast Asia.
With an academic background from Wageningen University and extensive experience as a senior researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Diana has led numerous research programs and published over 80 scholarly works. Her work explores how policies and institutions reshape governance structures and processes from the local to transboundary levels, with particular attention to grassroots struggles and state transformation in countries such as Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
